Tahwinder Upile, Waseem Jerjes, Mohammed Al-Khawalde, Hani Radhi, Holger Sudhoff
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Abstract
We briefly highlight the growing body of recent evidence linking unprotected oral sex with the development of some types of head and neck cancer in younger patients. These tumours appear to be increasing in incidence although the development of more sensitive methods of HPV detection may be a confounding factor.