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Drinking and smoking don't boost HPV-related cancer risk

New Brown University research shows that alcohol and tobacco use doesn't increase the risk of cancers of the mouth and throat for people infected with human papillo-mavirus 16 (HPV16), a common sexually transmitted virus in the US. The findings are the strongest evidence yet that head and neck cancers have two distinct causes and may require different prevention and treatment methods.

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