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Nutritional sciences investigator wins NIH challenge grant

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Source: uanews.org (University of Arizona) Author: Jeff Harrison Kirsten Limesand’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 [...]

Limited mouth opening after primary treatments for head and neck cancer

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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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 [...]

With cancer, let’s face it: words are inadequate

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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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. [...]

George vs. The Dragon

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Source: ESPN.com Author: Rick Reilly DAY 17: Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 a.m. — 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’t football. This is cancer radiation. We’re at Denver’s Swedish Medical Center. The helmet is actually a white, hard-mesh mask [...]

Lymphedema common in head and neck cancer

Saturday, March 13, 2010

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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 [...]

Cancer survivor tells his experience with smokeless tobacco

Monday, March 8, 2010

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Source: Lifestyles Author: Nicole Printz Just like the trucks on every corner in Abilene, rings on back jean pockets are a common sight. Gruen Von Behrens, who visited Abilene High School on Wednesday, knows all about smokeless tobacco. He began with snuff at 13 years old. He asked the packed high school auditorium if the students knew someone who [...]

Viagra, Cialis do more than arouse

Saturday, March 6, 2010

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Source: www.kptv.com Author: staff More than 30 million men take them for erectile dysfunction, but the drugs marketed to treat male impotence are now being investigated for the treatment of more than a dozen diseases and health problems. Researchers say ED drugs like Viagra could turn out to be as versatile as aspirin. They’re the images of happy [...]

New uses for erectile disfunction drugs

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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Source: abclocal.go.com/wjrt Author: Leslie Toldo Could Viagra be the next cancer cure? HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo shows us why doctors think some impotence drugs may be as versatile as aspirin. E-D, or erectile dysfunction drugs, are being explored as treatments for more than a dozen diseases and health problems. They’re the images of happy couples [...]

Nuggets’ coach again fighting cancer- this time of the throat

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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Source: ESPN Author: Ric Bucher Denver Nuggets coach George Karl informed his team Tuesday afternoon that he is in another fight for his life with cancer. Karl, who had been cancer-free since prostate surgery in July 2005, discovered a worrisome lump on his neck about six weeks ago. A biopsy determined that it was “very treatable and curable” [...]

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 [...]

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