Gail.... Please remember that Hopkins is a unique facility when it comes to HPV. It is a hot bed of research on HPV compared to most institutions, and as such they are sampling people for the virus. At most other institutions this is not routinely done. Additionally at other NCCI's there is no difference in treatment protocols for patients that show a presence of HPV than those that do not. Only because of the research at Hopkins are they collecting samples. As I said in a previous posting, Dr. Gillison at Hopkins who is on the OCF board is a prominent and highly published HPV authority. That program is unique to Hopkins that she heads.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.