Get a second opinion from a speech pathologist with OC experience (at a CCC if at all possible). Considering your your career. I know that UCSF has a guy who specializes in this and he sees many major vocalists to save the voice box. There's probably only a handful of these specialists in the entire US. Brian may be able to help you find one - send him a pm.

I wouldn't exactly call laser surgery "non-invasive" it does ablate/destroy tissue and that IS invasive, but not as much as surgery or an ND for sure.

Ionizing radiation in invasive.

"Trans" (L.) is medically defined as "Prefix, meaning across, over, beyond, through"

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Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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