Hugs all! My 60 year old husband had a recurrance of squamous cell oral cancer. First surgery, over 3 years ago - no spread - all lymph nodes clear - cheek tissue removed and skin graft placed. He never smoked, drank, or chewed tobacco products. Had second surgery for recurrance a little over a month ago. All CT scans, x-rays, surgery itself and pathology report shows cancer gone. Bone (jaw shaving), 2 removed teeth, blood vessels, nerves, etc all indicated it was completely confined in small superficial cheek area and there was no spread. On his first post-op check-up, doctor mentioned getting radiation. I said, if he doesn't have any signs of cancer, why should he have the destructive radiation? We declined it. Is there justification for having radiation in spite of no signs of cancer? Any experience in this situation APPRECIATED! Thanks.......Jane