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The nature of :
a sexual relationship :
may be the reason behind :
the rapid spread of a common cancer! :
There has been a rapid increase in rates of laryngeal cancer in the West over
the past two decades, so much so that some have described it as a pandemic.
This is due to a significant rise in the incidence of
a particular type of laryngeal
cancer called oral pharyngeal cancer
(the tonsillium area and the back of the throat).
- Experts revealed that the main cause of
- this cancer is human papillomavirus (HPV)
Now :
oral pharyngeal cancer is more common than cervical cancer in
the United States and the United Kingdom.
Human papillomavirus is
transmitted through sexual intercourse.
For oral pharyngeal cancer
the main risk factor is the number of primarily sexual partners, and oral sex.
In a study by Hisham Mehna
a professor at the Institute of Cancer
and Genome Sciences, University of Birmingham
involving about
1,000 people who underwent tonsillectomy for non-cancer causes
in the UK
80% of adults reported having oral sex at some point in their lives.
However
only a few of these people develop oral pharyngeal cancer.
According to the prevailing theory
most of us may be infected with HPV and be able to get rid of
it completely. However, only a small number of
people can get rid of
the infection, possibly due to a faulty immune system
- where the virus is able to replicate continuously
- and over time it integrates into random sites in the host's DNA
This has prompted many countries :
including the United Kingdom
Australia and the United States
to extend their national HPV vaccination recommendations to
young boys in the so-called gender-neutral vaccination policy.
But a comprehensive vaccination policy
does not guarantee that everyone is targeted.
A large proportion of people oppose HPV
vaccination because of concerns about safety or necessity.
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