News tagged with neck surgery

Population-specific community-based cancer screening may discourage smoking

Large, population specific community-based screening may increase awareness of the dangers of smoking and reduce at-risk behaviors, according to a new study in the November 2011 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gender, insurance type tied to HPV infection in laryngeal cancer patients

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is more likely to be found in tumors of laryngeal cancer patients who are male and those with private health insurance, according to a new study from researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study links 23 microRNAs to laryngeal cancer

A Henry Ford Hospital study has identified 23 microRNAs for laryngeal cancer, a discovery that could yield new insight into what causes certain cells to grow and become cancerous tumors in the voice box.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Primary component in turmeric kicks off cancer-killing mechanisms in human saliva

Curcumin, the main component in the spice turmeric, suppresses a cell signaling pathway that drives the growth of head and neck cancer, according to a pilot study using human saliva by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Proteins could help women avoid thyroid surgery

Dr. Paul Weinberger wants to make thyroid cancer diagnosis as simple and accurate as checking for high cholesterol.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough procedure helps patients with throat, mouth cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- A new robotic procedure performed by a Michigan State University physician at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital could vastly improve the quality of life and recovery time for patients who suffer from throat and ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds new role for protein in hearing

University of Iowa scientists have discovered a new role for a protein that is mutated in Usher syndrome, one of the most common forms of deaf-blindness in humans. The findings, which were published Aug. 8 in Nature Neuroscience, may he ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New approach to thyroid surgery eliminates neck scar

As the rate of thyroid cancer continues to climb, doctors are urging patients to be more cautious about thyroid nodules, a common disorder that is responsible for a small but growing number of thyroid cancer cases. Thyroid ...

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created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Facelift incision offers safe option for some thyroid patients

A facelift incision and robotics can help surgeons safely remove a portion of a diseased thyroid from some patients without the characteristic neck scar.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New tool to measure outcomes could help improve arm surgery for devastating nerve injury

The way that clinicians report outcomes of surgery for a traumatic nerve injury involving the arm is not standardized, and it is thus difficult to compare the efficacy of different surgical treatments, according to a study ...

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created May 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Minimally invasive thyroid surgery effective in children

Surgical approaches that reduce incision size and recovery time from thyroid surgery work well in children, physician-scientists report.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UCSF analysis shows newer surgery for neck pain may be better

A new surgery for cervical disc disease in the neck may restore range of motion and reduce repeat surgeries in some younger patients, according to a team of neurosurgeons from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) ...

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created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robots preclude neck incision for thyroid surgery

Robots that revolutionized gynecologic and urologic surgery in the past decade now offer the option of removing at least a portion of their diseased thyroid gland without the hallmark neck incision, researchers ...

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created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

FDA clears TransOral robotic surgery developed at Penn

A minimally invasive surgical approach developed by head and neck surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The da Vinci Surgical System ...

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