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Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 945 | Decent article just came up on cnn.com: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/03/increase-in-oral-cancers-linked-to-HPV/?hpt=hp_t2Maybe it will encourage people to get their kids vacinated!
CG to husband - SCC Tonsil T1N2M0 HPV+ Never Smoker
First symptoms 7/2010, DX 12/2010
TX 40 IRMT (1.8 gy) + 10 Cetuximab
PET Scans 6/2011 + 3/2012 clear, 5 year physical exam clear; chest CT's clear of cancer. On thyroid pills. Life is good.
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Dx 12/2004 SCC stg 3, BOT with 2 nodes left side. No surg/chemo x4 /rad.x37(rad comp. 03/29/05)Cisplatin/5FU(comp. 05/07/05)-T1N2M0-(cancer free 06/14/05)
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Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 | You have to be fast to beat the OCF news team on our RSS free news feed. http://oralcancernews.org/wp/cancer-spike-mainly-in-men-tied-to-HPV-from-oral-sex/http://oralcancernews.org/wp/new-study-finds-that-HPV-caused-oral-cancers-to-increase/Please note that OCF was one of three finanancial sponsors of this reasearch published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Dr. Gillison today. (The James Cancer Center, The NCI and OCF) Your donations at work. Also please note, that typical of the media, there is some error in one of the stories, There were NOT 6000 samples tested to determine this. It was far fewer. (271)
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Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 | I suggest that you all listen to Dr. Gillison talk about the HPV issue and oral cancers on this podcast. While most of you on these boards know because of OCF's pushing for the last decade and constant funding of HPV research about much of this, this is a pivotal study that OCF was part of. It, in an unambiguous manner, creates a science based argument for the vaccination of boys, since men are going to bear the brunt of future cases of oropharyngeal cancers, and anterior of the mouth tobacco cancers have and will continue to decline. In the next decade the head and neck / oral cancer community will be the dominant realm of HPV caused cancers, not cervical cancer in women. http://jco.ascopubs.org/site/podcasts/audio/jcopodcast2-10-3-2011.mp3
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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