MICHAEL DOUGLAS GETS CANCER FROM ORAL SEX

 

 

 

 

Michael Douglas Oral Sex Cancer Claim Spurs Vaccine Calls

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"Without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV, which actually comes about from cunnilingus,” Douglas was quoted as saying. “It’s a sexually transmitted disease that causes cancer.”

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BEFORE PASSING JUDGEMENT LET'S REMEMBER THAT HPV IS THE LEADING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DESEASE TODAY. I THINK IT'S VERY BRAVE TO ADMIT-AND THEREFORE HELP OTHERS-TO BE THIS CANDID. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SINCE MOST PEOPLE ASSUMED IT WAS SMOKING/DRINKING RELATED.

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Actor Michael Douglas leaves on May 21, 2013 after attending the screening of the film "Behind the Candelabra" presented in Competition at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. 

Michael Douglas’s claim that oral sex led to his throat cancer is spurring calls to vaccinate more boys as well as girls against the human papilloma virus that causes the malignancy.

Merck & Co. (MRK) sells a vaccine called Gardasil to prevent cervical cancer caused by the sexually transmitted virus, known as HPV, in girls and boys. GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) (GSK) also sells an HPV vaccine, though it’s not marketed for boys.

The virus infects four out of five sexually active people at some point in their lives and is known to cause cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile and anal cancer. HPV may cause more cases of throat cancer in men than smoking, according to a 2011 report that predicted throat cancers linked to the virus would become more common than HPV-related cervical cancer by 2020.

“I very strongly believe we should be vaccinating boys,” said Anne Szarewski, clinical consultant and honorary senior lecturer at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in London, in a telephone interview today. “By only vaccinating women, we’re implying that it’s not a problem for men. It’s a sexually transmitted virus, both men and women are involved, and we should be vaccinating both.”

Douglas, 68, an Academy Award-winning actor and star of films including “Wall Street” and “Fatal Attraction,” said in an interview with the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper that his throat cancer, diagnosed in 2010, was caused by oral sex, not smoking or drinking. About 10 percent of men are orally infected with HPV, compared with 3.6 percent of women, according to a 2012 study..."
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 OK ONE JOKE:

Adam Cohen

So glad to hear Michael Douglas licked his cancer.