Oral HPV Infections May Help Explain Why Some Head and Neck Cancers are More Common in Men
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The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in the oral cavity is significantly higher among men than women in the United States, according to a new study from researchers at Ohio State University and NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG). Oral HPV infections have been associated with oropharyngeal cancer—a subset of head and neck cancers that arise in the back of the tongue, throat, and tonsils—rates of which have risen dramatically over the last several decades.
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