Hi,
Just found this site. Ten days ago found out result of biopsy had SCC. A week ago, had surgery to remove 1.1 cm x 1.5 mm tumor from tongue/floor of mouth with skin graft from my thigh. No ND, as the CT scan of the neck prior to the surgery was clean. Clean borders, tumor removed, and T1NXMX stage diagnosed. I guess I'm lucky it isn't worse.
My ENT gave me 2 options: 1) ND pro-actively now or 2) monthly monitoring and quarterly neck CT scan and ND as soon as something shows up, for 2-3 years.
I need more information...

a) can the cancer spread only to the neck lymph nodes or to other places?
b) should I get a scan of the entire body, beyond just the neck CT scan, to make sure it didn't go somewhere else?

I'm waiting for a 2nd opinion appointment at a local cancer care center...

I'm 37 with zero risk factors. I'm still in disbelief/denial.

Sophie