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#8878 11-27-2006 05:39 PM | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP  Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 | I would like to know if anyone has heard of oral cavity cancers spreading to the scalp.
Thank you for your help.
CG to wife;
Jan 2005 DX SCC Tongue T2N1MO; RND surgery Mar 2005; 35 XRT and 4 cisplatin completed Jul 2005.
Dec 2006 tongue surgery, Scar tissue no cancer.
Feb 2010 neck node FNA - negative.
2010 ORN right jaw plus fracture
2015 ORN left jaw plus fracture
Feb 2016 Lower jaw reconstruction by Fibula free flap+titanium plate - Permanent G-tube
June 2016 Difficulty breathing - Permanent Trachea tube
Dec 2019 DX Cervical cancer - Stage 1 - Surgery Jan 16 2020.
15-20 esophagus/larynx dilations
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#8879 11-28-2006 09:15 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 | Squamous Cell Carcinomas metastasize primarily via the lymph system and the circulatory system. Given the places that they are likely to go to, the scalp is pretty unlikely. Even loco-regional spread from a lesion that has broken through from the oral cavity occurs, but I have never heard of that kind of spread very far away from the oral cavity. Nasopharyngeal SCC will spread up to the orbit of the eye, and these can move quite fast - but to the scalp? I wouldn't be looking for something there. Solar radiation induced carcinomas as an independent etiology could be encountered there, but I would expect to see others develop first such as basal cell carcinoma.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#8880 11-29-2006 05:10 PM | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | OP Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 | Brian,
Thank you for your reply and the information you provided.
CG to wife;
Jan 2005 DX SCC Tongue T2N1MO; RND surgery Mar 2005; 35 XRT and 4 cisplatin completed Jul 2005.
Dec 2006 tongue surgery, Scar tissue no cancer.
Feb 2010 neck node FNA - negative.
2010 ORN right jaw plus fracture
2015 ORN left jaw plus fracture
Feb 2016 Lower jaw reconstruction by Fibula free flap+titanium plate - Permanent G-tube
June 2016 Difficulty breathing - Permanent Trachea tube
Dec 2019 DX Cervical cancer - Stage 1 - Surgery Jan 16 2020.
15-20 esophagus/larynx dilations
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#8881 11-30-2006 05:00 PM | Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 284 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 284 | Vin,
Since radiation my mom has had numerous squamous cell cancers turn up on her body...legs, arms and even her scalp. She has surgeries to remove them or they freeze them off with dry ice. Her dermatolgist says they are not related to her oral cancer but that they are from sun damage and the radiation exposure made them come out faster. She says they would have come out eventually but the radiation brough them out. They are slow growing and slow spreading and she hasn't had any severe problems with them. Just thought I would share.
Take Care,
Originally joined OCF on 12/12/03 as DaniO or Danijams
Dani-Mom SCC BOT & floor of mouth surgery-recur then surgery/rads & chemo completed 3/04
surgery 11/06 to remove dead bone & replace jaw w/ leg bone & titanium plate
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#8882 11-30-2006 05:23 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 | Information from the very reputable skin cancer foundation. http://www.skincancer.org/squamous/index.php
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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