My name is swati from bangalore, My 68 year old mother has been diagnosed with tongue cancer last tuesday. Iam very worried about her. One oncologist says that the tumour is localised and he will do surgery for 1 and 1/2 hr and remove 30% of the affected are. another oncologis says that it is going to be 9 hour surgery and he eill remove 1/2 of tongue, reconstruct and then give her chemo. I am reading about chemo and radiation and i am so scared. Will my mother who has diabeties, hypertension will be able to withstand chemo/ radiation. Please advise
Hi, dairy have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. If your mother has tongue cancer then treatment of choice is surgical excision and reconstruction of tongue by plastic surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.  If your mother has diabetes and hypertension then risk is high but if her general health is good then it is manageable.  Consult your doctor and take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using Chat Doctor. Wish you a very good health.