agreed. Usually oral tongue is NOT related to oral tongue cancer. But this does have bearing on treatment. HPV related cancers often respond very well to rads and chemo because of this they often avoid doing surgery. (Unless it's in the tonsils or a massive tumor they want to debulk) usually non HPV related oral tongue cancer is treated with surgery first (hemiglossectomy possible flap - and nodes) or cheek or gum cancer is often treated the same way.

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