Thanks Mark! When I reread my post, I realized I'd meant to say she had positive margins. The doctor never told her what stage and I encouraged her to find out - but I think she doesn't want to know. I had read about teeth being removed and I was praying that wouldn't be suggested. She's 46 and already depressed about the paralysis of her face. That would put her over the edge, I'm afraid. I need to do more reading as I have no idea what IMRT is. (I'm clueless about all this stuff!) I'll do some web searches. Thanks again!