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Author  Topic    chappaqua USA 2 Posts Posted - 07/23/2009 :  11:24:58     Six months ago I had my first skin cancer diagnosis which was basal cell and removed from my face by a plastic surgeon. A month ago, I had a biopsy on my ear. It showed a lot of pre-cancerous tissue and squamous cell in situ. When I saw my dermatologist last week, he tried to convince me to wait for three months before doing anything further since he believed he got everything doing the biopsy. I said I wanted another biopsy, and he did it. I got the report 2 days ago which showed basal cell carcinoma, and my dermatologist, this time, said we'll wait for three months. I am getting another opinion next week but am wondering if anyone knows of a situation where in one site, both squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas have grown from pre-cancerous tissue? I also then wonder if a melanoma is also possible from the same tissue? Thanks in advance...Janet This is my first time on this forum! RidgebackDogs USA 103 Posts Posted - 07/30/2009 :  22:30:48     Hi Janet, Not sure i have any answers but from what i have read there can be bcc's skin cancers that scc features and vice-versa. One link i followed has dubbed them bsc's. This link was to part of a book i pulled up on a google search of "mixed bcc scc". It is a long link and i will try to post it here but don't know if it will post as it is 3 lines long! I'll try! the book is Skin Cancer by Keyvan Nouri and the page is 71 -- Not sure if a melanoma is possible but from what this book said the BSC could also be just bcc and scc close together - apparently there is not agreement in medical community on this. Hope this helps. Good luck and i will be praying for you! Please let us know how the 2nd opinion went. Thanks! http://books.google.com/books?id=c5J9WDKT1ggC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=mixed+bcc+scc&source=bl&ots=7hQyk4Gwmj&sig=ByOml45ZXAazE6D67BmH4r2Oe_s&hl=en&ei=rlFySoL3DYWcsgPHo7nUCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#v=onepage&q=mixed%20bcc%20scc&f=false Edited by - RidgebackDogs on 07/30/2009 22:49:27 Rose Petal USA 33 Posts Posted - 07/31/2009 :  04:10:17     You are right, RidgebackDogs. I had SCC but my path results include: "There are focal basaloid features as well." www.docstoc.com/docs/9186774/scan0001 The doctor said this means basal cell is "mixed in."    Topic

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