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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | I would suggest going to an ENT (who treats primarily oral cancer patients) to get checked out. Tell them about the ear pain and lymph node. Im one to always err on the side of caution so its a good idea to get checked out.
Cancerous tumors will not come and go so I doubt the caker sores are anything to worry about. But you still want to let the ENT know you have had issues with it. You just never know.
Im sorry but I dont know how quickly SCC grows. Its probably like everything else, everyone is different and in some it will grow faster than others.
Hopefully you have nothing serious going on. Best wishes!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
