Has anyone else who is a T1N0M0 (stage 1 and nothing in nodes and no mastesis) had a reoccurance of SCC tongue cancer?
Only one of my three doctors is recommending radiation.(Already had surgery with clear margins.) Two are on the fence and leaving the decision to me. I want to be as aggressive as possible and need to make a decision soon.
I know some of you feel the side effects are nothing compared to the reduction in reoccurance. However, radiation is not a guarantee that it won't come back and since you can only have radiation once in the head and neck area (can have more if elsewhere in your body) then I'm wondering if I should wait and then use radiation/chemo if it returns.
So, I'm wondering if anyone else was a stage 1 with nothing elsewhere and the cancer came back.