Likewise my Insurance does not pay for HPV testing of the tumor and my Doctors tell me currently HPV (or EBV) does not change anything. Never-the-less it would be nice to know the cost for this test.

Last week, my ENT basically said that at this time the review ("study"?) of 45K old cases (1972-2004) is an interesting statistical exercise but has troublesome limitations.

He noted that the conclusions must be collaborated by significant studies from known HPV linked cancer case.

The small study (cited) by Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York was unable to collaborate those conclusions and I was told U of T - MD Anderson is also now trying but to date is also coming up well short. Hopefully they will publish something soon.




Don
TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary
FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm
PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm
HiRes CT 6/21/08
Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08
PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08
35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo
Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11