women advised to have more sex to prevent oral cancer

Women who have more sex have LESS risk of oral cancer say scientists (but it's not true for men)

By Corey Charlton for MailOnline15:37 14 Feb 2016, updated 15:59 14 Feb 2016

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• Women who have more sexual partners are less likely to get oral cancer
• Researchers say they may develop a better immunity to oral HPV strain
• This is a common STI which can lead to oral cancers many years later

Women who have a higher number of sexual partners are less likely to develop cancer of the throat and mouth, researchers say.

The cancers are linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections.

Researchers told the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting that they also found men were twice as likely to develop the disease.

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Women who have sex a higher number of sexual partners are less likely to develop oral cancer, a study suggests. File image used

For men, the risk of HPV-driven cancers of the head and neck rise along with the number of oral sex partners, researchers said.

Gypsyamber D'Souza, who teaches epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, said middle aged white men are at particularly high risk compared to other races.