I had tongue cancer in 1995 and had surgery and radiation. I had a second occurrence of tongue cancer (new primary) and had surgery in December 2004. Very painful and scary and will need some speech therapy to regain my normal speech. I sound like I have a retainer in my mouth and get tired if I talk a lot. Since I

Tongue cancer 1995/surgery+radiation/second primary Dec 2004/surgery/spread to lymph nodes/chemo/bilateral neck dissection - no cancer remaining - chmoe worked!!!