Mary and Ginger, thanks for your responses. It was squamous cell carcioma and I will be getting IMRT radiation. Given there was no identified nodal involvement my doctors are recommending only radiation. My radiation oncologist at Sloan is recommending high dose on my left side and low dose on right side and I plan to follow that recommendation.

Can someone tell me if the effects of radiation differ depending on where in your mouth the cancer was. Mine was on my tongue (left side) and I keep seeing postings from people with tonsil cancer and am curious if side effects differ

SCC on left side of tongue 12/01 left partial glossectomy, left neck disection (clean), recurrence 3/06 on back left of tongue, 2nd partial glossectomy, no nodal inolvement, IMRT completed 6/30/06