I did find a Doctor on the Emory website that does stenting in the carotid so I e-mailed him and ask if it would be dangerous for someone to have cancer surgery without repairing the carotid artery first. Also, I found out that Emory has a couple of head and neck cancer clinical trials as well. They basically said they would do the radiation or chemo prior to neck dissection. My ENT hasn't done a biopsy yet. Shouldn't that be done before a surgery should be scheduled?

SCC left tonsil, tonsillectomy with additional tissue removed 06/10/08, a few teeth on top left side removed 09/05/08,recurrence before treatment started at BOT and tonsil area, 35 IMRT treatments began 10/15/08, and Cisplatin IV (began10/16/08) weekly for duration of radiation.