According to my RO, MO, and SO ... Tongue lesion treatment is surgery... And if they are concerned about aggressiveness or if it shows PNI (perineural invasion) and or a node with ECE - they give rads and chemo. The chemo they gave me was cisplatin, howeve they were considering offering me a trial (I believe it must have been Erbitux) however I think the ECE may have nixed that - as they were concerned about spread and decided to go with tried and true, as opposed to a maybe... Since your cancer was confined to the one area and didnt have nide involvement you would be idea. Good luck weds!


Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan