News tagged with oral cancer

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Handheld probe shows promise for oral cancer detection

A team of American researchers have created a portable, miniature microscope in the hope of reducing the time taken to diagnose oral cancer.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Polymeric nanoparticles attack head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer, the sixth most common cancer in the world, has remained one of the more difficult malignancies to treat, and even when treatment is successful, patients suffer severely from the available therapies. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Estrogen blocker cuts breast cancer risk 65%: study

An anti-estrogen drug has shown a "promising" 65-percent reduction of breast cancer risk among post-menopausal women, according to the findings of a study released Saturday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers connect a specific protein to head and neck cancers

(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery that a certain protein is over-expressed in patients with oral cancer may give new treatment hope to people suffering from the particularly aggressive, localized forms of head ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Oral sex linked to cancer risk

US scientists said Sunday there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papillomaviruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 20, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 14

Diagnostic chip may help hearts, cut costs

Heart disease is a silent killer, but new microchip technology from Rice University is expected to advance the art of diagnosis.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Estrogen may help precancerous cells spread in oral cavity

Head and neck cancer is the sixth most common type of cancer and is on the rise in some demographic groups, including young women without any known risk factors. Now, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center report that estrogen ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Study: Osteoporosis drug reduces bone loss, tumor size in oral cancer

A drug currently approved for osteoporosis treatment has been shown to reduce bone loss in a study of mice with oral cancer, suggesting it could serve as an important supplemental therapy in patients with head and neck cancers ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virus that causes genital warts linked to oral cancer: study

Mouth and throat cancer could be caused by the virus that causes genital warts and cervical cancer, and it could be spreading through sex and French-kissing, a study published Wednesday says.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

New 'dentist' test to detect oral cancer will save lives

A new test for oral cancer, which a dentist could perform by simply using a brush to collect cells from a patient's mouth, is set to be developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oral contraceptive use associated with increased risk of breast cancer

Investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported that African American women who use oral contraceptives have a greater likelihood of developing breast cancer than ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cervical cancer virus found in head and neck cancers

A virus known to cause cervical cancer in women is increasingly being identified in head and neck cancers, leading to suspicion that the route of infection may be oral sex.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Gene May Hold Key to Reducing Spread of Oral Cancers

(PhysOrg.com) -- The spread of cancer cells in the tongue may be reduced if a gene that regulates cancer cell migration can be controlled, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Dental researchers discover human beta defensins-3 ignite in oral cancer growth

Detecting oral cancer in its earliest stages can save the lives of the nearly 40,500 people diagnosed annually. But early detection has been difficult.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New evidence that smokeless tobacco damages DNA and key enzymes

Far from having adverse effects limited to the mouth, smokeless tobacco affects the normal function of a key family of enzymes found in almost every organ in the body, according to the first report on the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0