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Nuanced View of Oral Sex, HPV+ Oropharyngeal Cancer – MedPage Today
Age at first oral sex, ‘intensity,’ number of partners all influence risk
Age at initiation of oral sex and intensity (number of partners per 10 years), in addition to number of oral sex partners, had significant associations with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer, a multicenter case-control study showed.
Consistent with existing data on HPV infection and other related cancers, number of lifetime partners significantly increased the odds of HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer, quadrupling the risk among people with 10 or more partners. After adjusting…
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