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	<title>Oral Cancer News &#187; radiation</title>
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		<title>Simulation of scattering dffects of irradiation on surroundings using the example of titanium dental implants: a Monte Carlo approach</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/simulation-of-scattering-effects-of-irradiation-on-surroundings-using-the-example-of-titanium-dental-implants-a-monte-carlo-approach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dental implants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[head and neck cancer]]></category>
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Source: International Journal of Cancer Research and Treatment
Authors: REINHARD E. FRIEDRICH1, MANUEL TODROVIC2 and ANDREAS KRÜLL2

Correspondence to: Professor R.E. Friedrich, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Eppendorf Medical Center, University of Hamburg, Martinist. 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany. Tel: +49 40428033259, Fax: +49 428038120, email:rfriedrich@uke.uni-hamburg.de

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Occasionally, head and neck cancer patients treated with high-energy X-rays and gamma rays have titanium dental implants. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: CT scans pose risks, need more regulation</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/experts-ct-scans-pose-risks-need-more-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/experts-ct-scans-pose-risks-need-more-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CT scans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>
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Source: news.yahoo.com
Author:  Marilynn Marchione, AP Medical Writer 
From long-term cancer risks to radiation overdose mistakes, CT scans pose a growing danger to the American public and need more regulation to improve their safety, imaging experts write in a leading medical journal.
The articles in Thursday&#8217;s New England Journal of Medicine come a week after a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HPV is changing the face of head and neck cancers</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/hpv-is-changing-the-face-of-head-and-neck-cancers/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/hpv-is-changing-the-face-of-head-and-neck-cancers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biopsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brush sampling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cervarix]]></category>
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Source: www.hemonctoday.com
Author:  Christen Cona
In February, at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Chandler, Ariz., Maura Gillison, MD, PhD, professor and Jeg Coughlin Chair of Cancer Research at The Ohio State University in Columbus, presented data that showed that the proportion of all head and neck squamous cell cancers that were of the oropharynx [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco passes cellphone radiation law</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/san-francisco-passes-cellphone-radiation-law/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/san-francisco-passes-cellphone-radiation-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oral Cancer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cellphones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Communications Commission]]></category>
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Source: USA Today
Author: Staff
San Francisco, a U.S. trendsetter on many social issues, voted Tuesday to require retailers to post notices on how much radiation is emitted by cellphones they sell.
The Board of Supervisors approved the ordiance, believed to be the first of its kind in the United States, despite opposition from the cellphone industry, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New oral cancer data could prompt new treatments</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/new-oral-cancer-data-could-prompt-new-treatments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oral Cancer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Society of Clinical Oncolog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Maura Gillison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[head and neck cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[human papilloma virus]]></category>
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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 a new study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASCO: Mouth cancer patients do better if tumor is HPV-positive</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/asco-mouth-cancer-patients-do-better-if-tumor-is-hpv-positive/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/asco-mouth-cancer-patients-do-better-if-tumor-is-hpv-positive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oral Cancer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPV-positive tumors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human papillomavirus]]></category>
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Source: www.medpagetoday.com
Author: Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today
Patients with cancer of the oropharynx did significantly better if their tumor showed markers of human papillomavirus (HPV), a researcher said.
In a retrospective analysis of patients in a large chemotherapy trial, those with HPV-positive tumors had a five-year survival rate of 79% regardless of the type of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New report compares radiation approaches in head and neck cancer</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/new-report-compares-radiation-approaches-in-head-and-neck-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/new-report-compares-radiation-approaches-in-head-and-neck-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oral Cancer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Cross]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medscape]]></category>
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Source: MedScape Today
Author: Nick Mulcahy
June 1, 2010 — Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer leads to fewer cases of xerostomia, but has not yet been proven to be more successful than any other kind of radiation therapy in reducing tumors or improving survival, according to a new comparative-effectiveness review funded by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oral cancer doesn’t silence North Carolina man</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/oral-cancer-doesn%e2%80%99t-silence-north-carolina-man/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/oral-cancer-doesn%e2%80%99t-silence-north-carolina-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oral Cancer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mouth cancer]]></category>
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Source: The Cherokee Scout
Author: Lizz Harold
Marble – Switching out one form of tobacco for another, Rick Miller, 44, learned how to quit smoking and dipping the hard way.
Miller went to a doctor in March to see if an ulcer inside his mouth could be removed. He expected a round of antibiotics or oral surgery. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robotic tongue cancer surgery-Mayo Clinic</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/robotic-tongue-cancer-surgery-mayo-clinic/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/robotic-tongue-cancer-surgery-mayo-clinic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oral Cancer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemotherapy]]></category>
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Fighting cancer is not easy. Chemotherapy, radiation and surgery can be very hard on your body. Take head and neck cancers, for example. These tumors are often hard to reach. Doctors have to cut through bones such as your jaw to reach them. Now, doctors at Mayo Clinic are using robots to access these cancers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Michigan woman serves as test subject for voice recreation</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/west-michigan-woman-serves-as-test-subject-for-voice-recreation/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/west-michigan-woman-serves-as-test-subject-for-voice-recreation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[recording]]></category>
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Source: www.wwmt.com
Author: staff
For Steve and Annet Shannon it&#8217;s a chance to maintain normalcy, and regain a voice that could be lost. Five years ago Annet Shannon was diagnosed with a rare form of tongue cancer, and doctors removed  30% of the back of her tongue followed by a series of radiation treatments, which Steve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutritional sciences investigator wins NIH challenge grant</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/nutritional-sciences-investigator-wins-nih-challenge-grant/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/nutritional-sciences-investigator-wins-nih-challenge-grant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oral Cancer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autophagy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dry mouth]]></category>
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Source: uanews.org (University of Arizona)
Author: Jeff Harrison
Kirsten Limesand&#8217;s research focuses on how to restore salivary gland function in cancer patients.
Each year approximately 40,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with some form of head and neck cancer. The majority of those patients will have surgery to remove the tumors, followed by one or more rounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Limited mouth opening after primary treatments for head and neck cancer</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/limited-mouth-opening-after-primary-therapy-of-head-and-neck-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oral Cancer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemoradiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Rostock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laryngeal cancer]]></category>
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Source: Stanford University
Author: Weber, S Dommerich, HW Pau, and B Kramp
OBJECTIVES: Patients after surgery and radiation/chemoradiation for treatment of head and neck cancer often suffer from oral complications. These problems may be caused by surgery and radiation. Patients complain, for example, of swallowing problems and limited mouth opening (trismus). METHODS: The maximal interincisal mouth opening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With cancer, let’s face it: words are inadequate</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/with-cancer-let%e2%80%99s-face-it-words-are-inadequate/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/with-cancer-let%e2%80%99s-face-it-words-are-inadequate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[battle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bravery]]></category>
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Source: nytimes.com
Author: Dana Jennings
We’re all familiar with sentences like this one: Mr. Smith died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. We think we know what it means, but we read it and hear it so often that it carries little weight, bears no meaning. It’s one of the clichés of cancer.
It is easy shorthand. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George vs. The Dragon</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/george-vs-the-dragon/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/george-vs-the-dragon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denver Nuggets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Karl]]></category>
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Source: ESPN.com
Author: Rick Reilly
 
 

DAY 17:
Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 a.m. &#8212; Denver Nuggets coach George Karl pops in his mouthpiece and puts on his helmet and braces himself for a brutal 15 minutes, but this isn&#8217;t football. This is cancer radiation.
We&#8217;re at Denver&#8217;s Swedish Medical Center. The helmet is actually a white, hard-mesh mask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lymphedema common in head and neck cancer</title>
		<link>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/lymphedema-common-in-head-and-neck-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://oralcancernews.org/wp/lymphedema-common-in-head-and-neck-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oral Cancer Foundation News Team</dc:creator>
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Source: www.medpagetoday.com
Author: Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Treatment of head and neck cancer causes potentially severe lymphedema, which responds to complete decongestive therapy in most cases, a retrospective chart review showed.  The most severe lymphedema occurred in patients treated with surgery and radiation therapy, followed by definitive surgery alone. Complete decongestive therapy led to [...]]]></description>
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