[quote=Kelly211]I was diagnosed as stage I to the soft palet. I was told I would only need radiation. At the time I felt I had doged a bullet by not having to go through chemo. Skip forward two years and I present with a tumor in a lymph node in the neck. I am pretty sure a single errant cell had gotten away and lodged here as nodes ore not primary tumor sites. I also feel I may have avoided all the reccurance nightmares if I had insisted on chemo from the start.

Of course I am jaded and my advise should be taken with a grain of salt. [/quote]
So sorry to hear about the recurrence Kelly.

But that is exactly one of the reasons my MO pushed not only for concurrent chemo during radiation but also including a full series of induction chemo up front. Based on my case, he feels that there can be loose cancers running around undetected much less the spots on the lungs so he wants to do as much as he can to kill any of the buggers hiding out now.

Wish you well
Don