Latest Head and neck cancer Stories
NEW YORK, April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas, who is recovering from a battle with throat cancer, is urging Americans to get screened for cancer during the 14th annual Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week (OHANCAW), being held nationwide May 8-14 . More than 200 medical centers across the country and the world will offer free oral, head and neck cancer screenings during OHANCAW, which is sponsored by the Head and Neck Cancer...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A serious change in the cause of oral cancer is taking place nationally, and its implications are impacting the American public in a manner that a decade ago no one would have predicted. For decades, oral cancer (also known as mouth cancer, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer, and throat cancer) has been a disease which most often occurred in older individuals, who during their lifetimes had been tobacco users. Most cases were ultimately the...
Every year in the United States, about 37,000 new patients are diagnosed with oral cancer "“ that's about the same as the population of Del Rio. And there are about 8,000 fatalities a year "“ more than the entire population of Alamo Heights. In fact, within five years of diagnosis, almost half of the patients will be dead. In recognition of National Oral Cancer Awareness Month (April), San Antonio cosmetic dentist Dr. Edward Camacho, DDS, and his Cosmetic Dentistry of San Antonio...
ROSEMONT, Ill., April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2011 Oral Cancer Awareness Week, set for April 11-15, is intended to educate people of all ages and socio-economic levels about the risk factors and symptoms of oral, head and neck cancer and the importance of early detection. The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) agrees with the Oral Cancer Foundation, which conceived the awareness week observance, that it is critical oral cancers receive the...
SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aspen Dental, one of the largest and fastest-growing networks of dental care providers in the U.S., is reminding patients about the importance of oral cancer screening and early detection in recognition of Oral Cancer Awareness Month (April). According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, close to 37,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer this year, which is responsible for approximately 8,000 deaths annually. Common risk...
CALGARY, March 24 /PRNewswire/ - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. ("Oncolytics") (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) today announced that it has completed patient enrollment in its U.S. Phase 2 clinical trial (REO 015) using intravenous administration of REOLYSIN in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with advanced head and neck cancers. "This study was performed in part to confirm the results of our UK Phase II study, which enrolled a slightly different patient population, and...
CALGARY, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX:ONC, NASDAQ:ONCY) ("Oncolytics" or the "Company") today announced its financial results and operational highlights for the year ended December 31, 2010. "2010 was marked by the further expansion of our late-stage clinical program, particularly with respect to the addition of randomized trials and new indications," said Dr. Brad Thompson, President and CEO of Oncolytics. "Both during the year and...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) --Oral Sex. It's been linked to oral, head and neck cancer, but a new report shows it may be causing more throat cancer than tobacco.HPV (or human papillomavirus) is a virus passed on through oral sex. Researchers studying the virus say that HPV causes 64 percent of oropharynxl cancers in the U.S. Scientists say HPV is now thought to be the main cause of throat cancer in people under 50 years old.The study was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of...
U.S. researchers said on Monday that half of the men in the general population may be infected with human papillomavirus or HPV, the virus that causes cervical and other cancers. U.S. vaccine advisers have been weighing whether boys and young men should be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, but some worry the vaccine is too costly to justify its use. HPV infection is know best for causing cervical cancer, which is the second most common cancer in women around the world. However,...
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD) today announced the results of its clinical study utilizing RNAscope(TM) technology to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) E6/E7 mRNA in routine clinical specimens of head and neck cancer. HPV status determined by the RNAscope(TM) HPV test was highly predictive of patient outcome and highly concordant with that determined by existing methods. Significantly, the RNAscope(TM) test under development demonstrated 16%...
