Study: Rise in some cancers linked to oral sex - USATODAY.com

READ MORE: Study: Rise in some cancers linked to oral sex - USATODAY.com: "In the study, having six or more oral sex partners over a lifetime was associated with a 3.4 times higher risk for oropharyngeal cancer — cancers of the base of the tongue, back of the throat or tonsils. Having 26 or more vaginal-sex partners tripled the risk.
And the association increased as the number of partners — in either category — increased.
The researchers also reported that cancers of the tonsil and base of the tongue have been increasing every year since 1973, and wrote that 'widespread oral sex practices among adolescents may be a contributing factor in this increase"