HPV tumors APPEAR, in very short-term studies, in the limited numbers of people looked at so far, by only a few institutions, to have a SLIGHT survival advantage. (Personal quote in conversation with Dr Gillison, Johns Hopkins in a private conversation. Dr. G is on the OCF advisory board) I don't think much about this and do not put too much weight on it as there are so many other mechanisms for losing my life each day. I nearly got smacked by a semi that wasn't paying attention on the freeway today. I have an tear in the valve in my Aorta that has been recently identified and put me at other risks, and I bet that anyone else here if they think about it can envisions other means of their eventual demise that do not include cancer. The slight survival advantage may not even figure into most of our outcomes.

Dr. Gillison isn't the only one to identify this subset of the OC population. I have seen her upcoming article that will appear in the June issue of the Journal of Oncology, and the sub-population is well defined in it. What we know about these people is increasing rapidly, but what we know at this stage is in the early stages of publication and while I am certain that her findings are accurate, is still short term.