Study links oral sex and throat cancer

[friendz4evr]

From USA Today:

Researchers have linked oral sex to a type of throat cancer, saying that those who engaged in the sexual act with more than six partners over the course of their lifetime were nine times more likely to develop oropharyngeal cancer.

Here's the conclusion from their report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine: Oral HPV infection is strongly associated with oropharyngeal cancer among subjects with or without the established risk factors of tobacco and alcohol use.

"Many adolescents, and adults too, say they engage in oral sex as a less-risky type of sex," Mark Schuster of the Rand Corp. and UCLA, tells the Washington Post. He notes that herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections can be spread through oral sex. "What this article and others show is you absolutely can get serious sexually transmitted diseases through oral sex."

Oral sex, both fellatio and cunnilingus, is thought to be the primary mode of transmission, but the study doesn't rule out the possibility that the virus can be passed through mouth-to-mouth contact, according to a press release from Johns Hopkins University.

BBC News says additional studies are required to reach definitive conclusions about the findings. The researchers have posted a Q&A about HPV. USA TODAY reported today that another study says the cervical cancer vaccine is less effective in those who are sexually active.

The CDC says 20 million people are infected with HPV right now, and that 50% of sexually active people will be infected with the virus at some point.

 

[Aardvark154]

From USA Today:

Researchers have linked oral sex to a type of throat cancer, saying that those who engaged in the sexual act with more than six partners over the course of their lifetime were nine times more likely to develop oropharyngeal cancer.

Here's the conclusion from their report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine: Oral HPV infection is strongly associated with oropharyngeal cancer among subjects with or without the established risk factors of tobacco and alcohol use.

"Many adolescents, and adults too, say they engage in oral sex as a less-risky type of sex," Mark Schuster of the Rand Corp. and UCLA, tells the Washington Post. He notes that herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections can be spread through oral sex. "What this article and others show is you absolutely can get serious sexually transmitted diseases through oral sex."

Oral sex, both fellatio and cunnilingus, is thought to be the primary mode of transmission, but the study doesn't rule out the possibility that the virus can be passed through mouth-to-mouth contact, according to a press release from Johns Hopkins University.

BBC News says additional studies are required to reach definitive conclusions about the findings. The researchers have posted a Q&A about HPV. USA TODAY reported today that another study says the cervical cancer vaccine is less effective in those who are sexually active.

The CDC says 20 million people are infected with HPV right now, and that 50% of sexually active people will be infected with the virus at some point.

Yet another reason to sign up or sign up your children for the vaccine!

 

[zekestone]

from http://www.hpvinfo.ca/hpvinfo/teens/cure.aspx
"Can HPV be cured?

In most people, the HPV virus clears up by itself. Antibiotics are not used to treat a virus. There is therefore no medical cure to eliminate the HPV virus.

All you can do is try to prevent contracting the HPV virus. There is currently one vaccine available to prevent the two most common strains associated with genital and anal cancers and the 2 most common strains associated with warts. Your parents can obtain the information on how to get the vaccine from your doctor."

*sigh*... yet another thing that sexual prudes will try to use against the sexually liberal... an infection that will clear up on its own.

 

[Aardvark154]

from http://www.hpvinfo.ca/hpvinfo/teens/cure.aspx
"Can HPV be cured?

In most people, the HPV virus clears up by itself. Antibiotics are not used to treat a virus. There is therefore no medical cure to eliminate the HPV virus.

All you can do is try to prevent contracting the HPV virus. There is currently one vaccine available

*sigh*... yet another thing that sexual prudes will try to use against the sexually liberal... an infection that will clear up on its own.

What are you saying here Zekestone? I certainly hope it's not ignore the vacine it will go away on its own.

Cervical Cancer is nothing to mess around with and believe me if she even suspects that you gave it to her - even if that is not medically possible - it can be devastating to a marriage.

 

[kara]

From USA Today:

Researchers have linked oral sex to a type of throat cancer, saying that those who engaged in the sexual act with more than six partners over the course of their lifetime were nine times more likely to develop oropharyngeal cancer.

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guess I'm screwed lol so now along with the air being a problem or the water or the genetically modified food , or second hand smoke, or the risk of natural causes now we have to limit oral sex lol geez what a drag!

 

[Aardvark154]

This virus appears relatively easy to prevent...using the vaccine. The virus does very little on its own...but from what I understand it does plant the timebomb that increases the chances of ovarian cancer later in life - hence the need for the vaccine. And perhaps now, another type of cancer that it increases the risk for...all the more reason for use of the vaccine.

Please ask about the vaccine. What 12 or 13 year old needs to know anything more than it’s a vaccine to prevent a certain type of cancer.