According to Skynews, Hollywood actor Michael Douglas has revealed his throat cancer was caused by performing oral sex.
The 68-year-old said the stage-four cancer, which took him around six months to battle, was contracted through a sexually transmitted disease.
"Without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV (human papillomavirus)," he told The Guardian.
"I did worry if the stress caused by my son's incarceration didn't help trigger it.
"But yeah, it's a sexually transmitted disease that causes cancer."
More than 100 different types of HPV have been identified but there is no way of detecting the virus in the mouth or neck before a cancer is diagnosed. Douglas wife his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones According to the United States' National Cancer Institute, throat cancers caused by HPV have increased during the past 20 years, especially among men.
The virus is responsible for around 63% of throat cancers, according to the US-based Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Speaking after confirming he had beaten the cancer in 2011, Douglas said the disease had "put a timeline on my life".
"It's been a rough few years but I'm back with a vengeance," he added.
"I feel blessed and fortunate that I still have a career. I feel blessed and fortunate that I'm even alive."
Douglas is married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, with whom he has two children, Dylan and Carys.
In a career spanning nearly 50 years, he has won four Golden Globes and two Academy Awards.
Douglas recently appeared on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival to promote his new film Behind The Candelabra.
He also stars in upcoming comedy Last Vegas alongside Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman.
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