NY, either you are getting bad information (there is plenty of it on the web if that is were you are getting it) or you are misinterpreting it. Your comments about radiation and what it can and cannot do are incorrect. With IMRT radiation any imaginable pattern of exposure and various intensity levels within that pattern can be used. Infinite combinations of mapped patterns and number of grays of radiation can be applied - from pinpoint to wide spread, and those can vary infinitely within the pattern. That is the beauty of the process. It matters not that the two sites are not close to each other. Also there are many types of chemo. From that which is used to enhance radiation's effectiveness, to that which is used to kill the cells directly, to new targeted therapies, which may not be chemo in the conventional sense like Erbitux which is a monoclonal antibody, they all have different mechanisms of action, so your research related to this is incomplete, not conclusive. Lastly gender has no impact on treatments. As to the "possible" methods of keeping it at bay like glyconutirents or beta-carotene, you are at a stage where treatment is the issue not possible chemo preventative strategies that have not proven to have universal application. Since you are in NYC, I would want to see someone at Memorial Sloan Kettering for opinions. You are right next to one of the best in the world. Any doctor of good reputation would have no problem with opinions from other sources.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.