Increase cases of oropharyngeal cancer in the last two decades was influenced by changes in sexual behavior in the community there, especially oral sex behavior.
Comments appear in the conference held by the American Association for Cancer Research on the transmission of human papilloma virus virus (HPV) in cases of head and neck cancer. Infection of the virus causing the number of oropharyngeal cancer incidence, which includes the tumor in the throat, tonsil, and the surface of the tongue, increased dramatically.
In fact, a study on the network oropharyngeal tumor at only 20 years ago showed HPV infection by 20 percent. "This is a trend that was evident as the fact that a number orophrayngeal increased incidence of cancer should be the concern," said Scott Lippman, MD from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
When the first dituding alcohol and smoking as main cause of higher mouth cancer, it is now possible to switch on the HPV infection. American Cancer Society said that based on the diagnosis, more than half the cases of oropharyngeal cancer is HPV virus.
"Changes in sexual behavior in the last 20 years, especially oral sex, participate in improving the incidence of cancer," said Chief Medical Officer of ACS Otis Brawley. Evidence also shows, for oral HPV infection also increases the risk factors of cancer esophagus (throat), go Brawley.
Based on this, according to Lippman, the target is now a doctor to spread information on oropharyngeal cancer are not smokers and parents, but young people, workers, young people also understand that sex is not healthy. Experts also agree that oral sex is not safe sex.
Source ( Kompas.com )
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