This thread and others regarding chemo and radiation before surgery is making me nervous. Nobody ever suggested anything to us other than surgery and neck dissection first, radiation to follow. Actually, alot of back-and-forth conversations between different doctors ensued and it was decided to add chemo with the radiation as a "radio-sensitizer". But it makes me nervous to think that doing the surgery first could have been a big mistake with the possibility of releasing malignant cells into his system. I'm wondering if this is something brand new (we made these decisions at the end of December) or should we have been working with better informed doctors.

Thanks,
Anita