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Q: epithelioma, and at the end carcinoma intraepidermale
asked by: laura_2003 on December 29th, 2003
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Several months ago my father noticed a red dot on the left side of his face. In the past several months it started spreading. He saw a doctor, who told him that 'it' had to be removed, so it was (8 stitches). After 9 days the stitches were removed and we noticed that the cut hadn't healed properly because it was open. So he went to the hospital again and his doctor put the stitches again. Before the first stitches were removed the doctor said that that spot had become inflamed and he prescribed medication for my father. Now the second stitches are removed and everything seems to be fine, no inflammation.
The thing that got us worried is the test result that we got from pathology. So I was wondering if anyone could tell me something about it. It said: epithelioma, and at the end carcinoma intraepidermale. I talked to another doctor and before I was finished describing my father's condition, he said cancer.
Any suggestions and advice are appreciated. Thank you.
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redrose
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laura_2003
replied on December 29th, 2003
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Thank you very much for your reply. I appreciate it.

When I picked up the test results, I immediately went to see my father's doctor (and by the way he is not a cancer specialist). He told me that my father is ok now but it wouldn't have been good if the spot hadn't been removed. That's the only thing he kept saying. But somehow that's not a sufficient answer for me. My dad talked to him the following day too and the doctor told him the same thing.

I saw another doctor and he told me that my dad should use a cream (which he did last summer) and that he should use a hat as well (which my father again did) and stay out of sun. This doctor thinks that the cancer won't reoccur, since it has been completely removed. It said so in the test results. This doctor added one more thing; he doesn't seem pleased with the fact that my father's doctor operated him while that spot was inflamed. The test results described the removed tissue as inflammed with pus. According to him, my father's doctor should have waited for a while with the operation.

All this didn't calm me down. I am really worried, and so is my father, of course. My father keeps telling me that he feels something, like itching, on his entire face. He is afraid that he might be getting those red spots all over his face.

I am also very worried because my great-grandfather (my father's grandfather) died of lung cancer and my grandfather (my father's father) of stomach cancer. My grandmother (my father's mother) has red spots on her face and they were removed and some of them reappeared but the test results showed no sign of cancer stating that they are spots that old people get/have.
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