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Study finds chemo costly for oral cancer in elderly

By Theresa Pablos

Medicare costs for elderly patients with oral and pharyngeal cancers are significantly impacted by treatment selection, according to a new study. Chemotherapy patients cost the program $32,000 more on average over five years than those who picked alternative treatments.

June 3, 2015

Oral cancer researcher receives $200K grant

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Sidney Kimmel Foundation announced that oral stem cell researcher Scott Williams, PhD, is one of 15 recipients for the 2015 Kimmel Scholar Program and will receive two-year grants totaling $200,000.

May 28, 2015

Delta Dental of NJ to offer in-office A1c diabetes testing

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Delta Dental of New Jersey is launching a pilot program for July that enables a group of its network providers to incorporate A1c screenings for patients at risk for diabetes, and also encourages screenings and appropriate referrals for patients presenting with signs and/or symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension.

May 28, 2015

Study: Oral cancer campaign increases awareness among black men

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A campaign to increase awareness of oral cancer among black men resulted in more screenings for the disease in Florida's poorest counties, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health.

May 26, 2015

Erectile dysfunction drug shows promise for HNSCC

By Donna Domino

The little yellow pills that have boosted men's sex lives for the past decade may someday fight head and neck cancers and other diseases, according to Florida researchers. The erectile dysfunction drug tadalafil, commonly known as Cialis, can modulate the body's immune system, resulting in a new therapeutic strategy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), a new trial has shown.

May 26, 2015

DrBicuspid.com Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Insider: Erectile dysfunction drug may fight HNC

By Donna Domino

May 20, 2015

Study: Follow-up, smoking, travel distance affect HNC survival

By Donna Domino

Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) have better survival rates when they attend follow-up visits, quit smoking, have good incomes, and live close to medical centers, according to a new study.

May 13, 2015

Aspen Dental donates $20K to Oral Cancer Foundation

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Aspen Dental announced it will be donating more than $20,200 to the Oral Cancer Foundation as part of a program that contributed $5 for each ViziLite oral cancer screening conducted at Aspen Dental practices in April.

May 10, 2015

Forward Science featured on oral cancer podcast

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Forward Science Technologies, developer of the OralID cancer screening device, has joined with Fortune Management for a podcast episode focused on oral cancer.

May 5, 2015

Study: Robotic surgery could provide better outcomes for OPSCC patients

By Donna Domino

Transoral robotic surgery alone could provide better quality of life and outcomes for patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) than treatment with adjuvant radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy, according to a study in JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.

May 4, 2015

CDA Presents 2015: Rethinking the role of the dentist can save lives

By Theresa Pablos

ANAHEIM, CA - By understanding how inflammation and oral bacteria affect systemic health, the dental team can help save both teeth and lives, according to a presentation by DeWitt Wilkerson, DMD, at the California Dental Association's CDA Presents 2015 conference.

May 3, 2015

New oncology care dental residency program accredited

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Commission on Dental Accreditation has accredited a new general-practice dental residency program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo.

April 29, 2015

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