{"id":2587,"date":"2017-01-05T02:32:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T07:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2016-12-26T22:35:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T03:35:58","slug":"oral-cancer-in-men-jumps-61-is-there-a-link-to-hpv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/05\/oral-cancer-in-men-jumps-61-is-there-a-link-to-hpv\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Cancer in Men Jumps 61%, Is there a Link to HPV?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2507\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2507\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Depositphotos_21514551_xs-350x234.jpg\" alt=\"Could HPV Be Linked to Oral Cancer?\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Depositphotos_21514551_xs-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Depositphotos_21514551_xs.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Could HPV Be Linked to Oral Cancer?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the past, <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\">oral cancer<\/a> was usually tied to use of tobacco, alcohol or both. But a sharp spike in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/health\/cancer\/20161030_Oral_cancer_rates_going_up_for_U_S__men__link_to_HPV_is_eyed.html\">oral cancer insurance claims<\/a> among American men seemingly points to a surprising new cause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Dramatic Shift in Oral Cancer Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FAIR Heath is a national non-profit corporation that serves as a resource for information regarding healthcare costs and health insurance claims. A recent FAIR Health report, compiled from a database including more than 21 billion privately billed claims, showed a 61 percent increase in oral cancer claims between 2011 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The largest increases were seen in cases of throat cancer and tongue cancer. Breaking the claims down further by gender; a startling three-quarters were filed by men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Searching for Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While oral cancer rates have remained relatively steady, <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/10\/u-s-lung-cancer-rates-start-to-decline\/\">smoking rates<\/a> have fallen over the years, so what&#8217;s behind these numbers? Healthcare professionals suspect a link to human papillomavirus, or HPV, which is the most common sexually transmitted infection according to CDC.<\/p>\n<p>HPV infects the skin and membranes that line areas such as the mouth, throat and sexual organs. The virus has already been determined to be a cause of cervical, vaginal and penile cancers, and now experts are turning their attention toward HPV as a possible factor in some of the 50,000 cases of oral cancer that will be diagnosed this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Immunotherapy for Cancer: Boosting Your Body&#8217;s Natural Defenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Issels\u00ae has long been a leader in state-of-the-art <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/20\/immunotherapy-is-the-hot-buzz-in-the-world-of-cancer-research-publications\/\">immunotherapy for cancer<\/a> treatments. <a href=\"http:\/\/66.135.32.155\/issels\/Questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\">Contact us<\/a> to learn more about our non-toxic, personally tailored programs that strengthen and support your body&#8217;s own immune response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past, oral cancer was usually tied to use of tobacco, alcohol or both. But a sharp spike in oral cancer insurance claims among American men seemingly points to a surprising new cause. A Dramatic Shift in Oral Cancer Numbers FAIR Heath is a national non-profit corporation that serves as a resource for information &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/05\/oral-cancer-in-men-jumps-61-is-there-a-link-to-hpv\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oral Cancer in Men Jumps 61%, Is there a Link to HPV?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,204,2],"tags":[357,374],"class_list":["post-2587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-research","category-living-with-cancer","category-news","tag-hpv","tag-oral-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}