Any blood serum test for HPV which will likely be a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test is useless to you. All it MIGHT show is that you have developed an antibody to HPV. Where (anatomically) and when that infection took place, or if it has persisted will not be revealed to you via this kind of testing. OCF is currently working with a company on the development of an intra oral test that could be used to screen for the virus, but that is at least 1-2 years from a commercially available test. Anyway, the insurance company isn't going to cover this since it is not predictive of anything.

Please do not put your phone numbers on a public forum like this. I asked if people would please email me the information and I would forward it to 20/20. If you do this before I leave to lecture at the University of Illinois on Monday afternoon I think there is still time to forward it to 20/20.

By the by I did not contact Gail... she is out of the country.

Last edited by Brian Hill; 02-10-2008 01:32 PM.
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.