When the diagnose was made we were in such shock and now in retrospect and reading how all of you are so informed I realize I need to know more. At first the report sated that it was SCC of the pharynx- on both the soft and hard palate - and later we were told the tonsils - T4N0M0. He did not have surgery to remove the tumor as it would of been very extensive surgery without knowing if they could get all of it. Therefore he had 35 chemo/radiation treatments which has left him without working salivary glands - no saliva - and he is pretty much on a soft food diet. We were told that it was a very agressive treatment.