You might find this interesting then.
What causes cancer in the mouth and throat?
The main risk factors for mouth and throat cancer are drinking alcohol and smoking or chewing tobacco.
But there's growing evidence that an increasing proportion of cancer is caused by HPV infection in the mouth.
Around 1 in 4 mouth cancers and 1 in 3 throat cancers are HPV-related, but in younger patients most throat cancers are now HPV-related.
Detecting the HPV virus in a sample of people who have oral cancer does not mean that HPV caused the cancer. |
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