If you have specific questions about cancer treatment in India, several posters to these boards have family members who have been successfully treated there. You might search (using the search link at the top of each of these pages) for postings from praveen_peddi, whose brother received treatment in India that appeared to be comparable to the best available in the US.

Information about cancer staging/grade is available here , in the main part of the OCF site.

The latest clinical practice guidelines (2007) from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (a nonprofit alliance of 20 leading US cancer centers), giving the most up-to-date treatment protocols, is available at http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/PDF/head-and-neck.pdf (Gary or Brian -- can you replace the 2006 info on the OCF site with this?). Note that this includes treatment guidelines for ALL types of head and neck cancer, so make sure you are looking at the correct page for your mother's type (the type of cancer is listed at the top of each page).

As you will see, the treatment guidelines contain a lot of "or" language, so two patients with the same staging may end up with different treatments, depending on individual circumstances.

I wish your mother the best.

-- Leslie