I haven't had any luck finding information that clearly explains the different HPV tests or for that matter explains why there is a different test for oral HPV than cervical (pap smear digene) HPV testing and if so why!

Charm indicated his first test (at a major CCC) was negative (immunohistochemistry) and a different test (PCR) was positive.

Mine was ambiguous (sensitivity levels??) from a CCC lab just trying to get up to speed on these test having numerous problems (and no primary tumor).

I'm sure over the past couple years that there have been improvements, but apparently there are still various test protocols, few standards, and disagreements on the sensitivity levels (among other things).

Anyway since HPV+ OC is a major issue on this forum it would be nice to get a lot more knowledge about best practices and what we should be asking for and expecting from these test results.