News tagged with squamous cell

First prospective clinical trial of adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients

Researchers led by a senior investigator at Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have released initial findings from a first-of-a-kind clinical trial in adaptive radiotherapy ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Grape seed extract kills head and neck cancer cells, leaves healthy cells unharmed

Nearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million.

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created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (52) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

New lung cancer test predicts survival

In the two largest clinical studies ever conducted on the molecular genetics of lung cancer, an international team led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has demonstrated that an available ...

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Study uncovers mechanism by which melanoma drug accelerates secondary skin cancers

Patients with metastatic melanoma taking the recently approved drug vemurafenib (Zelboraf) responded well to the twice daily pill, but some of them developed a different, secondary skin cancer. Now, researchers at UCLA's ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New indicator may help identify patients with increased risk from throat cancer

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a new indicator that may predict which patients with a common type of throat cancer are most likely have the cancer spread to other parts of their bodies.

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created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study sheds light on cancer burden in Australia

Over the past quarter century in Australia, cancer incidence rates have increased while deaths from cancer have steadily decreased. Those are some of the findings of a recent study published early online in the Asia-Pacific Jo ...

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New device uses gold nanoparticles to test for lung cancer

The metabolism of lung cancer patients is different than the metabolism of healthy people. And so the molecules that make up cancer patients' exhaled breath are different too. A new device pioneered at the University of Colorado ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify skin cancer genes

(Medical Xpress) -- The genes which contribute to the most frequently occurring life threatening form of skin cancer have been identified for the first time by a research collaboration between the University ...

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created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increased tanning bed use increases risk for deadly skin cancers

Researchers confirmed an association between tanning bed use and an increased risk for three common skin cancers — basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, according to results presented at the 10th ...

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Coffee consumption associated with decreased risk for basal cell carcinoma

Caffeine could be related to an inverse association between basal cell carcinoma risk and consumption of coffee, a study found.

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created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New role for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in regulating skin cancer stem cells

Skin squamous cell carcinomas are amongst the most frequent cancers in humans. Recent studies suggest that skin squamous cell carcinoma, like many other human cancers, contain particular cancer cells, known as cancer stem ...

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Gene signature predicts oral cancer recurrence

Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) is responsible for nearly a quarter of all head and neck cancers. It is one of the leading causes of cancer death - largely due to the failure of current histological procedures in predicting ...

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

Combination HPV diagnostic test for head and neck cancer outperformed other tests

Researchers have determined that a combination of P16 immunohistochemistry and DNA qPCR to test for viral E6 can accurately determine the oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a form of head and neck cancer, which derive ...

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created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Genetics, lifestyle provide clues to racial differences in head and neck cancer

Why are African Americans more likely than Caucasians to be not only diagnosed with head and neck cancer, but also die from the disease?

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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fibrous stroma associated with poor prognosis in lung squamous cell carcinoma

The nature of the connective tissue surrounding lung cancer nests can help predict the aggressiveness of squamous cell carcinoma, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the of ...

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