
Gleen Moog and his wife.Courtesy Glenn Moog
Since being diagnosed and recovering from HPV tongue cancer, Glenn Moog wants others to know about how the HPV vaccine can protect others from cancer.
After having chronic sinus problems, Glenn Moog noticed a little bump on his neck. He thought his lymph nodes had become swollen. About five months after noticing it, he visited his doctor.
“She felt it and said, ‘Now, I don’t like the way this feels. You need to get a scan right away,’” Moog, 57, of Columbus, Ohio tells TODAY.com. “Within 24 hours, they told me I had stage 4 cancer.”
HPV, the human papilloma virus, caused the cancer on base of Moog’s tongue. A lump in the neck due to a swollen lymph node that slowly gets bigger is a common symptom of cancers in the mouth, according to Cancer Research U.K.
Doctors have been seeing an increase in head and neck cancers from HPV, and that’s why Moog is sharing his story. Continue reading →