My thoughts are, I would want to know the HPV status so I would know the long term prognosis. This can only be determined via testing on the biopsy slide, not a swab.

Last edited by AnaD; 02-27-2013 05:32 PM.
wife/caregiver to Vince, dx 4/12 Stage IV BOT HPV+ SCC, poorly diff.; T4N2cMo; U of C; Clinical trial, Everolimus; 6 wks ind. chemo (Cetuximab, Cisplatin & Taxol), 50 x IMRT, 75 gy chemorad w/5FU, Hydrea & Taxol; 5 years out, thankfully still NED