Oral sex main cause of oral cancer.

[grzftbl]

Don't tell my wife!!



Oral sex now main cause of oral cancer

Posted: Feb 24, 2011 1:31 PM by CBS News


Topics: Sex, oral sex, cancer

What's the leading cause of oral cancer? Smoking? Heavy drinking? Actually, it's oral sex.

Scientists say that 64 percent of cancers of the oral cavity, head, and neck in the U.S. are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which is commonly spread via oral sex, NPR reported. The more oral sex you have - and the more oral sex partners you have - the greater the risk of developing these potentially deadly cancers.

"An individual who has six or more lifetime partners - on whom they've performed oral sex - has an eightfold increase in risk compared to someone who has never performed oral sex, Ohio University's Dr. Maura Gillison, said at a recent scientific meeting, according to NPR.

It's news that might alarm some parents, who worry about adolescents' appetite for oral sex.

"Today's teens consider oral sex to be casual, socially acceptable, inconsequential, and significantly less risky to their health than 'real' sex," Dr. Gillison and colleagues said in a written statement released in conjunction with the meeting.

Teens simply think oral sex is "not that a big a deal," Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, told NPR. "Parents and health educators are not talking to teens about oral sex. Period."

But simply needling teens about the risks posed by oral sex and HPV - the same virus that causes cervical cancer - is no substitute for literally giving them the needle.

"When my patients ask whether they should vaccinate their sons, I say 'certainly," Gillison said, the Telegraph reported. "The vaccine will protect them against genital warts and anal cancer and also as a potential byproduct of that it may protect them against oral cancer caused by HPV."

This year, 37,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer this year, according to the Oral Cancer Foundation. An estimated 8,000 people will die from the cancers.

[NightCap424]

good thing my GF doesn't use Cappersmall or watch the news.....whew

[Gobbler's Knob]

Ya be quiet , wtf

[Patriots Game]

great. more excuses for the wife.

[tigerman19]

Mine read this article tues. Already heard "I don't want to get throat cancer" WTF. A fuking woman had to write this shit!!

[Steel]

Kind of taken back here. Whats worse for your health ?
No oral sex so that you don't get oral cancer OR A husband thats gets no oral sex. Have to think the husband that gets no oral is a lot bigger risk. Can you imagine if women every where stopped giving head. I am scared for the young men in the world today. Stand up and be accounted for. I am 47 so trust me when I say they don't need another excuse.

[tw burke]

then how come linda lovelace didnt get it

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

think ur safe its only herpes in pissburgh

[cali]

Damn I used the study that sperm helped with depression. Hope the women don't find out about this.

[chumly77]

is it ok for guys to perform oral sex?

[T100]

the HPV Virus can cause cervical cancer in women, and when a guy or a gal is chowing down on the lady when she may have HPV they run the risk of infection.
HPV is hard to track as it comes and goes, meaning she may be ok to perform on one day or month, then the next time she could be infected. This makes it hard to trace back to any one particular lady as there is no pathilogical tracking.

Also the ratio of men to women who contract oral cancers are 2-1.

So I guess to answer your question, NO not really unless you know she is HPV free.

[mikkii10]

Originally Posted by tw burke

then how come linda lovelace didnt get it

yes why not her