HPV Continued

One of the perks of my job is I get to talk to people who are really making a difference in the lives of folks living with a diagnosis of cancer (don't call them patients, they don't think they're sick the way you think of a patient in a bed in a hospital). These advocates are on the front lines helping people and trying to make a difference. I have a lot of admiration for them. I had a fascinating chat the other day with a guy about head and neck cancers. Turns out, a lot of oral cancers are also linked to HPV, making it even more important for parents to consider giving their kids the vaccine (see earlier rant). Here's a great link to learn more about HPV and oral cancers. It's a slightly dense read (with apostrophe errors intact), but it's pretty interesting. And it's even more exciting to think that this vaccine could help reduce incidences of another cancer as well.