NEW YORK (Reuters) April 4 - Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and periodontitis have a synergistic effect in promoting squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, according to study findings presented ...

LANSDALE, Pa. -- Smoking and alcohol used to be the primary causes of head and neck cancers. But now, HPV, the human papillomavirus, is the main cause by far. Leonard Balk, a Lansdale business owner, ...

A dad-of-two nearly lost his tongue after a small lump under his jaw turned out to be cancer. Anthony Perriam saw his GP after feeling the lump for the first time and within weeks he had been ...

In recent years, medical professionals have noted a significant increase in oral cancer cases linked to the Human papillomavirus (HPV). The American Cancer Society reports alarming figures regarding ...

The connection between oral sex and cancer has become a topic of growing concern in recent years. This relationship centers on the human papillomavirus (HPV) and its potential links to cancers of the ...

ATLANTA • Doctors have known for some time that a sexually spread virus can cause some types of oral cancer. But actor Michael Douglas’ comments on his own throat cancer in a newspaper story Monday ...

"There was a walnut-sized tumour at the base of my tongue that no other doctor had seen," shared Michael Douglas ...

Anthony Perriam had no symptoms other than a lump under his jaw A dad-of-two nearly lost his tongue after a small lump under his jaw turned out to be cancer. Anthony Perriam saw his GP after feeling ...