I am fairly new here and diagnosed in the past month with base of tongue cancer. There does not appear to be any mets and I have been staged as a T1. I have had 3 consults with 3 different opinions. The first ENT wants to do a radical neck dissection to remove the CA and probably followed by chemo and radiation. The radiation oncologist wants to do 7 weeks of radiation and does not think surgery is necessary. The ENT oncologist wants to remove the cancer on my tongue with laser surgery and do a neck dissection to remove the lymph nodes. He does not think radiation or chemo is necessary unless cancer shows up in the nodes. How in the world do I know which is the "right" option???

Debbie
Base of tongue cancer Stage 1