I can't speak for anyone who is or has been undergoing chemo and/or rads (because I haven't) but personally I asked every doctor who saw me, both at Charleston ENT and my team of doctors at Hollings Cancer Center and they all gave me the green light in moderation. My mom is French so I very much enjoy a glass of good red wine on occasion. For me personally I do not believe alcohol played a role in my SCC and my docs all agree. I know some SCC survivors who have never smoked or imbibed, lifelong healthy eaters with great oral health (except for their OC), no genetic factors or HPV... yet mysteriously they had SCC. It doesn't add up & I don't believe that moderate alcohol consumption, on its own, has been determined as a cause of this type of cancer... at least I have not seen, heard about or read conclusive evidence to that effect...