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Dental groups dispute Consumer Reports cancer screening story

Friday, April 5, 2013

Source: http://www.drbicuspid.com By: Donna Domino, Features Editor Date: April 5, 2013 The dental community is up in arms over a recent Consumer Reports article that claims oral cancer screening is one of several medical tests that are overrecommended and unnecessary for all but high-risk patients. The article, which appears in the March 2013 issue, concluded [...]

Painting for the Oral Cancer Foundation

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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With a desire to help in spreading awareness for oral cancer, Anita McGinn-Natali, a Fine Art Painter from Pennsylvania, donates her original framed and ready to hang oil paintings to Oral Cancer Awareness Walks. Funds collected will benefit the Oral Cancer Foundation. In October of 2007, Anita’s husband, Clark, was diagnosed with oral cancer. Anita was her husband’s caregiver during his treatments and [...]

Should You Get the HPV Vaccine?

Monday, January 28, 2013

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You don’t have to be a virgin to be protected against cancer. By Jake Blumgart|Posted Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at 1:22 PM ET Source: Slate A doctor gives a 13-year-old girl an HPV vaccination Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. The human papillomavirus has the dubious distinction of being the sexually transmitted disease you are most [...]

A tragic turn of events to most important dental story published in 2012

Friday, December 21, 2012

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Source: DentistryIQ Date: 12/21/2012 By Maria Perno Goldie, RDH, MS, and Jo-Anne Jones, RDH Jo-Anne Jones, RDH, President, RDH Connection Inc., has much to be proud of! An article by Jo-Anne, about a possible connection between sex and oral cancer, has been selected by the dental editors of PennWell publications as the most important article [...]

Actor Michael Douglas Partners With Oral Cancer Foundation For Early Detection PSA Campaign

Monday, May 14, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Actor and producer Michael Douglas has donated his time to help create a television public service announcement (PSA) on behalf of the Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those affected by the disease. The PSA will support the Foundation’s efforts to educate the public [...]

Oral Cancer Foundation Sponsors 13th Annual Oral Cancer Awareness Month in April 2012

Saturday, January 7, 2012

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Source: Dentistry IQ Organization encouraging dental professionals to offer free screenings to the public Did you know that the fastest growing segment of the oral cancer community is young, healthy non-smokers? It’s shocking but true. Exposure to the HPV-16 virus, the most common sexually transmitted infection, is now the leading cause of oral cancers in [...]

Data Published in the Lancet Oncology Support High Efficacy Previously Demonstrated By Cervarix

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

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Source: Therapeutics Daily Author: Staff LONDON, Nov. 9, 2011-An analysis published today in The Lancet Oncology reinforces previous findings showing that GlaxoSmithKline’s Cervarix®, provided protection against advanced precancerous lesions (CIN3+), above that expected from a vaccine that protects against human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18. CIN3+ is the immediate step before invasive cervical cancer and data showing protection [...]

Life After Tongue Cancer, & a Total Glossectomy

Monday, August 22, 2011

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Source: UCSF Medical Center Author: Sierra Tzoore Tongue cancer is uncommon, and it’s especially unusual for it to strike a young person who doesn’t smoke or drink heavily. Kate Brown was just 32 years old, recently married and beginning a new job, when she learned that a spot on her tongue was stage III tongue cancer. [...]

Ischemic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack after Head & Neck Radiotherapy

Friday, August 5, 2011

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Source: AHA Journals Author: Chris Plummer, PhD; Robert D. Henderson, PhD; John D. O’Sullivan, MD; Stephen J. Read, PhD Abstract Background and Purpose—Cerebrovascular disease can complicate head and neck radiotherapy and result in transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke. Although the incidence of radiation vasculopathy is predicted to rise with improvements in median cancer survival, [...]

Sentinel Node Biopsy Safe & Effective in Head/Neck Melanomas

Friday, August 5, 2011

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Source: MD News Author: Staff *see below University of Michigan study refutes controversy about technique in delicate head, neck region. ANN ARBOR, MI — A common technique for determining whether melanoma has spread can be used safely and effectively even in tumors from the head and neck area, according to a new study from the [...]

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