HPV has officially displaced tobacco today as the number one cause of oral cancers. This data has been widely reported in the media. "Scientists say that 64 percent of cancers of the oral cavity, head, and neck in the U.S. are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which is commonly spread via oral sex." From CBS to NPR, OCF and our surrogates that helped us, worked hard to see this story get out. While most of the newbies here know us from this forum, this public awareness work is a large part of OCF's mission, combined with sponsoring research.

This is happening in First World developed countries, and not in third world countries. The simple explanation for this is that in the third world, tobacco use is still on the increase, (we export tons of it to them) and in developed countries its use is declining. There are likely some differences in sexual behaviors as well, but those pale in comparison to the tobacco issues. Here are two of the most important places it was picked up which we placed on the OCF news site:

http://oralcancernews.org/wp/oral-sex-now-main-cause-of-oral-cancer-who-faces-biggest-risk/

http://oralcancernews.org/wp/virus-passed-during-oral-sex-tops-tobacco-as-throat-cancer-cause/

And another interesting story about adolescents and oral sex was put on the OCF news feed today as well, as this all ties together

http://oralcancernews.org/wp/adolescents-and-oral-sex-is-it-really-something-to-worry-about-2/

For those newbies that do not monitor it, you can subscribe to the OCF news feed for free, which is updated about 5 times a week by our own oral cancer survivor and volunteer to OCF, Sheldon Sax, who has done a wonderful job of this for years now. From human interest stories to hard science, if it is related to oral cancers, we scour the world's news media and scientific journals to bring the best of it to those interested in the subject. From medical and dental students, to patients, and even reporters at medical news desks at major publications, OCF has thousands of subscribers to our feed.

http://oralcancernews.org/wp/category/oral_cancer_news/





Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.