I'm also very suspicious of stress as a contributing factor in HPV & SCC. As a young child, my son was abused and sodomized by our Catholic parish priest with long lasting effects which culminated with his being hospitalized for suicidal depression. While he was in treatment for depression, his wife divorced him. And then came SCC. With no other causal factors, for the SCC, IMO all signs point to stress.


Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)