Oral Cancer News | Tag Archive

Fluorescent spray that can catch throat cancer early offers hope to 8,000 Britons diagnosed each year

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Source: Dailymail.co.uk A throat spray has been developed to spot cancer of the oesophagus at an early stage. The disease, which killed Morse star John Thaw, is one of the most deadly cancers because it is often missed or wrongly diagnosed until too late. Current methods used to detect it can be inaccurate, so many [...]

Oral Cancer Foundation Sponsors 13th Annual Oral Cancer Awareness Month in April 2012

Saturday, January 7, 2012

0 Comments

Source: Dentistry IQ Organization encouraging dental professionals to offer free screenings to the public Did you know that the fastest growing segment of the oral cancer community is young, healthy non-smokers? It’s shocking but true. Exposure to the HPV-16 virus, the most common sexually transmitted infection, is now the leading cause of oral cancers in [...]

Biosciences aims to lower oral cancer mortality with simple screening test

Thursday, December 22, 2011

0 Comments

Source: www.proactiveinvestors.com Author: Amanda Brandon Vigilant Biosciences is a privately held medical technology company based in Norcross, Georgia focused on improving healthcare products to improve patient care. Their most recent research efforts center on early oral cancer detection. In the United States, approximately 37,000 people will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year and its [...]

New Evaluation for HPV16 Related Cancers Using “Pap-Test Equivalent”

Monday, September 5, 2011

1 Comment

Source: Cancer Prevention Research Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for the rising incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell cancers (OSCC) in the United States, and yet, no screening strategies have been evaluated. Secondary prevention by means of HPV detection and cervical cytology has led to a decline in cervical cancer incidence in the United States. [...]

Artificial nose could hold the key in detecting head and neck cancer

Sunday, July 3, 2011

0 Comments

Source: www.healthcanal.com Author: staff An artificial nose could hold the key in detecting head-and-neck (HNC), according to scientists. The results1 have shown the man-made Nanoscale Artificial Nose (NA-NOSE), developed at the Israel Institute of Technology2, can effectively distinguish between head-and-neck cancer patients, lung cancer patients and those free of oral cancer simply by sampling a [...]

Early effect of the HPV vaccination programme on cervical abnormalities in Victoria, Australia: an ecological study

Monday, June 20, 2011

0 Comments

Source: The Lancet Summary: Background Australia introduced a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme with the quadrivalent HPV vaccine for all women aged 12—26 years between 2007 and 2009. We analysed trends in cervical abnormalities in women in Victoria, Australia, before and after introduction of the vaccination program. Methods With data from the Victorian Cervical Cytology [...]

Oral Cancer Foundation breaks records in April’s Awareness and Screening Month

Saturday, May 21, 2011

0 Comments

Source: MSNBC News Author: staff Oral cancer is an insidious disease that too often is not discovered until very late in its development, as it might not produce symptoms the average person may notice. By then treatments are less effective, and because of late discovery in far too many patients, it has a five year [...]

American Dental Association encourages public to get screened for oral cancer

Monday, April 11, 2011

0 Comments

Source: www.prnewswire.com Author: press release The American Dental Association (ADA) and the Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF) encourage people to take part in Oral Cancer Awareness Month in April by visiting a dentist for a free oral cancer screening. So far, more than 1,250 sites across the nation have registered their screening events with the OCF. [...]

Longitudinal study of human papillomavirus persistence and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2/3: critical role of duration of infection

Monday, April 4, 2011

0 Comments

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, April 5, 2011. Authors: Ana Cecilia Rodríguez, Mark Schiffman, Rolando Herrero, Allan Hildesheim, Concepción Bratti, Mark E. Sherman, Diane Solomon, Diego Guillén, Mario Alfaro, Jorge Morales, Martha Hutchinson, Hormuzd Katki, Li Cheung, Sholom Wacholder, Robert D. Burk Background The natural history of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in older women [...]

Late-stage cancer detection in the USA is costing lives

Friday, December 3, 2010

0 Comments

Source: The Lancet In the USA, cancer is the most common cause of death in people aged between 49 and 80 years. In 2007, 562 875 cancer deaths were reported, which account for about 23% of all deaths. Cancers of the lung, colorectum, breast, and prostate are the most common and have the highest mortalities. In [...]

Tag Archive | "screening"