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Q: squamous cell carcinoma

I had squamous cell carcinoma surgery on my upper chest.  The biopsy was clean.   What does it mean?

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10/30/08 4:58pm

Hard to say based on the limited information.  Do you mean that you had a MOHS procedure and they got "clean borders" ?  Otherwise do you mean since the surgery you've had an additional biopsy and it showed no cancer activity?

Otherwise, I'm not sure what biopsy you mean.

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By Colleen Passman— Last Modified: 12/24/10, First Published: 10/27/08