Madsdad- I presented with the same thing carinoma in situ when my journey began. I went for a year and half just having checks and have papillomas removed. I had 5 or 6 surgies during that time. By a fluke I was sent to see a speech therapist who noticed when magnified my tonsil looked strange and I ended up having cancer in my tonsil. After removal of my tonsil that has ended growths around my vocal cord.

The standard practice is to watch you and if more papillomas/growths develop then look to radiation. You can only have radiation in an area once (there are some variations to this too but that is what they told me) so you hate to waste radiation if it has only occured once.