By Michael Gwarisa The Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) has cautioned young people against engaging in risky oral sex, warning that it increases the risk of transmitting the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) just like any unprotected sex activity, which causes cancer. This warning comes in the wake of research by global oncologists showing a rise in oral cancers linked to oral sex, particularly among individuals with multiple sexual partners in the United Kingdom and the United States. Since the mid-2000s, cases of oropharyngeal cancer, a specific type of oral cancer, have…
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Kudya Sikarudzi Dzakawanda Kunogona Kukonzera Gomarara Re Mumuromo ne Pagurokuro- Vanamzvikokota
WANGA uchizviziva here kuti kudya sikarudzi senzira (Oral Sex) yekuita bonde kunogona kukuisa muna taisireva? Njodzi huru iripo kana uri munhu uya anosangana neshamwari dzakawanda dzepabonde huye uchifarira zvekudya yekera. Na Michael Gwarisa Vanamazvikokota vanoona nezve denda re Gomarara kana kuti Cancer vanoti ivo zvinokwanisika kuti hutaichiona hwe Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) hunokonzera cancer kuti hutapururanwe kupfurikidza ne nekudya sika rudzi dzaka siyana siyana. Kune tvsakurudzo dzakanyorwa mu Annals of Oncology dzakatarisa zvakawanikwa ne National Health and Nutrition Survey zvinova zvakaratidza kuti vanhu zviuru zvemazana 13, 089 vemakore ari pakati…
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By Michael Gwarisa in Kadoma ORAL Sex has been identified as the leading driver of Tongue Cancer in the country, with a number of cases having been detected already in most parts of the country, a Cancer Association of Zimbabwe official has said. Briefing Journalists during a National Aids Council Editors Sensitisation Workshop on HIV/AIDS reporting in Kadoma, Cancer Association of Zimbabwe Information and Evaluation Officer Lovemore Makurirofa said the same Human Papillomavirus (HPV) which causes cervical cancer could be the reason behind the new tongue cancer cases being recorded.…
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