Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Dysphagia—like being waterboarded 24 hours a day

Toast is an unlikely agent of death. But there you are in your kitchen on a Saturday morning, inexplicably choking on a mouthful, trying not to panic.

Oncology & Cancer

HPV-related cancers are on the rise in men

As a group, human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Some forms of the virus are capable of causing cancer in both men and women.

Oncology & Cancer

New treatment approved for common skin cancer

(HealthDay)—Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc) injection has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat advanced squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC), the agency said in a news release.

Oncology & Cancer

Many throat cancer patients can skip neck surgery

A new study shows that patients with human papillomavirus (HPV) – the same virus associated with both cervical and head and neck cancer – positive oropharyngeal cancer see significantly higher rates of complete response ...

Oncology & Cancer

Head and neck cancer in transplant patients: For better or worse?

Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study ...

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