It's like trying to debate the chicken and the egg theory. You will just spin your wheels, chase your tail and drive yourself mad. Too many veriables and with humans there will always be.
What is important is fixing it. IMO

40 yr old. Stage IV SCC found left tonsil. PET/CT shows cancer on base of tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes on both sides. HPV 16 pos. 6 weeks of cisplatin, 43 days of radiation. 73gy on each side.
ND March 2, 2009
reoccurance dx'd Aug 19, 2009