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Oral sex may cause throat and neck cancers?
2007-08-29 05:50:00 In an odd news item for today, a new piece of research has concluded that the Human papillomavirus (HPV), generally connected with various cancers in and around the genital area, is now thought to be the cause of throat and neck cancer in some patients. How is this possible? With smoking having declined in recent decades, ...
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Training immune system to kill nose and throat cancer
2007-06-23 18:00:00 Nasopharyngeal cancer is most prevalent in South China and kills one in every three victims. The disease is thought to be linked to diets rich in preserved foods, like salted fish. Scientists will soon test an experimental treatment for nose and throat cancer that will train the patient’s own white blood cells to fight the disease. ...
By: Cancer war
Throat Cancer
2007-05-20 08:43:00 A new study from Johns Hopkins University has found a link between the human papilloma virus (HPV) and oropharyngeal cancer, more commonly known as throat cancer. The findings confirm that oral sex is a risk factor for throat cancer, although the risk is relatively small. The study, published in the May 10th edition of The New England Journal of Medicine, studied 100 people who were diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer. Two hundred people without the disease were also included in the study. What the Study FoundBesides confirming the HPV link to throat cancer, the study concluded: having a large amount of vaginal sex partners over a course of a lifetime (more than 26 partners) is linked to the development of throat cancer people with a large amount of oral sex partners (more than 6) were three times more likely to develop oral cancer oral cancer is strongly associated with HPV-16, a strain of the virus that is also associated with cervical cancer in women heavy smoking and drinking do... |
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