Thanks for the reply Cheryl.
I am concerned re neck dissection as I have read a lot of papers/journal articles on this topic.
They seem to be saying that long term survivorship(as a percentage) is improved post radio/chemo treatment by neck dissection.
My overall impression reading OCF posts is that many patients who have a neck /nodal recurrence of their oral cancer did not undergo a neck dissection at the time of their original treatment. Also many who do have a ND have positive nodes found.
I am unsure whether a wide area of Kris's neck was included in the radiation field, or just the node we knew about.
I want Kris to have the best possible outcome and I want to have as much knowledge as i can when we meet the RO on Monday.
I never want to be in this position again
Thanks for lstening and any advice.
Tammy (Downunder)