So the issue is always when you use a destructive technology like laser removal or radiation, you are going to destroy the tissues being impacted. So the doctors point is correct. I’m not for laser removal for instance of early stage one cancers vs scalpel removal for this very reason. You want to know everything there is to know about the cancer at that first opportunity, not vaporize it leaving nothing behind. That small tumor can yield a lot of information, like etiology for instance.

I’m assuming that all that they know from your first pass at treatment, which was surgical. The argument that they may have to dial up the gys of radiation, perhaps. But the area that is going to get exposed, is necessarily going to be bigger than the focal tumor. After all, not getting it all, and the potential for surrounding tissues to contain dysplasia means that the field is not going to be limited to just the tumor bed.

Nevertheless, outside of the issues for you, it’s no harm to do what should be a simple surgery, as long as delays in radiation waiting for healing do not impact any aspect of the ultimate complete resolution this time.

Hoping this all gets dealt with promptly and successfully. B