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.