Well, gang,

It looks like I'll just have to breakdown and do some more googling -- or
perhaps a lot more. I just got an upgrade to the original lung cancer
diagnosis (confirmed with biopsy on 7/7/06), though this upgrade is based
on the same biopsy. It sounds a bit intimidating.  Now, instead of calling
it "squamash cell carcenoma," they are calling it "aggressive squamash
cell carcenoma."
I am also beginning to wonder if the lung cancer ("squamash cell
carcenoma") is simply spread from any one of a number of skin cancers
("squamash cell carcenomas").