Thanks for the info, Kelly. Hindsight. If only we had crystal balls to predict our outcomes! Is he regretful that had the TORS or simply disappointed that it wasn't enough (not that it matters much in the end, I suppose)? Sometimes it is best to go contrary to the standard but oh so hard to know when. I also tend to be cursed with overthinking everything.

Wow, you and your brother both had head and neck cancers? Is there other family history for this? I was surprised my tumor is HPV+ because my grandmother died from oral cancer plus I was a heavy smoker for a lot of years.

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Age 59 ex-smoker 1989
1/10 dx MDS (blood cancer)
2010-11 21 cycles Vidaza
11/10 Bone Marrow Transplant
8/31/12 dx SCC left BOT HPV 16+ T1N2cM0
10/11/12 TORS partial glossectomy clear margins
10/24/12 bilateral ND/ii-iv 92 nodes all clear
10/30/12 dx revised T1N0M0 no chemo or rads