Squamous cell carcinoma question

Why do you have moles all over your body ,why is that and i thought that you colud get those removed

i'm dealing with squamous skin cancer now. it's not *always* simple - just usually is. the other portion - contribute to 40% deaths from skin cancer. i don't know why so many in the medical community seem to be ignorant. i had 3 doctors miss mine and unfortunatley, i am in a 'high risk' category - anyone is with just one risk factor and if both parents have had it, you are too.

squamous takes a lot of different forms. there are slow growing and fast growing forms (under one year, like mine) - all have the potential to metasize or spread. the most dangerous areas are head, neck, lip, hand or anywhere it's right on top of bone, nerves and cartilidge. there's other risk factors associated with it too.

if your talking scaley patches, then you probably are 'cured' as far as those sites are concerned. it doesn't mean you won't have it in the future though, if anything, it means the opposite. you are at an increased risk from ALL skin cancers and not just squamous. (basal cell doesn't work that way) from what i've learned - you can expect more within the next 5 yrs and probably for life. (might as well buy stock in coppertone, etc)

at a minimum, get a proffessional skin cancer ck now. someone that was initially dx'd with multiple sites - probably in the high risk category (find out more at www.nccn.org in thier guidelines for risk factors) you should have one more often than yearly for awhile. you should also get every pathology report generated for your own records - they say alot - including how aggressive it was. some can be quite aggressive depending on what type it is - those need to be treated more like melanoma since they spread microscopically.

squamous is fairly complicated in some cases. there isn't a lot of treatment available beyond the original diagnosis if you happen to get one of those 'rare' forms - so it pays to pay attention. the pictures of it i've seen on the web have looked nothing like the 2 types of squamous i've had. the most aggressive looked like regular ecezema to me (i'm atopic - another risk factor) and it probably was squamous in situ (pre cancer) regular doctors missed it too.

find a dermatologist familar with squamous. the one i have now, spotted it from across the room. personally, i don't think reg. doctors should be messing around with a lot of the skin cancers. the consequences for mistakes are way too high.

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hope that helps some.

SCC
Good Day, I was looking through this site and came upon this one. Ihad removel of SCC yesterday. I have had this spot for 3 yrs. and have asked Drs. they said it was nothing. So i went to another surgeon he did a biopsy a week ago. Results Malignant Carcinoma. It was on the (R) side close to my eye the size of a large pea. Two hours of hell and hope that ill be the end of this really CUTE Black EYE. I'm so thankful i went to another Dr.He told me it could come back. I noticed in a reply that it could show up in another place. So i'm making an appointment with a specialist for a omplete body ck and evaluation.One of the bad things of living in Northern, NY. Not any specialists. I will keep you in my prayers for a long healthy life.