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Media Contact: Waun Shae Blount, wblount1@jhmi.edu One of the most serious consequences of the current COVID-19 pandemic has been the postponement of non-essential surgeries defined by the federal government s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as medical procedures that are not necessary to address an emergency or to preserve the health and safety of a patient. When the CMS issued guidelines in April 2020 for medical centers nationwide to limit non-essential operations until facilities could be declared free of COVID-19, the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery followed suit, telling its physician members to delay performing non-essential ear, nose and throat surgeries. ....
E-Mail Human papillomavirus (HPV) can infect the mouth and throat to cause cancers of the oropharynx. A new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, has found that having more than 10 prior oral sex partners was associated with a 4.3-times greater likelihood of having HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer. The study also shows that having oral sex at a younger age and more partners in a shorter time period (oral sex intensity) were associated with higher likelihoods of having HPV-related cancer of the mouth and throat. Previous studies have shown that performing oral sex is a strong risk factor for HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer. To examine how behavior related to oral sex may affect risk, Virginia Drake, MD, of Johns Hopkins University, and her colleagues asked 163 individuals with and 345 without HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer to complete a behavioral survey. ....