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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n Just when we were sure that we'd be heading for an oral-sexless summer (God forbid), a rep for Michael Douglas \u2014 who yesterday attributed his bout with cancer to HPV contracted from cunnilingus \u2014 has somewhat backtracked on the statement after it sent the Interwebz into a state of frenzy. \n\nVia New York Magazine: \"Michael Douglas did not say cunnilingus was the cause of his cancer. It was discussed that oral sex is a suspected cause of certain oral cancers as doctors in the article point out but he did not say it was the specific cause of his personal cancer.\"Yesterday, Douglas himself spoke up on the issue at an American Cancer Society event: \"Just so we all understand, I think we would all love to know where our cancer comes from. I simply to a reporter tried to give a PSA announcement about HPV and a virus that can cause oral cancers, and is one of the few areas of cancers that can be controlled, and there are vaccinations that kids can get. So that was my attempt.\"Hear that, gentlemen?Follow Anna on Twitter.Image via Getty Images/istockphoto"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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