Both Barry's RO and MO at Hopkins, and his ENT who is in private practice, put forth the same opinion as Susan's doctors (and as Brian) -- essentially, that the cancerous nodes plus others which could possibly have been cancerous or in path of mets (on both sides although Barry's affected nodes were only on the right side) were included in the radiation field and received the prescribed dose of radiation -- and with no current indication that the treatment failed they would prefer to continue to monitor rather than do additional surgery.

(Having said that, in Barry's case he has some examinations upcoming which will further evaluate treatment success; the initial exam by his ENT surgeon was a couple of weeks ago and like Susan's, the ENT said everything looked fine. So far...)

Gail