I really admire the strength and support everyone has here. It's helping me to deal with a very close friend that just recently had a tonsil removed and will soon be going through radiation. The one question I have, after reading everything possible about Oral Cancer is: Cancer found in a tonsil sounds like scc. However it's also in his salivary gland under his chin, and when reading about salivary cancer, it seems to be a different type of cancer and very rare. He says the primary is the tonsil. Is it possible for the the tumor in the salivary gland to be scc? This site is very helpful for me to understand what he's going to go through, and I just want to say thank you to all.