Mich4, I don't want to stir up anything, but if I were you, I would follow Brian's advice quickly. My first ENT did a scope search and needle biopsy and couldn't find any evidence of cancer in the tonsil or lymph node, though he did call it cancer from the start. He just couldn't prove it with any standard office test. He finally sent me to the hospital for a sonogram directed needle biopsy for the lymph node which came back positive for cancer. To try and find the primary site, he scheduled me for surgery and removed the tonsils and took samples from various other places. He has done lots of these checks and can easily recognize cancer. He looked at the tonsils after removal and could not see any sign of cancer, but sent them to the pathologist anyhow. Came back with a 2+ cm tumor, even after a direct examination could not detect it after removal. I would suggest immediate consultation with another specialist.