Oral Cancer News

Penn study finds delayed side effects of head and neck cancer treatments go unreported

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:09:42 +0000

Source: Eurekalert.org Results reinforce need for improved ‘survivorship care’ to encourage patients to seek help for their symptoms CHICAGO – New data from an Internet-based study show that patients with head and neck cancers (HNC) may be at risk for significant late effects after their treatment, but they’re unlikely to discuss these and other survivorship [...]

Treating Recalcitrant Nicotine Addiction: the EBM Way

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:24:54 +0000

Source: www.medpagetoday.com Authors: George Lundberg, MD, Editor-at-Large, MedPage Today with Gil Ross, MD and Elizabeth Whelan, MD Transcript: Hello and welcome. I’m Dr. George Lundberg speaking for myself and co-authors Drs. Gil Ross and Elizabeth Whelan of the American Council on Science and Health and this is At Large at MedPage Today. Willful blindness of [...]

The UK’s first robotic mouth cancer operation

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:56:28 +0000

Source: www.privatehealth.co.uk Author: staff Pioneering surgery which allows doctors to remove cancer in the mouth using a minimally invasive technique is now available at the Wellington Hospital. Traditionally, the only way to remove Squamous Cell Carcinoma – cancer of the oropharynx which encompasses the tonsils and base of the tongue – has been to split the [...]

Advaxis recruiting for HPV+ head and neck cancer trial

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:21:07 +0000

Source: www.cancertreatment.net Author: Ross Bonander Advaxis is announcing the enrollment of patients into the REALISTIC Phase I/II trial sponsored by Cancer Research UK to evaluate ADXS-HPV for the treatment of HPV-positive head and neck cancer. HPV has been linked to as many as seventy percent of all head and neck cancers. ADXS-HPV is a next-generation [...]

Suicide Rates Among Oral Cancer Patients on the Rise

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:21:11 +0000

Source: Dr.Bicuspid.com May 23, 2012 — Suicide rates among patients with oral cavity and oropharyngeal (OC/OP) cancer have increased significantly over the past three decades, particularly among male patients during the first year after diagnosis. As many as half of patients with head and neck cancer suffer from depression, among the highest of all oncology [...]

The Dangers of Self Diagnosis via the Internet

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:27:03 +0000

Source: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Do you have a rash and a sore throat? A high fever? A splitting headache? Forget spending time and money on seeing a doctor – there is a plethora of internet sites that will help you diagnose your own illness for free. Simply answer a series of questions about [...]

Keith Hern – Battling throat cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and NLP

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:57:26 +0000

Source: www.youtube.com Keith Hern was diagnosed with throat cancer and his story is captured in the book Bangers and Mash. In this video Keith talks frankly and honestly about the moment that changed his life forever – when he found he had cancer.

Vitamin B veggies cut risk of mouth cancer

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:52:11 +0000

Source: www.dentistry.co.uk Author: staff Women who consume high volumes of folic acid found in vitamin B from vegetables and some fruits are less likely to suffer from mouth cancer. A sample of 87,000 nurses were followed for 30 years from 1976 by researchers from the Columbia University Medical Centre and Harvard School of Public Health. [...]

Oral sex may cause more oral cancer than smoking in men, researchers say

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:13:14 +0000

Source: www.bloomberg.com Author: Robert Langreth A virus spread by oral sex may cause more cases of throat cancer in men than smoking, a finding that spurred calls for a new large-scale test of a drug used against the infection. Researchers examined 271 throat-tumor samples collected over 20 years ending in 2004 and found that the percentage [...]

Big Tobacco Spending More Than a Super PAC to Defeat Cancer Research

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:52:34 +0000

Source: Livestrong.org My job requires me to be online all day keeping an ear to the ground on major issues related to cancer. I knew the Prop 29 fight in California was going to be fought against Big Tobacco, but I didn’t realize the scale of their funding machine. Why are LIVESTRONG, American Cancer Society, [...]

Actor’s Diagnosis Puts Spotlight on Oral Cancer

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:17:41 +0000

Source: DrBicuspid.com May 9, 2012 — Actor Michael Douglas’ recent revelation that he has stage IV oropharyngeal cancer has highlighted the growing incidence of oral cancer, and experts say dentists can help stem the alarming increase of the disease by checking for it during routine examinations. The actor’s cancer includes a walnut-sized tumor at the [...]

Actor Michael Douglas Partners With Oral Cancer Foundation For Early Detection PSA Campaign

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:41:12 +0000

LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Actor and producer Michael Douglas has donated his time to help create a television public service announcement (PSA) on behalf of the Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those affected by the disease. The PSA will support the Foundation’s efforts to educate the public [...]

2009 Federal Tobacco Tax Increase Cut Number of Youth Smokers by At Least 220,000 in First Two Months Alone, New Study Shows

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:58:27 +0000

Source: TobaccoFreeKids.org WASHINGTON, DC – The large federal tobacco tax increase implemented on April 1, 2009, reduced the number of youth smokers by at least 220,000 and the number of youth smokeless tobacco users by at least 135,000 in the first two months alone, according to a new study released today by researchers at the [...]

Radiotherapy May Be Enough for HPV-Positive Throat Cancer

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:55:04 +0000

Source: Medscape Today May 11, 2012 (Barcelona, Spain) — Radiotherapy alone might be just as effective as more toxic regimens in the treatment of light smokers or nonsmokers with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive advanced oropharyngeal carcinomas, according to research presented here at ESTRO 31: European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology 2012 Annual Conference. “Moderately accelerated radiotherapy as [...]

Stem cell sparing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer may avoid salivary gland damage

Oral Cancer Foundation News Team — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:41:29 +0000

Source: European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) Barcelona, Spain: Researchers believe they may have found a way to avoid damaging salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer – a discovery that could improve the quality of life of 500,000 patients a year worldwide with the disease. Presenting their findings to the 31st [...]