 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | I have had solar keratosis on my feet and hands for years. Some of these eventually turn into SCC and need to either be frozen or surigcally removed. I have spent most of my summers in the sun but do not burn. I too was told that SCC skin cancer is very different from SCC oral cancer. I was given a chemo cream to use which worked very well for about 6 months and now seem to have developed a reaction to it and can't use. Back to freeze and cut.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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