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Throat Cancer Is On the Rise—Is Oral Sex to Blame?

Here's why you shouldn't stop going down.

Sex & Relationships • September 4, 2026
Throat Cancer Is On the Rise—Is Oral Sex to Blame?
Written by JEREL EZELL

In a 2013 interview with The Guardian, Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas, then 68 years old, spoke about his throat cancer diagnosis.  Likely recognizing the gravity of what he was about to say, Douglas seemed to carefully pick his words as he pushed back on the interviewer’s incorrect—but understandable—assumption about what had caused his throat cancer. […]

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