A strong link has been found between the onset of throat cancer and engaging in oral sex, according to the latest study published in the "New England Journal of Medicine."

"Oral HPV infection is strongly associated with oropharyngeal [oral] cancer among subjects with or without the established risk factors of tobacco and alcohol use," write Dr. D'Souza and colleagues in their summary statement

This is a good news for people who find it hard to quit smoking as a Swedish company has manufactured snus; a smokeless tobacco that puts smokers at a significantly lower risk of cancer than cigarettes and also provides users with the nicotine they crave.

In an article posted online Thursday in the British journal The Lancet, a study reveals that people who smoke snus are 10 times less likely to get lung cancer than cigarette smoker. Researchers also believe that the new findings could also challenge bans on snus, particularly in the European Union.

Snus is banned in all EU nations, except for Sweden, where permission was granted because of the widespread use of the powder tobacco among Swedes. However, the new Swedish product is test-marketed in at least two U.S. cities, where smokeless tobacco is legal

A long term study by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, have shown that men consuming high quantities of citrus fruits and vegetables are at a 30-40 percent lower risk of developing oral pre-malignant lesions, which in 16 to 40 percent cases transform into cancer. The researchers examined fruit and vegetable consumption and the rate of oral pre-malignant lesions among 42,311 U.S. men enrolled in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

The diet of subjects was assessed every four years using food frequency questionnaires. Researchers noted that a total of 207 cases of oral pre-malignant lesions occurred between 1986 and 2002

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Helsinki, Finland (HAN) - A new study compiled by researchers of the University of Helsinki suggests that cysteine containing tablets and chewing gum may help to prevent upper digestive tract cancers, a press release said on Monday

A Norwegian cancer expert made up fake patients for an article about the treatment of oral cancer published in a leading medical journal.

Trine Lind, of the Norwegian Radium Hospital, says, "The material was fabricated. We are shocked. This is the worst thing that could happen in a research institution like ours