Hi everyone.
Im new to the forum.
Im 6 weeks post operation.
I had a partial glossectomy and neck dissection on the left side of tounge and neck on February 12th. There were clear margins. One out of 41 lymph nodes had a cancerous deposit of 0.1cm.Very small deposit that the Dr was not too concerned with. This caused my diagnosis to go from Stage II to Stage III.
At my second post operation appointment Dr. said healing looked very good.
Approximately a week later Dr called and informed me that the Tumor Board had met regarding my case and unanimously decided radiation therepy was NOT necessary in my case. Dr. then informed me that they would like to offer me immunotherapy IF I was interested.
Met with an oncologist regarding the immunotherapy. Keytruda is what was recommended. Ended up leaving with more questions than when I arrived.
My concern and question is if the Tumor Board recommended no radiation therepy but offered immunotherapy, if I wanted it, would the trade off for a potential increase in reduction of recurrence be worth all the side effects of immunotherapy? Or would tri monthly monitoring be a better direction to pursue?

I look forward to responses.

Thanks.

69BB.