It's my understanding that HPV status would show up in a pathology report only if the tumor samples were specifically tested for the virus. That said, I believe that every person here whose tumor was HPV+ had his or her cancer at the base of the tongue. For head and neck cancers, I don't believe it has been identified as a causative factor for SCC tumors in any other location (e.g., mobile tongue, cheek, etc.), and I don't know whether it's been linked to MEC.