Joansie, Did he have his recurrence treated at Sloan as well? If so, I'm sure they know what they are doing there better than what anyone here knows. And the thing is it's my understanding that chemo, by itself (not in combo. with radiation), isn't all that effective for oral cancer. It might slow down the progress a little but if there are cancer cells in there waiting to come back, I don't know how effective it is.

Still, I think if I were in your husband's shoes, I'd want to be really really aggressive, since it's a recurrence, and try chemo, even if there's only a small chance it would improve the chances of the cancer not coming back. But I'm not a doctor and I don't know if there IS a small chance. I think this is somehting where he should talk more with his doctors and he should make it clear how aggressive he wants to be.

Nelie