My mum has been diagnosed with SCC tumor under her tongue. She had three weeks of chemo (light platonium(?)while she had three weeks of rad once a day and three weeks of double doses of rad. She finished her treatments 3/14/06 nad has been recovering. She had a PET scan done two days before treatment started that found there was only the very large tumor under her tongue (3cmx4cm) which was the primary. Her RO was very happy and said that there was no lymph involvement, but that he was going to treat it anyway. At no time has surgery been discussed. We have an appointment with her RO tomorrow and I was wondering if I should ask about a neck disection? I have done research on this wonderful board and have found alot of info about lymph nodes that have been affected being removed, but not so much on nodes that have not been. I have also found alot of info about the question of PET effectiveness when it comes to microscopic cancer cells. I most certainly don't want to push for anything that isn't neccesary, but everyone (RO&MO) has been so vague about what to expect after treatment...and they have only talked about a CAT scan to gage the effectiveness of chemo/rad treatment. I have a long list of questions for RO and would like some advise about neck disection before I open that can of worms! Thanks

Samantha