I know that one person's experience can't take the place of good medical advice, but my tumor, while in a different place, was a T2N0M0--T2 because of the size and the length of time we figure it had been there. Because of that, even though my scans were clear for any metastasis, my dr. recommended a neck dissection for two purposes: 1. to remove any stray cells that might not have been picked up on the scans, and 2. to hopefully prevent any cells yet to spread from having a pathway.

So far so good.

I am very, very happy to have had the ND. He was a little apologetic when he recommended it, and I said that I was very happy to have that done. I did not have radiation, so this bit of insurance was fine with me!