Sounds like your team has the same approach mine did, cut, slash & burn maybe. I am cancer free today & have no regrets about the aggressive course of treatment. Keep yer chin up, you can do this.

dx 2/11/04 scca bot T3 IU 2B MO poorly differentiated, margins ok, 3/16 modest, jaw split, over half of tongue removed, free flap from left forearm - finished chemo & rad treatment 5/20/04