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Prepare for the worst. Hope for the best. This trip is not easy for anyone and recovery is much longer than a broken bone or most surgeries.
HPV 16 or otherwise, it is still cancer, the cause of which doesn't make it any easier to deal with. Twenty years ago we only found out about the HPV link. Prior to that it was still cancer.
This is a fight you must fight and a fight you and your team can and usually do win. Hopefully twenty years from now you can help out others fighting this as I do. Or better yet we will have finally conquered this literal pain in the neck cancer. At least you are at one of only a few hospitals / clinics in the US that is well versed in handling your cancer. Good luck and God speed to recovery.
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They link to HPV+ cancer head and neck provided for a different treatment plan than from head and neck cancer from risk factors, ie smoking and drinking mainly. It was found that HPV+ does not typically spread below the neck, and responds very well to radiation therapy. Outcomes are favourable. All I can say is thank God for the vaccine programes in schools to vaccinate for HPV at a young age so that the next generations can be spared from cancers caused by HPV. Not only head and neck, but cervical and other cancers as well that are linked to HPV.