You always have to put statistics into perspective...
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Originally Posted by Gabriel
In the study, having six or more oral sex partners over a lifetime was associated with a 3.4 times higher risk for oropharyngeal cancer — cancers of the base of the tongue, back of the throat or tonsils. Having 26 or more vaginal-sex partners tripled the risk.
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from wikipedia on HPV and non-HPV oral cancers, the risk of getting it is 0.0019% (if you don't smoke, don't drink count yourself much much lower).
This study deals only with HPV-type oral cancers, which account for 0.5% of oral cancers, so HPV-related oral cancers in the US are 0.0000095% of the population.
Give oral sex to multiple partners and you risk increasing things to 0.0000285%.
Sorry, I opt for oral sex while smoking a large cigar and drinking a large whiskey. Put me in the 0.00003% category, cos the all the other combined vices will get me first.