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04-28-2017, 01:11 PM
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Re: Actress Erin Moran of Happy Days fame dead at 56
.Yep. I think that poor lost girl ended up doing just about everything. "Frequent alcohol use also raises the risk of throat and other types of cancer, says Dr. Mendelsohn, as does untreated gastroesophogeal reflux disorder (GERD)." http://www.health.com/celebrities/th...cer-erin-moran |
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04-29-2017, 03:39 PM
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Re: Actress Erin Moran of Happy Days fame dead at 56
MSN has an article stating Moran's cancer was caused by HPV. "Oropharyngeal cancers used to be rare and always related to chronic smoking and heavy drinking. The throat cancer rate was actually decreasing because the incidence of these habits was going down, but now the cancer rate is going back up—and affecting otherwise-healthy individuals—all because of HPV. Teknos said about half of the patients he sees in his clinic are diagnosed with throat cancer, when it used to be 15 to 20 percent. “We’re at the tip of a big epidemic of HPV-related malignancies,” Teknos said. “To put it in perspective, since the 1980s to the 2010s, [throat cancer] has increased by 228 percent, primarily because of the HPV virus.” ...Back when oropharyngeal cancers were always related to smoking and drinking, the cure rates were in the 30% rate. Now, with HPV-related cancer diagnoses, the survival rate ranges from 75 to 93%, depending on the severity of the diagnosis. And some cases are definitely severe: There is a small subset of patients whose cancer spreads in strange patterns—like to the liver, lungs, spleen and brain. “Moran’s case is emblematic of very aggressive HPV-related malignancy,” Teknos said, who was not her doctor. “Fortunately, only about 7 to 10 percent [of virus-caused cancer patients] will develop this.” Meaning that only 7 to 10% of people who do develop oral cancer from HPV will experience this aggressive kind." AS FAR AS PREVENTION: As far as prevention: Avoid smoking and heavy drinking, and get the HPV vaccine if you can. High-risk HPV-infected individuals have no way of knowing they have the virus, meaning prevention is key. It’s currently recommended that boys receive the full course of the HPV vaccine before 21 and girls before age 26. It’s possible to get the vaccine after age 26, but you’ll have to pay around $500 out-of-pocket. “I tell women, if they have not had an HPV vaccine, they absolutely should get one,” Lauren Streicher, M.D., an associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and author of Sex Rx: Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever, previously told SELF."That means every single woman in a non-monogamous or new relationship, no matter how old you are. It is well worth the money to get vaccinated because it is extremely unlikely that you have been exposed to all nine HPV types covered by the vaccine and will therefore be protected,” she says. I know they always stress that girls get the HPV vacc, but it's just as important for parent's to have their boys vaccinated too. |