#18797 10-07-2005 07:48 AM | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 14 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 14 | Brian, you previously mentioned a possible link between HPV 16/18 and oral cancer. I have also read in my research about this possibility, and now I see on the news today a vaccine due out in 2006 to prevent cervical cancer. Have you heard anything on the possibility of this preventing oral cancer recurrence also?
Tom
Stage 3, T3,N1,M0, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Base of Tongue. Surgery, Radiation 6 weeks. Completed Treatment Sep 2005. Recurrence Jun 2006 - Chemo Gemcitabine/Paclitaxol Nov 2006
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#18798 10-07-2005 04:01 PM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | I am not Brian but I do have some input, the vaccine will not "cure" cervical cancer. It must be given at an age before sexual activity begins (before contracting the virus). At this time in girls they are considering a recommended age of 12 - 15. If this vaccine was to have implications for HN HPV caused cancer then one would assume that it would have to be given before the virus was even in the body.
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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#18799 10-07-2005 04:25 PM | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 14 Member | | OP Member
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 14 | Thanks Mark. The news report on TV had not made that clear.
Tom
Stage 3, T3,N1,M0, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Base of Tongue. Surgery, Radiation 6 weeks. Completed Treatment Sep 2005. Recurrence Jun 2006 - Chemo Gemcitabine/Paclitaxol Nov 2006
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