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LONDON (Reuters) - Although the risk is small and it is more likely to result from heavy drinking and smoking, scientists have uncovered evidence that oral sex can cause mouth cancer.

Researchers had suspected that a sexually transmitted infection that is linked to cervical cancer could also be associated with tumors in the mouth.

Now a study by researchers working for the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France seems to have confirmed it.

"Oral sex can lead to oral tumors," New Scientist magazine said Wednesday, referring to the latest research.

The scientists studied more than 1,600 patients from Europe, Canada, Australia, Cuba and the Sudan with oral cancer and more than 1,700 healthy people.

They found that patients with oral cancer containing a strain of the human papilloma virus (HPV) known as HPV16 were three times more likely to report having had oral sex than those without the virus strain.

"The researchers think both cunnilingus and fellatio can infect people's mouths," the magazine added.

Raphael Viscidi, a virologist who worked on the research, believes the findings substantiate the link between HPV and oral cancer.

"This is a major study in terms of size," he said. "I think this will convince people."

High consumptions of alcohol and cigarettes are estimated to cause 75-90 percent of all cases of oral cancer. The combination of tobacco smoke and alcohol are thought to produce high levels of cancer causing agents.

Scientists are currently working on vaccines to prevent cervical cancer, which is more common, but they might also be effective against oral cancer.

"It is thought the vaccines would prevent oral infections as well," the magazine added.

 

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

Thats bullshit, how could they cause tumors? What is so carcinagenic about a penis? Its just yellow journalism if you ask me. They say "although the risk is small," I'm sure a study would prove that more people get oral tumors from McDonalds than from eating cock. I've never had another dude's thing in my mouth, and i hope i never have another dude's thing in ANY of my holes, but given the choice of eating at McDonalds, or eating cock I'd probably ask how the cock was prepared... and then freek out and eat at McDonald's anyway, but I'm sure you get the point.

 

There is a type of bacteria that is transmitted by sexual contact that can cause cancer. Usually it would end up with cervical cancer in women and testicular cancer in men.

All this survey does is say that, is that particular breed of bacteria can exist, and cause cancer, in the mouth. How the bacteria gets there is fairly obvious since you know where it normally lives.

 

The next thing someone is going to try ands tell us is that wiping your ass causes carpal tunnel syndrome!!!

If this study is true then we have now witnessed the end of the world........SEX CAUSES CANCER :-o :x :cry:

 

Sex cause's cancer?... in that case, "COOKIES" FOR EVERYONE!. You can't give yourself cancer.... can you?... mental note... lay off the "cookies" for a while.

 

I suppose you could if you were the self-sucking type...but let's not go there¹.





¹Oh no, it's too late!

 

Why do people refer to cunnilingus as cookies. I have done it and it doesn't taste like oreo....more like fish cookies, actually.

 

Mmmmmmmm cunnlingus flavored cookies!

Five fun flavors: Ghonorhea, Girl Next Door (slightly sweetened), Nightwalker, Original, and Extra Stinky Original

 

Cookies? Never heard of that. Now hair pie... gross, but at least it makes sense.