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Quitting smoking before cancer surgery best, study finds
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 [...]
Continue reading...Neoadjuvant chemo does not improve oral cancer survival rates
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Source: www.drbicuspid.com Author: DrBicuspid Staff Patients with advanced resectable oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) who undergo surgery do not benefit from improved survival after induction with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (TPF), according to a new study (Journal of Clinical Oncology, November 5, 2012). Study author Zhi-yuan Zhang, MD, PhD, from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School [...]
Continue reading...Interim results from CEL-SCI’s Multikine Phase III study on head and neck cancer
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Source: www.news-medical.net CEL-SCI Corporation announced today that an interim review of the safety data from its open label, randomized, controlled, pivotal Phase III study of Multikine (Leukocyte Interleukin, Injection) investigational immunotherapy by an Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) raised no safety concerns. The IDMC also indicated that no safety signals were found that would call [...]
Continue reading...Blacks with throat cancer get harsher therapy
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Source: in.reuters.com Author: Frederik Joelving Blacks in the United States with throat cancer are more likely than whites to have surgery that leaves them unable to speak than to get gentler voice-preserving therapy, according to a study. Previous research has found a similar racial disparity in breast cancer treatment, with blacks more often having the [...]
Continue reading...Facing the facts: HPV-associated head and neck cancers get a second look
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Source: www.curetoday.com Author: Charlotte Huff Kevin Pruyne knew he didn’t fit the stereotype of a hard drinker or heavy smoker who one day develops an oral cancer. The 52-year-old mechanic had been working a three-week stint in a remote section of northern Alaska, repairing trucks on an oil field, when he noticed a hard lump beneath [...]
Continue reading...Oral sex may cause more oral cancer than smoking in men, researchers say
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Source: www.bloomberg.com Author: Robert Langreth A virus spread by oral sex may cause more cases of throat cancer in men than smoking, a finding that spurred calls for a new large-scale test of a drug used against the infection. Researchers examined 271 throat-tumor samples collected over 20 years ending in 2004 and found that the percentage [...]
Continue reading...Study: Oral cancers take financial toll
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Source: Dr.Biscuspid.com April 26, 2012 — The cost of treating individuals with oral, orapharyngeal, and salivary gland cancers is significant, particularly for patients who undergo all three forms of treatment, according to a new study by Delta Dental of Michigan’s Research and Data Institute. And for many that is only the beginning of the financial [...]
Continue reading...Oral gel contains cancer-preventing compounds derived from black raspberries
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Source: www.dentistryiq.com Author: Maria Perno Goldie, RDH, MS, with the assistance of Allison Walker Maria Perno Goldie (MPG): I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Susan Mallery, who is a humble as she is intelligent. I had the assistance of Allison Walker, a freelance journalist who has been involved in dental publishing for more than [...]
Continue reading...Video: What You Need to Know About Oral Cancer: Surgical Management of Oral Cancer
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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Continue reading...Erlotinib dose doubled for smokers with head/neck cancer
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Source: www.oncologyreport.com Author: Miriam E. Tucker Giving smokers a higher, short-course dose of erlotinib before definitive surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck resulted in favorable responses for the first patients evaluated in a small pilot study. Investigators gave 300 mg of erlotinib (Tarceva) to smokers daily and 150 mg daily to [...]
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- Bankruptcy Rate Doubles With Cancer Diagnosis
- Cancer jabs for girls
- Public lacks awareness of head and neck cancer
- Michael Douglas: It took doctors nine months to figure out walnut-sized tumor at the back of my tongue was throat cancer
- Study examines role of DNA, HPV in oral cancer survival
- Drug Designed To Restore Cell Suicide In HPV-Related Head And Neck Cancer
- Nearly 6 Percent Of Lung Cancer Tissue Samples From Non-Smokers Show Signs That HPV May Have Triggered The Tumors
- Rx Target Found For HPV, Hep C And Related Cancers
- When a virus causes cancer, surgical robot can help
- Radiosensitive Variation Key in HPV-Positive Head and Neck Cancer
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