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Grape seed extract kills head/neck cancer cells

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Grape seed extract can kill head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells in both cell lines and mouse models while leaving healthy cells unharmed, according to a study in Carcinogenesis.

January 29, 2012

IMRT offers better outcome for head/neck cancer patients

By Cynthia Keen

Patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer reported increasingly better quality of life after treatment than patients receiving other forms of radiotherapy, according to a study presented at the recent Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Phoenix.

January 29, 2012

Aetna exploring new ways to reduce tobacco use

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Aetna is piloting a program to support dentists in adopting the U.S. Public Health Service's five A's tobacco cessation guidelines: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange.

January 25, 2012

Oral HPV infection increasing in young men

By Cynthia Keen

The incidence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, the principal cause of a form of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, is increasing in young men in the U.S., according to a study presented at the recent Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Phoenix.

January 25, 2012

Treatments for head/neck cancer less effective in HIV patients

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is less effective for patients with HIV when compared with the recurrence and overall survival rates in patients who do not have HIV, according to research presented this week at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Phoenix.

January 25, 2012

Saliva HIV test passes the grade

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A saliva self-test used to diagnose human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is comparable in accuracy to the traditional blood test, according to a new study in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

January 23, 2012