New Guidelines for Head & Neck Cancer Reirradiation
Source: PhysciansWeekly.com Recurrent and second primary head-and-neck squamous cell carcinomas arising within or close to previously irradiated areas are a significant clinical challenge. The American...
View ArticleGrowing ‘mini tumors’ from patient’s cancer could lead to custom treatments
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com Author: Marilynn Marchione It’s a medical nightmare: a 24-year-old man endures 350 surgeries since childhood to remove growths that keep coming back in his throat and...
View ArticleNo ref’s return as special as Corrente’s
Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com Author: Peter King The voice of Tony Corrente was ebullient, as ebullient as a man who stared down his own mortality within the past few months and lived to tell about...
View ArticleInterim results from CEL-SCI’s Multikine Phase III study on head and neck cancer
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...
View ArticleSmokers are 40 times more likely to develop cancers in head and neck
Source: www.heraldandnews.com Author: Andrew Creasey, Staff Reporter The level of concern you should have for contracting cancer of the head and neck can be gauged by the answer to one simple question:...
View ArticleGIVING ORAL CANCER A LOUDER VOICE
BY PATTI DIGANGI, RDH, BS Even with our best efforts, oral cancer continues to have a nearly 50% mortality rate at five years. This equals 40,000 deaths annually in the United States with 370,000...
View ArticleOral cancer patient fights Medicare for coverage
Source: Dr.Biscuspid.com By Donna Domino, Features Editor November 6, 2012 — Hank Grass has so far successfully fought his submandibular cancer. But the retired policeman is now facing bankruptcy in...
View ArticleAuthor tells cancer story in new book
Source: www.charlotteobserver.com Author: Josh Lanier The cover of Barbara Bragg’s book, “Destination Cancer Free,” says it all. It shows a photo of a man and woman walking hand-in-hand along a beach...
View ArticleAustralian research grant targets oral cancer
Source: www.drbicuspid.com Author: staff Hans Zoellner, BDS, PhD, an associate professor and head of oral pathology at the University of Sydney, has been awarded the 2012 Australian Dental Industry...
View ArticleAnother Side Effect Of Chemotherapy: ‘Chemo Brain’
Source: NPR Date: December 28, 2012 Author: Patti Neighmond It’s well-known that chemotherapy often comes with side effects like fatigue, hair loss and extreme nausea. What’s less well-known is how...
View ArticleWhy can’t doctors tell cancer patients the truth?
Source: SALON.com By: Mary Elizabeth Williams Medical journals and physicians underplay what treatment is really like. And it hurts patients (Credit: Henk Vrieselaar via Shutterstock) Everyone...
View Article‘Dentist should have spotted my cancer’
Source: menmedia.co.uk Author: staff An NHS dentist who advised a patient to treat what turned out to be a life-threatening oral cancer with mouthwash is being sued for tens of thousands of pounds in...
View ArticleKentucky cancer center emphasizes patients’ quality of life
Source: www.drbicuspid.com Author: Donna Domino, Features Editor The James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville is among a growing number of facilities working to improve care for...
View ArticleAre combination therapies effective for advanced SCCHN?
Source: Author: DrBicuspid Staff In a recent study, researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center examined whether the addition of multiple drugs to...
View ArticleSpike in oral cancers puzzles experts
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...
View ArticleMichael Douglas: It took doctors nine months to figure out walnut-sized tumor...
Source: www.nydailynews.com Author: Corky Siemaszko Michael Douglas said the tumor at the back of his tongue was the size of a walnut, but it still took doctors nine months to figure out it was throat...
View ArticleResearchers discover potential biomarkers to identify patients with head and...
Published on June 1, 2013 at 4:16 AM Source: news-medical.net Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center will present data at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on...
View ArticleResearchers Investigate A Less Toxic Radiation Treatment For HPV-Positive...
Source : Biocompare Posted: June 03, 2013 CHICAGO, IL (May 29, 2013)—Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center and other institutions have completed a phase II clinical trial that may help identify...
View ArticleThe New Face of Oral Cancer
Source: nursing.advanceweb.com By Jonathan Bassett Posted on: April 22, 2013 For decades tobacco was the primary cause of oral cancer but a more insidious culprit has emerged. Jerry Wilck had no...
View ArticleIMRT plus chemotherapy offers high locoregional control in advanced...
Source: www.healio.com Treatment with intensity-modulated radiotherapy and concurrent weekly chemotherapy improved xerostomia and dysphagia in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, according...
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