@metsgirl Thank you for that suggestion, I will ask the oncologist when we see her next week. My husband had the tonsil with the tumor removed, clear margins. But the cancer is in adjacent lymph nodes, don't know how many. I feel like 35 radiation treatments as well as chemo is a lot but we have to trust that his doctor knows best. My husband's is HPV positive 16, apparently this has a very high cure rate , still it's very scary. Thank you so much for replying to my question.