Is chemo ever an option for oral cancer?

Not standardly: Chemotherapy alone is not a standard first treatment option for oral cancer. The standard options include surgery or radiation.

Yes.: Oral cancer is just a location. The treatment for oral cancers like other types is vast...Surgical, radiation and chemo. They are making great strides in cancer work so think positive...And good luck.

Yes: Yes it is most of the time after surgical removal and radiation.

Yes, but...: The primary treatment for oral cancer is surgical excision followed by, in most cases, radiation therapy. Sometimes chemotherapy is used as an adjunct but most trials of using solely chemotherapy have showed higher rates of mortality and lack of disease control compared to surgery.