You need to get another opinion(s). Radiation is not fun to be sure, but it can treat a much larger area without a total loss of heathy tissue.
Brian is right on with getting this (opinion) somewhere else done, just to be sure that you avoid ego stuff.

Markus


Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.