You are paying the doctor make sure a pathologist looks at your tonsils. I was also told it was unlikely I had cancer and you can see my signature block below. I have also read that HPV has passed smoking and alcohol as the main cause of oral cancer. Everyone that I have talked to who has had oral cancer also has HPV. I just wish doctors would get on board and take HPV serious. I hope your doctor is correct and it is nothing but insist on getting it checked.