You shouldn't be concerned with statistics. Especially in HPV+ oral cancers. There are so few institutions collecting data on this right now, and it has taken a long time (10 years) to get them all up to speed doing so, that early cases that were positive, were not even reported as HPV associated. So the data on this will be murky for a few more years.

Trust that your survival advantage over tobacco oral cancers has been proven in a study that OCF and NCI funded and published in NEJM. Try to live each day fully without worrying too much about the "what if's" and numbers that may not apply to you. We are all unique biological entities and there is no absolute number that will, without question, apply to you. You are one of the lucky ones.... go out and enjoy, live, prosper, thrive.


Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.