A p.s. -- most HPV+ SCC of the tongue and tonsil is "poorly differentiated" which is strange -- as this is usually a bad finding for cancer -- but in this case, typical. My husband's was "moderately well-differentated" and he was initially told that this might mean it was not HPV-induced -- but his tumor was strongly HPV+.

Have to remember, "typical" in medicine does NOT mean "always."

Gail