While not really new news, read This CNN Article to find out how HPV can lead to esophageal, oropharyngeal and pharyngeal cancers.
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HPV is thought to cause 1,700 oropharyngeal, or throat, cancers in women and 6,700 oropharyngeal cancers in men each year, according to the CDC. Tobacco and alcohol use may play a role in who develops cancer from the virus, the government agency notes.
A 2011 study found that the proportion of oropharyngeal cancers related to HPV increased from 16.3% to 71.7% between 1984 and 2004. Data presented that same year at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting suggested HPV was overtaking tobacco as the leading cause of oral cancers in Americans under the age of 50.
The virus is transmissible regardless of whether the sexual contact is heterosexual or homosexual.
Man! Talk about the "Kiss of Death"!