HPV may cause oropharyngeal cancer
Tobacco and alcohol use may be the most common cause of head and neck cancers, but a new culprit has come on the scene in recent years.
View ArticleOral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week: Mount Sinai experts to share tips on...
Mouth and throat cancers are the fastest rising cancers today. They account for over 40,000 cases per year in the U.S. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 121,790 new cases of head...
View ArticleVaccinating adolescent boys against HPV could prevent oropharyngeal squamous...
A new study indicates that vaccinating 12-year-old boys against the humanpapilloma virus (HPV) may be a cost-effective strategy for preventing oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer, a cancer that starts...
View ArticleBetter way to predict survival in patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal...
According to Sturgis, the incidence of HPV-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma has increased dramatically in recent years. Although patients with HPV-positive disease have a better prognosis than those...
View ArticleRPCI receives NCI grant to continue research program on photodynamic therapy...
Roswell Park Cancer Institute has received continuation of a prestigious program project grant from the National Cancer Institute for research through the Roswell Park Photodynamic Therapy Center.
View ArticlePatients with HPV traces post-treatment more likely to have oropharyngeal...
Oropharyngeal cancer patients who were found to have detectable traces of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) in their saliva following cancer treatment are at an increased risk for recurrence, a...
View ArticleRadical surgery associated with overall survival benefits among patients with...
Patients with cancers of the mid- and lower throat may have higher survival rates if their initial treatment includes surgery, according to new research presented to the 2015 European Cancer Congress...
View ArticleBreakthrough research to be presented at AAO-HNSF 2015 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO
Research to be presented tomorrow at the 2015 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPOSM of the American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) spans across the otolaryngology...
View ArticleFDA awards research grants to boost product development for patients with...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it has awarded 18 new research grants totaling more than $19 million to boost the development of products for patients with rare diseases, which...
View ArticleImproved Survival In HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients Confirmed
A large population-based study has confirmed the association between the presence of human papillomavirus DNA in oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer and improved patient survival.
View ArticleBeta- and gamma-HPVs associated with development of head and neck cancers,...
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that when human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 is detected in peoples' mouths, they are 22 times more likely than those without HPV-16 to develop...
View ArticleScientists identify potential marker for recurring HPV-positive oropharyngeal...
A look-back analysis of HPV infection antibodies in patients treated for oropharyngeal (mouth and throat) cancers linked to HPV infection suggests at least one of the antibodies could be useful in...
View ArticlePost-treatment imaging can help detect recurrences of HPV-positive...
For patients treated with definitive radiation therapy (RT) for oropharyngeal cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), the majority of recurrences can be detected by post-treatment imaging at three...
View ArticleTransOral Robotic Surgery may provide good outcomes, survival for...
A new study from researchers at Henry Ford Hospital finds an incisionless robotic surgery - done alone or in conjunction with chemotherapy or radiation - may offer oropharyngeal cancer patients good...
View ArticleSpecific HPV strain linked to better overall survival for oropharyngeal...
When it comes to cancer-causing viruses like human papillomavirus, or HPV, researchers are continuing to find that infection with one strain may be better than another.
View ArticleIMRT linked to reduced xerostomia and feeding tube dependency in...
Radiation therapy is the main treatment modality in the management of head and neck cancer.
View ArticleMount Sinai introduces first-ever Coursera course on HPV-associated oral and...
Mount Sinai's Departments of Academic Informatics and Technology and Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, in conjunction with the Office of Continuing Medical Education at the Icahn School of...
View ArticleGenes that control immune system play key role in predisposition to...
A number of genetic variants associated with susceptibility to oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer have been described in an international study published in the journal Nature Genetics.
View ArticleStudy suggests potential blood-based marker to predict oropharyngeal cancer...
A new study suggests the possibility of predicting at its earliest stages when a type of head and neck cancer will come back.
View ArticleEpigenetic modification may be cause of adult throat cancers linked to...
A team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre has found an epigenetic modification that might be the cause of 15% of adult cancers of the throat linked to...
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