Rise in some cancers linked to oral sex.

[Gabriel]

Being that its World Cancer Day and all I felt it was an appropriate article to share.

There's a worrisome uptick in the incidence of certain head and neck cancers among middle-aged and even younger Americans, and some experts link the trend to a rise in the popularity of oral sex over the past few decades.

That's because the human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major trigger for these cancers, and HPV can be transmitted through this type of sexual activity.

"It seems like a pretty good link that more sexual activity, particularly oral sex, is associated with increased HPV infection," said Dr. Greg Hartig, professor of otolaryngology ? head and neck surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.

According to Dr. William Lydiatt, professor and chief of head and neck surgical oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, the overall incidence of head and neck cancers is going down, largely because fewer people are smoking (tobacco and drinking are the major traditional risk factors).

But the incidence of cancers of the tonsil and base of the tongue have been going up over the past decades, he said. And those are the ones that are more likely to test positive for HPV.

"It's gotten to the point now where 60 to 70% of all tonsil cancers in the U.S. are HPV-related," Lydiatt said.

Although the link between HPV and these types of cancers is indisputable, the association with oral sex is strong but a little more speculative, experts say.

A 2007 study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that younger people with head and neck cancers who tested positive for oral HPV infection were more likely to have had multiple vaginal and oral sex partners in their lifetime.

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.

And the association increased as the number of partners ? in either category ? increased.

The researchers also reported that cancers of the tonsil and base of the tongue have been increasing every year since 1973, and wrote that "widespread oral sex practices among adolescents may be a contributing factor in this increase."

The researchers concluded that in their study, oral sex was "strongly associated" with oropharyngeal cancer, but noted that they could not "rule out transmission through direct mouth-to-mouth contact" such as French kissing.

In 90% of cases of HPV infection in the body, the immune system clears HPV naturally within two years, according to federal health agencies, but in some cases, certain types of HPV can lead to cervical cancer or less common malignancies, such as oropharyngeal cancer. A 2010 Swedish study, in fact, suggested that the rise in oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer in a number of countries "is caused by a slow epidemic of HPV infection-induced (cancers)."

HPV tends to be site specific, explained Dr. Amesh A. Adalja, an adjunct instructor in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In other words, it tends to stay wherever it first enters the body, be it the vagina (which in some cases could lead to cervical cancer), or the mouth and throat.

So does the increase in incidence mean that recent generations are having more sex than their grandparents?

"The general consensus on the street is that because people's (sexual) practices have changed over time, we're seeing an increase in these cancers," said Hartig. "I don't know why they're having more oral sex (but) the concept of having oral sex is something that seems less obscure to you than it did to your parents or grandparents."

"The thought would be that the baby boomers ? the '60s and early '70s generation ? probably had more freedom in sexual relationships in general, including oral sex," added Dr. Bert W. O'Malley Jr., chair of otorhinolaryngology ? head and neck surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.

And at least in terms of oral sex, that appears true for those younger than boomers.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that, in 2002, some 90% of males and 88% of females aged 25 to 44 reported ever having oral sex with a partner of the opposite sex.

Comparable figures from 1992 showed that about three-quarters of men aged 20 to 39 and closer to 70% of women aged 18 to 59 having ever given or received oral sex.

The silver lining is that the HPV-related head and neck cancers are eminently more treatable than those attributable to smoking or drinking, even though they tend to be diagnosed at a later stage.

"(HPV-related head-and-neck cancers) have been a lot easier to treat. You can use less-intensive radiation," said Dr. D.J. Verret, clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and a facial plastic surgeon in Plano, Texas.

About 85% of non-smoking people with HPV-positive tumors survive. That number drops to 45 or 50% in people who smoke and are HPV-negative, Lydiatt said.

And tongue and tonsil cancers remain relatively rare in the United States. The other good news ? at least for the younger set ? is that there is a relatively new vaccine to prevent against HPV infection. It's not going to help those who are already infected, but it "absolutely" could help those who aren't yet infected with the ubiquitous virus, Verret said.

Meanwhile, people, especially younger people, need to realize that smoking is not the only risk factor for head and neck cancer. If you find a lump in your neck, even if you're only 20 or 30, "pay attention to it," Lydiatt said.


http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/...ex-/43056302/1

[jesse_adultdatingdollars]

dont care

[Si]

People need to find a way to cure HPV then really don't they?

Is there any charities related directly to HPV?

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by jesse_adultdatingdollars

dont care

Your post in the thread reflects your sentiment.

[borked]

You always have to put statistics into perspective...

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.

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.

[wehateporn]

They slip this shit into the vaccines, it's not profitable for the healthcare industry to have a healthy nation. Here's what a retired vaccine researcher says http://educate-yourself.org/cn/rappo...rjan2002.shtml

Example of what they write to cover themselves in case anyone works out that they are being sterilized and/or given cancer "FLUARIX has not been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential, or for impairment of fertility."

When someone sells something "untested" on eBay, it's because it's actually broken. A "not been evaluated" vaccine means the same thing; they pretend they don't know. An unhealthy customer is a dream customer for the Pharms

[HD Content]

Wow more bullshit religious control. Easting pussy will not cause cancer, OMG.

If anyone truly believes any of this is total idiot!

[DateDoc]

This makes it ok to get a BJ but not to lick the pussy!

[Bill8]

hopefully, before too long everybody will be getting the HPV vaccine, and we'll all be safer.

too late for my generation.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by Si

People need to find a way to cure HPV then really don't they?

The normal immune system can cure it. No meds are needed. According to the world stats about 90% of people are infected by HPV. So it doesn't seem to be a real problem for the mankind

[borked]

Originally Posted by DateDoc

This makes it ok to get a BJ but not to lick the pussy!

All UK girls aged 12-13 are actively offered the vaccine.

I think I'll leave it at that.

[xNetworx]

I call bullshit

[MetaMan]

Why dont you go save some starving African kids you pussy.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by borked

All UK girls aged 12-13 are actively offered the vaccine.

I don't give a shit about the UK girls, but I know there are no vaccine against ALL known types of HPV (there are over 100 of them). Only a few types of HPV can be prevented by vaccination.

[wehateporn]

Originally Posted by Bill8

hopefully, before too long everybody will be getting the HPV vaccine, and we'll all be safer.

too late for my generation.

Here are some interesting stats

- HPV is most common in women in their mid-40s
- They are vaccinating girls between the ages of 9 and 26
- The vaccine protects for 4-5 years

Given the three facts above, best case scenario is that a 26 year old is vaccinated and it protects her until she is 31.

Smell a rat? When reducing population you go for the young women (don't bother with the men as there'll always be sperm banks around)

This is what the WHO did in the Phillippines and Mexico with the anti-tetanus vaccines http://www.thinktwice.com/birthcon.htm

Here are the known facts concerning the tetanus vaccination campaigns (that were later shown to be sterilization programs) in Mexico and the Philippines:

* Only women are vaccinated, and only the women between the ages of 15 and 45. (In Nicaragua the age range was 12-49.) But aren't men at least as likely as young women to come into contact with tetanus? And what of the children? Why are they excluded?

* Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) hormone has been found in the vaccines. It does not belong there -- in the parlance of the O.J. Simpson murder trial, the vaccine has been "contaminated."

* The vaccination protocols call for multiple injections -- three within three months and a total of five altogether. But, since tetanus vaccinations provide protection for ten years or more, why are multiple inoculations called for?

How does the HPV Vaccine cause a reduction in fertility rates? It contains Polysorbate 80. When Polysorbate 80 is injected into prepubescent rats it causes a rapid growth of reproductive organs, but growth is abnormal and the rats are sterile, unable to have reproduce.

Look carefully at news articles, you find out who they are targetting for fertility reduction

Girls in Deprived Areas to Receive HPV Vaccine (in the bottom paragraph) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8420690.stm
The above article was just 10 days after this

Get Girls in Deprived Areas on the Pill
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8408467.stm

[Chosen]

Too many letters...

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by Chosen

Too many letters...

Кто бы сомневался

[potter]

Originally Posted by Si

People need to find a way to cure HPV then really don't they?

Is there any charities related directly to HPV?

There is a vaccine for it. All young women should get one. I don't know any girls who haven't.

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by HD Content

Wow more bullshit religious control. Easting pussy will not cause cancer, OMG.

If anyone truly believes any of this is total idiot!

I didn't get the tie in with religion.

[Scott McD]

Probably get cancer one way or another, might aswell get it through licking pussy...

[CaptainHowdy]

[Mr. Cool Ice]

Everything will give you cancer in todays world.

[wehateporn]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cool Ice

Everything will give you cancer in todays world.

Even chemotherapy gives you Cancer (no joke)

http://www.naturalnews.com/029191_se...py_cancer.html