Among men, the lowest risk group were those who had one or no oral sex partners in their lifetimes, with only 1.5 per cent of them getting an oral HPV infection, which rises to four per cent among non-smokers with two to four oral sex partners. The rate of infection was highest, at 15 per cent, among men who smoked and had five or more oral sex partners. Researchers analysed data from 13,089 people, aged 20-69, taking part in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) who had been tested for oral HPV infection. They used the numbers of oropharyngeal cancer cases and deaths from US registries to predict the risk of cancer from oral HPV infection. Study: 1 in 9 U.S. men infected with oral HPV -- which raises their risk for certain head, neck, and throat cancers.

Source: Huffington Post October 20, 2017 04:41 UTC