Indeed. We just lost a guy from work a couple of months ago to metastatic oral cancer. I think cancer, like other diseases, has been highly politicized. Which is why some get the all the press at the expense of others. You can bet that as the news of the HPV link to oral cancer is publicized more and more folks will be looking down on it's victims. Not that I really give a damn what other people think of me. Like other folks, when I was practicing my vices I was more worried about lung cancer and heart disease. I would have never dreamed in a million years that at age 40 I would wind up with a tumor at the base of my tongue.

-Brett

Base of Tongue SCC. Stage IV, T1N2bM0. Diagnosed 25 July 2003.
Treated with 6 weeks induction chemo -- Taxol & Carboplatin once a week followed with 30 fractions IMRT, 10 fields per fraction over 6 more weeks. Recurrence October 2005.