#7851 07-12-2006 07:32 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 Gold Member (100+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 | My MIL's doctors have still not found the primary source of her cancer and are now saying that it might be in the lung. The mets to her lymph node is definitely SCC, as stated on the report. Can SCC originate in the lung? I thought SCC was particular to head and neck cancer. Please explain.....
Niece to Aunt Ro- Dx: 4/03. SCC Stg 4 BOT with mets to fl of mth & crvcl lymph node. AdenoC 1 sal gland. Two add. reconstrc. surgeries for adhesions. Recurrence 7/06- Sub-Mand AdenoC. Mets to both lungs. Lost her battle 5/4/07.
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#7852 07-12-2006 10:09 AM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | If they do't find the source, she may just have an 'unknown primary'. While not that common, my first bout was an unknown primary with mets to one lymph in neck.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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#7853 07-12-2006 10:20 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | My Mom's SCC was in her oesophagus, not sure about the lung, but as Eileen say many times the primary remains unknown, but basically treatment remains the same.
Sunshine.. love and hugs
Helen
SCC Base of tongue, (TISN0M0) laser surgery, 10/01 and 05/03 no clear margins. Radial free flap graft to tonsil pillar, partial glossectomy, left neck dissection 08/04
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#7854 07-14-2006 05:19 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 | The doctor's have found that the source of my MIL's cancer is her lung. We will find out more today, after she sees her doctor.
Lisa
Niece to Aunt Ro- Dx: 4/03. SCC Stg 4 BOT with mets to fl of mth & crvcl lymph node. AdenoC 1 sal gland. Two add. reconstrc. surgeries for adhesions. Recurrence 7/06- Sub-Mand AdenoC. Mets to both lungs. Lost her battle 5/4/07.
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#7855 07-14-2006 07:13 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Lisa,
That would be kind of unusual. Typically SCC in the lung is a distant metastesis from the primary, which was probably the BOT.
As you read most H&N cancers originate in the throat and metastesize to the other parts of the respiratory system and other organs, liver, brain, kidneys, as well.
Was she a smoker? She may have a different cancer in the lung. Do they have a positive biopsy for SCC?
Is she being Dx'd at a CCC? If not, I would find one pronto.
I am sorry to hear about this new development.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#7856 07-14-2006 08:42 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 | I didn't know this either. I've been reading nothing but oral cancer material for my Aunt Ro for the last three years and I took it for granted that the SCC mets in her lymph node was from an oral primary. SCC of the lung is one of the three subtypes of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). We'll find out more when she returns from her doctor visit. Also, she has lots more testing ahead of her.
Lisa
Niece to Aunt Ro- Dx: 4/03. SCC Stg 4 BOT with mets to fl of mth & crvcl lymph node. AdenoC 1 sal gland. Two add. reconstrc. surgeries for adhesions. Recurrence 7/06- Sub-Mand AdenoC. Mets to both lungs. Lost her battle 5/4/07.
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#7857 07-14-2006 02:35 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Did they find it through the chest x-ray?
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#7858 07-15-2006 08:19 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 | No, they did a lung biopsy this past week.
Niece to Aunt Ro- Dx: 4/03. SCC Stg 4 BOT with mets to fl of mth & crvcl lymph node. AdenoC 1 sal gland. Two add. reconstrc. surgeries for adhesions. Recurrence 7/06- Sub-Mand AdenoC. Mets to both lungs. Lost her battle 5/4/07.
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