Thank you Susan and Cheryl for the replies. That gives me at least a little more insight into the situation. I met with the other doctor today and he said that since it's superficial they want to do another excision to make sure that all the margins are clear and they do not feel it is necessary as of now to do a neck dissection.

Cheryl, my tumor was about 2 cm but they took out more to make sure to get surrounding tissue. I am in Colorado and have seen doctors at a few places and on Friday I have an appointment with a doctor at the University of Colorado hospital. I saw that it was listed on the top hospitals list.


3/2014: 25, no risk factors (nonsmoker, rare drinker, HPV negative) SCC right lateral tongue, T1N0M0 - well-differentiated; surgery - removal of tumor, salivary gland + neck dissection
11/2017 - ovarian torsion
12/2018 - basal cell skin cancer