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Worried this might be anal cancer

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: 17 hours ago | Replies (67)
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@celia16

I appreciate that info. I will explore it.

Do you know if it matters, but I am HPV negative.

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amyb5 | @amyb5 | Jan 19 12:34pm

I don’t know. I was hpv negative, but the tumor pathology tested positive for hpv16. I don’t understand how that testing works.

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samclembeau | @samclembeau | Jan 21 9:53am

doesn't matter if you have or don't have HPV.
sometimes HPV can cause the cancer and my understanding is that the chemo/radiation will take care of the cancer that exist, but if you have the virus it stays with you and therefor can reoccur. If your cancer is unrelated to HVP then getting rid of the cancer is all you need. if it hasn't metastasized then you don't have to worry about reoccurrence.
treatment for cancer is the same.

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