MarvB,
One of the country’s top chef’s in the country is in Chicago, Grant Achatz, who had stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue about 10 years ago, which his doctors suggested surgery, and possibly others, for his course of treatment, which is nothing unusual. But, this Chef did not want to lose his taste or anything else, so he chose chemoradiation, with approval of his doctors in Chicago, which treatment was unusual. He is cancer free for a number of years.
You can read more about Grant Achatz on-line, and has a book, or two, which I haven’t read, one about his journey. There are many articles on-line, including this on wikipedia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_AchatzI hope this helps in your investigation
