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Hi I am new here I am currently under a private consultant for swelling to the front of my ear which ultrasound has confirmed Cyst & Pus in Parotid Gland had a Fine Needle aspiration that has shown a squamous cell which I am told everyone has and sheds...
Hi everyone. I'm a 74 year old woman. Earlier this month (January 2023) I had a very painful biopsy for a potential BCC in my eyebrow, which has turned out to be positive. The biopsy has already left a noticeable gap in my eyebrow. The apparently-harmless...
My husband has had 10 treatments for stage 4 SCC cutaneous cell cancer which had spread to the outside of his lung and lymph nodes. Today he received his scan results which showed 4 tumours had gone and one so small it wasn’t measure and no new growths...
I am currently considering the options given to me for how to proceed when the BCC is removed from my scalp. One option is to have the area closed after removal by means of purse string sutures. Apparently this involves making a circle of stitches around...
Hi, Hope everyone is keeping well! I’ve just been diagnosed by a dermatologist with basal cell carcinoma on my scalp after an urgent referral by my GP 2 weeks ago. I have had a patch on my head for around 9 months that kept scabbing , then oozing and...
Hi everyone, I had a biopsy late August 22 and was told on 7th Dec that it’s a BCC, the follow up appointment was delayed due to me being on holiday. The nurse was lovely, she went off to fetch a Mohs surgeon to have a look, she was also lovely, and confirmed...
Hi posted on here but guess nobody else has this aggressive tumour so I'm signing out. Wish you all well goodnight.
I thought I'd write about my experience so far of using efudix on a patch of pink skin on my jawline, thought to be a pre cancerous AK. In case my experience helps others. I was prescribed 3 weeks of treatment and told the little pink patch I was to...
Hello I've just had a biopsy a week ago with suspected skin cancer I'm absolutely paranoid I'm going to die as I lost my mum to skin cancer at 65 the wait for the biopsy results seem so long 3 to 12 weeks is anyone else having this agonising wait? Losing...
I would really value any guidance anyone can give to me on Squamous cell carcinoma stage 2. Plan is for surgery and then possible radiotherapy- can anyone help or share with me any personal experiences ? thanks so much in advance
