Posted on 02/23/2011 8:07:26 AM PST by Beave Meister
A long time friend and major playah just got diagnosed with this.
(Just think Charlie Sheen without the bucks)
He's about to start Kemo and Radiation for throat cancer, had to pull all his teeth before they started and will loose all his hair once treatments start.
I have read the original medical journal articles.
The article above is ambiguous, but the studies show that men providing oral sex to women is the surprising cause of the cancers. It seems that most women get vaginal HPV primarily from hetero sex with infected men. The men acquire oral HPV from providing oral sex to women. Lesbians are also at risk.
BTW, there have been NO documented cases of a man infecting his wife by kissing (a bit of a relief).
Interesting to note that not all HPV strains cause outward symptoms. You can even catch some HPV from skin-to-skin contact, so wearing a condom will not eliminate all risk.
In summary, the foot soldiers of the Sexual Revolution need to watch out for head and neck cancer.
Uh, it doesn't say whether those partners are male or female. I'm sure it's just an oversight.
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