Suzanne

A team approach is the best way to go. Often there are disagreements between my medical team (an ENT surgeon, MO, RO and head of nuclear medicine) that they resolve among themselves so I don't have to. I do confess though that I rely primarily upon my ENT as she has more empathy since her husband is an oral cancer survivor and she really understands the quality of life issues each treatment option poses. Still, sometimes I take my MO advice like this second round when I will start Carboplatin on Wednesday in preparation for the CyberKnife radiation despite no conclusive studies that it will help, I just do not want to deal with the "shoulda/coulda" self-recriminations if this Cancer comes back a third time and the chemo might have prevented it.
Your surgeon can pull together a team for you.
Good luck
Charm