I agree, that's a tough decision for anyone much less a 24 yr old. I am still surprised that they won't/can't make their recommendation.

As I had noted before we used to see the majority here that were much older with a history of tobacco use and their cancer was pretty aggressive. It was standard practice to recommend attacking their cancer with everything possible, i.e., the whole kitchen sink.

Then we started to see people like me, younger (their words, not mine), non smokers, BOT or tonsil primary and most of us tested positive for HPV. They also told us that our cancer was not as aggressive as the tobacco group. They still recommended the whole kitchen sink approach.

Now we are seeing many just like Camille, non smokers, really young but their primaries are located in their tongue and they seem to be just as aggressive as the tobacco group. This group never tests positive for HPV and I personally don't see why they are hesitating to approach this the same way?

So that's the troubling part to me.