Human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States, sometimes affects the tongue, mouth, and/or throat. This is known as oral HPV. It often doesn ...

The survey also found that nearly half of the respondents were unaware that HPV is linked to cancers beyond cervical cancer. The virus is now associated with cancers of the tonsils, tongue ...

Many Americans remain unaware of the cancer risk for both men and women posed by human papillomavirus (HPV), a new Ohio State ...

Oropharyngeal cancer: HPV is a major cause of cancers in the throat, tonsils, and tongue (oropharyngeal cancers). These cancers are becoming increasingly common in men due to oral HPV transmission.

There also have been rapidly rising rates of HPV-related tonsil and tongue base cancers, noted Dr. Matthew Old, a head and neck surgeon with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.