Wow! What a great thread! I am really interested, since I don't fit into any pattern or risk factors, and my family has no cancer victims in our collective memory.

Question: How do I get tested for HPV? I am going to the gyn. next week, and I can ask him to do any test I wish. I will get a PAP test, as usual, even though I have had a hysterectomy and my cervix is gone. Is the HPV test a blood test? Please tell me what to ask for.

Thanks.

Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!