Dr. Oz show on 10/11

sandysp said:

Dr. Oz show
I am interested if everyone was as confused about HPV as I was after watching this show. I really felt like they were promoting the vaccines but only to a small age group and only boys if they were gay ???. They said you can get it just by rubbing skin to skin. I felt very uneasy afterwards and so did my husband.I am glad they mentioned that some people who get the cancer have never had anal sex or the warts associated with hpv. But the ghastly picture they showed of a cancer infected cervix by an unfortunate young person with hpv hit home since I had cervical cancer at 26 in situ and invasive squamous cell anal cancer at age 60. So far no one has mentioned any positive test results but said it would be an infinitesimal chance of me having both of these cancers without having hpv. I guess I need to ask them out right. Did you test me? I feel we are surrounded by hpv related cancers and really no one seems to understands hpv and how serious a health threat it is. It also appears the hpv test is not always accurate. It was so sad to hear of these young people dying of the cervical cancer I survived. They talked more about cervical cancer than anything else. It is nonsense that anyone is dying of these treatable cancers in this country. How much money did we spend fighting those wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and we can't get an intelligent informative television program on a common virus???? What's up with that?

mp327 said:

Dr. Oz show
I finally got time last evening to sit down and watch this episode of Dr. Oz. I thought, overall, it was pretty informative and accurate. I was pleased to hear Dr. Jennifer Ashton, a gynecologist, state clearly and matter-of-factly that it is not necessary to have had anal sex to get anal cancer when the subject of the stigma associated with HPV-related cancers was discussed. All women in the audience had been diagnosed with HPV and there were some very good questions asked by some of them. It was also explained that only skin-to-skin contact is necessary to acquire the virus, and that it can travel on the skin, infecting areas such as the anus. They did a good job of explaining that the virus can be acquired early in life, teen years, remain in the body undetected for decades with no symptoms whatsoever, only to be discovered after a cancer has been found. It was also explained that when women get pap smears and HPV tests, the HPV will often come back negative due to the location from where the cells were taken. Apparently, it is impossible to swab the entire cervix, and also possible for HPV to be located above the cervix, thus being missed on a pap smear. There was another test mentioned besides the pap and HPV tests that women should request but the name of it escapes me at this moment. I saved the recording and will have to watch it again. I don't know if the show is available for viewing online or not, but perhaps, to anyone who might have missed it. I'll see if there is a link to it that I can post. According to the numbers stated on that program, 80% of people over the age of 50 will be infected with this virus in one or more of it's forms. An HPV expert also appearing on the show did a good job of explaining that there are at least 100 strains of the virus, but that 16 and 18 were the cancer-causing ones. She also stated that there is currently no way to test males for HPV. However, that might not be entirely correct, due to the anal pap, which is not yet widely available. They were very explicit when discussing measures that should be taken regarding oral sex too. They discussed the HPV vaccine and I learned something new about it. Apparently, it only protects an individual for a limited time. I think I recall the expert saying 10 to perhaps 20 years, which is why they recommend it for teens and young adults, as it will cover them during the period when they are most sexually active and perhaps more prone to have multiple partners. It was also mentioned that for years, oral cancers were primarily blamed on tobacco and alcohol. However, HPV has come into light as the primary cause for a high percentage of those cancers.

Okay, that's it in a nutshell to the best of my recollection. I will try to find a link and post it here.

sephie said:

can not get to the oral cancer part
hey, martha... i went to web site but can not get it to play the oral cancer part. do you mind telling me what they said about that?? not about alcohol or tobacco but does it mean the man needs to wear a condom during oral sex?? or what?? sorry if this is too explicit but people need to know. thanks sephie

mp327 said:

Dr. Oz show
I finally got time last evening to sit down and watch this episode of Dr. Oz. I thought, overall, it was pretty informative and accurate. I was pleased to hear Dr. Jennifer Ashton, a gynecologist, state clearly and matter-of-factly that it is not necessary to have had anal sex to get anal cancer when the subject of the stigma associated with HPV-related cancers was discussed. All women in the audience had been diagnosed with HPV and there were some very good questions asked by some of them. It was also explained that only skin-to-skin contact is necessary to acquire the virus, and that it can travel on the skin, infecting areas such as the anus. They did a good job of explaining that the virus can be acquired early in life, teen years, remain in the body undetected for decades with no symptoms whatsoever, only to be discovered after a cancer has been found. It was also explained that when women get pap smears and HPV tests, the HPV will often come back negative due to the location from where the cells were taken. Apparently, it is impossible to swab the entire cervix, and also possible for HPV to be located above the cervix, thus being missed on a pap smear. There was another test mentioned besides the pap and HPV tests that women should request but the name of it escapes me at this moment. I saved the recording and will have to watch it again. I don't know if the show is available for viewing online or not, but perhaps, to anyone who might have missed it. I'll see if there is a link to it that I can post. According to the numbers stated on that program, 80% of people over the age of 50 will be infected with this virus in one or more of it's forms. An HPV expert also appearing on the show did a good job of explaining that there are at least 100 strains of the virus, but that 16 and 18 were the cancer-causing ones. She also stated that there is currently no way to test males for HPV. However, that might not be entirely correct, due to the anal pap, which is not yet widely available. They were very explicit when discussing measures that should be taken regarding oral sex too. They discussed the HPV vaccine and I learned something new about it. Apparently, it only protects an individual for a limited time. I think I recall the expert saying 10 to perhaps 20 years, which is why they recommend it for teens and young adults, as it will cover them during the period when they are most sexually active and perhaps more prone to have multiple partners. It was also mentioned that for years, oral cancers were primarily blamed on tobacco and alcohol. However, HPV has come into light as the primary cause for a high percentage of those cancers.

Okay, that's it in a nutshell to the best of my recollection. I will try to find a link and post it here.