My mother who had surgery for tongue cancer in Feb. 2002 recently found out it has moved to her right lung. She has been referred to something called Thoracic Oncology Program at the local SUNY Upstate Medical Center. The literature says her appointment will take aproximately 4 hours with docotors from different diciplines examining her and the xrays, etc. from the beginning of this whole thing. I know this is not directly related to Oral Cancer, but I have read people posts on the board talking about this kind of team approach for treatment. My sister and I will be accompanying my mother for the appointment and I was wondering what to expect. Do they present treatment options on the same day or will that come later. The whole thing sounds pretty intensive, but I am glad that her ENT referred her to this program.