Sounds like we are in a similar place, I had a tongue sore that would not heal. Surgery was necessary whether it was cancer or not due to size, and biopsies during surgery told us it was cancer. The surgeon took out what he could to get clear margins. Later we got the full pathology report that told what kind, etc. Hopefully you will get more detailed information soon too.

Kristen

Surgery 5/31/13
Tongue lesion, right side
SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated
T1N0 based on biopsy and scan
Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes
12/2/13 follow-up with concerns
12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned
1/8/14 Port installed
PEG installed
Chemo and rads
2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads
March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June
2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia
Fall 2017: HBOT
Jan 18: oral surgery