HPV Linked to Growing Number of Young Adults with Oropharyngeal Cancer (VIDEO)

Henry Ford Health

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Lead author Dr. Farzan Siddiqui, a Radiation Oncologist at Henry Ford Hospital, says the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s led to an increased transmission and infection with HPV, which has led to an increase in oropharyngeal cancers.

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