Re: can squamous cell -finger-nailbed/matrix -grow back in 3 months?
- From: "Steph" <steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 05:32:36 GMT
"Curlyhead" <scribemoon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
>
> Had squamous cell in my nail bed/nail matrix. Had 3 levels of Mohs at
> the end of May 05..surgeon took the skin down to bone..the last level
> had margin so they didn't have to amputate.
> So I've been growing back my finger.. and looking forward.and Friday
> morning I saw a wartlike growth underneath my nail..looked very much
> like the cancer. About a month ago..i saw some slightly weird skin in
> that area but the plastic surgeon who's not a cancer guy said that the
> cancer usually doesn't grow back that fast. It was my understanding
> that squamous is a slow growing cancer. Three months if it indeed is
> cancer again?
> The percentage of recurrence for squamous in the finger is 26% because
> of the HPV connection and the tricky architecture.
>
> The Mohs surgeon said at the time he was 85% sure he got it all..
> because it's tricky in the finger.
> So I called my dermatologist and her nurse ..i have no idea what the
> nurse said because of her really thick accent..i tried to get her to
> repeat words.. i called back later only to get the same nurse who
> proceeded to connect me with the doc only to have me disconnected. But
> I did get an appointment for first thing Monday.
> Trouble is I'm having a bad weekend. I've been trying to research on
> net..but i can't find anything about how fast skin cancer grows back.
> Maybe it's just another for the weird growth in exactly the same place
> since I have scar tissue on the nail bed..it's all weird.
> What would they do if it's recurred? Does that mean they just didn't
> get it all the first time? It would seem scarier healthwise that it's
> recurred so quickly. Would I get Mohs again or would they just go for
> amputation?
> Is there any medical people out there this weekend...cuz I'm having a
> tough time.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Curlyhead
>
85% chance of "getting it all" is 15% chance of recurrence.
You need a biopsy.
If positive, amputation or radiotherapy
.
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