More oral sex partners raises oropharyngeal cancer risk
Partner numbers and younger age increases cancer chance by up to four-fold: US study
People who have oral sex at younger ages or with high numbers of partners have an increased risk of developing oropharyngeal cancer related to HPV, a US study suggests.
Overall, people with a history of more than 10 oral sex partners were more than four times likely to have HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer (odds ratio 4.3), researchers report in Cancer.
