Gary & Christy,

I found cytokeratin on several medical research sites, but was not able to understand much about it. There are also at least 2 pages right here on OCF that have this term. It seems maybe it is some type of biological marker found in some SCC's? Gary, you understand these things much better than me. If interested, here are links to 2 of the pages:

http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/cdc/cdc_chapter2.htm

http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/news/story.asp?newsId=250

Or you can just go to the main page of OCF and type cytokeratin in the search field. I don't know if much of this is really relevant at this point, but thought it interesting for those who are curious to learn more.

Rosie

Was primary caregiver to my daughter Heather who had stage IV base of tongue SCC w/ primary recurrence. Original diagnosis August 21st, 2002. Primary recurrence March 18th, 2003. Died October 6th, 2003.