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April is 13th annual Oral Cancer Awareness Month
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Oral Cancer Foundation is encouraging the dental community to get involved in Oral Cancer Awareness Month this April 2012 by offering free oral cancer screenings to the public in an effort to raise awareness of this disease across the U.S.
January 5, 2012
Cancer rates in U.S. keep falling: American Cancer Society
By Reuters Health
U.S. cancer death rates are continuing to fall, according to an American Cancer Society report released on Wednesday. Despite improvements in the most common cancers, the rates of some other cancers, including esophageal and certain throat cancers associated with human papillomavirus, have increased.
January 4, 2012
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IMRT, laser surgery improves survival in head/neck cancer
By Cynthia Keen
The combination of functional resection laser surgery and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment is more effective at extending the lives of patients with advanced head and neck cancers than having only radiotherapy treatment, according to a study by German researchers.
December 28, 2011
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New study reveals how bacteria fight fluoride
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers from Yale University have uncovered the molecular "tricks" used by bacteria to fight the effects of fluoride.
December 28, 2011
Tongue and tonsil cancer patients surviving longer
By Donna Domino
The five-year survival rate of U.S. patients with cancer of the base of the tongue or tonsils improved significantly between 1980 and 2002, according to a study in Cancer Causes & Control. Male patients fared better than females regardless of age, but patients with subsequent multiple cancers showed no overall survival improvement.
December 28, 2011
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Online platform to enhance head/neck cancer research
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Aurora Interactive, a provider of digital pathology communications products, has signed a contract to supply its mScope clinical communications platform to the French Rare Head and Neck Cancer Expert Network.
December 27, 2011
CEL-SCI expands head/neck cancer drug trial
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
CEL-SCI is expanding its phase III trial of the investigational therapy Multikine to four additional European countries: Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Croatia.
December 26, 2011
DrBicuspid.com Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Insider
By Donna Domino
December 21, 2011
Philip Morris to fight Australia packaging laws
By Reuters Health
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Philip Morris has become the third tobacco giant to file a legal challenge against new Australian laws that will force tobacco products to be sold in dull, plain packaging from late next year.
December 21, 2011
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Lymph node removal may stop thyroid cancer return
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Routinely removing lymph nodes in the neck of patients with thyroid cancer may help prevent the disease from recurring, according to a new study.
December 20, 2011
ADA, OHA ask NCAA to pull cigar ads from bowl game
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA and Oral Health America (OHA) are among 10 major public health groups calling on the Orange Bowl Committee and the NCAA to cancel a cigar company sponsorship of one of the biggest collegiate football events in the U.S.
December 19, 2011
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Avastin effective in treating nasopharyngeal cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Combining Avastin with standard chemotherapy and radiation is safe and could extend the lives of people living with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer, according to a new study.
December 18, 2011
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