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Life After Tongue Cancer, & a Total Glossectomy
Source: UCSF Medical Center Author: Sierra Tzoore Tongue cancer is uncommon, and it’s especially unusual for it to strike a young person who doesn’t smoke or drink heavily. Kate Brown was just 32 years old, recently married and beginning a new job, when she learned that a spot on her tongue was stage III tongue cancer. [...]
Continue reading...Michael Douglas Continues to Put Oral Cancer in the Spotlight
23. June 2011
Source: Dr.Biscupid.com Actor Michael Douglas’ recent revelation that he had stage IV oropharyngeal cancer has highlighted the growing incidence of oral cancer, and experts say dentists can help stem the alarming increase of the disease by checking for it during routine examinations. The actor’s cancer included a walnut-sized tumor at the base of his tongue, [...]
Continue reading...Oral Cancer Foundation breaks records in April’s Awareness and Screening Month
21. May 2011
Source: MSNBC News Author: staff Oral cancer is an insidious disease that too often is not discovered until very late in its development, as it might not produce symptoms the average person may notice. By then treatments are less effective, and because of late discovery in far too many patients, it has a five year [...]
Continue reading...HPV Becomes a Major Topic for Researchers as a Source of Oral Cancers
9. May 2011
By Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Amid Michael Douglas’s personal and philanthropic battle with throat cancer, the Oscar-winning actor is shedding light on a viral form of the disease lurking in a growing number of mouths. Oral cancer has long been linked to tobacco and alcohol use, but an expanding body of research [...]
Continue reading...Oral Cancer…what does sex have to do with it?
5. May 2011
Source: DentistryIQ.com The answer is … plenty! This issue will focus on oral cancer awareness. While there are many topics we can delve into regarding this dreadful disease, we will focus on a few topics. We will share two personal and very poignant stories. Kim Anzalotti, Bill Wislon, and Eva Grayzel impart information that will [...]
Continue reading...More than 100 people receive free oral exams, courtesy of the City of Gulfport.
27. April 2011
Source: Gulfport.Patch.com The Walgreen’s parking lot in Gulfport became a dentist office for a day. And instead of paying a fee for a clinical exam, patients were seen for free. “I was very surprised because screenings of any kind are minimum of $35 to $50 dollars, so that was very nice. They advertised it very [...]
Continue reading...Oral sex is a major risk factor for oral cancer in men
20. April 2011
Source: AOL News Rates of oral cancer are on the rise among men, and researchers say the culprit isn’t the devil you might think. The rising rates of oral cancer aren’t being caused by tobacco, experts say, but by HPV, the same sexually transmitted virus responsible for the vast majority of cases of cervical cancer [...]
Continue reading...HPV is now the leading cause of oral cancer in the US: learn the facts.
18. April 2011
Source: New York Daily News HPV, otherwise known as the human papillomavirus, is a leading cause of cervical cancer for women but the nasty virus is now causing a spike in oral cancer and ravaging an entirely different group: men. Cases of oral cancer resulting from exposure to the HPV-16 strain of the virus are [...]
Continue reading...American Dental Association encourages public to get screened for oral cancer
11. April 2011
Source: www.prnewswire.com Author: press release The American Dental Association (ADA) and the Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF) encourage people to take part in Oral Cancer Awareness Month in April by visiting a dentist for a free oral cancer screening. So far, more than 1,250 sites across the nation have registered their screening events with the OCF. [...]
Continue reading...Dental professionals join The Oral Cancer Foundation to raise awareness as HPV is now the primary cause of Oral Cancers in America
7. April 2011
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — A serious change in the cause of oral cancer is taking place nationally, and its implications are impacting the American public in a manner that a decade ago no one would have predicted. For decades, oral cancer (also known as mouth cancer, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer, and [...]
Continue reading...- Accuracy of Dentists in the Clinical Diagnosis of Oral Lesions
- New Evaluation for HPV16 Related Cancers Using "Pap-Test Equivalent"
- New Study Indicates Tobacco Industry Was Aware of Their Own Products Dangers
- Increase in oral cancers linked to HPV
- Systems Strategies To Support Cancer Screening in U.S. Primary Care Practice
- Study Finds- Fewer Dying from Throat & Mouth Cancer in the U.S.
- UI professors: HPV editorial misses the mark
- Girls-Only Vaccine Could Be Best Weapon Against HPV
- Many Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Face Eating Problems
- The Gardasil Problem: How The U.S. Lost Faith In A Promising Vaccine
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- Big Tobacco Spending More Than a Super PAC to Defeat Cancer Research
- Actor’s Diagnosis Puts Spotlight on Oral Cancer
- Actor Michael Douglas Partners With Oral Cancer Foundation For Early Detection PSA Campaign
- 2009 Federal Tobacco Tax Increase Cut Number of Youth Smokers by At Least 220,000 in First Two Months Alone, New Study Shows
- Radiotherapy May Be Enough for HPV-Positive Throat Cancer
- Stem cell sparing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer may avoid salivary gland damage
- 1 of 6 cancer deaths worldwide caused by preventable infections
- Vaccination rates higher in states requiring them in middle school
- Tobacco Smoking and Increased Risk of Death and Progression for Patients With p16-Positive and p16-Negative Oropharyngeal Cancer
- Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam Yauch Dead at 47
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22. August 2011
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