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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Today Martha had her next to last Chemo session and when we were in the exam room waiting for the doc I saw a new book called Cancer Staging. I'm always looking for new material to keep me occupied while in the waiting mode. Big book with tabs for each major cancer and plenty of color drawings. Anyway I was pleased to see a tab for Head and Neck so I flipped to it and there was a chart on the leading causes of H & N Cancers. It was a list of 8 and not one of them was HPV. This book published in 2007!! I mentioned it to Martha's chemo doc and at least he knew about HPV and was equally surprised that it wasn't mentioned.
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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