Fastest increasing cancer in Scotland, especially in men

Mehanna and colleagues highlight the increasing incidence of oral and oropharyngeal cancer in the United Kingdom and its likely association with sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV).1 However, by reporting oropharyngeal cancer along with oral cancer the true rate of increase in oropharyngeal cancer is probably being masked. Using data from the Scottish Cancer Registry, we found that oropharyngeal cancer now has the …