My son was told surgery now is his best option. They propose to remove entire mid face to floor of eyeball and to 1/2 of palette, rebuild with bones from the scapula and also removed lymph nodes. Cancer has spread to the trigeminal nerve but they don't know how far. Told him his face would be permanently numb on one side. He will have radiation 6 to 8 weeks after surgery, not now because if he needed surgery he would not heal. I was not able to find anything on your site about this, anyone else here had this type. Not sure what we can expect long term.