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Silent Epidemic: Oral Sex Is Now the Leading Risk Factor for Throat Cancer
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Silent Epidemic: Oral Sex Is Now the Leading Risk Factor for Throat Cancer

By HISHAM MEHANNA, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM MAY 1, 2023 Over the last two decades, the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer, a specific type of throat cancer, has dramatically increased in the West due to the human papillomavirus (HPV), leading some to call it an epidemic. This is an illustration of human papillomavirus. The rapid rise in oropharyngeal cancer...

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How to Talk About HPV, Oral Sex, and Cancer With Patients

Elena Riboldi December 28, 2022 Approaching the topic of orogenital transmission of human papillomavirus (HPV) with a woman presenting with a persistent cervicovaginal HPV infection is more problematic than it may seem. To not mention it, however, would be to pass over an opportunity to prevent oropharyngeal cancer. There are no clear indications from any scientific authorities...