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Prolonged treatment delay did not affect outcomes in SCCHN

5. March 2010

Source: www.hemonctoday.com Author: Christen Haigh No association was found between diagnosis to treatment interval and tumor control outcomes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). However, patients with poor Karnofsky performance status, black patients and patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy all had prolonged diagnosis to treatment interval. Jimmy J. [...]

Instant screening device is the best defense for detecting deadly oral cancer

5. March 2010

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Source: worldental.org Author: staff Every year, over 34,000 Americans develop oral cancer. Many die, and many others must undergo surgery that leaves them permanently disfigured. In the March 2010 issue of Esquire magazine, film critic Roger Ebert shared his story about his battle with the oral cancer disease. After multiple surgeries, he lost his lower jaw, along with [...]

New technology helps those affected by HPV

5. March 2010

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Source: news10now.com Autor: Marcie Fraser Scott Vitale certainly does not fit the criteria for the HPV virus which causes warts, and in rare cases, it’s found in the throat. Most often, infants get it from their mothers while they pass through the birth canal. Why or how he got the virus, no one knows for sure. “In [...]

Racing to addiction: tobacco company auto racing sponsorships

4. March 2010

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Source: www.docstoc.com Author: Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids staff Auto racing is the number one live spectator sport in the United States, the second most watched sport on TV, and “the hottest, fastest-growing spectator sport in American.”1 With disproportionate numbers of youth viewers, auto racing offers prime marketing opportunities to promote products to kids [...]

Radiotherapy-induced skin changes and quality of life

4. March 2010

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Source: The Lancet Oncology Author: Julie B Schnur Quality of life is broadly recognized within oncology as an essential component of cancer care and has been studied extensively in patients with breast cancer.1 Yet, among the three pillars of breast cancer treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy), research on radiotherapy-related quality of life has lagged behind. Specifically, the [...]

Introducing OraRisk HPV salivary diagnostic test by OralDNA Labs

3. March 2010

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Source: RDHmag Author: Staff NASHVILLE, Tennessee–OralDNA Labs , a leader in advancing wellness in dentistry through salivary diagnostics and a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics, recently introduced a OraRisk HPV test. The test is a noninvasive, screening tool to identify the type(s) of oral human papillomavirus (also called HPV). Oral HPV is a mucosal viral infection that is a [...]

Roger Ebert’s story inspiring local cancer survivors

3. March 2010

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Source: News Channel 9 Author: Kevin Sims Tuesday on the Oprah Winfrey Show, movie critic Roger Ebert is talking about his battle with oral cancer. That’s a fight many folks here in the Tennessee Valley face everyday. And now there’s a support group specifically for those survivors. Five days a week, Jeanna Richelson is an engineer at Sisken Steel. 365 days [...]

OralDNA Labs introduces OraRisk HPV salivary diagnostic test

2. March 2010

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Source: www.rdhmag.com Author: press release OralDNA Labs , a leader in advancing wellness in dentistry through salivary diagnostics and a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics, recently introduced a OraRisk HPV test. The test is a noninvasive, screening tool to identify the type(s) of oral human papillomavirus (also called HPV). Oral HPV is a mucosal viral infection that is a [...]

Determined to play: man uses air compressor to play saxophone

1. March 2010

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Source: www.theindependent.com Author: Tracy Overstreet Jerry True just has the music in him. “Anything I touch — it plays for me,” he said. So when throat cancer took away his voice box — and the air he needed to play the saxophone — he took up the drums. But that was only until he could manufacture a way [...]

Ipsilateral radiation controls tonsil cancer

1. March 2010

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Source: www.medpagetoday.com Author: Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Patients with newly diagnosed tonsillar cancer can have long-term disease control and minimal risk of contralateral recurrence with ipsilateral (same side) radiation therapy, data from a large patient series showed. Only two of 102 patients had contralateral failure during a treatment experience dating back to 1970. Ipsilateral radiation [...]

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