Thank you everyone for your responses and excellent information.

I did just get another opinion, both have been at major cancer centers in So Calif. Based on my cell type (clear cell adenoCa), this MD recommended a much less invasive procedure. Unless the pathologist was incorrect about invasion into the bone (I doubt the path was wrong, it has been confirmed by two different pathologists), there will be no excision of bone at all, only soft tissue.

So, I will be having the less invasive surgery, and feel so much better about the situation.

Gayle


Gayle
Clear cell adenocarcinoma of minor salivary gland, T1N0M0 (stage I), dx'd 12/2008, recommended surgery: partial excision of hard palate soft tissue. Non-smoker, social drinker, no family hx of Ca except in 2 heavy smokers.