There is a recent study that concluded that HVP+ SCC responds better to current treatment and therefore has less of a reoccurrence rate than
HPV- SCC. There has also been some discussions of late saying than a less toxic treatment may be suitable for
HPV related cancer than non
HPV and I believe this topic will be discussed this year at a NCI meeting. But for now anyone Dx'ed with
HPV+ SCC will be given the same treatment as
HPV- SCC but may expect a better outcome.
I will say that I was not a smoker and was a social drinker and 2 years ago when
HPV was not well known in the OC community I was told that tobacco caused my cancer and it upset me to think that it was responsible and I had avoided it just for that reason. I did my research and finally got Moffitt to send my slides to Johns Hopkins after my treatment was completed and my positive test at least made me better knowing what caused my cancer and that it was not tobacco.