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Study findings may change surgical practice
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 [...]
Continue reading...Spouses of Head/Neck Cancer Patients More Inclined to PTSD
Monday, May 9, 2011
Source: MedScape Today Partners of patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer are significantly more likely to meet research criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than patients themselves, according to a study presented here at the Society of Behavioral Medicine 32nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Donna Posluszny, PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of [...]
Continue reading...HPV is now the leading cause of oral cancer in the US: learn the facts.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Source: New York Daily News HPV, otherwise known as the human papillomavirus, is a leading cause of cervical cancer for women but the nasty virus is now causing a spike in oral cancer and ravaging an entirely different group: men. Cases of oral cancer resulting from exposure to the HPV-16 strain of the virus are [...]
Continue reading...Patient who loses jaw to oral cancer from smoking tells her story
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Source: Los Angeles Times By: Milton D. Carrero, The Morning Call Look at Christine Brader’s deep, amber eyes and you will see her beauty. Look beyond her contorted lips, and the jaw she lost as a three-time oral cancer survivor. Radiation took away her teeth, but she smiles. “I still feel like I’ve lost [...]
Continue reading...Skin from her arm gives woman a new tongue
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Source: www.wptv.com Author: Amanda Kahan Getting her kids out the door, in the car, and to school is a daily mission for mom Lisa Bourdon-Krause. It’s also one she doesn’t take for granted. A few years ago, Lisa was diagnosed with tongue cancer. Doctors said surgery would mean removing half of Lisa’s tongue. One of [...]
Continue reading...Predicting the Prognosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma After First Recurrence
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Source: Archives of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Objectives To describe the clinicopathologic features of oral squamous cell carcinoma in patients who develop locoregional recurrence of disease, to identify factors that predict prognosis in the subset of patients treated with salvage surgery, and to determine the adjusted effect of time to recurrence. Design Cohort study. [...]
Continue reading...Michael Douglas Fights Oral Cancer
Monday, December 13, 2010
Source: The Science of Dentistry Actor Michael Douglas‘ recent revelation that he has stage IV oral cancer has highlighted the growing incidence of oral cancer, and experts say dentists can help stem the alarming increase of the disease by checking for it during routine examinations.The actor’s cancer includes a walnut-sized tumor at the base of [...]
Continue reading...Implant survival rate after oral cancer therapy: A review.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Source: HighWire, Stanford University The overall impression regarding the success of dental implants (DI) in patients having undergone oral cancer therapy remains unclear. The aim of the present review study was to assess the implant survival rate after oral cancer therapy. Databases were explored from 1986 up to and including September 2010 using the following [...]
Continue reading...Large Thyroid Nodules Linked to High Malignancy Risk
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Elsevier Global Medical News Author – MG Sullivan PARIS (EGMN) – Patients with a non-decisive fine-needle aspiration for large non-diagnostic thyroid nodules or lesions of undetermined significance should be considered for surgery because more than half of these large nodules can be malignant. In a review of 156 patients with non-decisive fine-needle aspirations (FNAs), nodule [...]
Continue reading...Get moving: cancer survivors urged to exercise
Monday, June 28, 2010
Source: apnews.myway.com Author: Lauran Neergaard New guidelines are urging survivors to exercise more, even – hard as it may sound – those who haven’t yet finished their treatment. There’s growing evidence that physical activity improves quality of life and eases some cancer-related fatigue. More, it can help fend off a serious decline in physical function [...]
Continue reading...- Accuracy of Dentists in the Clinical Diagnosis of Oral Lesions
- New Evaluation for HPV16 Related Cancers Using "Pap-Test Equivalent"
- New Study Indicates Tobacco Industry Was Aware of Their Own Products Dangers
- Increase in oral cancers linked to HPV
- Systems Strategies To Support Cancer Screening in U.S. Primary Care Practice
- Study Finds- Fewer Dying from Throat & Mouth Cancer in the U.S.
- UI professors: HPV editorial misses the mark
- Girls-Only Vaccine Could Be Best Weapon Against HPV
- Many Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Face Eating Problems
- The Gardasil Problem: How The U.S. Lost Faith In A Promising Vaccine
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- Big Tobacco Spending More Than a Super PAC to Defeat Cancer Research
- Actor’s Diagnosis Puts Spotlight on Oral Cancer
- Actor Michael Douglas Partners With Oral Cancer Foundation For Early Detection PSA Campaign
- 2009 Federal Tobacco Tax Increase Cut Number of Youth Smokers by At Least 220,000 in First Two Months Alone, New Study Shows
- Radiotherapy May Be Enough for HPV-Positive Throat Cancer
- Stem cell sparing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer may avoid salivary gland damage
- 1 of 6 cancer deaths worldwide caused by preventable infections
- Vaccination rates higher in states requiring them in middle school
- Tobacco Smoking and Increased Risk of Death and Progression for Patients With p16-Positive and p16-Negative Oropharyngeal Cancer
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