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180 points gnabgib | 2 comments | 09 Apr 25 19:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.401s | source
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sys32768 ◴[09 Apr 25 21:34 UTC] No.43638259[source]▶
I never got the HPV vaccine and am now too old. Recently I had a papilloma removed from my soft palate near my uvula. They checked it for cancer but not HPV, even though they said it was almost certainly HPV.

So for $129 I took the OraRisk HPV test which tests for 51 strains, including the ones associated with cancer, and the results came up negative.

So I maybe sort of probably don't have HPV, or may have but don't anymore. Or maybe something like that.

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1. interludead ◴[10 Apr 25 06:18 UTC] No.43641178[source]▶
Yeah, the whole HPV testing landscape is kind of a mess - lots of "maybe, sort of, probably" vibes even after paying out of pocket for extra tests. It's frustrating how unclear everything still is, especially for something so common.
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2. dlachausse ◴[10 Apr 25 17:45 UTC] No.43646333[source]▶
The old tried and true Pap test is still the best screening tool we have for cervical cancer.