I have also been told by 3 doctors, if there is SCC found in lymph nodes, that there is always going to be a primary in the mouth or "throat" area, as they are squamous cells, and that's why it is squamous cell carcinoma.

Also with lymphoma, I had a friend that just went through that, and she actually didn't have any lymph nodes in her neck involved, she had a tumor in her chest, which was odd, cuz it wasn't near where your lymph nodes are "supposed to be". They are usually found near your armpits or in your neck and hers was in the center of her chest, well slightly off center, but no where near the axillary lymph nodes.

I have since talked to 3 docs (1 ent, 1 oral surgeon and 1 oncologist), and they say if SCC is found in the lymph nodes, they better be looking for the primary in the oral cavity or throat, as they have never heard of a primary of oral cancer in0the lymph nodes, especially when it is SCC in their combined 70 years of treating oral cancer, and head and neck cancers.