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Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Sep 21 5:27pm | Replies (538)
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@tomschwerdt

Yep, I would definitely start asking the oncologist about chemotherapy options - from some quick reading, it appears that many SCC tumors have an excess of EGFR protein and there's a drug which targets this.

Below I'm linking a related research study to share with your oncologist. Note that the patients were in a much worse situation than you are. They couldn't have surgery to remove the SCC tumor and relied on the chemo alone - and a third of them were immunocompromised. You just need to keep any remaining cells from regrowing.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996917/

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goldfinch | @goldfinch | Mar 21 12:13pm

Thanks so much for your much needed info. I need to find best place for a qualified second opinion near me. I tried another dermatologist, but it turns out his group uses the same Mohs surgeon! waste of time. I live in Rhode Island, no Mayo Clinic near me. A large cancer center that does a lot of squamous cell cancer of the scalp is what I need to find. Hoping for a response from a kindred spirit.

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