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Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 624 | Michelle --
You might tell your RO that 50% of the current HNC patients at Johns Hopkins have never smoked (per two JH surgeons at a recent HNC conference I attended) and Dr. Gillison (the oncologist studying, among other things, relationship of lifestyle to occurrence of oral cancer) spoke at same conference and said the changing demographic of the HNC patient is "younger and non-smoker." Many of these cancers have turned out, upon pathology analysis, to be caused by human papilloma virus.
Gail
CG to husband Barry, dx. 7/21/05, age 66, SCC rgt. tonsil, BOT, 2 nodes (stg. IV), HPV+, tonsillectomy, 7x carboplatin, 35x tomoTherapy IMRT w/ Ethyol @ Johns Hopkins, thru treatment 9/28/05, HPV vaccine trial 12/06-present. Looking good!
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