For my husband, Dennis' T1 N1 tonsil tumor, The chief H&N surgeon at Yale wants to do neck dissection, remove 30 nodes and implant brachy seeds in tonsil. After recuperation from surgery he will begin radiation 5x week for 6 weeks with cisplatin 1x week. Second opinion from an oncologist suggest this is an outdated protocol and he should initially go with chemoradiation instead. He was diagnosed 10 days ago; pet scan set for Monday 8/27. Hoping someone out there can steer us toward deciding surgery first or should he start chemoradiation instead? Thanks and Help please!