OK, I've only got a couple minutes here but this posting needs to be answered. As far as Dean Edell MD goes, he doesn't have a clue about most of the things I've heard him talk about, and where he ever got the 90-10% numbers is beyond me. (I talked with him a year ago and he had no interest in telling the HPV oral cancer story.. .. My how things change. Not on any source that I have ever found from the NCI, to private institutions, has anyone ever pulled that 90-10 ratio out of a hat. So his fact checker that helped him with his story got it all wrong. The number that is quoted by the ADA, NCI, OCF, and all others that I see is always 75-25... but get this, this number was one guys (Mashberg) BEST GUESS in a paper with no scientific study behind it years ago, and it has become folk lore and fact by 0 challenges to it over the years. There hasn't been a peer reviewed study that has ever yielded an exact number, including the 75-25 one, which is actually from ANECDOTAL INFORMATION derived form a variety of sources, and is a best guess today. Last week I talked with our board member, Dr. Maura Gillison at Johns Hopkins who, following up on much research that was done before her, is the one that broke the HPV cervical/oral cancer relationship, which is a fact. She is one of the world

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.