Immunotherapy for Skin Cancers on Head & Neck : Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Julie McCrossin AM is a broadcaster, journalist and cancer advocate. www.juliemccrossin.com
Dr Jia (Jenny) Liu is a medical oncologist at St Vincents Hospital Sydney at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre. She specialises in treating patients with head and neck cancer with drug therapy and running clinical trials to provide patients with opportunities to access novel treatments. She is actively involved in bench to bedside research to develop more precise ways of treating cancers to improve effectiveness while reducing side effects.
Dr James Pham is a medical oncology trainee at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincents Hospital Sydney, and a dermatology research fellow at Liverpool Hospital Sydney. He is passionate in bridging the gap between dermatology and oncology specialities to provide novel treatments for skin cancers and help manage side effects of cancer treatments that commonly affect the skin, hair and nails. Through his research, he hopes to one day provide patients with skin cancer the best possible care from the beginning and throughout their treatment journey. tkcc.org.au/
Resources
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer www.cancer.org...
Immunotherapy www.cancer.org...
Cemiplimab www.cancerrese...
Head and Neck Cancer Australia www.headandnec...
The Kinghorn Cancer Centre tkcc.org.au/
Liverpool Hospital www.swslhd.hea...

[@jenniferj4143]

I help out a a 100 year old male in the US. He had a squama cell removed from his head in late August 2023. The margins were clear but a few months later he developed a blockage in a saliva gland on his right side near his ear. He had many tests and had his first immunotherapy in late December 2023 and the pain and size of the tumor has shrunk. He is scheduled for removal surgery on January 22 but I feel like we have not given immunotherapy enough time. I found your talk very interesting. Thank you!

[@Raj-yd3pk]

You doing great work 👍

[@thisoldbag8336]

Great video. I was diagnosed with squamous cell instu on the chest two locations. I was then diagnosed with another squamous cell in the scalp that was invasive with deep margins according to the biopsy. I had wide excision to remove the one of the chest spots, other chest spot treated with Efudex, and superficial radiation on the scalp. I didn't get the scalp treated in time and now the squamous cell cancer has spread to the lymph nodes and have gone to the level 4 nodes. I'm still waiting for neck surgery. Since the spot on the chest I treated with Efudex has returned, my oncologist is looking to treat me with immunotherapy, I don't know what kind though. I wish I could start now, so very concerned how much the cancer is spreading in my lymph nodes.

[@Iflie]

I just heard today I will probably get immune therapy for my scalp and neck tumor. I'll be part of the trial but I heard they got many great results with this treatment for this type of cancer so I'm hopeful. It really sounds like the future of cancer treatments.

[@playpauserepeat]

Great to hear that you're seeing progress. Could you send me info on this trial? I would like to be a part of this trial. Thanks in advance

[@Iflie]

@@playpauserepeat I haven't started it myself yet and I'm in the Netherlands so a dutch trial will not be available to you. But they are using the therapy in many countries.