I wouldn't consider myself totally knowledgeable but my husband has had two surgerys to remove lymph nodes now, - he now has a scar in the neck area basicly from ear to ear but has never had to have a graft from his arm to cover the neck dissection part. He did have a graft from his forearm to rebuild his tongue when he lost 1/2 of it due to the tumors. Just wondering.... I agree it is hard to take in all the info when talking with the Dr.'s. I used my cell phone to tape record the conversations and that helped a great deal. There were things said that we both did not remember the Dr. saying on the recordings.

CG 2 Emmett,7/09 DX SCC rt tongue. T2N1M0, 1 node, marg neg.4/10 PET/CT clear, 9/10 C back. 10/10 Rad hemi, 2 tmrs mod diff. resec flr of mth. Flap 4 nodes/w/ext cap. 11/10 Peg, CX3 HD, 30 rad. 1/31 & 3/21 6/11/11 - PET/CT "activity" 9/11-all Clear. 12/11 peg out. 2/15 still all clear! 9/14 Prostate cancer treated with pencil beam proton therapy, best radiation experience. Keep it in mind as a treatment option for all tumors that can be seen including head and neck.