Biopsy confirmed: I have squamous cell carcinoma

I had a biopsy come back as squamous cell carcinoma( on face) and could not find a mohs surgeon near by to take my insurance so I traveled and got to visit a surgeon who agreed to do it but it was so many months away I had more skin cancer screenings at home and they used liquid nitrogen on many spots plus the scc and it healed and never came back. ??? I was amazed! A few years after that I was diagnosed with lung cancer and I’m always wondering if the skin cancer on my face went to my lungs…. It was the squamous cell cancer also. ???🤷‍♀️I wish you the best of luck and it’s good your doing the mohs.

I am in the same place. Have an SCC on my nose, and a few BCC on my face. I am genuinely worried….mainly about whether is has metastasised or not. I will have a neck lymph scan tomorrow and the MOHs surgery in a month

I'm sorry to hear you're going through this, @vandeb, and have had to travel so far to get it treated.

It's not unusual for looking for cause and effect when dealing with these situations. Have you discussed your concerns with your providers? With SCC in the lungs, there are other potential contibuting factors that might be explored.

Personally, I find when I ruminate about what led from there to here, I think of a quote I read by Michal J. Fox: "Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it". Knowledge is certainly power, and we're all gaining a lot of that here, while also are hopefully learning to go easy of ourselves. Perhaps that's an equally important component of the healing process.

I am not a medical professional, so I only pass on what my medical doctors advise.

Basal cell and Squamous are common cancers. They are usually slow growing and not common to metastasis. My dermatologist said this cancer if not treated can grow into bones, muscles, etc. So treatment then is quite extensive.

It does not many basal cell and squamous metastasis but is not known as a common occurrence. Again, not me speaking as a medical professional but what my dermatologist has told me after 6 MOHS surgeries.

I was a sun worshipper in my teens (lived in Florida) surfing, skiing, tennis all getting sun burned. Back then the darker your tan showed the most fun you had. Now paying for all those sunburns.

I think the most important thing with skin is anything that looks suspicious get it checked. Catching skin cancer is just like any cancer the successful treatments are so much better when caught early.

Where is it located?

@avslondon, how did the scan go? Any updates? How are you doing?