Well I disagree in some respect that an HPV positive test wouldn't perhaps alter a treatment plan especially if they had already removed his tonsils and put him through concurrent radiation and chemo. Hell Moffitt told me 3 years ago that had they known I was HPV+ (they didn't test me until post TX) that they may have altered my Tx and they never discussed post rad/chemo chemo. It only stands to reason that if at least 2 studies have concluded that HPV+ responds better to (existing) Tx which is usually NEVER more than surgery and concurrent chemo/rad then it may be proven later that less Tx is all that's needed to treat HPV+ SCC and certainly not MORE Tx.

If it was me I would want to be tested for HPV and another opinion from a CCC before I was subjected to PERHAPS unnecessary torture.