Mike - There are several good Comprehensive Cancer Centers in your area. MDA is certainly a great hospital and if travel is not an issue I would definitely go there. Comprehensive Cancer Centers specialize in cancer and are definitely the way to go. You might check out the link below and see if there is a center close to you. Good Luck.

http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/resources/cancer_centers.htm

59 Male 10/06 SCC Stage 1 tongue cancer. 12/06 partial glossectemy right side, removal of lymph nodes. Margins and lymph nodes clean. 09/08 recurrence SCC Stage 1 tongue cancer. 10/08 partial glossectemy right side. Margins clean. Radiation recommended.