My dad was diagnosed with squamous cell carcenoma June 2006. For over a year his primary care physician was treating the lumps in his neck with steroid and antibiotics. July 2006 he had lymph nodes removed from under his arm and a modified massive neck dissection, lymph nodes were removed and as much of the tumor was removed that could be, it was also extremely invasive. The doctor said that he had a 20% chance of getting rid of the remaining tumors. He began treatment at the end of August. The first protocol was 6 weeks of radiation, 5 days a week with chemo every 2 weeks one day a week. Then he had chemo over 12 weeks, every 3rd Thursday. The last treatment was the end of December 2006. He had a petscan in January and the two spot were clear, but now there is a spot on his lung and 2 spots on his spine (C spine, Tspine). He just finished 4 weeks of radiation for the spot on the top of his spine, the lower spot there are a lot of risks with treatment do to the location. It is has been a month since he finished with the radiation. He has yet to eat solid food and is only taking liquids. Chemo can not start until he starts eating. He is seeing a gastro doctor for a scope this week. Is there a possibility of it being cured, or is it too advanced, what type of time frame if that is the case.