Thanks, Gary, I feel a little better. It sounded like I would get to avoid radiation for now, but with this new development I am not sure. But like you said, I won't freak out yet. 
8/2006: SCC, right lateral tongue, well differentiated, superficially invasive. 10/2009: recurrence, rt lateral tongue, surgery, rt mod neck dissection. 2/2010: metastasized node under left mandible. 3/2010: Induction chemo 3 rounds, Cisplatin, Tax, 5-FU. Surg and rad to follow.
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