primitives discuss oral sex and cancer

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=222x110209

Oh my.

BridgeTheGap  (1000+ posts)      Thu Oct-06-11 03:14 PM
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Research Reveals Oral Sex May Be Leading Cause of Mouth, Throat Cancers

Mouth and throat cancer, called oropharynx cancer, used to be a disease seen most commonly in elderly persons. Tobacco smoking and alcohol use were known to be the leading causes of oropharyngeal cancer. Today, oral sex is listed as the leading cause of cancer of the mouth and throat.

New research, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, demonstrates that human papillomavirus, HPV, is the leading cause of cancer of the oropharnyx in the U.S. The number of people diagnosed with HPV-related oral cancers in the U.S. tripled from 1998 to 2004.

Currently, as NPR reports, almost 10,000 new cases of oral and throat cancer are diagnosed each year, with a 28 percent increase in incidence since 1988. Interestingly, the majority of those who are being diagnosed with the HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers are men. This leads researchers to wonder if the vaccine against HPV that is recommended for teenage girls may be affording that gender with protection against oropharyngeal cancer, as well as the currently known protection against cervical cancer.

Researchers have noted a marked drop in non-HPV-related mouth and throat cancers since the American population has begun to turn away from tobacco smoking.

http://news.yahoo.com/research-reveals-oral-sex-may-lea...

FSogol  (1000+ posts)        Thu Oct-06-11 03:53 PM
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1. That sucks.

[Celtic Rose]

A correction to that study.  I imagine that promiscuous oral sex is leading to an uptick in cancers.  The original infection has to come from somewhere.

Interesting that the rates have tripled since President Clinton declared that oral sex wasn't sex 

[Wineslob]

I should have been dead years ago.

[JohnnyReb]

I should have been dead years ago.

Maybe it's more prevalent to the Bonnie Fwank types but they didn't want to say it?

[I_B_Perky]

I should have been dead years ago.

 

[Doubleplusungood]

So basically, smoking the balogney pony is as bad as smoking a Marlboro in terms of cancer.

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Yeah I stole that joke from Dice Clay. Sue me.