Uncle Chuckie, can oral cancer be passed to another person by having oral sex?
No. Cancers develop in the cells and are not contagious like a virus or bacteria. However, you can develop oral cancer by having oral sex. An STD (sexually transmitted disease) called HPV (human papilloma virus) is known to cause cervical cancer in women and is now thought to be a major cause of throat/oral cancer in men and one way HPV is passed is through oral sex. It is passed easier from a woman to a man than from a man to a woman. Having multiple sex partners and performing oral sex on those partners is a better the chance of contacting the virus.
That's why it is best when you are in a relationship is to be monogamous. It can save your live.
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