Oral Cancer: Page 116

Curing light also kills cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A blue curing light used to harden dental fillings appears to also stunt tumor growth in oral cancer, according to researchers from the Medical College of Georgia.
June 23, 2008
UnitedHealthcare to cover cancer screening product
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits has extended coverage for Zila's ViziLite Plus, a screening device for the early detection of oral abnormalities that could lead to cancer.
June 19, 2008
Patients with periodontitis and HPV at high risk for oral cancer
By Rabia Mughal
Patients with periodontitis who are also infected with the human papilloma virus (HPV) are at a higher risk for tongue cancer, a new study has found.
June 8, 2008
Saliva provides early warning signs of cancer
By Barbara Boughton
Looking inside someone's mouth may one day involve more than dental care. It could enable early diagnosis of various cancers, leading to more effective treatment outcomes and better survival rates.
May 28, 2008
ADA oral cancer ads may change; dental market slows
By Laird Harrison
May 27, 2008
OralCDx wants to revise ADA-endorsed BrushTest ads
By Laird Harrison
OralCDx, the company sponsoring a controversial oral cancer advertising campaign, wants to change the text of ads endorsed by the ADA as critics challenge the company's relationship with the ADA.
May 27, 2008
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Making early detection of oral cancer a priority
By Rabia Mughal
Oral cancer has a five-year survival rate of only 50%. A patient's best chance of surviving is early detection. While a number of methods and new technologies are now available to enhance early detection, the panel is still out on whether there is any one best approach for detecting oral cancer.
May 27, 2008
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UHC Specialty Benefits enhances coverage of oral cancer screening
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Specialty Benefits now covers all light-contrast technology-based oral cancer screening tests under its dental plans.
May 19, 2008
Betamethasone oral minipulse therapy an option in oral lichen planus
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 29 - Patients with symptomatic oral lichen planus respond equally well to betamethasone oral minipulse therapy and to topical triamcinolone acetonide, but they may respond more quickly to betamethasone, results of a randomized comparative study indicate.
April 28, 2008
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Delta Dental Foundation funds mucositis research
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Delta Dental Foundation has awarded a research grant of $22,958 to Beaumont Hospitals Research Institute in Royal Oak, MI, to study ways of reducing the severity of oral mucositis, a side effect of chemotherapy and radiation in patients with oral cancer.
April 28, 2008
Oral test could predict lung cancer, study finds
By Reuters Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters) April 14 - Damage to cells lining the mouth can predict similar damage in the lungs that eventually leads to lung cancer in smokers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
April 15, 2008
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AACR show report: Dentists balk at cancer screenings
By Barbara Boughton
Dentists don't want to spend time screening patients for oral cancer because they're not sure how to do it properly -- or how to make money from it, researchers said at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting here.
April 14, 2008
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