In this episode, you will hear the story of Joel Zimmer, a chiropractor in Philadelphia who loved Zydeco dancing, raising pigeons, tending his garden, sailing, and watching the stars through his telescope. One morning Joel woke up to discover what he thought was a swollen gland under his ear. But his doctor had dire news. Joel had back of the tongue and tonsil cancer caused by the sexually-transmitted HPV virus. Joel says he never knew anyone could get cancer by having sex like most of us. But more and more men are discovering that you can. Dr. Roger Cohen, Joel’s oncologist, tells us that we’re in the middle of an epidemic regarding head and neck cancers caused by the virus. Cohen says there is a way to stop this disease. Every parent should get their child vaccinated against HPV. And in an exclusive interview, President Biden talks about the pain of losing his son Beau to cancer. Biden also tells us he’s on a mission to stop this disease and make sure that fewer families have to face what he and Joel went through in battling cancer. 

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Silent Cancer is an ambitious and entertaining flagship discussion series about a type of cancer that was once rare but not anymore—a type of cancer caused by the HPV virus. About 14 million Americans are infected with HPV every year, and it now accounts for more cases of throat, tonsil, and back of the tongue cancer in men than smoking and alcohol. While these head and neck cancers have reached epidemic proportions, treatment has significantly improved, with 90% of patients diagnosed with HPV-related cancer surviving. Episodes will feature conversations with celebrities, influencers, journalists, patient leaders, and public health officials to inspire and engender citizen activism for health policy reform. 

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