How Can Squamous Cell Carcinoma Be Treated?

Posted on Wed, 26 Apr 2017

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Question : I believe i have mouth cancer(squamous cell carcinoma). Should i see my dermatologist to get a biopsy? What other test will he likely recomend? What would be the first treatment option?

Answered by Dr. Deepak Sundriyal (41 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Hello. Dermatologist has no role

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear. I have gone through the details. So a mouth cancer is treated and diagnosed by a head and neck cancer surgeon and not dermatologists. A mouth cancer starts either as a plaque like lesion or an ulcer or growth. A clinical examination by a cancer surgeon is must to diagnose it. Apart from a biopsy, an mri scan of face and neck is must to stage the disease and plan treatment. If early stage, surgery is the treatment.
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Follow up: Dr. Deepak Sundriyal (54 minutes later)

But, it is the same type of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma correct?

Answered by Dr. Deepak Sundriyal (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Hello. No its different

Detailed Answer:
Hello. Although its squamous, but its different as its originate from Mucosa and not skin.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana