----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hobby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 10:21 PM Subject: Re: Presented without comment.
> Robert Seeberger wrote: > .... >>>>>>> Throat cancer linked to virus spread by sex >>>>>>> Cancer of the throat and tonsils can arise from infection with >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> sexually transmitted virus. >>>>>>> <http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20070512/fob1.asp> > ... >> >> Now that you mention politics......... >> You may have heard that the Gov of Texas mandated the PapVaccine >> for >> (I think it was) 6th grade girls, and it was shot down by our State >> Representatives. >> Whats the odds ya think, that the mandate ends up getting the go >> ahead >> now that it has been shown that *MEN* get cancer from the same >> virus? > > Rob-- > > The article above says that one can get infected > by performing oral sex. And I read one a few months > ago which said that men could get anal cancers, etc. > > The situation seems to be that cancers arise at the > site where the infection is introduced, and that a > penis is relatively resistant to infection-induced > cancer. Hmmm.....I was thinking that HPV operated in a similar fashion to other STDs. That oral sex performed upon a woman could spread infection via either direct contact or fluid exchange. I'm guessing that direct contact is not a neccessity if fluid can carry the virus from epithelial cells via male or female ejaculate. So, no, I was not imagining some penile cancer. I was figuring that men can get HPV (and throat cancer) by performing oral sex on women. > > So it depends who is defining what kind of sex *MEN* > have. I'm sure there will be some who think that > "only women and perverts are at risk". This would > all make for an interesting debate in the Legislature-- > keep us posted? : ) > http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9A0DEEDE153EF935A15757C0A9619C8B63 http://tinyurl.com/yru6hb The story so far. xponent Not Enough Data Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
