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Oral Sex Shown to Be Linked to Mouth Cancer
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| 2.25.04
Posted on 02/25/2004 9:49:48 PM PST by ambrose
Oral Sex Shown to Be Linked to Mouth Cancer Wed Feb 25, 2:54 PM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - Although the risk is small and it is more likely to result from heavy drinking and smoking, scientists have uncovered evidence that oral sex can cause mouth cancer.
Researchers had suspected that a sexually transmitted infection that is linked to cervical cancer could also be associated with tumors in the mouth.
Now a study by researchers working for the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France seems to have confirmed it.
"Oral sex can lead to oral tumors," New Scientist magazine said Wednesday, referring to the latest research.
The scientists studied more than 1,600 patients from Europe, Canada, Australia, Cuba and the Sudan with oral cancer and more than 1,700 healthy people.
They found that patients with oral cancer containing a strain of the human papilloma virus (HPV) known as HPV16 were three times more likely to report having had oral sex than those without the virus strain.
"The researchers think both cunnilingus and fellatio can infect people's mouths," the magazine added.
Raphael Viscidi, a virologist who worked on the research, believes the findings substantiate the link between HPV and oral cancer.
"This is a major study in terms of size," he said. "I think this will convince people."
High consumptions of alcohol and cigarettes are estimated to cause 75-90 percent of all cases of oral cancer. The combination of tobacco smoke and alcohol are thought to produce high levels of cancer causing agents.
Scientists are currently working on vaccines to prevent cervical cancer, which is more common, but they might also be effective against oral cancer.
"It is thought the vaccines would prevent oral infections as well," the magazine added.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cancer; health; hpv; oralcancer
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posted on
02/25/2004 9:49:48 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: Shermy
ping
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posted on
02/25/2004 9:50:32 PM PST
by
ambrose
("John Kerry has blood of American soldiers on his hands" - Lt. Col. Oliver North)
To: ambrose
"This is a major study in terms of size," he said. "I think this will convince people."
Uhhh.... who was it they tested?
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posted on
02/25/2004 9:53:58 PM PST
by
woofie
( If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried)
To: ambrose
This article has such a bogus title!
Raphael Viscidi, a virologist who worked on the research, believes the findings substantiate thelink between HPV and oral cancer.
To: ambrose
Does talking about sex alot constitute oral sex?
To: Between the Lines
Yeah, this is like saying "Vinegar Causes Cancer" (if your vinegar is tainted with carcinogens)
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posted on
02/25/2004 9:59:37 PM PST
by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
To: ambrose
If this is true, the diesel dyke senator from NY is cooked.
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posted on
02/25/2004 9:59:41 PM PST
by
Bedford Forrest
(Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
To: Texasforever
>>Does talking about sex alot constitute oral sex?
If that's true, then listening to all that talk could result in hearing aids...
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posted on
02/25/2004 10:01:38 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(<a href="http://moveon.org" target="blank">Communist front group</a>)
To: ambrose
French, what did you expect?
Hmmm, how did these "scientists" conduct the experiment?
It may give us a whole new meaning to the valid "double blind" method of scientific research.
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posted on
02/25/2004 10:01:48 PM PST
by
Hunble
To: ambrose
masturbation causes warts scientists learn......
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posted on
02/25/2004 10:04:45 PM PST
by
woofie
( If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried)
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To: woofie
R I B B I T
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posted on
02/25/2004 10:08:06 PM PST
by
Hunble
To: woofie
I thought it caused blindness?
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posted on
02/25/2004 10:16:20 PM PST
by
Chewbacca
("Turn off your machines! Walk off your jobs! Power to the People!" - The Ice Pirates)
To: Keith in Iowa
Actually listening constitutes aural sex.
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posted on
02/25/2004 10:16:52 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: ambrose
Well, I know mass consumption of alcohol in many cases can lead to someone performing oral sex. Maybe there is a link?
To: Bedford Forrest
If this is true, the diesel dyke senator from NY is cooked.
Didn't she just have Dental Surgury?
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posted on
02/25/2004 10:48:01 PM PST
by
LynnHam
To: Between the Lines
The problem is promiscuity.
To: ambrose
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:27:23 AM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: ambrose
Even if this is true, we all have to die of something. Might as well be oral sex.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:39:26 AM PST
by
muggs
To: ambrose
Me: "Hey...Whats your sign?"
Hot Chick: "Cancer"
Me: "Want to see a movie or somthin'?"
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