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Head and Neck Cancer is cancer that arises in the head or neck region (in the nasal cavity, sinuses, lips, mouth, salivary glands, throat, or larynx [voice box]).

Alcohol and tobacco use doesn't boost HPV-related cancer risk

Heavy smoking and drinking are known to cause head and neck cancer. Infection with human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16), a common strain of the sexually-transmitted HPV virus, is another known risk factor for head and neck cancer, which affects about 500,000 people each year worldwide.

27 Nov 2007

Integrated approach to IMRT provides quality care for head and neck cancer patients

Results from a University of Pittsburgh study demonstrate that intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer can be uniformly delivered in a large health care system of academic and community cancer centers through a centralized planning and treatment process.

28 Oct 2007

When it comes to cancer 'mind over matter'...doesn't matter

Scientists in the United States have found that a person's emotional state makes little difference to the progression of, or survival from cancer.

23 Oct 2007

Emotional well-being not an independent factor affecting the prognosis of head and neck cancers

A patient's positive or negative emotional state has no direct or indirect effect on cancer survival or disease progression, according to a large scale new study.

22 Oct 2007

Trial results of lovaxin C in advanced cervical cancer patients

A first-in-man trial of a live Listeria vaccine was reported by Advaxis Inc. The Phase I/II trial was testing Lovaxin C in advanced cervical cancer patients.

10 Oct 2007

Cancer drug Taxotere given the green light to treat head and neck cancer

Following promising results in a phase III trial, the drug Taxotere has been given the green light for use in people with head and neck cancer.

2 Oct 2007

Taxotere (docetaxel) granted FDA approval to treat locally advanced head and neck cancer prior to chemo and surgery

Sanofi-aventis announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Taxotere (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate in combination with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil for induction therapy of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) before patients undergo chemoradiotherapy and surgery.

2 Oct 2007

Tumor cell receptor provides new therapeutic target

Working with a line of highly metastatic head and neck cancer cells, a research team at the Winship Cancer Institute and Emory University School of Medicine has found that a specific cell surface receptor present at very low levels in non-metastatic head and neck cancer cells.

27 Sep 2007

Alcohol cessation significantly reduces cancer risk

Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have clarified the link between alcohol consumption and the risk of head and neck cancers, showing that people who stop drinking can significantly reduce their cancer risk.

27 Sep 2007

Head and neck cancer may impair driving ability

A preliminary study suggests that patients with cancer in the head and neck region may have inferior performance in some driving skills compared with individuals without the disease, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

18 Sep 2007

HPV infection and head and neck cancer

The human papillomavirus (HPV) has been implicated as a cause of cervical cancer in women, but there's another devastating form of cancer also linked to HPV infection - head and neck cancer - and almost no one is talking about it.

18 Sep 2007

Chemoradiation in advanced head and neck cancers

Advanced cancer in the head and neck is traditionally treated with surgery followed by radiotherapy.

17 Sep 2007

Maximizing opportunities for personalized treatment

Scientists and clinicians from around the world will gather in Atlanta, Georgia next week at the American Association for Cancer Research's second International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic Development.

11 Sep 2007

Investigation of the cigarette smoking-head and neck cancer association by sex

Smoking significantly increases the risk for head and neck cancers for both men and women, regardless of the anatomic site.

28 Aug 2007

Trends in head and neck cancer incidence in relation to smoking

Though the overall incidence of head and neck cancers has fallen in the United States, the rate of oropharyngeal (chiefly, tonsil and base of tongue) cancers is stagnant and appears to be rising is certain populations and these trends are likely due to oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

28 Aug 2007