Knowledge is power Seda and you must gather all the information you need to make this decision.If your head is all over the place get someone to write all your questions down and ask them to go with you to your next appointment and make sure they all get answered.Most decisions about treatment are taken by a Multi Disciplinary team or MDT and the team is made up of a group of specialist doctors,nutritionist,radiologist cancer nurse specialist,and social worker.They review all your test results ,scans and x-rays and then come to a mutual agreement of the best course of action to gain the best result.Percentages are just numbers and mean nothing really, they are just a sort of guidline so don't get hung up on them.Your staging numbers look good but you really cant get complacent with this disease so i wouldn;t hold back on the treatment.



Liz in the UK

Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.

Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.