I have been reading about HPV's and oral cancer but I am still a bit confused. I am wondering if there is a certain type of oral cancer that is related to HPV? I have never had a positive test for HPV and I have never been a smoker or heavy drinker sometimes I really wonder why or how I got this. I know I will never have a definitive answer, but I am just not sure how HPV relates to cancer of the head and neck?

Adele,
mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the submandibular gland, 05/06, left neck dissection, gland and tumor removed, intermediate grade, margins negative, 9 lymph nodes negative, no rad, no chemo,
11/07 surgical biopsy of lymph node left neck, no cancer!