Thanks Braziliangirl!
Here is more of my story:
I had a history or canker sores over the course of the last decade, so it was no big deal when I had yet another one in October of 2008. By early 2009, when the canker had not resolved, I sought out an ENT who treated the area to no avail.
He took a small biopsy that showed at least SCC insitu and referred me for furhter investigation. That turned out to be the T2 lesion, which was located at the very back of the right side of my mouth (right soft palate and anterior tonsillar pillar)
While they were initially looking at the first lesion,they noticed a small bump under the right side of my tongue and they decided to biopsy that when they took the larger biopsy of the intial site. That second area turned out to be cancerous as well.
The Otolaryngologist didn't feel that there was a role for primary surgery given the early stages of both cancers and the extent of disfigurement that would result from primary surgery.
I don't really know what the average dosage of radiation that is given in these cases, but both the ENT and the Radiation Oncologist were absolutely confident that radiation only was the way to go.