Hi --

Even if Barry had just had tonsillar and base-of-tongue tumor (no nodes affected) they still would have recommended chemoradiation as they try to avoid tongue surgeries at Hopkins -- that's what we were told, anyway. They certainly do pre-radiation surgery, however -- radical tonsillectomies, neck dissections -- while we were told at Sloan they don't do that now.

So as they say -- you pays your money and you gets your choice...

Gail