Brian-
Thanks for your post. That was very informative and easy to understand. I am fairly new at being in this forum since my Mom was just diagnosed at the end of June. I spend endless hours trying to research this horrible disease and learn anything that I can to possibly help her. I had a few questions for you:

Is the IMRT the 3-D version of the Rad? And what do you mean by Cervical mets?

My Mom's ENT diagnosed the SCC tumor on the base of her tounge (left side) and the size was 2cm. This was after a surgical scope and biopsy. The CT scan led them to believe that it was stage one. After a PET Scan they found it in one node on the left side and a very small 2nd tumor on the right side of tonge base. She is getting 3d rad (4 weeks 1x day, 2 weeks 2x a day + 6 treatments of chemo/ docetaxel, ciplatin, and flurocil 5) This was all done without a 2nd opinion. I just find myself wondering every waking minute if this is the right treatment for my Mom. Especially after the 1st chemo run obliterated her and they now have post poned the rest of the chemo treatments for now. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Tami