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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Association of neurocognitive deficits with radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for patients with head and neck cancer

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A study by Zer and colleagues of the University from Toronto General Hospital investigated the short- and long-term neurocognitive d...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Larynx-Preservation Strategies in the Treatment of Laryngeal Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline 2017 Update

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology has released new guideline recommendations for the use of larynx-preservation strategies in th...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

The books "My Voice- a physician's personal experience with throat cancer" and "The Laryngectomee Guide" are available in Turkish (Free).

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I am happy to inform you that my  books "The Laryngectomee Guide”  and "My Voice- a physician's personal experience with t...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults

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The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation has published the "Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Current laryngectomy-related patient education materials are too difficult for an average adult to understand

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A recent study by Wong and colleagues from the Boston University Medical Center found that current laryngectomy-related patient education...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Honey use can reduce the incidence of radio/chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis

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A recent meta-analysis by Xu et al. showed  that, compared with blank control, topical application of honey treatment could reduce the i...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Cancer Moonshot Report Blue Panel Report 2016

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The latest Cancer Moonshot report from a panel of top-tier cancer experts lays out 10  recommendations to speed progress in fighting cance...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Complications rate, length of hospitalization, and readmission after laryngectomy.

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A recent study by Goepfert and colleagues from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; found that complication...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Implantation of an Artificial Larynx in a Laryngectomee

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Debry et el. from France reported ( New England Journal of Medicine 2017; 376:97-98 ) the implanted for the second time an artificial lary...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

Recent advances in targeted treatment for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer

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With greater understanding of the cellular changes that cause cancer, newer drugs that specifically target these changes have been develop...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Extending the life span of tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis (TEP) by oral decontamination that reduces biofilm formation.

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Somogyi-Ganss and colleges of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, investigated the patterns of tracheoesophageal...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Association was found between Hepatitis C and Head and Neck Cancers.

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. After notin...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Immunotherapy of HPV induced head and neck cancer (HNC)

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Immunotherapy of HPV induced  HNC represents a new treatment approach that might allow clinicians to use conventional treatment at lower ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

History of smoking and long term outcome in head and neck cancer patients.

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A  new study by Peterson and colleagues investigated associations between a history of tobacco use and survival outcomes. The researche...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Laryngeal Carcinoma patients’ outcomes can be improved by adding Cetuximab to radiotherapy

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Laryngeal preservation and laryngectomy-free survival of patients with hypopharyngeal or laryngeal carcinoma, can be improved by additio...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Sexual and non-sexual transmission of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

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Human papillomavirus (HPV), is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the US and responsible for around 5% of cancers worldwide, ...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Combined effects of smoking and HPV16 in oropharyngeal cancer

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A new study explored the effects of joint exposure impacts of smoking and HPV infection on oropharyngeal cancer risk. Specifically, the ...
Monday, June 13, 2016

Good dental hygiene may reduce the risk of head and neck cancers

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Daily tooth brushing and annual dentist visits may reduce the risk of head and neck cancers by a small margin, according to a recent study...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Acupuncture can help head and neck cancer patients' pain, dry mouth, lymphedema, neuropathy, tirednes, and nausea

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Acupuncture can help head and neck cancer with managing some physical and emotional problems such as pain, feeling sick, and anxiety. It c...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

American Cancer Society key recommendations for head and neck cancer (HNC) survivorship care

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The American Cancer Society published key recommendations for head and neck cancer (HNC) survivorship care. These are important recommend...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Risk factors for pharyngocutaneous fistula after laryngectomy

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Pharyngocutaneous fistula (PCF) is the most common surgical complication after total laryngectomy. Controversy still remains regarding the...
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Can proton pump inhibitors (PPI) cause dementia?

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Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely used by head and neck cancer patients (including laryngectomees). PPIs have been shown to be p...
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