Gino, I have an idea, ask your radiation oncologist to reduce the question to statistics. In otherwords 5 year survival for no radiation, with radiation and with radiation/chemo. You will probably find that because you are early stage, statistically surgery alone offers good statistics. Radiation may only improve those numbers slightly (because they are high anyway) and Chemo would not make any statistical difference at all.

With deference to both Darrell and Brian, Ultimately the statistics are out of our hands. Whose hands they are in is a matter of faith.

The good news for you is that if your faith is in statistics you should be in good shape.

Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.