Sid welcome to OCF! Glad you have found this site to help you and your father. Surgery could be very involved depending on the exact tumor location and size. Please understand everyone is different and will respond in their own way to treatments, surgeries, etc. What may be mild to one could be devastating to another. My last surgery was much worse than what I experienced with chemo and radiation.

Hopefully your father will get treated by a top doctor and be able to easily get thru this and move on to have many good years ahead.

Best wishes!

Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile