For those of you who may not have seen this ... the first report on tonight's "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" is on the rise of HPV-related head and neck cancers, pegged to the current kerfluffle over Texas Gov. Rick Perry and his short-lived HPV vaccination mandate (and Rep. Michele Bachmann's very odd remarks about mental retardation and the vaccine). The reporter is NBC's chief medical editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, who is a head and neck surgeon.

You can see the report on the "Nightly News" website: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/

Leslie

April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.