How HPV Is Driving a Rise in Oral Cancer Among Non-Smokers
For many years, oral cancer was thought to only affect elderly people who drank excessively or used tobacco. The last 20 years have seen a significant shift in that profile. Patients with oral cancer are becoming more and more youthful, healthy, and non-smokers. The offender? The high-risk strain of the human papillomavirus, or HPV-16. Although […]