Smoking, alcohol and human papillomavirus ( HPV ) – a normally harmless virus that is spread sexually and through skin contact – are thought to be the cause of the rise in throat cancer. Smoking, alcohol and human papillomavirus ( HPV ) – a normally harmless virus that is spread sexually and through skin contact – are thought to be the cause of the rise in throat cancer.
Doctors warn of stark rise in younger people with throat cancer – a common sex act is driving the worrying trend
