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Cancer Patients’ Health Benefits From Physical Activity

Friday, February 3, 2012

Source: MedicalNewsToday.com According to an investigation published on bmj.com, cancer patients who have completed their primary cancer-related treatment, who engage in physical activity, can enhance their health. Earlier studies discovered that individuals with cancer anticipate to return to normal daily activities after completing their primary cancer-related treatment. However, these patients often find they experience lower [...]

Oral Sex Cancer Virus More Common in Men Than Women, Study Finds

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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Source: Bloomberg.com About 10 percent of men and 3.6 percent of women are orally infected with human papillomavirus, which is acquired through oral sex and can cause cancer. There are two peaks in the age people are infected — 30 to 34 and 60 to 64, according to the study published today in the Journal [...]

Lab-made tissue picks up the slack of Petri dishes in cancer research

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

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New research demonstrates that previous models used to examine cancer may not be complex enough to accurately mimic the true cancer environment. Using oral cancer cells in a three-dimensional model of lab-made tissue that mimics the lining of the oral cavity, the researchers found that the tissue surrounding cancer cells can epigenetically mediate, or temporarily [...]

Tongue and tonsil cancer patients surviving longer

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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Source: Dr.Biscuspid.com The five-year survival rate for U.S. patients with cancer of the base of the tongue or tonsils doubled between 1980 and 2002, according to a new study in Cancer Causes & Control (January 2012, Vol. 23:1, pp. 153-164). In addition, patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers had greater survival rates than those with other oral [...]

Distant Metastases in Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

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Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics (IJROBP Online) December 2011 PURPOSE: To determine the pattern and risk factors for distant metastases in head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) after curative treatment with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). METHODS AND MATERIALS: This was a retrospective study of 284 HNSCC patients treated in a single institution with IMRT. [...]

Anti-cancer vaccines are emerging

Monday, December 19, 2011

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Source: Boston Globe Author: Karen Weintraub Long envisioned drugs to harness the immune system could reshape treatments For more than a century, doctors and patients have dreamed of using the body’s own defenses to fight cancer. Why, they wondered, can’t the immune system – so good at tracking down and destroying intruders – attack the [...]

‘Sicker’ Canadians struggle to obtain treatment: report

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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Source: CTV.ca TORONTO — Canadians with chronic conditions are frequent users of the health-care system, but a new report shows many experience considerable difficulty getting the medical treatment they need. So-called sicker Canadians — most of whom are age 50 or older — have one or more of seven chronic conditions: high blood pressure, heart [...]

Quebecers waiting longer for surgery

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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Source: CTV.ca Canadians who needed surgeries or other treatments in 2011 had to wait longer than they have in close to two decades, says a new report from the Fraser Institute, and the average waiting time for Quebecers has grown to the longest it’s been since 2003. The think-tank, which has been tracking wait times [...]

Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners

Thursday, December 1, 2011

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Source: AVWeb.com The European Commission decided in November to ban airport body scanning X-ray backscatter machines after studies found a small number of cancer cases linked to use of the devices. The decision affects all airports in Europe, with an exception for U.K. airports that will be allowed to test them, but not deploy them [...]

Use and Acceptance of HPV Vaccine Still a Work in Progress

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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Source: National Cancer Institute A bellwether moment in the history of cancer prevention came in 2006 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. The vaccine, Gardasil, protects against the two primary cancer-causing, or oncogenic, types of the human papillomavirus (HPV)—HPV-16 and HPV-18. These types are responsible for [...]

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