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Study reveals genetic diversity within tumors predicts outcome in head and neck cancer

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Source: bionews-tx.com Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary have developed a new way to predict the survival rate of patients who have squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, thanks to a study partially funded by a CPRIT grant. One of the problems with treating cancer is [...]

Study examines role of DNA, HPV in oral cancer survival

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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Source: www.drbicuspid.com Author: DrBicuspid Staff High-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) are increasingly associated with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). However, HPV-positive OPSCC is highly curable, and patients with HPV have better survival compared with HPV-negative patients, whose cancers are usually associated with alcohol and tobacco use. To better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying these [...]

HPV-positive African-Americans with throat cancer have better outcomes

Monday, April 1, 2013

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Source: www.drbicuspid.com Author: DrBicuspid Staff African-Americans with throat cancer who are positive for the human papillomavirus (HPV) have better outcomes than African-Americans without HPV, according to a new study in Clinical Cancer Research (March 26, 2013). African-Americans who are HPV-negative also fared worse than Caucasians both with and without HPV present in oropharyngeal cancer, concluded [...]

The effect of treating institution on outcomes in head and neck cancer

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

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Source: medicalxpress.com Patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiation treatment at an academic center have a higher survival rate than those receiving treatment at a community center, according to a study in the December 2012 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. “Despite similar rates of treatment completion and rate of treatment breaks between groups, [...]

Interim results from CEL-SCI’s Multikine Phase III study on head and neck cancer

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

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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 [...]

Taiwan reports highest oral cancer survivor rate

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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Source: www.chinapost.com.tw/ Taiwan has reported the highest five-year survival rate for patients with oral cancer in the world, a hospital official said yesterday. On average, more than 70 percent of the oral cancer patients treated at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) live for more than five years after being diagnosed, said Ko Jeng-yuh, head of [...]

UT MD Anderson article offers one roadmap for defining value in health care, earns national award from leading journal

Friday, February 3, 2012

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Source: http://www.newswise.com Author: University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center A team from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is receiving a national award for a research article tackling a question vital to the future of health care with reform regulations looming, competition growing and costs rising. The MD Anderson study took [...]

GP96 is over-expressed in oral cavity cancer and is a poor prognostic indicator for patients receiving radiotherapy

Saturday, October 15, 2011

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Source: http://7thspace.com Author: Chien-Yu Lin et al. Oral cavity cancers (ORC) are the most common cancers, and standard treatment is radical surgery with postoperative radiotherapy. However, locoregional failure remains a major problem, indicating radioresistance an important issue. Our previous work has shown that GP96 contributed to radioresistance in nasopharyngeal and oral cancer cell lines. In [...]

What accounts for racial differences in head/neck cancer?

Monday, September 19, 2011

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Source: www.drbicuspid.com Author: DrBicuspid Staff Why are African-Americans more likely than Caucasians not only to be diagnosed with head and neck cancer, but also to die from the disease? While the answer isn’t a simple one, differences in lifestyle, access to care, and tumor genetics may be partly to blame, according to a new study [...]

Sanford researcher to study new oral cancer therapy

Saturday, July 16, 2011

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Source: www.mdnews.com Author: public release A new Sanford clinical trial will study the safety and effectiveness of a drug treatment on patients receiving radiation and chemotherapy for head and neck cancer. About three to five percent of all cancers reported in the United States are head and neck cancers. Although the incidence of this type [...]

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