The law is they are kept for 7 years. However, their positive or negative nature reflects that moment in time, and perhaps not the situation today.

While survival advantage exists in HPV positive patients, I personally do not believe that it should change any of your follow up screening and scanning protocols yet, once your treatments are done.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.