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Study findings may change surgical practice

Friday, May 27, 2011

Source: www.digitaljournal.com Author: press release Currently, about 30 per cent of patients who receive oral surgery have their cancer recur. But a new, Canada-wide surgical trial using a new approach to remove tumours and pre-cancerous cells from the mouths of those diagnosed with early-stage oral cancer offers new hope for patients. The Terry Fox Research [...]

Blue light tool could save lives of patients suffering from oral cancer

Friday, May 27, 2011

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Source: www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress Author: Camille Bains, The Canadian Press A device that emits a blue light is giving patients undergoing surgery for oral cancer a fighting chance at survival and Canada is at the forefront of research that could have a global impact, researchers say. Doctors and scientists in nine Canadian cities began testing the tool [...]

University of Michigan scientists are at the forefront of cancer stem cell research

Saturday, May 7, 2011

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Source: www.annarbor.com Author: Betsy de Parry Nine years ago, I walked into the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center for the first time and walked out as a terrified cancer patient. During all the months that I was in treatment, I never saw the labs or gave a thought to the research that was being [...]

Cel-Sci to bump standard of care in head, neck cancer

Thursday, December 30, 2010

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Source: www.bioworld.com Author: Catherine Shaffer Cel-Sci Corp. began a carefully designed Phase III trial of Multikine, its investigational immunotherapy for head and neck cancer. Because Multikine is designed to recruit the support of a mostly healthy immune system, Cel-Sci is making a headlong charge at the goal of first-line therapy, instead of trying to develop [...]

Recurrence of oral cancer found to signal poor outcome

Monday, December 27, 2010

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Source: health.usnews.com Author: staff How people fare when oral cancer recurs depends on where and when the cancer returns, a new study has found. The research included 77 people in Australia who’d had oral squamous cell carcinoma, a cancer that occurs in the thin, flat cells that line the lips and mouth. The cancer was [...]

Study suggests VELscope can help reduce recurrence of oral cancer

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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Source: www.dentaleconomics.com Author: staff LED Dental has announced a recent study suggests that its VELscope screening system can help surgeons reduce the recurrence rate for oral cancer following surgery. The article, “Tracing the ‘At-Risk’ Oral Mucosa Field with Autofluorescence: Steps Toward Clinical Impact,” was just published in the journal, Cancer Prevention Research. The article was [...]

Genetic variations indicate risk of recurrence, secondary cancer among head and neck cancer patients

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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Source: www.eurekalert.org Author: public release Eighteen single-point genetic variations indicate risk of recurrence for early-stage head and neck cancer patients and their likelihood of developing a second type of cancer, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference. [...]

A 25-year analysis of veterans treated for tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma

Saturday, November 28, 2009

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Source: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, November 1, 2009; 135(11) Authors: JJ Jaber et al. Objective: To determine the recurrence and survival outcome based on treatment date, type of treatment, stage of disease, and comorbidity and the recurrence and survival differences based on smoking status as a surrogate for human papillomavirus status in veterans treated [...]

Post-treatment pain in head and neck cancer patients may be associated with recurrence, lower survival rate

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com Author: staff Patients with head and neck cancer who experience a higher level of post-treatment pain appear to have a lower survival rate than those who experience little or no post-treatment pain, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. “Pain [...]

Study suggests VELscope System helps reduce recurrence of oral cancer

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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Source: www.prweb.com Author: press release LED Dental Inc. announced today that a recent study suggests that its VELscope screening system can help surgeons reduce the recurrence rate for oral cancer following surgery. The article, “Tracing the ‘At-Risk’ Oral Mucosa Field with Autofluorescence: Steps Toward Clinical Impact,” was just published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. [...]

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