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AAOMS Supports Goals of Oral Cancer Awareness Week

Monday, April 4, 2011

ROSEMONT, Ill., April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The 2011 Oral Cancer Awareness Week, set for April 11-15, is intended to educate people of all ages and socio-economic levels about the risk factors and symptoms of oral, head and neck cancer and the importance of early detection. The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) [...]

HPV: To test or not to test

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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Source: www.rdhmag.com Author: Nancy W. Burkhart, RDH, EdD The dental practitioner has a responsibility to examine and assess the oral tissue status of all patients. Usually, we are happy to report that the tissue is healthy and no further treatment is necessary. Ethically, our role in assessment is both an understood practice as well as [...]

World’s largest oral cancer support group is helping thousands worldwide

Monday, December 27, 2010

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Source: www.mdnews.com Author: staff It’s no secret that people don’t want to hear their name and cancer in the same sentence. When Oral Cancer Founder Brian Hill was diagnosed with oral cancer in 1999, he had a lot of questions. Brian recalls, “When I was going through treatment I remember thinking, ‘When am I going [...]

Ann Layvey: outreach underpins academic fulfillment

Sunday, December 26, 2010

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Source: www.dental.upenn.edu/ Author: staff Ann Layvey was raised to ‘give back,’ so it seems natural that her academic career at Penn Dental Medicine has been underpinned by community service. “My mom always helped me to see the importance of outreach,” says Ann, who, from an early age, was involved in helping her community in New [...]

Penthouse Founder Bob Guccione Dead at 79

Friday, October 22, 2010

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Source: ThirdAge News Penthouse founder Bob Guccione died on Wednesday in Texas after a long bout with lung cancer, his family said. He was 79 years old. Guccione also suffered from oral cancer, the Oral Cancer Foundation says. “My cancer was only a tiny tumor about the size of an almond at the base of [...]

High-risk HPV in the oral cavity of women with cervical cancer, and their children

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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Source: 7thSpace Author: Rajan SainiTan Association of High-risk Human Papillomavirus (HR-HPV) with oral cancer has been established recently. Detecting these viruses in oral cavity is important to prevent oral lesions related to them. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of HR-HPV in the oral cavity of women with cervical cancer, and [...]

New oral cancer data could prompt new treatments

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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Source: The Columbus Disbatch Author: Misti Crane Doctors are focusing increasingly on the role that human papilloma virus plays in oral cancer, and new research is prompting hope that treatments can be better tailored to patients. People with oral cancer have a better chance of surviving if the cancer is linked to HPV, according to [...]

First-time walk raises awareness of oral cancer

Sunday, April 18, 2010

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Source: indarticles.com Author: staff A support group for people with oral and head and neck cancer is looking to send a message Saturday with its inaugural Oral Cancer Awareness Walk, co-sponsored by the Oral Cancer Foundation. “Last year approximately 35,700 new cases were diagnosed in the United States, and there were about 7,600 deaths,” walk [...]

Oral Cancer Foundation donates screening devices to West Virginia Free Clinics

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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Source: www.prnewswire.com Author: press release In 2009 the Oral Cancer Foundation initiated a program of donating VELscope® Oral Cancer Screening Systems to free clinics. The most recent recipients of this program are two West Virginia clinics: WV Health Right in Charleston, and the Susan Dew Hoff Memorial Clinic in West Milford. “Our intent is to [...]

IBG wine tasting: affordable and fabulous

Sunday, January 17, 2010

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Source: www.prlog.org Author: press release For many of us, extravagant prices for wine with dinner on an average Wednesday night have gone the way of large holiday bonuses. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t still treat yourself to fabulous wine. Please join IBG Inc. for a wine tasting and silent auction on January 23, [...]

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