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Phoenix Head and Neck Cancer

Famous Squamous, Part I: 'Earache, my eye!'

(Editor's note: This is the first in a series of special reports by Baltimore Liberal Examiner, Bill Schmalfeldt, detailing discovery,...
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New radiation therapy improves quality of life

Patients with head and neck cancer are usually treated with radiation therapy, surgery or both combined, and chemotherapy may be used as an...
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Researchers say grape seed extract can kill head and neck cancer cells

Head and neck cancer is a serious form of cancer which the National Cancer Institute reports accounts for approximately 3 percent of all cancers in...
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New UCLA study: cancer-fighting spice

On September 13, 2011, researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center announced that curcumin, the main component in the spice...
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TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS): A Less Invasive Approach to Removing Tumors

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the latest advancement in cancer treatment. A minimally invasive, robotic method of...
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Research raises hope for new head and neck cancer therapies

Scientists at the Emory Winship Cancer Institute (http://cancer.emory.edu/) in Atlanta say they’ve documented how a specific enzyme dubbed...
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Differences in survival rates among head and neck cancer patients based on HPV status

Head and neck cancers originate in the oral cavity (lip, mouth, tongue), salivary glands, paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, pharynx (upper back part...
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