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Study Examines Changes In Quality Of Life After Head And Neck ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Medical News Today (press release),In the year following their first treatment, patients with head and neck cancer report declines in their physical quality of life but improvements in their

Distinction Made Between Head and Neck Cancers Resulting from ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Cancer Consultants,Identifying these differing risk factors may further distinguish the two forms of head and neck cancer from each other. These findings were published in the

Warning over cancer services  -  25 Mar 2008
Ipswich Evening Star,PATIENTS could die if a recommendation to scrap head and neck cancer surgery from Ipswich Hospital goes ahead, it has been warned today.

Protest over cancer surgery move  -  25 Mar 2008
BBC News,The primary care trust is also considering transferring head and neck cancer and complex gynaecological cancer services.

Oncolin Therapeutics Provides a Company Overview  -  25 Mar 2008
Business Wire (press release),The third program is involved with heat activated anticancer drugs which would be useful in more locally available tumors such as head and neck cancer.

Daily Cancer News  -  25 Mar 2008
Cancer Consultants,There is concern that targeting higher hemoglobin levels may increase the risk of recurrence in patients with head and neck cancer, non-small cell lung

‘Creating national registry can help control cancer’  -  25 Mar 2008
Newindpress,On controlling head and neck cancer, tobacco habits in case of young adults between 10 and 15 years need a re-look and specially in Orissa with its peculiar

Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag  -  Mar 18, 2008
U.S. News & World Report,TUESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- In the year after their first treatment, head-and-neck cancer patients experience decreases in their physical quality

Factors behind head and neck cancer revealed  -  Mar 11, 2008
ReutersBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are two distinct culprits behind head and neck cancer -- the long-recognized heavy tobacco and alcohol use as

Erbitux – First Targeted Therapy for Head and Neck Cancers  -  Mar 20, 2008
OBBeC.com,There are three main types of treatment for head and neck cancer aimed at either removing the visible cancer or reducing the chances of the cancer coming

Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Erodes Quality of Life  -  Mar 18, 2008
MedPage Today,By Judith Groch, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 18 -- Although head and neck cancer patients had improved mental health scores a

Researchers ID Behavioral Risk Factors For Head And Neck Cancers  -  Mar 11, 2008
Science Daily (press release)They also found that head and neck cancer patients with HPV-positive tumors tend to survive longer and are more responsive to treatment, compared with

CANCER care - keep it here!  -  Mar 22, 2008
Ipswich Evening Star,That is the battle cry today from The Evening Star, as the fight begins to make sure head and neck cancer surgery stays where it belongs - at Ipswich

Study: No Relationship Betweem Marijuana and Head and Neck Cancer  -  Mar 17, 2008
BBSNews,BBSNews 2008-03-17 -- (IACM) Scientists of New Zealand did not find any relationship between the use of cannabis and head and neck cancer in a small study

Differences in IMRT Radiation Doses May Complicate Study Results ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Cancer Consultants,...modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and the dose that’s actually delivered may make comparison studies in head and neck cancer difficult to interpret.

Zapping cancer cells with accuracy  -  Mar 22, 2008
New Straits Times,Occurrence of pain and ulcers in the mouth, a common side effect for head and neck cancer patients, can be lowered by 30 to 40 per cent, while dryness of

Head and Neck Cancer Risk Factors Have Two Distinct Patterns  -  Mar 11, 2008
MedPage Today,The researchers studied 240 patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer at the outpatient otolaryngology clinic of the Johns Hopkins Hospital from May 2000

Head, neck cancer on the rise in Pakistan  -  Mar 14, 2008
The News - International,By By our correspondent Out of more than 1200 cases of head and neck cancer managed at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), around 83 percent were found

Cannabis doesn't cause head cancer - NZ study  -  Mar 4, 2008
New Zealand Herald,The small study found that found that among 75 cases of head and neck cancer, the relative risk of smoking cannabis and contracting head and neck cancer in

Different risk factors seen for HPV-positive and -negative head ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
Curetoday.com (press release),Sexual behaviors associated with HPV-16-positive head and neck cancer included increasing numbers of lifetime oral or vaginal sex partners, casual sex,

PET/CT Planning Beneficial for Head and Neck Cancer Patients  -  Mar 4, 2008
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)That study was the largest randomized trial of radiation therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer. Disease free survival for the 42 study patients

Small study shows marijuana does not increase risk of head, neck ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),Alexandria, VA – Smoking marijuana (cannabis) does not increase the user’s risk of head and neck cancer, according to a new study published in the March

Mix of oral sex and marijuana increases risk of contracting throat ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
Pravda,Head and neck cancer is strongly associated with certain environmental and lifestyle risk factors, including tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption,

Marijuana does not boost risk of head, neck cancer  -  Mar 5, 2008
Thaindian.com,Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): A study by researchers from New Zealand and Britain has revealed that smoking marijuana does not increase head and neck cancer risk

'Fight to keep our cancer services'  -  Mar 17, 2008
East Anglian Daily Times,But a spokeswoman for ACN said: “We are holding a consultation so that everyone can have their say on the proposals to move head and neck cancer surgery.

Introgen Therapeutics Announces Presentation Schedule for Pivotal ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
Business Wire (press release),Introgen plans to present results from its pivotal ADVEXIN clinical trials in recurrent head and neck cancer, including preliminary data from its randomized

Avoiding Oral Sex and Pot May Keep You away from Throat Cancer  -  Mar 13, 2008
eFluxMediaDr. Marura Gillison, MD, PhD and colleagues studied 240 patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer at the outpatient otolaryngology clinic of the Johns

House of Hope  -  Mar 19, 2008
Dorset Echo,Back in September 2005, head and neck cancer charity About Face launched a campaign to raise £250000 to create an About Face Centre in Poole.

US advisers: Curb Amgen, J&J anemia drugs  -  Mar 13, 2008
Guardian,...medicines to patients with potentially curable cancers who are undergoing treatment, or to patients with advanced breast cancer or head and neck cancer.

Analyst Touts ImClone Lung Cancer Data  -  Mar 19, 2008
Forbes,Erbitux is already on the market as a treatment for head and neck cancer. If approved as a lung cancer treatment, Erbitux would compete with Genentech Inc.

Painful dentistry wait  -  Mar 22, 2008
NEWS.com.au,The patients -- diabetics, head and neck cancer sufferers, organ transplant recipients and people with mental illnesses and immune deficiencies -- will no

Sector Wrap: Biotechnology  -  Mar 14, 2008
Houston Chronicle,Committee recommended further restrictions on the drug's use in patients with metastatic breast cancer, head and neck cancer, and curable cancers.

FDA Panel Urges Limited Use of Anemia Drugs in Cancer  -  Mar 13, 2008
BioWorld Online,There is "virtually no use" in patients with head and neck cancer and use in metastatic breast cancer represents about 8 percent of Aranesp to treat

Viral infection helps with cancer treatment  -  Feb 28, 2008
Johns Hopkins News-Letter,Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the most common type of head and neck cancer. It can involve multiple tumors in the nose, sinuses,

Amgen To Use Lab21 Diagnostic Test For Cancer Gene  -  Mar 17, 2008
CNNMoney.comTests have demonstrated that cetuximab, a treatment for colorectal and head and neck cancer marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Oral sex, marijuana use linked to throat cancer  -  Mar 11, 2008
Examiner.comThe American Joint Committee on Cancer is now considering incorporating HPV status in its guidelines for determining clinical stages of head and neck cancer.

Sir Bobby fights for Ipswich cancer care  -  Mar 12, 2008
Ipswich Evening Star,Now, the Anglia Cancer Network (ACN) is recommending that patients needing surgery for head and neck cancer should travel to Norwich for treatment.

Cancer services consultation under way  -  Mar 7, 2008
Ipswich Evening Star,The Anglia Cancer Network is recommending that patients needing surgery for head and neck cancer should travel to Norwich for treatment.

Drug For Anemic Cancer Patients Raises Risk Of Death  -  Feb 26, 2008
Science Daily (press release)Lai, a head and neck surgeon, saw a significant effect when he added an ESA called erythropoietin to head and neck cancer cells in tissue culture.

North Shore support groups  -  Mar 21, 2008
The Salem News,...r A Head and Neck Cancer support group meets at North Shore Medical Center Salem Hospital, 81 Highland Ave. in Salem. Call 978-573-5318 for dates and times.

Panel Slaps Amgen, But It Could Have Been Worse  -  Mar 14, 2008
CNNMoney.com..."warn against but not contraindicate use in patients receiving curative chemotherapy and patients who have metastatic breast and head-and-neck cancer.

3rd UPDATE: FDA Panel: Limited Cancer Use For Anemia Drugs  -  Mar 13, 2008
CNNMoney.com...used in patients with advanced, or metastatic, breast cancer or cancer that's spread beyond the breast, as well as patients with head and neck cancer.

FDA panel: Anemia drugs should keep cancer indication  -  Mar 13, 2008
MarketWatchThe panel voted 9 to 5 that the drugs shouldn't be used in patients with breast cancer as well as patients with head and neck cancer.

UPDATE: FDA casts mixed votes for anemia drugs, more restrictions ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
Forbes,Johnson's anemia drugs, such as excluding breast, head and neck cancer patients and requiring patient signature and education to use the products.

Cause Of Severe Allergic Reaction To Cancer Drug Found, Study Shows  -  Mar 12, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...therapy commonly used to treat persons diagnosed with head and neck cancer, or colon cancer--have a severe and rapid adverse reaction to the drug.

The Panelling on Amgen's Walls  -  Mar 17, 2008
Motley FoolAs expected after a negative study of these drugs' use in head-and-neck cancer came out early last year, the advisory panel did vote to further restrict

Anger over cancer services move  -  Mar 13, 2008
BBC News,The PCT is also considering transferring head and neck cancer and complex gynaecological cancer services. But patient groups say they are unhappy there has

Kansas bill would force insurers to cover patients in cancer ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Kansas City Star,In his testimony, Jensen told of an Overland Park patient with advanced head and neck cancer. The patient wanted to participate in a clinical trial.

Panel Seeks New Limits on Anemia Drugs  -  Mar 14, 2008
New York Times,But the committee then voted 9 to 5 in favor of recommending that the drugs not be used by patients with either breast cancer or head and neck cancer

All The Wrong Numbers  -  Mar 14, 2008
Forbes,...company's top-selling anemia drug for head and neck cancer, breast cancer or in any case where patients might be cured of their cancer by chemotherapy.

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