our mom has scc of the tongue. She had pre cancer patches for ten years. In April of 2003 she had a biopsy done for about the 15th time. We all thought it was just routine again and weren't worried about it. But for some reason I went with her to her doctor's appointment for the results, which I hadn't done before. To our surprise it came back invasive cancer. I can't even explain what we went through. We have a very small family and she is the center of everything.