If it is oropharyngeal base of tongue cancer, at our hospital they only do radiation and chemo. One doctor once commented that it’s very difficult to do surgery because it is hard to get to. He said something about breaking the bones in the jaw and cutting out the tongue. I don’t know if he was being humorous or brutally honest. However, I have read on this forum that a couple of people have had surgery, though this seems to be a very small number of people.

Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards

Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.