Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Information on Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Squamous Cell Carcinoma Information

Squamous Cell Carcinoma is basically a skin disease typical to youth, but it may occur to the people at any age. Sometimes the skin will heal after the biopsy because it grows over the cancer. This does not mean the cancer is gone, it means the cancer is now covered with a blanket of skin. If the cancer is not removed completely it can go deep into the skin and metastasize to the internal organs causing death.

Squamous cell cancer is a malignant tumor that affects the middle layer of the skin. They can also spread to distant parts of the body (metastasize) if not treated early. The only way to tell for sure if a skin growth is cancerous is to biopsy it. This involves removing a small piece of the skin and having a pathologist look at it under the microscope in a medical laboratory. A biopsy does not remove the cancer, it only takes off the very top.

We have provided you here all symptoms, causes and treatment methods of Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Causes of Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The cause of the Squamous Cell Carcinoma is unknown.

Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Methods For Treating Squamous Cell Carcinoma are :

1) Curettage and Electrodesiccation

2) Excisional Surgery

3) Radiation Therapy

4) Mohs Micrographic Surgery

5) Cryosurgery

6) Laser Surgery

7) Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)

8) Imiquimod

9) Chemotherapy can be used if surgery and radiation fail

10) Sun exposure and sunbathing produce gradual skin damage even if sunburn is avoided

11) Application of sun-screen or moisturizer with an SPF