Guess I will have to educate my CCC team. I will start by emailing the OCF article as just last week, my RO and MO said that they have no current plans to treat HPV and non HPV patients differently in terms of amount of radiation or chemo due to lack of probative studies. At this point I am guessing I am non HPV which is amazing considering my extended 15 years of Summers of Free Love. Insurance does not want to pay for HPV testing and hard to justify cost with our limited budget and rising bills not only medical, but auto and college. Moot anyway for me at this point. In reading Brian's post, just realized I have not even made the two year mark since DX- it seems like a lifetime ago.

Last edited by Charm2017; 05-15-2009 07:28 AM. Reason: add non HPV

65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13