You may have heard about the connection between HPV infection and certain types of cervical cancer, but did you know HPV infection is also related to a higher risk of throat and mouth cancer? To ...

For years, the typical patient with throat cancer fit a "Marlboro Man" stereotype—a rugged, outdoorsy man who was a lifelong smoker with a history of alcohol use. But that is no longer true. Today, ...

A global study shows one in three men carry HPV. Excluding boys from vaccine drive could keep the infection circulating and ...

Cases of throat cancer have been skyrocketing in recent years, mainly due to increased levels of HPV (human papillomavirus) infections, caused by oral sex. Oropharyngeal cancer is mainly caused by HPV ...

There are more than 100 strains of HPV. Some types of the virus can cause cancer. HPV 16 has been linked to the rising cases of oropharyngeal cancer, commonly known as throat cancer. It is the most ...

The HPV vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer in women also might lower the risk in young men of oral infections that can cause mouth and throat cancers, a new study finds. These cancers are ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (CNN) - More than 42 million Americans are infected with the human papillomavirus, or HPV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said say nearly everyone will be infected with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clara Solorzano, a second year dental hygiene student at Tarrant Community College, cleans 10-year-old Dayana Salazar’s teeth on ...

Incidence rates are rising for HPV-related throat cancers, according to the American Cancer Society, particularly in men over ...

Tonsil cancer related to HPV, often called oropharyngeal cancer, has been rising steadily over the past decade.

CHICAGO – The first national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have genital infections caused by a sexually transmitted virus and that 1 in 4 has strains linked with several cancers. Most ...

HPV causes thousands of cases of throat and neck cancer every year. Dentists can get involved in the effort to prevent them.