Oral cancer used to be something that happened mostly to men over 50 who were smokers. Today, cancers of the head and neck have been linked to HPV, which is known to causes virtually all cases of cervical cancer in women. The rise in oral sex may be to blame for the significant rise in oral cancers, particularly cancers of the base of the tongue and tonsils.
Peter Giannini, D.D.S. of the University of Nebraska Medical Center has a passion for exploring the possible links between oral cancer and HPV.? Dr. Giannini is alarmed by the increased numbers of young people being diagnosed with oral cancers. While smoking is still the number one cause of oral cancers, with alcohol use a strong second, the significant number of young people being diagnosed with oral sex related oral cancers is cause for worry.
The good news is that a vaccine for certain types of HPV is available, and while it won't do anything for those already infected with HPV, the vaccine does offer hope for less cancers in today's young people.
What Do You Think? Does the possibility of oral cancers affect your plans to start, or to continue, having oral sex?
Source: http://womenshealth.about.com/b/2011/04/16/oral-sex-linked-to-head-and-neck-cancers.htm
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