Hello Zydeco:
To answer some of your questions, my brother was diagnosed negative at first biopsy, then a year later biopsy showed positve for carcinoma, he had surgery on 03/05 and two more surgery after that and a total of three regimens of chemotherapy(21 cycles) and six times of radiation therapy. everybody is different. In order to find a right treatment, you need to follow up with MD Anderson or have your biopsy sent to Mayo Clinic. You can check in alternative medicines like Chinese Herbal or some other available natural treatments. If you have to have Surgery, make sure to check the Surgeon if he had perform this type procedure many times, otherwise, you may have to suffer alot of bad uncertainty. please stay on a healthy diet and a regular excercises, meditation, try to control fear.
God Bless you,