Tommy,

Without knowing everything if I were your Mom I would get another opinion from a CCC http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/resources/cancer_centers.htm
before I would receive any Tx. One thing you posted above really concerns me and that is ...."we were told by the doctor that my mom is diagnosed with oral tongue cancer after a biopsy performed on her the previous day." I have never heard of a bio turnaround that fast at a local ENT's office. Most take 2 weeks to come back so I seriously doubt THAT bio could have been confirmed in one day. Another thing that concerns me was your statement...."The report currently says she has at least squamous cell carcinoma in situ. She also went through a scan on her throat Sat. to see if the virus has spread. She is scheduled to go under surgery this coming Thursday. Again I have never heard of any cancer doc use that term "at least SCC". Never seen 2 different cancers in the oral cavity at the same time. Re the "see if the virus has spread"...the only virus associated with SCC is HPV and IF she has cancer and IF it's HPV related it doesn't spread within the oral cavity but usually to a node or two which could only be detected with a PET or another sophisticated scan which I'm not sure she had since you only mention the word scan.

Anyway IF your Mom does have SCC then she needs to get the best possible treatment options available and she stands the best chance of receiving that at a CCC.