Metastatic squamous cell skin cancer after Moh's Surgery

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Loli
Loli Member Posts: 3 Member
edited March 13 in Skin Cancer #1

Hello,

I am a 64 year old otherwise healthy retired RN. I was recently diagnosed with metastatic cutaneous (skin) squamous cell cancer.

History: I had had Mohs surgery to remove a lesion on my left arm in 2019. Just this past November, I had an MRI for a sore arm/shoulder (unrelated) and they noticed an enlarged lymph node under my left arm. Fine needle biopsy showed squamous cell cancer.

My brain scan and PET scan were negative except for "moderate uptake" in a left neck node. Thankfully, the neck node was negative on biopsy.

I begin immunotherapy this week (Cemiplimab/Libtayo) for 2 to 3 sessions, then they will remove a few or all of my axillary nodes (depending on whether immunotherapy works). If it doesn't work, I will need radiation too.

Anyone out there with metastatic squamous skin cancer?

Thank you.

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