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Football legend Jim Kelly now cancer-free

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

After a recurrence of oral cancer in 2014, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly is now cancer-free.

January 21, 2015

UB researchers develop device to find, destroy cancer cells

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Researchers at the University at Buffalo (UB) are designing a new biomedical device that could make chemotherapy more efficient, reduce its side effects, and improve the treatment of oral and other cancers.

January 21, 2015

Study: Heavy smokers should be checked for head/neck cancer

By Donna Domino

In addition to being screened for lung cancer, heavy smokers should also be checked for head and neck cancer to improve early detection and survival, according to a new study by University of Pittsburgh researchers in the journal Cancer.

January 21, 2015

Anthem offers 3rd dental cleaning to pregnant members, patients with diabetes

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is now offering an additional dental cleaning per benefit period for certain plan members who are pregnant or who have diabetes.

January 20, 2015

Analysis: Widespread cancer screening does little to prevent deaths

By Donna Domino

Screening for diseases that can lead to death typically does not prolong life substantially, according to a controversial new meta-analysis in the International Journal of Epidemiology. A few screening tests may avert some deaths, but even then it is difficult to document an improvement in overall survival, the researchers found.

January 20, 2015

Oral HPV infection more likely to persist in older men

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Oral infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) type most frequently linked to HPV-related head and neck cancers is more likely to persist at least a year or more in men older than 45, according to a new study published in Cancer Prevention Research.

January 15, 2015

DrBicuspid.com Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Insider: Heavy smokers should be checked for HNC

By Donna Domino

January 14, 2015

Scynexis receives FDA fast-track designation for antifungal formulation

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Scynexis has been granted fast-track designation by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the oral formulation of SCY-078, the company's novel antifungal product in development for the treatment of invasive Candidiasis, including candidemia and invasive aspergillosis.

January 11, 2015

Dental Health & Wellness to administer dental benefits for Fla. Medicaid

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Sunshine Health announced that Dental Health & Wellness is Sunshine's new dental benefits manager. Dental Health & Wellness is partnering with Sunshine to administer dental benefits for more than 410,000 Medicaid members in Florida.

January 8, 2015

Selecta Biosciences gets $3.2M grant to develop immunotherapy

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Selecta Biosciences has received a $3.2 million grant from the Skolkovo Foundation to develop an immunotherapy to treat cancers caused by the human papilloma virus, such as cervical, head, and neck cancers.

December 23, 2014

Forward Science donates 3rd OralID to Philadelphia foundation

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Forward Science Technologies has donated a third OralID device as part of its OralID Facebook Charity Campaign to St. Christopher's Foundation for Children in Philadelphia.

December 22, 2014

Robotic surgery technique treats previously inoperable HNC

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles have advanced a robotic surgery technique to treat previously inoperable head and neck cancer (HNC) tumors, according to a new report in the journal Head & Neck.

December 22, 2014

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