Thanks I will definitely go for regular check ups. I feel lucky that I was able to get this diagnosed so early. The dentist initially saw the leukoplakia and referred me to get biopsy. Then I had an lesion which caused pain. But I must say that I was not educated well about oral cancer. I didnt understand that it could be aggressive so quickly without you knowing. Very scary. They should check my tissue for HPV as causal factor right? And if HPV is determined to be the cause of this is drinking still correlated with causing this or is it just HPV? Is there anything I can do other than 3 month check ups? What should i look for in th future? If it started as leukoplakia this time if something does come back would it typically be the same looking thing or in the same area or could this change?