Medical research
Research team works to develop a non-invasive, low-cost test for head and neck cancer
Can screening for head and neck cancer one day be as simple as a urine or saliva test?
Jun 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Getting ahead of head and neck cancer
Many symptoms of head and neck cancer are hard to miss—a lump in the neck, persistent hoarseness, a mouth sore that doesn't heal—which is good news for early detection as long as symptoms aren't dismissed.
Apr 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
HPV-associated head and neck cancer blood test shows promise as a test to replace tissue biopsy
Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital have developed a blood test, or liquid biopsy, for head and neck cancer associated with the human papilloma virus (HPV) that was shown in a new study to be more accurate, ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
New generation anti-cancer drug shows promise for children with brain tumours
A genetic map of an aggressive childhood brain tumour called medulloblastoma has helped researchers identify a new generation anti-cancer drug that can be repurposed as an effective treatment for the disease.
Jul 7, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
A promising breath-test for cancer
The global quest to use a person's breath analysis for rapid, inexpensive and accurate early-stage testing for cancer and other diseases has taken a leap forward.
Oct 5, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Decreasing treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina
In a recently published study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology—Oncology Practice, investigators from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center classify numerous barriers to a recommended therapy for head and neck cancer that may mean ...
Oct 1, 2020
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Blood marker may reduce cancer burden
Researchers at Flinders University are expanding work on a promising blood test model to help predict or diagnose head and neck cancer, a difficult cancer to pick up early and treat.
Sep 1, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
A new tool to predict delays in post-surgical radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
More than 65,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with head and neck cancer, which most often occurs inside the mouth and throat. For patients who undergo surgery to treat this cancer, guidelines recommend that prompt initiation ...
May 13, 2020
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The YAP signal plays a crucial role in head-and-neck cancer onset
Joint research between Kobe University and National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center has revealed that mice with mutations in the YAP signal pathway develop head and neck cancer over an extremely short period of ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
2012 to 2014 saw 41,185 U.S. patients with skin malignancy
From 2012 to 2014, 41,185 patients with a diagnosis of skin malignancy of the head and neck region were identified, mostly with a diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), according to a study recently published in the ...
Dec 10, 2019
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