Wow, that surprises me too to hear a doc say six weeks of radiation is not enough... Knowing how my case has unfolded (as described above), I'd ask about surgery, neck dissection AND radiation. But that's just me...
Tongue cancer (SCC), diagnosed Oct. 2003 (T2 N0 M0). Surgery to remove tumor. IMRT Radiation 30x in Dec 2003 - Jan. 2004. Recurrence lymph node - radical neck dissection June 2004. Second round of rad/chemo treatments ended Sept. 2004.
