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Heartburn and throat cancer: is there a link?

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com Author: staff Heartburn may raise a person’s risk for throat cancer, but it seems that antacids could have a protective effect, according to a new study. The research, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, shows that people with a history of frequent heartburn, also known as acid reflux, have a [...]

India is becoming oral cancer capital of the world

Saturday, May 25, 2013

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Source: www.risingkashmir.in Author: staff Alok Mukhophahdyayis the Chief Executive of Voluntary Health Association of India which has started an anti-smoking campaign. His wife Bhavna Mukhophahdyay is the Executive director of the Tobacco Control at the Center. Both are currently on a visit to Valley. In an interview to Rising Kashmir Reporter Sheikh Saleem, Mukhophahdyay’s and [...]

Public lacks awareness of head and neck cancer

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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Source: www.alberniportal.ca Author: Leatitia Michael A survey reveals that the general public, including those who smoke, do not know very much about oral, head, and neck cancer (OHNC). There were nearly 40,000 new cases of oral, head and neck cancer diagnosed last year in the USA, of which 85 per cent could be linked to [...]

HPV linked to certain lung cancers; is oral sex to blame?

Thursday, April 11, 2013

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Source: www.medicaldaily.com Author: Jonathan Weiss By now, it’s a given that smoking causes lung cancer. The American Lung Association reports that 80 to 90 percent of all cases of lung cancer are smoking-related. The remaining 10 to 20 percent, though, has been more of a mystery — until now. A new line of research has [...]

Smoking on waking increase cancer risk

Monday, April 1, 2013

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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com Author: Malathy Iyer It is well known that smoking is injurious to health, but what is now emerging is that smokers who light up first thing in the morning are more likely than other smokers to suffer from lung or oral cancer. The research could serve as an eye-opener for India, where tobacco-related [...]

Spike in oral cancers puzzles experts

Saturday, March 23, 2013

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Source: www.turnto23.com Author: Victoria Colliver/San Francisco Chronicle Christine Schulz has never visited England, but she speaks with the clipped inflection of a vaguely British accent. It’s not an affectation but, rather, the mystifying after-effect of an 18-hour surgery she endured in 2009 to remove about half her tongue due to a cancerous growth that had [...]

Five genetic subgroups revealed in head and neck tumor analysis

Friday, March 1, 2013

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Source: www.onclive.com Author: Ben Leach Oncologists who treat patients with head and neck cancer are aware that those whose disease has been caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) have significantly better outcomes than those whose disease is caused by other factors such as smoking. However, new research suggests that there may be five distinct subgroups in [...]

Even moderate drinking may substantially raise risk of dying from cancer

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

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Source: www.nydailynews.com Author: Tracy Miller, New York Daily News Alcohol causes about 19,500 cancer deaths each year — and even as little as 1.5 drinks per day can make you part of that statistic, according to a sobering new study. The research, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is the first in several [...]

Team approach improves oral cancer outcomes

Monday, January 28, 2013

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Source: www.drbicuspid.com Author: Donna Domino, Features Editor Providence Cancer Center in Portland, OR, is one of a growing number of facilities that is working to improve care for patients with oral cancer and head and neck cancers through a multidisciplinary program that brings together a spectrum of treatment providers. To illustrate the challenges many oral [...]

Quitting smoking before cancer surgery best, study finds

Monday, January 28, 2013

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Source: health.usnews.com Author: staff Cancer patients who smoked up until their surgery were more likely to take up the habit again compared to those who quit earlier, a new study finds. The study from the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., included lung cancer and head and neck cancer patients who quit smoking before or [...]

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