Thank you for the information Brian. What you say makes sense and my doctor has said that the location of my tumor was not a good one. He doesn't talk stats, doesn't like them, he just tells me that I have all the advantages needed to survive, such as clean margins, well differentiated (?), small node involvement, my age, my overall good health, etc. So in my situation I can't ask for any better I guess.
Question: Do you believe that tongue cancer is more agressive then other oral cancers and does oral cancer tend to spread "up" rather then downward. Meaning, if it starts in the roof of your mouth will it spread upward if it spreads??