Lisa,

Welcome to this site. I'm sorry you're faced with this diagnosis -- please feel free to visit this forum often to ask questions and get information.

The issue of whether to have radiation is influenced by the stage of the cancer and certain other characteristics that may be detected in the biopsy. My doctors strongly urged me to have radiation in addition to surgery (my tumor was Stage two), partly because the biopsy indicated the tumor was fairly aggressive. As some of the others here have said, this is a disease you have to go after with some really tough weapons, and it's really important to deal with a medical team that earns your confidence.

Please keep us updated as you go along -- we all want to provide whatever help we can.

Cathy