My husband was diagnosed with Tonsil cancer as the primary by PET scan after a surgical biopsy.
Sorry I am very good at typing technical info here.
We thought we were going to the OU Medical Center in OK City to schedule his radical neck dissection. The team there reccomended IMRT radiation as the first step.
After his treatments, drove 2 1/1 hrs down and 2 1/2 hrs back for each one, we met with his team.
His surgeon gave us 2 options. Told us aprox 80% of the neck dissections he did came back clean after radiation, but stage and area are important factors.
We could wait 6 weeks and do the neck surgery to clean up the area.
OR
Do another PET scan in 13 weeks and see if anything lit up.
The Radiologist said he felt confident and waiting would be a good option.
As a team, all three of his DRs and us, we decided to wait.
It was the hardest time ever. Noone to check on him daily just us.

We did the PET and it came back clean.

He will be monitered closely, every 2 mos and the Surgeon said maybe another PET in 12 mos.

It was on March 27 that we saw the before and after PET scans. One lit up like the sun in the tonsil area and after treatment dark as night.
Hope we made the right decision.

Maggie