Brian has sage advice. Let me add another view: Not having HPV is no guarantee against getting cancer. I had my cancer tumors tested and ZERO HPV, yet I not only had Stage IV cancer once, but it even came back for a second time requiring disfiguring surgery with major quality of life issues. As it turns out, cancer caused by HPV has a better response to treatment and is less likely to come back a second time. You can't do anything about the HPV now, but being HPV free has not worked out that well for me.


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