Infections: News and Research on Tumor Virus Infections

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How to reduce risk of lymphedema after head and neck cancer

Lymphedema after head and neck cancer is considerably more common than previously assumed and can persist long after cancer treatment has finished. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that patients with ...

Proton beam therapy boosts throat cancer survival, study finds

Photon therapy offers strong outcomes in treating oropharyngeal cancers; however, some radiation can reach and damage nearby healthy tissue. The damage can lead to side effects that may be severe for some patients. In a new ...

Dual-action mRNA vaccine takes aim at aggressive skin cancer

Yale researchers have developed a new vaccine that does double duty against a rare and aggressive skin cancer by targeting the protein essential to tumor cell growth and by adding a key signal to boost the immune system response. ...

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