On May 31 my husband had an excisional biopsy by an ENT after a biopsy of a leukoplakia by an oral surgeon in early May showed "moderate dysplasia" and warned of a possible "skip effect." The excisional biopsy came back positive for SCC -- location was the area where the tongue meets the bottom of the mouth.

This week he had a PET scan, which we just heard came back clean. He plans to send all slides and reports to the Hopkins CCC to double-check the findings and will also be seen by an ENT up there. But as you might imagine, for the moment we are all most relieved.

I have learned so much from reading these boards (and the rest of the site) over the last month, and given the odds of recurrence, we'll remain on high alert. Thank you to Brian, and to everyone here, for your wisdom, knowledge and caring.