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SCC can usually be cured if it is treated early enough.
Your treatment will be planned by the hospital multidisciplinary team of doctors and other health care professionals. Your doctors will tell you about the risks, benefits and side effects of the treatment you are offered, and how it may affect your life afterwards.
In deciding which treatment to use, your team will take into account the type of SCC that you have, how big the tumour is, where it is, and whether it has spread. Your age, general health, and your wishes, will also be taken into account.
You will then need to agree to the treatment before it can start. This is called giving your consent. Don’t be afraid to ask questions if there is anything you don’t understand.
It is a good idea to think about whether your treatment plan will have any practical or financial implications for you and your family. The Oncology Nurse Specialist will be able to talk to you about these, and tell you about other sources of help and support. The last page in this section, Who else can help me? has more suggestions.
The treatment options are as follow (surgery and radiotherapy may be combined):
