Ray,

I can completely understand why you want to understand more about why you might have gotten cancer. My husband wondered the same thing as he was not a smoker and is a light drinker. We requested that his biopsy tissue be tested for HPV and that was the cause for him. It helps him make sense of it (which is important to both of us) but knowing his cancer was caused by HPV raises other questions as we know most people exposed to HPV don't get cancer. But we're glad we at least have this level of understanding.

Sophie H.

Sophie T.

CG to husband: SCC Stage 4, T4, N1, M0; non-smoker and very light social drinker; HPV+
induction chemo begun 7/07; chemo/radiation ended 10/10, first cat scan clear; scan on 5/9/08 clear, scan on 10/08 clear; scan 1/09 clear; scan 1/10 clear; passed away July 2, 2016