Oral Cancer: Page 63

NC center wins $8M to study radiation therapy side effects
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A research team in the department of oral medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC, has been awarded an $8 million National Institutes of Health grant to study dental and oral medicine outcomes of patients who have received high-dose radiation to the head and neck region.
September 27, 2012
DenMat partners with LED Dental on VELscope
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DenMat has entered into a long-term exclusive agreement with LED Medical Diagnostics/LED Dental as the exclusive global distributor (except for a handful of group practices for a limited time) for the VELscope Vx, including all responsibility for sales and marketing.
September 26, 2012
DrBicuspid.com Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Insider
By Donna Domino
September 25, 2012
Oral cancer not among falling U.K. cancer death rates
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The rates of people dying from cancer are predicted to decline by 17% in the U.K. by 2030, according to new statistics released by Cancer Research UK, a treatment, prevention, and research group.
September 24, 2012
Billboards, radio ads deliver effective oral cancer message
By Kathy Kincade
A two-year media campaign in Detroit that utilized print, radio, billboards, and mailed surveys was effective in raising public awareness of oral cancer and influencing healthcare providers to screen for the disease, according to a study in the Journal of the American Dental Association.
September 24, 2012
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French firm brings candidiasis drug to U.S.
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
BioAlliance Pharma has signed a licensing agreement with Vestiq Pharmaceuticals to commercialize its Oravig product in the U.S. for the treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis in adults.
September 23, 2012
FTC: Tobacco firms spending less on advertising
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The amount spent on cigarette advertising and promotion by the largest cigarette companies in the U.S. declined from $9.94 billion in 2008 to $8.53 billion in 2009, and again to $8.05 billion in 2010, according to a new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
September 23, 2012
LED Dental to sell VELscope directly
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
LED Dental has amended its distribution agreement with Henry Schein and will now sell its VELscope Vx product directly to customers.
September 23, 2012
Henry Schein to be exclusive Identafi distributor
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DentalEZ Group has signed a letter of intent to make Henry Schein the exclusive global distributor of the Identafi oral cancer screening device, a product of DentalEZ's StarDental division.
September 23, 2012
Study links rapid weight gain with perio disease risk in men
By Rabia Mughal
Several studies have shown that obese patients are at an increased risk for periodontal disease. Now a new study in the Journal of Dental Research has found that tracking adiposity changes in men may help predict their risk of periodontitis progression.
September 23, 2012
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Secondhand smoke takes heavy physical, economic toll
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Secondhand smoke is accountable for 42,000 deaths annually to nonsmokers in the U.S., including nearly 900 infants, according to a new University of California, San Francisco study published in the American Journal of Public Health.
September 20, 2012
Lower income linked to later thyroid cancer diagnosis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Thyroid cancer among people with lower socioeconomic status is diagnosed at a more advanced stage, according to new data presented this week at the American Thyroid Association annual meeting in Québec City.
September 20, 2012
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