Anal Cancer: The New Gay Epidemic the Media Won't Talk About
The Los Angeles Times calls anal cancer "the next big crisis" for the gay community . According to the American Cancer Society, the future looks grim. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 8,200 new anal cancer cases in 2017. In the absence of national screening recommendations, more than 50 percent of these individuals will be diagnosed at stage III or IV, when five-year survival is less than 40 percent. This creates a major public health concern. The study shows that anal cancer comes from the sexually transmitted virus HPV. What it doesn't mention is why the gay community is so susceptible to contracting HPV. Perhaps the answer is too politically incorrect for the L.A. Times. NBC reported on a similar study that was done in Hawaii involving women who contracted anal HPV . They danced around the cause in an almost laughable way. It’s not clear exactly how the women contracted anal HPV. Those who developed infections were more likely to be young ...