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Maura Gillison, Who Transformed the Treatment of Mouth and Throat Cancers, Died
- toomuchtodo 2mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maura_L._Gillison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maura_L._Gillison
- morninglight 2mo agohttps://cancerletter.com/obituary/20260702_2/ https://cancerletter.com/obituary/20260702_2/
- morninglight 2mo ago"She suspected the HPV infection of the oral airway occurred through oral/genital contact." "...the overriding risk factor for the cancer was multiple sex partners" "...people who reported more than six oral sex partners through a confidential survey had a higher than eight-fold increased risk of developing cancer." https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2024/07/tracking-a-cancer-starter https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2024/07/tracki...
- morninglight 2mo ago“Although the 2000 JNCI paper changed my whole career, I was having so much fun that I didn’t realize its implications.” - Maura Gillison https://connection.asco.org/do/asco-remembers-karnofsky-award-recipient-dr-maura-l-gillison-pioneer-hpv-associated https://connection.asco.org/do/asco-remembers-karnofsky-awar...