Kelly

your tumor stage shows soft palate of oral mouth, stage 1, T3N0M0.
Once it is T3 of soft Palate of mouth cancer, as per NCCN guidelines your onco must perform a bilateral neck dissection (two sides of neck).And also it is not stage 1 but stage 3.
As per NCCN guidelines tumor evasiveness/thickness is not an issue for soft palate /base of tongue/tonsils cancers.It applies for other cancers like Buccalmucosa,Hard palate,Floor of the mouth,Anterior tongue of the mouth.I am not from healthcare, but something wrong with your treatment.
please correct me?

Last edited by marg; 12-27-2011 07:31 AM. Reason: Typo
well wisher to uncle.Age 58.T2N0M0.right lateral tongue, partial glossectomy ,ND,05/05/2011 all nodes negative.No radiation.