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Caption: Human Papillomavirus

A wide breadth of behaviors surrounding oral sex may affect the risk of oral HPV infection and of a virus-associated head and neck cancer that can be spread through this route, a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center suggests. These findings add nuance to the connection between oral sex and oropharyngeal cancer — tumors that occur in the mouth and throat — and could help inform research and public health efforts aimed at preventing this disease. The ...

Keywords: HPV, Human Papillomavirus, oral sex, Virginia Drake, Gypseyamber D'Souza, Carole Fakhry, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Head And Neck Cancer, oropharyngeal cancer,

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