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Connected nodes in throat cancer signal poor prognosis

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Source: OncologyNurseAdvisor.com The presence of “matted” lymph nodes in persons with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)—that is, nodes that are connected together—was associated with a 3-year survival rate of 69%, compared with 94% among patients without matted nodes. Such a marker could help clinicians identify patients who are at heightened risk for metastasis and who [...]

Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection Higher Among Men Than Women

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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CHICAGO — The overall prevalence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is approximately 7 percent among men and women ages 14 to 69 years in the United States, while the prevalence among men is higher than among women, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being released early online to coincide with [...]

Calls for teenage boys to be vaccinated against sexually transmitted virus after throat cancer cases double in UK

Saturday, January 21, 2012

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Source: www.dailymail.co.uk Author: Charles Walford Boys must be immunised against the most common sexually transmitted virus, health experts have said. The call comes after figures revealed an alarming rise in cancer linked to oral sex in young men. Cases of throat cancer have more than doubled to more than 1,000 a year since the mid-1990s. [...]

New Indicator May Help Identify Patients With Increased Risk From Throat Cancer

Monday, January 16, 2012

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Source: Marketwatch.com ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Independent of other factors, such as smoking history and HPV status, matted lymph nodes appear to signal increased chance of oropharyngeal cancer spreading to other parts of the body. Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a new indicator that [...]

Which Cancers Are Increasing Among Older Adults?

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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Source: AARP Cancers of the mouth and throat related to oral sex, as well as thyroid, liver and skin cancers are on the rise among older adults, according to new stats released last week from the American Cancer Society. There was some good news, however. The death rate is down for the well-known major cancers. The society’s [...]

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 [...]

Preventing Cancer with Vaccines: Progress in the Global Control of Cancer

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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Source: CancerPreventionResearch.AACJournals.org Abstract The cancer control community is largely unaware of great advances in the control of major human cancers with vaccines, including the dramatic control of hepatocellular (liver) cancer with hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine, now used routinely in more than 90% of countries. The biotechnology revolution has given us a new generation of [...]

Researchers ID virus that causes salivary gland cancer

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

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Source: DrBicuspid.com Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been confirmed as a cause of the most common salivary gland cancers (Experimental and Molecular Pathology, November 10, 2011). CMV joins a group of fewer than 10 identified oncoviruses — cancer-causing viruses — including HPV. The findings are the latest in a series of studies by researchers from the Laboratory [...]

Study Endorses HPV Testing for All Women Over 30

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

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Source: Medscape.com LONDON (Reuters) Dec 15 – New DNA tests looking for the virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer make sense for all women aged 30 or over, since they can prevent more cases of cancer than Pap smears alone, Dutch researchers say. Results of a five-year study involving 45,000 women provided the [...]

Biosciences aims to lower oral cancer mortality with simple screening test

Thursday, December 22, 2011

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Source: www.proactiveinvestors.com Author: Amanda Brandon Vigilant Biosciences is a privately held medical technology company based in Norcross, Georgia focused on improving healthcare products to improve patient care. Their most recent research efforts center on early oral cancer detection. In the United States, approximately 37,000 people will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year and its [...]

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