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Introducing OraRisk HPV salivary diagnostic test by OralDNA Labs

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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: the essential man

Monday, February 22, 2010

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Source: Esquire Magazine Author: Chris Jones It has been nearly four years since Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw and his ability to speak. Now television’s most famous movie critic is rarely seen and never heard, but his words have never stopped. For the 281st time in the last ten months Roger Ebert is sitting down to watch [...]

Serum prognostic markers in head and neck cancer

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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Source: Clincancerres François Meyer1, Élodie Samson1,2, Pierre Douville1, Thierry Duchesne2, Geoffrey Liu3 and Isabelle Bairati1 Authors’ Affiliations:1Laval University Cancer Research Center and 2Département de Mathématiques et Statistique, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec and 3Medical Biophysics Department, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Corresponding Author:François Meyer, Cancer Research Center, Laval University, CHUQ, HDQ, 11, Cote Du Palais, Quebec, Quebec, G1R 2J6 Canada. Phone: 418-525-4444-15581; Fax: [...]

HPV, is it running rampant?

Friday, January 15, 2010

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Source: WebMD Author: Bill Hendrick Jan. 14, 2010 — Cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) spreads readily and quickly among partners in new sexual relationships, new research indicates. Scientists at McGill University, reporting in the journal Epidemiology, say they detected the virus in 64% of couples who reported engaging in vaginal sex for a median of 3.9 months. In 41% of 263 college [...]

Adding chemo helps head, neck cancer patients

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Source: HealthDayNews Author: Staff TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) — Combining chemotherapy with radiation treatment for patients with advanced head and neck cancer increases their event-free survival to 2.2 years from just one year with radiotherapy alone, finds a new study. According to the study authors, “events” include cancer recurrence, new tumors or death. British researchers looked at the 10-year outcomes [...]

BioVex Agrees SPA With the FDA for a Pivotal Phase III Study With OncoVEX (GM-CSF) in Head and Neck Cancer

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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Source: PR Newswire Author: Staff WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — BioVex Inc, a biotechnology company developing clinical stage treatments for cancer and the prevention of infectious disease, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the design of a single, pivotal, Phase III clinical trial evaluating its lead product, OncoVEX (GM-CSF), for [...]

Clinical and dosimetric factors associated with a prolonged feeding tube requirement in patients treated with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for head and neck cancers

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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Source: Annals of Oncology, doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp268 Authors: A. S. Gokhale et al. Background: Patients treated with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for head and neck cancers often require feeding tubes (FTs) due to toxicity. We sought to identify factors associated with a prolonged FT requirement. Patients and methods: We retrospectively reviewed 80 patients treated with CRT for head and neck cancers. The pharyngeal constrictors [...]

Use of Erbitux in head and neck cancer rejected by NICE

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Source: Pharmafocus.com Author: Staff Erbitux has failed to win NICE approval for the treatment of head and neck cancer, due to doubts over its cost and clinical effectiveness compared to existing treatments. It was rejected under NICE’s new scheme to make more end-of-life drugs available by extending the threshold at which they are considered cost-effective, making it an [...]

New radiotherapy technique proven safe, less toxic for cancer patients, University Of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute study finds

Friday, June 19, 2009

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Source: Medicalnewstoday.com Author: Staff A new technique known as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is safe for patients with recurrent head and neck cancers and may improve their quality of life, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI). Results of the phase I study were reported today in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, [...]

Researchers confirm link between HPV and head and neck cancer but survey shows public ignorance on role of oral sex

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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Source: Medicalnewstoday.com Author: Olwen Glynn Owen Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an important causative agent in squamous cell cancers of head and neck (HNSCC) a new meta-analysis presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) confirms; but a separate European survey at the same meeting reveals the public is woefully ignorant about it and possible ways to avoid [...]

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