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Oral sex and throat cancer: Michael Douglas HPV report spotlights "epidemic"
CBS News/ ^ | June 3, 2013, 12:42 PM | Ryan Jaslow /

Posted on 06/03/2013 1:59:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Michael Douglas's announcement that his throat cancer was caused by human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted disease, has raised awareness about a men's health trend doctors have been alarmed about for years.

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However, a link between oral sex and throat cancer is no surprise to experts.

"This is not a surprise by any stretch," Dr. Eric Genden, professor and chair of otolaryngology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, told CBSNews.com. "There's an epidemic of HPV-related throat cancers."

Throat cancer, also known as oropharyngeal cancer, refers to tumors that occur in the tonsils, base of the tongue and upper throat. Smoking and alcohol use have been associated risk factors, but in recent years throat cancers related to the sexually transmitted virus human papillomavirus (HPV) have been on the rise.

HPV is an STD transmitted by oral and genital sex.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cancer; hpv; michaeldouglas; moralabsolutes; napl; notagain; outbreak; stayclassy; std; throatcancer
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To: al_c

Some HPVs have those symptoms. Some don’t. There are many different strains and a man can carry it forever and never know it.


81 posted on 06/03/2013 9:10:48 PM PDT by Lizavetta (You get what you tolerate)
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To: driftdiver; BenLurkin

Oral Sex....WHO then was he licking being the carrier of the HIV???


82 posted on 06/04/2013 6:59:34 AM PDT by danamco (-)
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To: danamco

http://www.funpic.hu/files/pics/00008/00008296.jpg


83 posted on 06/04/2013 7:00:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: USNBandit

“I want to face the peril.”

No, it’s too perilous.


84 posted on 06/04/2013 7:25:04 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Some people take there grammar way to seriously.)
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To: BenLurkin

You’re evil


85 posted on 06/04/2013 7:54:10 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: bigbob

Due to her condition, CZJ was upset with Michael, then glad, and mad again.


86 posted on 06/04/2013 8:17:16 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: PLMerite

Close your eyes! Once you get passed the smell you got it licked!


87 posted on 06/04/2013 11:01:36 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Perdogg

Of Interest.


88 posted on 06/04/2013 2:09:26 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: JeanLM

Bunch of super overweight folks????


89 posted on 06/04/2013 2:13:43 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Life is a bitch. If it was easy, we would call it a slut)
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To: I-ambush

HBO therapy is generally reserved for wounds that are caused by Anaerobic bacteria infections....


90 posted on 06/04/2013 2:20:51 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Life is a bitch. If it was easy, we would call it a slut)
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To: Bratch
Bush's fault.


91 posted on 06/05/2013 4:48:04 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’m glad to hear this. I had thyroid cancer and I was looking for a way to blame my husband....


92 posted on 06/05/2013 8:28:15 AM PDT by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: BenLurkin; Revolting cat!

Whoever proved that he got it from going down on a woman?

He could’ve gotten it doing “role study” for his Liberace movie.


93 posted on 06/05/2013 10:56:53 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: BenLurkin

Exposes the lie behind the “must vaccinate all girls” for HPV. Boys were originally excluded from that sweeping order because they politicized it into a “women’s issue” to end all further debate.

“well, you’re JUST a man”

I was saying that men and women could get the disease and get cancer from it and expose it to partners of both sexes.


94 posted on 06/05/2013 10:58:46 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise

In any case, Michael’s personal physician was insistent, saying: “No more bushes!”


95 posted on 06/05/2013 11:01:00 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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