Yeah that OCF reference or link would have been a nice perk for having pointed them at all the right sources� At least the story is getting out, and I have to remember that is a huge part of our mission, not seeing our name in print. (Though that is important to getting more people to find us - both those who need help, and those who are donors).
The study referred to in paragraph 2 was co-funded by all of you (OCF) and the NCI along with the James Cancer Center - we're quite proud that the data set was built from tissue samples that were (in the past) never allowed to be touched by anyone, as they are part of a national archive tissue bank. But that allowed us to look back into the 70's and see the growth of HPV16, and project what 2020 will look like with real scientific validity. Thank all of you who donate to OCF to help make this kind of thing happen.
Actual article in full
http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/HPV/pdf/JCO-2011-Chaturved.pdfI might add that that study was the straw on the camel's back that got the CDC off their asses and allowed the boys vaccination recommendation for H&N. As for the mentioned paradigm sift of concentrating on girls in the vaccination program, we are the only country in the world that gender base vaccinates our kids for
HPV, the idea (even in cervical cancer prevention) negates the fact that men are vectors of the virus to women. More, to get what they want (herd immunity), would take more than 75% of the women in the US to be vaccinated. When you consider that it is not effective in women over 26 (unless they have not contracted the virus)
it will take a couple of generations for that to take place IF -IN A HIGHLY CONSERVATIVE, MORALLY ANAL RETENTIVE SOCIETY - WE CAN STOP THE ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN
HPV AND OTHER VACCINATIONS IN THE US. Me, if I was a parent I wouldn't wait until a couple of generations for this to MAYBE take place, and I would protect my young sons.
So we didn't get a mention,
but we are getting the job done. On that note, please everyone tell your dentists, ENT's hygienists, etc. to get involved with OCF for this years
Oral Cancer Awareness month in April. Just send them to the OCF home page and have them click on the dark red banner at the top to get the process started. We'll hold their hands all the way, seeing htey have the right stuff, to beat the 54,000 individuals in the US that we had screened for free in offices around the US last April.
