Oropharyngeal cancer was stable until 1996 – then it very definitely took off.

We were interested in looking at people born during that time period and incidence of oropharyngeal cancer.

Nearly 30,000 new cases of oral and oropharyngeal cancer are reported each year."

Several years later, Willis was diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer and given little chance of surviving the disease.

This year, about 14,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer.

Scientists are hoping to develop a blood test to predict if a person may be at increased risk of developing oropharyngeal cancer.

Around 1,500 people are diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancers each year in the UK.

Oropharyngeal cancer is closely related to the oesophageal type, one of the “Cinderella cancers” – so-called because they receive less attention than others.

The risk factors that can increase the risk of developing oropharyngeal cancer are:

In 2010, American actor Michael Douglas reported to have oropharyngeal cancer.

HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer is rare, but rates have been increasing rapidly, especially among men.

About 70 percent of oropharyngeal cancers are now caused by sexually transmitted viruses, up from 16 percent in the 1980s.

Professor Mehanna said: "We are experiencing a very significant rise in oropharyngeal cancer.

Patients with HPV-mediated oropharyngeal cancer tend to have higher survival rates.

About 10 percent of men and 3.5 percent of women test positive for strains that lead to oropharyngeal cancer under this procedure.

Oropharyngeal cancer is a disease in which malignant cells form in the tissue of oropharynx.

The possible signs of oropharyngeal cancer are:

What is harder to diagnose is anal, penile and oropharyngeal cancer.

The prognosis for people with oropharyngeal cancer depends on the age and health of the person and the stage of the disease.

But experts said that in the case of oropharyngeal cancer, the racial gap may trace back to racial social and cultural differences, including sexual practices.

The negative effects include increased risk of liver diseases, oropharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer and pancreatitis.

They hope their findings can one day turn into a blood test that screens for oropharyngeal cancer caused by HPV.

It is important for people with oropharyngeal cancer to have follow-up exams for the rest of their lives, as cancer can occur in nearby areas.

Beginning in June 2014, Sakamoto took a year-long hiatus after he was diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer.