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Journal of Nuclear Medicine: 18F-FDG PET+CT cost-effective in screening head and neck cancer patients

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Source: www.healthimaging.com Author: staff Whole-body 18F-FDG PET combined with chest CT is cost-effective in pretreatment screening for distant metastases in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients with risk factors, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The presence of distant metastases at initial evaluation influences the prognosis [...]

Determination of malnourishment in the head and neck cancer patient: assessment tools and nutrition education of radiation oncologists

Saturday, February 13, 2010

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Source: Support Care Cancer, January 14, 2010 Authors: PV Decicco, SM Wunderlich, and JS Emmolo Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate current assessment practices of malnourishment by radiation oncologists among the head and neck cancer patient population. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. A 14-question survey was mailed to 333 radiation oncologists self-identified as “interested [...]

Biodesix: a new way to inform cancer treatment selection

Friday, October 30, 2009

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Source: www.rockyradar.com Author: staff “One data point doesn’t tell you very much in most cases,” comments David Brunel, CEO of Biodesix, a medical diagnostics company based in Broomfield, Colorado. This principle guides Biodesix’s approach to developing diagnostics which aim to indentify a patient’s expected response to a particular therapeutic. Biodesix’s technology evaluates multiple biomarkers – identified with [...]

Wart virus makes for less deadly cancer

Friday, October 16, 2009

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Source: www.montrealgazette.com Author: Maggie Fox A wart virus best known for causing cervical cancer may make for a less-deadly kind of head and neck cancer, researchers reported on Thursday. People whose head and neck tumours carried the human papillomavirus virus, or HPV, were 59 percent less likely to die than people whose tumours were not caused by the [...]

Low prevalence of HPV infection may be tied to poor prognosis for blacks with head and neck cancer

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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Source: www.eurekalert.org Author: public release Groundbreaking study seeks to explain major disparity in survival between blacks and whites Researchers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer have found that head and neck cancer patients who test positive for the human papillomavirus (HPV) have much better survival rates than patients who don’t have the virus, according [...]

Genetic signatures of HPV-related and unrelated oropharyngeal carcinoma and their prognostic implications

Sunday, March 1, 2009

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Source: Clinical Cancer Research 15, 1779, March 1, 200 Author: Jens P. Klussmann et al. Purpose: Patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-containing oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) have a better prognosis than patients with HPV-negative OSCC. This may be attributed to different genetic pathways promoting cancer. Experimental Design: We used comparative genomic hybridization to identify critical genetic changes in 60 [...]

Genetic signatures of HPV-related and unrelated oropharyngeal carcinoma and their prognostic implications

Sunday, February 22, 2009

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Source: Clinical Cancer Research, 10.1158/1078-0432 Authors: Jens P. K et al. Purpose: Patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-containing oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) have a better prognosis than patients with HPV-negative OSCC. This may be attributed to different genetic pathways promoting cancer. Experimental Design: We used comparative genomic hybridization to identify critical genetic changes in 60 selected OSCC, 28 of which [...]

Head and neck cancer worse in blacks

Thursday, January 1, 2009

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Source: www.curetoday.com Author: staff African Americans and economically disadvantaged patients face a worse prognosis than other patients with head and neck cancer, according to a report in the journal Cancer. “The head and neck cancer manuscript is the first in a series of manuscripts we have written to examine disparities in cancer,” Dr. Michael Cheung told Reuters Health. [...]

Incidence and impact of comorbidity diagnosed after the onset of head and neck cancer

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

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Source: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;134(10):1045-1049 Authors: Katherine C. Yung, MD; Jay F. Piccirillo, MD Objective: To investigate the incidence and prognostic impact of comorbidities diagnosed after the onset of head and neck cancer. Design: Retrospective review of medical records. Patients: One hundred eighty-three patients diagnosed as having head and neck cancer at Washington University School of Medicine from January [...]

Racial disparities exist in head and neck cancer outcomes

Sunday, October 12, 2008

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Source: www.forbes.com Author: staff Blacks and the poor have worse outcomes when it comes to head and neck cancer, researchers say. In a new study, published in the Nov. 15 issue of Cancer, researchers examined the data on diagnosis, coexisting conditions, and procedures performed among 20,915 cases of head and neck cancer. The found a worse prognosis [...]

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