Even when the tonsil is removed earlier in life, they never get all of it, and in many people tonsillar tissue has been shown to grow back. At Johns Hopkins they are doing prophylactic bilateral tonsillectomies on patients with a positive cervical node and what appears to be a completely occult oral/oropharyngeal cavity. In 70 % of those patients they are finding positive SCC in one of the tonsils. This philosophy is spreading to other centers. Food for thought.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.