Karen
Thanks for the plain english version. The first post was English but not as plain to understand.

For those who don't appreciate how tough these articles are to get right and how Klo did catch and summarize an important error and bolstered my point about OCF reporting accurately while USA Today did sensationalism, Here are the relevant excerpts of the annual report, It is OP not oral cancer.

On page 15 of the report:
[quote]With respect to HPV-associated cancers, rates increased for cancer of the oropharynx in white men and women, for vulvar cancer in white and black women, and for anal cancer in white and black men and women. Based on data from three SEER registries, the presence of HPV DNA detected in oropharyngeal tumors increased from 16.3% during the period from 1984 to 1989 to 71.7% during the period from 2000 to 2004 69. The increasing trend for HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer rates is in stark contrast with the overall decreasing trend for tobacco-related oropharyngeal cancers, largely because of declines in cigarette smoking 70. Increases in rates of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers have also been reported in Canada and several European countries, including Denmark and Sweden 71-74. However, it is unclear why increases in HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers in the United States are confined to white men and women. There are no data on the natural history of oral HPV infection or on changes in the prevalence of infection over time among the general population or among oropharyngeal cancer patients by race and ethnicity.[/quote]

Footnote 69.Chaturvedi AK, Engels EA, Pfeiffer RM, et al. Human papillomavirus and rising oropharyngeal cancer incidence in the United States. J Clin Oncol. 2011; 2932:4294-4301.

As I prefaced my USA quote: if you don't go the actual study, you will get burned by relying upon newspaper reports.