David

The snippet of an interview did not mention HPV status at all. Since Hagman was an ex-smoker and also headed up the Great American Smoke-Out for years, it seems likely his cancer was smoking related so no conflict with your HPV statistics.
The quote I mentioned just dealt with the type of cancer: "throat "cancer and not the etiology. I have not seen even a hint that HPV was involved in Hagman's cancer.

Bear in mind that I do not have any insight into what type of cancer Hagman had except for what I read online. Almost all the newspaper articles noted that Hagman declined to specify what type of cancer he had, purportedly due to potential issues with the insurance requirements for Hagman in doing the TNT reboot of Dallas. Until the obituary announcements of throat cancer this weekend, the one Texas magazine quote was the only one I could find even obliquely mentioning the type of cancer. Hagman would only say it was "quite common and easily treatable" which most people took to mean prostate cancer. Had he said throat cancer or if he had base of tongue cancer like Michael Douglas, the poor survival rates might have put his participation in the rebooted Dallas at risk. As Hagman also had a major drinking life style, which required a liver transplant, it's quite likely that the combination of years and years of smoking and alcohol caught up to him.

Still, I'm glad you posted because it lets me add a post script to Hagman's life from the last phrase in his Washington Post obituary:
[quote]He flew a flag from his deck declaring that Vita celebratio est - Life is a celebration.
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He was a good soul and will be missed
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