Oral cancer kills 21 people a day because it is usually diagnosed too late. Coast Dental is the first and only group to use multispectral imaging to identify and detect oral cancer at its earliest and most curable stages. Advanced screening exams with Identafi® 3000 ultra are now available at all 119 Coast Dental practices in Florida and Georgia.
Tampa, FL (Vocus) July 21, 2010
Coast Dental is now armed with the first and only multispectral imaging device for detecting...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The chemical acrylamide, which is classified as a probable cancer-causing agent, does not appear to increase overall risk for mouth, throat, voice box, or thyroid cancers, with one possible exception, study findings hint.
Besides a possible link to an increased risk of mouth cancer among non-smoking women, Dr. Leo J. Schouten at Maastricht University, and colleagues observed no link between...
Henry Ford Health System
CONTACT: Krista Hopson khopson1@hfhs.org
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Study: Genes Signal Late-Stage Laryngeal Cancer, Poorer Outcome
SAN DIEGO - Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have identified tumor-suppressing genes that may provide a more accurate diagnosis of disease stage and survival for laryngeal cancer patients than current standards.
The study finds genetic abnormalities of the ESR1(estrogen specific receptor 1) gene...
By Chris Emery, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today
Published: September 21, 2009
Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and
Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner
Nearly 40% of Medicare patients with head and neck cancer stop radiation therapy early, although those who've had surgery are more likely to finish the treatment, researchers found.
