Jim.....David.....You say that your tissues were sent to another institution for testing....do all institutions keep tissue samples from surgical removals? I would like to have mine tested also. I have no reason to think that I have HPV, but I would like to know, just for me, as David says. Also, those oral cancers suspected of being caused by HPV are reported to be more responsive to treatments, and I would like to know if I had one more thing going in my favor.

Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!