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Discussing the Horrors of Oral Cancer with Two Survivors

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Source: Dentistry IQ Mar 14, 2012 By Kevin Henry Managing Editor, Dental Economics Editor’s Note: I recently had the chance to talk with Christine Brader, a former smoker and three-time oral cancer survivor who lives in Allentown, Pa. She is a volunteer senior patient advocate and a board administrator for the Oral Cancer Foundation. For [...]

One in Two Have Never Heard of Oral Cancer

Monday, March 12, 2012

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Source: Cancer Prevention Research Introduction: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) community, one of poorest locales in Canada, has shown to be high-risk for oral mucosal abnormalities, including oral cancer. From our previous study, this community not only exposes to high-risk factors but has also high incidence of oral cancer: one oral cancer patient identified in 150 [...]

HPV Connected to Oral Cancers Too

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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Source: Chicago Tribune It’s common knowledge that HPV — or human papillomavirus — is linked with cervical cancer, thanks to the controversy over the vaccine. But far fewer people know that this same sexually transmitted viral strain is connected to oral cancers, according to a new study, recently published in the Journal of the American [...]

The search for biomarkers of disease in spit

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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Source: University of Minnesota It’s a researcher’s dream: a simple, noninvasive test to detect life-threatening cancer, heart disease, or other maladies while they’re still treatable. A team of University of Minnesota researchers is in hot pursuit of that goal, using one of the simplest means imaginable: testing spit. They’ve discovered that conditions such as breast [...]

Jaw Necrosis Common after Radiation for Oral Cancer

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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Source: MedpageToday.com Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. Explain that osteoradionecrosis of the jaw [...]

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 [...]

Global oral cancer rates to rise 63% by 2030

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

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Source:DrBiscupid.com The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization (WHO), predicts that more than 790,000 people worldwide will be diagnosed with oral cancer by 2030, an increase of more than 63% compared with 2008. Mortality rates for mouth cancer are predicted to be even higher with more than 460,000 deaths [...]

Anti-cancer vaccines are emerging

Monday, December 19, 2011

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Source: Boston Globe Author: Karen Weintraub Long envisioned drugs to harness the immune system could reshape treatments For more than a century, doctors and patients have dreamed of using the body’s own defenses to fight cancer. Why, they wondered, can’t the immune system – so good at tracking down and destroying intruders – attack the [...]

Medical Students Knowledge in the UK

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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Source: HighWire- Stanford University There has been little improvement in the survival of patients with oral cancer despite advances in treatment, and late presentation of the disease is one reason for this poor outcome. Research and experience tell us that tuition in medical schools about examination of the oral cavity is poor. We aimed to [...]

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