Hi Kathy and welcome to the site. I was told also as one of my options that if I had the surgery, I would have to have radiation afterwards. I was a candidate for chemo and radiation so I went that route instead. There is a protocol that they follow about what stage and what treatments. Go to this site and they will explain it better than I can: http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_inform...c-731c-4e76-af9b-583f1948578d#Section_39

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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