About the HPV test, If you are positive for HPV, then it responds better to treatment so that is a good thing. As far as getting a test for it, the treatment will be the same. The HPV test for oral cancer is relatively specialized in the US (although David keeps up on this so may have more to add). Females, in the US today, are typically tested for HPV when they get their annual pap smear. This would not be the same test as for HPV induced SCC, in which a piece of the biopsy sample would have to be sent to a lab.

Last edited by Gary; 03-31-2011 02:01 PM.

Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)