Hi welcome! Yes - I've had tongue cancer (oral tongue) - but not the treatment you've mentioned. Stage 1 is a good time to catch it. The north american standard for care for oral tongue cancer is surgery - removal of the tumor - lesion, a neck dissection (that's where it likes to spread to and often there is microscopic cancer in the nodes or a node that doesn't show up on a ct, or MRI) then they decide based on the biopsy and surgery whether to give you radiation and chemo.

Base of tongue (basically in your throat) is often treated with just radiation and chemo.

What is a linear accelerator... Never heard of it?

Good luck - but do decide quickly this cancer can move fast smile hugs!

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