Hello Mark:
Welcome to our club, I think. If you have to be in a place where you can get all the information you need, you've found the right place. I don't have any information about your type cancer, but others will join in as soon as they see your post. Congratulations on completing 7 weeks of radiation - that, itself, is a big accomplishment. I have read on many posts that HPV positive cancers respond to treatment more than non-HPV cancers. You can go to the Search box (top right), and type in HPV Positive, and you will see others who have posted on the success of their treatments. Things will get better with time - keep updating us.
OCF friend, julieann


Julieann
Nov 2007 SCC on right tonsil following tonsillectomy. Was smoker, QUIT. (Stage IV T2 N2b) 7 weeks radiation one day/wk chemo (carboplatin and 5-FU). Allergic to Taxol; PEG in, lost 30 lbs. TX completed January 2008. PEG out mid- 2008. PET/CT 1/17/2011;2/3/12 NEGATIVE for cancer smile