Hi Annie, First off welcome to the family. What I learned through my ordeal is that there are 144 strains of HPV and yes... #'s 16 and 18 (more rare) are linked to oral cancer and probably do come from oral sex. These however are different strains than the ones that cause genetial warts and cervical cancer. BTW... about 85% of the planet is walking around with some form of HPV or another. Your doctors are able (notice...didn't say will) to tell you if you are HPV16 positive AND if your cancer was P16 driven. You will also want to ask about a BCL2 marker and how diferentated your cancer cells were. If you don't feel like looking these things up, ask me and I'll tell you what I know. AND...yes the HPV16 caused cancers are VERY curable. Way better than if you were negative. Don't lose conection with the survivore on the wonderful forum. They saved my ass.

Will