According to the report, 1600 patients with oral cancer were compared side-by-side with 1700 patients without oral cancer. All they did was determine that the 1600 were "three times more likely" to say that they performed oral sex. Man, that sucks!
Researchers said that smoking and drinking were still primarily responsible for the huge majority of oral cancer cases, but also maintained that the scope of the study would "convince people" that oral sex poses a high cancer risk.
The virus in question is the human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes most cervical cancers. Doctors determined that it's possible HPV can really stick the wrong hoof in one's mouth, though, and continue to nurture hope for a vaccine.
Doctors also sought to stress, according to the BBC, that "people did not need to alter their behavior." It is not known whether they made this assurance while sitting in chairs behind their desks where no outsiders could see them from the waist below.
I'm sure I speak for the rest of SOS when I say it's my sincere hope that doctors eventually lick this problem.
