Tag Archive | "human papilloma virus"

We owe it to our sons to protect them against human papilloma virus – the new oral cancer peril

Sunday, April 3, 2011

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Source: www.dailymail.co.uk Author: Professor Lawrence Young The seemingly unstoppable rise of throat and mouth cancers over the past two decades has left experts baffled and deeply concerned. These are truly horrible diseases. More than 15,000 new patients are diagnosed each year in Britain alone and almost 8,000 die from the most common type, cancer of [...]

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Tongue cancer – experts warn against increasing incidence of tongue disease

Saturday, March 12, 2011

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Source: starglobaltribune.com Author: Matthew Bennett A UNC study released this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds an increasing incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue in young white females in the United States over the last three decades. A team of researchers from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center analyzed data from [...]

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Oral sex now main cause of oral cancer: Who faces biggest risk?

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Source: www.cbsnews.com Author: David W Freeman What’s the leading cause of oral cancer? Smoking? Heavy drinking? Actually, it’s oral sex. Scientists say that 64 percent of cancers of the oral cavity, head, and neck in the U.S. are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which is commonly spread via oral sex, NPR reported. The more oral [...]

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Virus passed during oral sex tops tobacco as throat cancer cause

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Source: www.npr.org Author: Peggy Girshman If you’re keeping score, here’s even more evidence that HPV causes oral, head and neck cancers and that vaccines may be able to prevent it. Researchers studying the human papilloma virus say that in the United States HPV causes 64 percent of oropharynxl cancers. In the rest of the world, [...]

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Revealed: oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

Monday, February 21, 2011

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Source: www.dailymail.co.uk Author: staff A virus spread during oral sex is now the main cause of throat cancer in people under 50, scientists have warned. They say the human papilloma virus spread during unprotected sex is to blame for a disturbing rise in potentially deadly oral cancers in the last few decades. Doctors have called [...]

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Martin Duffy, 70; Marathon fixture went extra mile

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Source: Boston.com By: Bryan Marquard The morning he died, during what turned out to be his last hour or so of life, Martin Duffy got up and ran through his daily regimen of stretching, push-ups, and sit-ups. Several months before, cancer had kept him from adding to his extraordinary streak of 40 consecutive Boston Marathons, [...]

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Henry Schein Dental selected as exclusive distributor of VELscope Vx System in North America

Thursday, January 6, 2011

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Source: www.prnewswire.com Author: press release LED Dental announced today that Henry Schein Dental will be the exclusive distributor of its revolutionary new VELscope Vx Enhanced Oral Assessment system in North America. Henry Schein Dental is the U.S. Dental business of Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), the largest provider of health care products and services to [...]

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Cervix is often first site in patients with multiple HPV-related cancers

Sunday, December 5, 2010

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Source: www.internalmedicinenews.com Author: Doug Brunk Most patients with multiple primary malignancies that are potentially related to human papillomavirus present with cervical cancer, and later develop head and neck squamous cell cancer or anal cancer, results from a long-term, single-center study suggest. “In head and neck squamous cell cancers, the presence of HPV is correlated with [...]

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Detection of human papilloma virus (HPV) in oral mucosa of women with cervical lesions and their relation to oral sex practices

Sunday, December 5, 2010

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Source: 7thspace.com Authors: Luis Sanchez-Vargas et al Previous studies have either investigated the relationship of HPV with oral cancer or the prevalence of HPV on the oral cavity. The purpose of this investigation was to study the prevalence of HPV in oral cavity of women with oral sex practices and cervical lesions. Methods: Forty six [...]

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Nation backs HPV vaccination for boys

Sunday, November 28, 2010

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Source: www.dentalhealth.org.uk Author: press release An overwhelming majority of people in the UK have indicated that they want the vaccination for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) to include boys and not just girls. In a survey carried out by the British Dental Health Foundation as part of November’s Mouth Cancer Action Month, nine out of [...]

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