Bad news for the fellas who are good to reciprocate a little oral pleasure for their lady friends: the human papillomavirus (HPV) many women are prone adds an increased risk of a kind of oral cancer often seen in men. Great, first we can count on asshole cancer, now we get it in the mouth?
The New England Journal of Medicine showed that men and women who reported having six or more oral-sex partners during their lifetime had a nearly ninefold increased risk of developing cancer of the tonsils or at the base of the tongue.
(thinks hard, counts on fingers)
Shit!
Of the 300 study participants, those infected with HPV were also 32 times more likely to develop this type of oral cancer than those who did not have the virus. Of the 120 HPV strains isolated from humans (about 40 of which are in the mouth and genital tracts), only four are protected against by the recently approved vaccine, Gardasil: HPV-6 and HPV-11, which cause warts; and HPV-16 and HPV-18, which cause about 70% of cervical cancers.
In the study, HPV-16 was present in 72 of the 100 cancer patients and of the 12,000 - 15,000 new cases of oropharyngeal cancer diagnosed each year, about 25% die from it. One researcher said, "When you look at the cancers associated with HPV in men — including penile cancer, anal squamous cell carcinoma, oral cancers — it's very close to the number of cases of cervical cancer that occur in the U.S. in women every year. We need to adjust the public's perception that only women are at risk."
Ladies, get your vaccines (even though studies say it only 17% effective against cancer precursors overall)! I guess I'll be masturbating safely in the other room until the fear tapers off.
The New England Journal of Medicine showed that men and women who reported having six or more oral-sex partners during their lifetime had a nearly ninefold increased risk of developing cancer of the tonsils or at the base of the tongue.
(thinks hard, counts on fingers)
Shit!
Of the 300 study participants, those infected with HPV were also 32 times more likely to develop this type of oral cancer than those who did not have the virus. Of the 120 HPV strains isolated from humans (about 40 of which are in the mouth and genital tracts), only four are protected against by the recently approved vaccine, Gardasil: HPV-6 and HPV-11, which cause warts; and HPV-16 and HPV-18, which cause about 70% of cervical cancers.
In the study, HPV-16 was present in 72 of the 100 cancer patients and of the 12,000 - 15,000 new cases of oropharyngeal cancer diagnosed each year, about 25% die from it. One researcher said, "When you look at the cancers associated with HPV in men — including penile cancer, anal squamous cell carcinoma, oral cancers — it's very close to the number of cases of cervical cancer that occur in the U.S. in women every year. We need to adjust the public's perception that only women are at risk."
Ladies, get your vaccines (even though studies say it only 17% effective against cancer precursors overall)! I guess I'll be masturbating safely in the other room until the fear tapers off.
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