Re: Info on SCC?


"Rich" <redwhitenblue@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.07.08.22.58.52.229298@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I was just told that a mass under my fingernail is squamous cell
> carcinoma. The initial info I found on the net indicates this may not be
> a big deal. But the doctor started off with amputating the finger tip as
> one way to be 100% sure the cancer is gone. He also brought up some other
> options but overall - I was in shock (and on the phone in the office). He
> made the comment to search of SCC on the nail bend (or bent). I have not
> found much to help get a feel for how serious this is.
>
> Can anyone point me to some good source(s) on this?? Cancer was my biggest
> fear - I remember my grandmother dying from it (ovarian) and ... even
> after ~40 years, I still remember her pain and smell..... I gather this
> is not quite in the same category - but between now and next week when I
> see the doctor, I'd like to get some info to help absorb the shock.
>
> Rich

Radiotherapy works fine.
You'll lose a fingernail, but not your finger


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