Gary you said: "Prior to starting a new treatment segment might be a different issue (as was in your case)."

right. that's what I'm saying too--I don't think we are actually disagreeing. The thing is, in the case of stage 2 tongue cancer where a partial glossectomy and neck dissection would be done first, no one can say for sure what will follow the surgery until the results of the surgery are in so getting a second opinion ahead of surgery is less informative than after the surgery and pathology results are in.

Nelie