Hello,

I hope that this question is in the right section... if not, I will be grateful for better advice. I am writing from Germany, therefore please excuse for my humble style. If you are interested in my "history", you are welcome to read it in the "introduce yourself" section.

I have asked my doctors to take a sample from my tumor and to have it examined for HPV. The result will be available in few days.

Even if in my case the cancer will not be caused by HPV, my general question may be interesting for readers generally:

Question: If someone has a tumor as caused by HPV, is the one now a source for fresh viruses himself?

And if so, is it then possible to infect the rest of the head by onself? i.e. , for instance, the primary cancer is at
the tongue, but then the spread viruses infect also throat, esophagus and else within few weeks?

Is there any knowledge about this problem?

Best regards - Peter