Oral Cancer: Page 7

St. Jude targets HPV-related cancer

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, has launched a $12 million initiative aimed at preventing HPV-related cancers around the world.

March 8, 2021

Saliva tests may be effective in diagnosing COVID-19

By Hannah Welk

Saliva may be a reliable and cost-efficient way to diagnose COVID-19, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice. Saliva-based tests were found to be roughly as reliable as nasopharynx or throat swabs.

February 28, 2021

Study flags cancer risks from dental x-rays

By Emily Hayes

Dental x-ray radiation exposure caused an estimated 967 cancers in the U.S. in 2019, according to a recent study published in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. Of these cancers, the vast majority could have been prevented, the researchers found.

February 16, 2021

2 Penn schools form new dentistry center

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of Pennsylvania's (Penn) School of Dental Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences formed the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry on January 22, which will work to address unmet needs in oral health.

January 31, 2021

NYU receives $2.9M for oral cancer pain research

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has awarded researchers at New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry a five-year, $2.9 million grant to investigate oral cancer pain treatment.

January 31, 2021

What is the real cost of your patients smoking?

By Melissa Busch

Cigarette smoking-related illnesses have led to more than 20 million deaths in the U.S. over the past 50 or so years. The societal and economic hits are just as costly, according to a report released on January 13 by the personal finance website WalletHub.

January 14, 2021

Do your patients know the risk of hookah smoking?

By Melissa Busch

Chronic smoking of shisha or tobacco extracts from a water pipe or hookah increases cell proliferation, invasion, and migration, all of which are traits of cancer cells, according to a study published on December 28 in the Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine.

January 13, 2021

New research shines light on risks for HPV-linked oral cancer

By Melissa Busch

People who have had more than 10 oral sex partners face an approximately four times greater risk of developing HPV-associated mouth and throat cancer than those with fewer mates, according to a study published on January 11 in Cancer.

January 12, 2021

Researchers get $3.3M to study AI in oral cancer treatment

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Case Western Reserve University and partners were awarded a $3.3 million grant to evaluate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for predicting treatment for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.

January 5, 2021

Did you know there's a rare tumor that mimics periodontitis?

By Melissa Busch

An oral surgeon diagnosed and treated a teen with a rare vascular tumor in her mouth after a dentist and periodontist improperly treated her for periodontitis for two years. Details of the case were published on November 6 in BMC Oral Health.

November 10, 2020

Groups push for oral cancer warning labels on alcohol

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Public health groups have banded together to call for the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to add a warning statement on alcoholic beverages indicating a risk of oral cancer and other cancers.

October 25, 2020

Fast cancer screening brought to Taiwan

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Taiwan National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center has added infrared wax physisorption kinetics capabilities to detect oral cancer and other cancers in minutes using tissue and cell samples.

October 25, 2020

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