This is so frustrating. I know Sturgis and met him at MDACC 5 years ago when I was there doing an interview for NBC. I spent quite a bit of time with him telling him about the HPV16 virus the work at JH and what we were seeing. While interested, he kinda blew me off with a "it isn't a proven situation as of yet" attitude. Others at the center were way more receptive to my alarm and here he is publishing a paper like this is something new. This is what OCF has been saying for years, has been previously published by our board member Maura Gillison at Johns Hopkins, and is nothing more than a "me too" paper. What next will they put out to get their requirement to publish or perish requirement, that young non smokers are the demographic? Sunshine is only a factor in lip cancers..... and they are a very small part of the total number of oral cancers.

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.