Cecilia,

I think he's kinds off base with his HPV understandings. Some U.S. oral cancer doctors are considering an HPV+ result in the Tx plans and some think HPV+ SCC should be staged differently than HPV- SCC and this is because HPV+ SCC has shown a rather large % difference in recurrence and therefore mortality.

When I started my crusade to make everyone aware of HPV and it's connection to OC almost 3 years ago my purpose was to get as many patients tested so that the 2 pools, so to speak, HPV+ SCC and HPV- SCC could be as pure as possible. I reasoned, how else could scientists ever know as much as they could about HPV's affect in the OC environment if the HPV- pool was contaminated with HPV+ samples? Certainly HPV just didn't start to cause OC so when they talked about OC mortality 5 years ago, they had to be mixing HPV+ and HPV- patients together and if they are now concluding that HPV+ SCC responds differently to Tx than HPV- SCC, then one must conclude that until they totally separate the 2 pools, they really won't know what the true facts are.


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.