Cancer
Head and neck cancer alert
Doctors are seeing a wave of cancer in men caused by the HPV virus. What should you do?
An epidemic of mouth and throat (oropharyngeal) cancer is under way in the United States. These tumors arise in the middle region of the throat, the base of the tongue, and the tonsils. They are caused by infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is the same virus that causes cervical cancer in women. Experts say that HPV-caused oropharyngeal cancers could become more common than cervical cancer by 2020.
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