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DARI: ACTOR MICHAEL DOUGLAS
DROPPING A BOMBSHELL OVER THE
WEEKEND, CLAIMING ORAL SEX MAY
HAVE CAUSED HIS THROAT CANCER.
ERNIE: HE WAS DIAGNOSED AND
TREATED IN 2010 AND IS NOW
CANCER-FREE.
BUT HIS COMMENTS HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TALKING AND DOUGLAS DOING
SOME BACKTRACKING.
DARI: HERE'S FOX 5'S ADRIENNE
SUPINO.
>> WHY DON'T YOU COME WORK FOR
ME.
>> Reporter: HE WAS MAKING
HEADLINES FOR HIS DEPICTION OF
LIBERACE.
THEN HE TOLD A BRITISH NEWSPAPER
THAT HIS THROAT CANCER MAY HAVE
BEEN CAUSED BY THE HUMAN
PAPILLOMAVIRUS.
DOUGLAS CLAIMS HE WAS MISQUOTED,
BUT DOCTORS SAY HPV CAN CAUSE
ORAL CANCER AND IT IS ON THE
RISE.
>> NOW THE MAJORITY OF NEW ORAL
CANCER CASES ARE HPV RELATED.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE 100 FORMS
OF HPV.
TWO STRAINS CAN CAUSE CANCER.
YOU CAN'T CATCH CANCER, BUT YOU
CAN CONTRACT HPV, WHICH CAN LEAD
TO CANCER.
>> IN THE SITUATION WHERE YOU
HAVE A VIRUS THAT HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO BE CANCEROUS,
ABSOLUTELY, YOU HAVE A VIRAL
VECTOR FOR A CANCER.
>> Reporter: DOUGLAS, MARRIED TO
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES, BATTLED
BACK FROM CANCER IN 2010 AFTER A
TUMOR WAS FOUND ON HIS TONGUE.
TODAY DOUGLAS CLAIMED HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT CAUSES OF ORAL
CANCER, NOT HIS CANCER.
DOUGLAS WAS A DRINKER AND
SMOKER, WHICH CAN ALSO INCREASE
CANCER RISK.
BUT HIS COMMENTS ABOUT ORAL SEX
AND CANCER HAVE CREATED
AWARENESS.
DOCTORS ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WITH
MORE THAN FOUR SEX PARTNERS TO
BE TESTED FOR ORAL CAVITY
CANCER.
IT IS QUICK AND DONE IN THE
OFFICE.
>> THE HPV-RELATED ORAL CAVITY
CANCERS ARE NOT AS VICIOUS AS
THE NON-HPV, THE SMOKING AND
DRINKING ALCOHOL CANCERS.
IF THE PARTNERS ARE ABOVE SIX,
GET CHECKED.
>> Reporter: MEN ARE THREE TO
FOUR MORE TIMES TO GET AN HPV
RELATED CANCER THAN WOMEN.
THESE FORMS OF CANCER CAN BE
TREATED EFFECTIVELY IF THEY'RE
DETECTED EARLY.