Hi there and welcome! Smack the first dr. Seriously - someone well versed in cancer of the head and neck for e most part knows HPV related cancer responds well to chemo and rads!!! Distant mets is scarier but you seem to be localized - read up here on rads and chemo, the dos and don'ts and wha you're facing - rads isn't easy so eat up now. And good luck! You'll get hough it! Take care!


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