Dr Google will not get you a diagnosis, it will only help to fuel your fears more. Most medical type websites do NOT provide up to date, factual medical info. Theres far too many sites that allow advertising and are not monitored every day so wrong info can sit there for weeks/months without any correction. OCF is Health on the Net certified, we are strictly monitored and do not allow advertising which assures readers no bias. If you go to out OCF website link at he bottom of any page, you can read for hours, page after page of factual scientifically proven medical info dedicated to anything and everything to do with oral cancer.

The scope is no big deal. Ive had it done many times. Sure, its not the most comfortable procedure but its quick and will provide your doc a better idea of what they cant easily see. Wasnt your scope being done today? Which doc ruled out cancer simply by your age? It is rare for patients to be under 45 when diagnosed with oral cancer, but with HPV as the cause it has changed the dynamics of what the average patient profile looks like. Its now often younger, seemingly health adults who are under 50 when diagnosed with OC caused by HPV. Theres hundreds of HPV strains and only a few of the strains cause all the problems. Its usually HPV+ 16 and 18 which can go on to cause oral cancer, anal cancer, penile cancer and genital warts. But its still very rare for HPV to ever change into anything serious. OCF has been one of the driving forces behind much of the research of HPV and its link to cancer. You can read tons of info (on the main OCF site) just by clicking on any one of the blue HPV links thru-out my posts.