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Scientists Develop Biopsy-Free Means of Spotting Oral Cancers
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- March 5, 2024
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Analysis of a "chemical score" from mouth lesion swab samples might allow patients to skip painful biopsies, getting oral cancers promptly diagnosed in a noninvasive way, scientists report.
Right now, dentists and other specialists must send excised tissues from suspicio...
How Unhealthy Are Cigars?
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- January 5, 2023
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Cigars are linked with victory, new babies and Winston Churchill, not nicotine addiction, but are they any better for your health than cigarettes?
No, say experts who point out the many dangers of cigar smoking.
Over the past few decades, through clever market...
Race Could Affect Outcomes in Head-and-Neck Cancers
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 19, 2022
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Black patients with head-and-neck cancers have twice the death rates of white patients, and a new study suggests race itself underlies those differences.
“What is unique about our study is it strongly supports the conclusion that Black patients seem to respond to thera...
Most Americans Don't Know Alcohol Can Raise Cancer Risk
- Robert Preidt
- January 31, 2022
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Most American adults don't know that alcohol boosts cancer risk, but a majority support steps to increase awareness of the link, a new nationwide survey shows.
""It is important that people are made fully aware of the potential harms of alcohol so that they may make info...
HPV Vaccination Could Rid U.S. of Most Mouth, Throat Cancers in Men
- Robert Preidt
- December 23, 2021
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How do you prevent nearly 1 million cases of mouth and throat cancers in American men in this century? Find a way to reach an 80% HPV vaccination rate among adolescents, a new study suggests.
HPV Vaccination Is Lowering U.S. Cervical Cancer Rates
- May 19, 2021
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In a finding that offers the first evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is indeed protecting women from cervical cancer, new research shows cases in the United States have slowly but steadily declined over the last decade and a half.
However, other HPV-re...
Alcohol Plays Role in U.S. Cancer Cases, Deaths: Report
- Robert Preidt
- January 20, 2021
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There's another reason to keep your tippling to a moderate level: Alcohol plays a significant role in cancer cases and deaths in the United States, researchers say.
On average, drinking accounted for 4.8% of cancer cases and 3.2% of cancer deaths or about 75,200 cancer ...
Cancer Survivors at Higher Odds for Second Cancer: Study
- Steven Reinberg
- December 29, 2020
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Cancer survivors are at greater risk of developing another cancer and dying from it, a new study finds.
These new cancers can result from a genetic predisposition, from treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy used to fight the first cancer, as well as from unhealth...
Could 1 Dose of HPV Vaccine Be Enough?
- Alan Mozes
- December 27, 2019
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In a finding that might make the HPV vaccine more palatable to many, new research suggests a single dose may provide just as much protection from cervical cancer as the recommended two to three doses do.
"The vaccine is extremely effective, and can prevent over 90...
Studies Confirm HPV Shot Is Safe
- Serena Gordon
- November 18, 2019
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The HPV vaccine gives parents a chance to prevent their children from developing some types of cancer, and two new studies reaffirm what past research has found -- the vaccine is safe.
The two studies included millions of doses of Gardasil 9 vaccine, the only vaccin...
Study Points to Herd Immunity Against HPV in Unvaccinated U.S. Adults
- Dennis Thompson
- September 10, 2019
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The United States could be approaching a state of herd immunity against human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus linked to several cancers.
Oral HPV infections declined by 37% among unvaccinated 18- to 59-year-old men between 2009 and 2016, according to a Sept. 10 repor...
Head, Neck Cancers Up Among 9-11 Responders: Study
- Robert Preidt
- February 1, 2019
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Head and neck cancers among a group of first responders to the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attacks are significantly higher than expected, a new study says.
Rutgers University researchers found that diagnoses of these cancers increased 40 percent in a group of ...