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

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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. [...]

The prognostic significance of histological features in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Friday, July 3, 2009

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Source: J Oral Pathol Med, June 25, 2009 Authors: S R Larsen et al. Background: Different factors predict nodal metastasis, recurrence and survival in oral cancer. The aim was to assess the prognostic value of histological features related to the primary tumour. Methods: A total of 144 patients surgically treated at Odense University Hospital for [...]

Oral rinses used for tracking HPV-positive head and neck cancers hold promise for screening

Sunday, December 28, 2008

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Source: American Association for Cancer Research Author: staff A study published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, validates a non-invasive screening method with future potential for detection of human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive head and neck cancers. In the study, researchers at Johns Hopkins University used oral rinses [...]

Re-irradiation with concurrent chemotherapy in recurrent head and neck cancer: a decision analysis model based on a systematic review

Sunday, November 16, 2008

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Source: Clin Otolaryngol, August 1, 2008; 33(4): 331-7 Authors: V Paleri and CG Kelly Objectives: Local recurrence is the major cause of treatment failure in head and neck cancer patients after radiation or combined therapy. If surgically unresectable, management involves supportive care or chemotherapy with palliative intent. Recent studies have assessed the role of re-irradiating [...]

Challenges in cancer survivorship

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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Source: CURE Magazine (www.curetoday.com) Author: Kathy LaTour When Julia Rowland, PhD, director of the Office of Cancer Survivorship at the National Cancer Institute, took the stage in Atlanta at the fourth biennial cancer survivorship research conference in June, she welcomed the more than 450 participants on behalf of the estimated 12 million cancer survivors in [...]

Disease-Free Period Predicts Response to Salvage Therapy for Oral Cancer

Friday, August 1, 2008

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Source: Abkhazia (www.abkhazia.com) Author: Ramaz Mitaishvili In patients with locally recurrent carcinomas of the oral cavity and oropharynx, a disease-free interval of more than 1 year and tumor tissue negative for EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) expression predict a good response to salvage surgery. That’s the conclusion of physicians in Brazil who studied the outcomes [...]

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