OP  Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Here's a link to a new testing procedure from Johns Hopkins that I saw on the news last night. http://www.tampabays10.com/news/health/article.aspx?storyid=71071Lets hope they continue to find more and more early detection techniques and lets hope primary care physicians including dentists see if this can be implemented into their routine exams. I am e mailing all the doctors & my long term dentist that examined me before, during and since my Tx ended even though this test doesn't appear to benefit HPV+ patients. I suggest everyone here do the same to help spread this technique. Imagine how many doctors we can tell in one day!!
Last edited by davidcpa; 01-04-2008 03:57 AM.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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