my husband is 42 years old, is physically fit and has never smoked and seldom drinks alcohol. he decided to have his tonsils removed because his right tonsil is huge and was hindering his swallowing and talking. When the ENT doctor went to take it out, the doctor realized it was not just a swollen tonsil and had a piece of his tonsil biopsied. That is how we found out it was SCC. We will know more after he gets his CT scan. It is hard because we dont know exactly what we're dealing with. It is very encouraging to hear that it is possible to overcome this. Thanks, Chere