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| Oral sex blamed for throat cancer rise |
| 2008-06-11 |
| For five gruelling months in 2006 and 2007, Carol Kanga suffered through treatment for a life-threatening case of throat cancer linked to an unlikely source: a sexually transmitted viral infection. Unable to swallow food or water during chemotherapy and radiation treatment, Kanga was fed through a stomach tube. Her one respite came on Thanksgiving, when she savoured a single spoonful of weak broth. "The radiation basically burns the skin off the outside and inside of your throat," said Kanga, 52. "It's like there's a fire inside your neck." |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #12 Dammit!! |
| Posted by: Bubba Clinton 2008-06-11 18:38 |
| #11 #7 ;) |
| Posted by: RD 2008-06-11 15:57 |
| #10 "It's a floor wax and a dessert topping |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-06-11 15:48 |
| #9 Lies! Vile calumny! |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-06-11 15:37 |
| #8 The research doesn't seem too deep. |
| Posted by: Adriane 2008-06-11 15:08 |
| #7 That's the only ones I meet these days, RD. The chaste ones. I chaste the last one around for weeks. |
| Posted by: Kofi Pholuse8637 2008-06-11 13:05 |
| #6 The virus, scientists have proved only in the last two years, is human papillomavirus, or HPV - the same virus that's behind most cases of cervical cancer. whew! It's a good thing I only slept around with chaste wimmins and girls... |
| Posted by: RD 2008-06-11 12:58 |
| #5 Ugh! Gag me with a... er... spoon... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-06-11 11:14 |
| #4 Some people are finding this hard to swallow. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-06-11 10:43 |
| #3 It looks like a swallow, it flies like a swallow, it sounds like a swallow, but it's a gag. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-06-11 10:15 |
| #2 Is this some kind of gag? |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-06-11 03:20 |
| #1 Ah, gee. that sucks! Something else to worry about in our old age. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-06-11 02:54 |