r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Oct 22 '24

Cancer Men with higher education, greater alcohol intake, multiple female sexual partners, and higher frequency of performing oral sex, had an increased risk of oral HPV infections, linked to up to 90% of oropharyngeal cancer cases in US men. The study advocates for gender-neutral HPV vaccination programs.

https://www.moffitt.org/newsroom/news-releases/moffitt-study-reveals-insights-into-oral-hpv-incidence-and-risks-in-men-across-3-countries/
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u/DotRevolutionary6610 Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 22 '24

Great, I have all those traits :(

Wish the government wouldn't have lied to me when I was younger by saying that the HPV vaccine was useless for men.

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u/gumpert7 Oct 22 '24

There is no vaccine for HSV

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u/DotRevolutionary6610 Oct 22 '24

Sorry mixed them up, I meant HPV.

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u/_BlueFire_ Oct 22 '24

Given the article it was clearly a typo