Maura Gillison, Who Transformed the Treatment of Mouth and Throat Cancers, Died

"She suspected the HPV infection of the oral airway occurred through oral/genital contact."

"...the overriding risk factor for the cancer was multiple sex partners"

"...people who reported more than six oral sex partners through a confidential survey had a higher than eight-fold increased risk of developing cancer."

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2024/07/tracki...

“Although the 2000 JNCI paper changed my whole career, I was having so much fun that I didn’t realize its implications.” - Maura Gillison

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