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Alcohol’s hidden effects revealed in new National Health Service campaign
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com Author: staff A new 6 million pound NHS campaign to reveal alcohol’s hidden effects warns people of the unseen damage caused by regularly drinking more than the advised limits and highlights drinkers’ affected organs while they sup their drink in the pub or at home. The campaign was launched recently by Public Health Minister, Gillian [...]
Continue reading...New test genetically fingerprints tumors
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Source: online.wsj.com Author: Ron Winslow In a fresh advance for the burgeoning field of personalized medicine, researchers have developed a blood test based on the DNA of tumors that could help tailor treatment for individual cancer patients. The report, announced Thursday, represents one of the most tangible examples yet of how the ability to sequence a person’s entire [...]
Continue reading...Human papillomavirus, p16 and p53 expression associated with survival of head and neck cancer
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Source: 7thspace.com Author: staff P16 and p53 protein expression, and high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV-HR) types have been associated with survival in head and neck cancer (HNC). Evidence suggests that multiple molecular pathways need to be targeted to improve the poor prognosis of HNC. Purpose: This study examined the individual and joint effects of tumor markers for differences in predicting [...]
Continue reading...New DNA therapy for advanced mouth cancer
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Source: www.dentistry.co.uk Author: staff A research team has been awarded a patent after developing a new DNA therapy for head and neck cancer sufferers. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the US, aims to develop a safe and effective alternative to standard chemotherapy treatments which cause debilitating side-effects. Based on a form of [...]
Continue reading...HPV-associated base of tongue squamous cell carcinoma incidence increasing in Sweden
Friday, February 5, 2010
Source: www.hemonctoday.com Author: staff The incidence for base of tongue squamous cell carcinoma increased significantly in Sweden between 1998 and 2007, and by 2007, more than 80% of these cases were HPV-positive. Various studies during the past 20 years have indicated that HPV is a risk factor for oropharyngeal cancer. However, few studies have assessed the specific sub-sites [...]
Continue reading...1,000: the magic number in genomic research
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Source: www.minnpost.com Aurhor: Sharon Schmickle The number 1,000 is emerging as a standard benchmark on the frontiers of genomic research. In the 1000 Genomes Project — launched two years ago — American, British, Chinese and German scientists are sequencing the genomes of some 1,000 individuals from around the world in order to aid medical research as it [...]
Continue reading...Liverpool scientists working on vaccine for mouth cancer
Monday, January 4, 2010
Source: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk Author: Liza Williams ONE central project the scientists and doctors are working on is a vaccine for mouth cancer. Liverpool researchers have found some cases are caused by the HPV virus – the same bug which causes cervical cancer. They have discovered that two-thirds of tonsil cancer tumour samples showed evidence of the HPV-16 [...]
Continue reading...Scientists decode entire genetic code of cancer
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Source: www.popsci.com Author: Jeremy Hsu And cigarette smokers get a free mutation in every pack In a major step toward understanding cancer, one of the biggest problems bedeviling modern medicine, scientists have now cracked the genetic code for two of the most common cancers. This marks just the beginning of an international effort to catalog all the [...]
Continue reading...Microarray technologies in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancer
Friday, November 6, 2009
Source: emedicine.medscape.com Authors: Perminder S Parmar, MD et al. Introduction Since the draft sequence of the human genome was published in 2001 (Lander, 2001), the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project index of tumor genes has classified more than 40,000 genes directly or indirectly involved in one or more cancers (Strausberg, 2001; Strausberg, 2000). Conventional techniques of gene investigation in [...]
Continue reading...At our throats
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Source: www.forbes.com Author: Matthew Herper Oncologist Maura Gillison was looking for patients with tonsil cancer for a clinical study several years ago. The first enlisted was a malpractice lawyer, followed by a doctor, then a scientist. She joked to a colleague that all she needed was a rear admiral. In walked a member of the military brass. [...]
Continue reading...- Samuel Broder: Why Isn't There a Gardasil for Men?
- Snus news & other tobacco products
- High dosage brachytherapy obtains excellent results in head and neck tumors
- A vaccine debate once focused on sex shifts as boys join the target market
- Consistent evidence to support the use of xylitol- and sorbitol-containing chewing gum to prevent dental caries
- Bill would bar sales of dissolvable tobacco
- R. J. Reynolds introducing 'dissolvable' tobacco
- Smoking debate has become nicotine-delivery debate
- Israeli study sees link between oral cancer, cell phones
- Periodontitis associated with fourfold increased risk for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
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- Is it really about time? Overcoming the real barriers to complete oral cancer screening
- HPV-related cancer not confined to cervix
- Office-based ultrasound-guided FNA found to be superior in diagnosing head and neck lesions
- Why men’s health is a feminist issue
- BT Pharma secures EUR 13.1million (USD 17.7 million) in capital funding and changes its name to Genticel
- Cancer survivor tells his experience with smokeless tobacco
- Mayo oral cancer study shows full tumor genome
- Viagra, Cialis do more than arouse
- Avoid incense
- Transoral robotic surgery showed good oncologic, functional outcomes
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