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FDA launches youth tobacco prevention campaign
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is launching a national public education campaign targeting at-risk youths ages 12 to 17 with "real cost" messages about the consequences of tobacco use.
February 5, 2014
Pap test effective for oral cancer screening in India
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Screening for oral cancer with the Pap test is an effective, noninvasive method to spot the disease, according to study by Indian researchers.
February 3, 2014
New oral cancer saliva test could reduce false-positive results
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry have discovered a new saliva test for oral cancer that could reduce false-positive results.
January 30, 2014
Protein test may predict head/neck cancer survival
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A simple protein test could be more useful in predicting survival chances for patients with head and neck cancer compared with existing methods, according a recent study in Clinical Oncology.
January 26, 2014
New genetic screening technique finds 7 genes for HNC
By Donna Domino
Researchers using a new genetic screening technique have found seven new tumor-suppressor genes in head and neck cancer whose role in cancer was previously unknown, according to a new study in Science.
January 26, 2014
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LED Dental, Patterson Dental sign distribution deal
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
LED Medical Diagnostics announced that its U.S. subsidiary LED Dental has entered into a nonexclusive partnership with Patterson Dental.
January 22, 2014
New imaging system can detect malignant and premalignant tumors
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A team of Indian researchers has developed a noninvasive spectral imaging system that could provide rapid, inexpensive mass screening for oral cancers in dental and clinical settings.
January 21, 2014
Association of marijuana use with HNC differs by tumor site
By Donna Domino
Marijuana smokers have an elevated risk of a certain type of head and neck cancer (HNC) but a reduced risk of tongue cancer, according to a new study in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. But the authors noted that human papillomavirus infection could explain the increased risk among marijuana smokers.
January 21, 2014
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Surgeon general updates tobacco, oral health links
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. surgeon general's 50th anniversary review of tobacco science and research adds to the evidence of oral health problems from tobacco use while continuing to expand the list of associated health problems.
January 19, 2014
DrBicuspid.com Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Insider
By Donna Domino
January 15, 2014
LED Medical develops risk assessment test for oral cancer
By Donna Domino
LED Medical Diagnostics has signed an agreement with two Canadian research groups to create and market a progression risk assessment test for oral cancer. The test is based on a quantifiable genetic phenomenon known as "loss of heterozygosity."
January 15, 2014
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U.K. dentist: HPV vaccine should be offered to men
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.K.'s policy of offering the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine only to women is unfair and unethical to men, according to a member of Parliament who is also a practicing dentist.
January 13, 2014
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