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Study: CDC campaign gets 220K smokers to quit
By Rob Goszkowski
A $54 million antismoking campaign by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has effectively convinced nearly a quarter million of Americans to quit, according to a new study in the journal Lancet. The "Tips from Former Smokers" campaign featured smokers sharing the impact of smoking-related illnesses on their quality of life.
September 10, 2013
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IOM: U.S. faces crisis in cancer care
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Delivery of cancer care in the U.S. is facing a crisis stemming from a combination of factors -- a growing demand for such care, a shrinking oncology workforce, rising costs of cancer care, and the complexity of the disease and its treatment, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
September 10, 2013
NCI renews support for thyroid-cancer research
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a five-year, $11.3 million grant to a team of Ohio researchers to further their studies on thyroid cancer.
September 5, 2013
Head and neck surgeons support HPV vaccinations
By Donna Domino
Head and neck surgeons play a key role in detecting and treating human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oral squamous cell carcinoma, are knowledgeable about HPV, and show generally positive attitudes about HPV education and vaccination, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
September 3, 2013
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Swallowing exercises preserve function in HNC patients
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients receiving radiation as part of their treatment are less likely to suffer unwanted side effects when they comply with a set of prescribed swallowing exercises, according to a new study in Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.
August 29, 2013
Oral cancer survivor shares emotional journey
By Donna Domino
Eva Grayzel, an oral cancer survivor, described how difficult it was to get her disease diagnosed properly and the physical and emotional toll the treatments took on her and her family during a session at the recent California Dental Association fall meeting.
August 29, 2013
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Imaging may contribute to excessive thyroid treatment
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
An increasing gap between the incidence of thyroid cancer and deaths from the disease suggests that low-risk cancers are being overdiagnosed and overtreated, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
August 27, 2013
LED Medical Diagnostics Q2 revenues up 4%
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Continued demand for the VELscope Vx helped push LED Medical Diagnostics' revenues up 4% year over year in the second quarter of 2013.
August 26, 2013
Researchers: Simplify thyroid cancer biopsy guidelines
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A team led by University of California, San Francisco researchers has called for simplified guidelines on when to biopsy thyroid nodules for cancer, which they say would result in fewer unnecessary biopsies.
August 25, 2013
DrBicuspid.com Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Insider
By Donna Domino
August 22, 2013
NIR camera may help improve HNC patients' quality of life
By Donna Domino
As the rate of oral cancer cases increases, scientists continue to search for ways to better treat both the disease and the debilitating side effects of radiation and surgery. Now, Texas researchers are using near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence optical imaging and injectable fluorescent dyes to better understand how the lymphatic system is affected in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients.
August 22, 2013
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Poor oral health linked to cancer-causing oral HPV infection
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new study has found a link between poor oral health and oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which causes 40% to 80% of oropharyngeal cancers.
August 20, 2013
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