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LONDON (Reuters) — The number of head and neck cancers linked to a virus spread by oral sex is rising rapidly and suggests boys as well as girls should be offered protection through vaccination, doctors said Friday.
HPV blamed for rise in head and neck cancers
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This growth seems to be linked to cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), scientists said in a report in the British Medical Journal.
Two vaccines -- Cervarix, made by GlaxoSmithKline, and Gardasil, made by Merck & Co -- can prevent HPV, which causes virtually all cases of cervical cancer, the second most common cancer in women worldwide.
Many rich nations have launched HPV immunisation programs for girls to try to protect them from the common sexually transmitted virus before they become sexually active.
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#1 - Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:57 AM EDTBasically the penis is like a magic wand, that causes cancer*. Anywhere you put the magic wand...you could get cancer!
LOL, the girls in grade-school were right! Boys DO have cooties!
*Disclaimer-obviously not all penises cause cancer all the time and I am exaggerating for comic effect
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