There is a lot of information, both on the main OCF site and on these boards, about HPV.

As for the vaccine, do a search on the message boards (link at the top of each page) for postings that include HPV vaccine and are written by Gail Mac, whose husband is in an HPV vaccine trial at Johns Hopkins. According to what she posted here , the vaccine being tested is different from the Gardasil vaccine currently on the market (and targeted only to young women at this point).

There are a few others from these boards in the Hopkins trial as well; you'll find their responses in several of the threads where Gail has posted.

-- Leslie


Leslie

April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.