Be calm about this surgery releasing cells issue. It is more common for doctors to do the surgery first and the radiation second than the other way around. I am probably the exception to most of the stories you read here. I was radiated first, and neck dissected second. It would seem that your husband had the routine course of treatment. Chemo to increase the effectiveness of radiation in stage 3 and 4 patients is common, and in stage 4 patients chemo at the end of all the other treatments is common. For me as an early stage four / late stage three, I was too beat up to follow the protocol for a chemo "wash" at the end of things and opted out of it. I'm still here.......

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.