My Mom was diagnosed with Mouth cancer 3 years ago. She had radiation and took care of the tumor. In Dec. 06 she made an appointment to have her mouth checked because she was feeling discomfort in the same location. The tumor came back in the same location. The tumor is located at the base of her tongue and along ea. side of her mouth. We saw a surgeon and they refuse to do surgery because it would be pretty much taking out her whole mouth. She just got done with 5 weeks of radiation a couple of weeks ago. She went in to the hospital a couple of days ago to have a trach put in because the tumor was swollen and causing her to have problems breathing. Doctors said it is stage IV. Is there other options if the radiation doesn't work??