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Oral Cancer: Page 72
HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancers respond well to radiotherapy
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
New findings from a large Danish database of cancer patients suggest that, although human papillomavirus can trigger oropharyngeal cancer, patients who are HPV-positive and are light smokers or don't smoke at all respond well to treatment using radiotherapy without chemotherapy.
May 10, 2012
Antitobacco slogan contest targets Little Leaguers
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Oral Health America's National Spit Tobacco Education Program (NSTEP) is teaming with Little League International again this year for its annual antitobacco slogan contest.
May 10, 2012
Study: Parotid gland can be spared in head/neck radiotherapy
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers believe they may have found a way to avoid damaging salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer -- a discovery that could improve the quality of life of 500,000 patients a year worldwide with the disease.
May 10, 2012
Low-cost smartphone add-on scans for oral cancer
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A bioengineering professor at Stanford University has developed a way to use smartphones to create images of the oral cavity and screen patients' mouths for suspicious lesions, according to a story from
Inside Stanford Medicine
.
May 7, 2012
Texas dentists, oncologists team up for cancer screenings
By
Donna Domino
A Texas dentist has partnered with the Jack T. Clark Foundation, an oral surgeon, and an oncologist to screen and treat oral cancer patients. The group provides free oral cancer screenings for the public and continuing education for dental and medical professionals.
May 7, 2012
Targeted chemotherapy for head/neck cancer less toxic
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, are working on a method to treat head and neck cancer (HNC) patients that delivers chemotherapy drugs via an intra-arterial system that is less toxic and has fewer side-effects.
May 6, 2012
Salivary cancer claims hip-hop musician's life
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Adam Yauch, 47, founding member of the iconic hip-hop band the Beastie Boys, died today after a long battle with salivary gland cancer.
May 3, 2012
Aspen Dental donates $16K to Oral Cancer Foundation
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Aspen Dental
is donating $16,255 to the Oral Cancer Foundation in recognition of Oral Cancer Awareness Month.
May 2, 2012
Oropharyngeal the 2nd most diagnosed, HPV-associated cancer
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Oropharyngeal cancer is the second most diagnosed of cancers associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
April 29, 2012
Time runs out for Calif. kids' program; oral cancer takes financial toll
By
Kathy Kincade
April 29, 2012
NCI grant to aid oral cancer genomic marker research
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a two-year grant to researchers from New York University and the University of California, San Francisco, to help them develop customized treatments for oral cancer patients.
April 26, 2012
Miniature microscopy technique takes on oral cancer
By
Kathy Kincade
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin are turning the high-resolution imaging capabilities of confocal microscopy into an affordable and user-friendly clinical tool for detecting oral cancer and enabling real-time assessment of surgical margins.
April 26, 2012
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