Find out how oral sex can increase the risk of neck and head cancer by seven

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 According to a new study, Oral sex can spread viruses that can cause head and neck cancers,

The research shows a strong connection between the human papillomavirus (HPV), which can be spread through oral sex, and head and neck cancer. 

• The virus can raise the risk of getting head and neck cancer by as much as seven times, and maybe by far more, scientists say.
• But the research also shows that the virus can be detected in a mouthwash.
•  The virus can also be prevented with a vaccine.

Each of those people who had head and neck cancers were compared with three people who didn’t. Those people first provided mouthwash samples that verified that they were cancer-free. The researchers then examined the participants over the next almost four years, and found 132 cases of head and neck cancers.

The researchers found that people who had HPV-16 in their original mouthwash samples were as much as 22 times more likely to develop oropharyngeal cancer.

HPV accounts for 70 per cent of head and neck cancer, according to experts. It is so prevalent that by 2020 it is predicted to beat cervical cancer as the main cancer caused by HPV.

culled from independent newspaper