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Re:Oral Sex Stoking Throat Cancer ‘Epidemic’ in UK and US by ender341341 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:07PM (#35733846)
> Not to mention, wouldn't the oral cancers still show up in women if the power dynamic was as you say?

It did. It's just a much lower prevalence than cervix cancer so it was framed around preventing cervix cancer, but as that's largely gone away the focus has shifted to preventing throat cancer.

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Re:Oral Sex Stoking Throat Cancer ‘Epidemic’ in UK and US by giantg2 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @05:13PM (#35734680)
According to the article, there is a new epidemic, indicating a rise in rates. I'm asking why we didn't see it before. If it was there all along as you say, then is the article wrong for suggesting a rate increase?
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Re:Oral Sex Stoking Throat Cancer ‘Epidemic’ in UK and US by ender341341 on Saturday April 29, 2023 @05:01PM (#35757143)
I think you're massively underestimating the change in sex practices in the last 2 or 3 decades.
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