Oral Sex may cause a Rare Case of Throat Cancer
A common virus, believed to be transmitted during oral sex, is the cause of a rare throat cancer in both men and women, US researchers said Wednesday.
The study is the first to prove the link between the human papillomavirus or HPV — the leading cause of cervical cancer — and oropharyngeal cancer, according to the paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, who studied 100 men and women newly diagnosed with the rare malignancy and 200 healthy people found that a common strain of HPV — HPV 16 — was present in 72 percent of tumours.
Patients whose blood or saliva samples indicated that they had prior HPV infection were 32 times more likely to develop oropharnygeal cancer, which affects the throat, tonsils and back of the tongue.
And those people who had had more than six oral sex partners were 8.6 times more likely to develop the HPV-linked cancer.
The figures establish HPV infection as the greatest risk factor for this type of cancer, overturning previous theories blaming a pack-a-day smoking habit for 20 years, or regular heavy alcohol consumption over 15 years.
Wow I guess my ass better not give no oral performances lmao! No that really does suck though because half the time we go to get checked if you dont ask for the proper testing for hpv they usually just do regular which sometimes can miss it! We just all need to get checked regularly and thats the only way to help stop the spreading of any disease