Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 9/30/09.  You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications.

Natural Compound In Extra-virgin Olive Oil -- Oleocanthal -- May Help Prevent, Treat Alzheimer's - Science Daily, 9/29/09 - "Measuring ADDL binding with and without oleocanthal, they discovered that small amounts of oleocanthal effectively reduced binding of ADDLs to hippocampal synapses. Additional studies revealed that oleocanthal can protect synapses from structural damage caused by ADDLs ... An unexpected finding was that oleocanthal makes ADDLs into stronger targets for antibodies. This action establishes an opportunity for creating more effective immunotherapy treatments, which use antibodies to bind to and attack ADDLs" - See olive leaf extract at Amazon.com.

Few Eating Enough Fruits, Veggies - WebMD, 9/29/09 - "Only 14% of U.S. adults and 9.5% of U.S. teens meet the government's goals for eating enough fruits and vegetables"

Antihypertensive Therapy Slows Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer Disease - Medscape, 9/29/09 - "patients using antihypertensive treatments had significantly higher MMSE scores at 1, 2, and 3 years, compared with patients not taking antihypertensive treatments"

Impaired Kidney Function Linked To Cognitive Decline In Elderly - Science Daily, 9/29/09 - "poor kidney function, assessed at the beginning of the study, was linked with a more rapid rate of decline in cognition over the next several years – not in visuospatial ability or perceptual speed, but in three specific areas: episodic, semantic and working memory ... The rate of decline in cognition was equivalent to that of a person seven years older at baseline"

The Pursuit of Sexual Happiness - Newsweek, 9/29/09 - "We learn that 31 percent of women have had sex to evoke jealousy in the ones they love, while others have done it to protect themselves from getting hurt. Some, like the 25-year-old woman we described earlier, have had sex to boost their self-esteem, and 84 percent of women report they've done it simply to "keep the peace" at home. "I think the stereotype tends to be that women have sex for love and men have sex for pleasure," says Meston, director of the Sexual Psychophysiology Lab at UT Austin. "But in reality, women's sexual motivations are vastly complex.""

Diabetes Weakens Your Bones - Science Daily, 9/28/09 - "They observed increased levels of inflammatory molecules, including TNF-α during fracture healing. The diabetic animals had rapid loss of cartilage in the healing bones, which was due to increased numbers of osteoclasts, cells that remove bone and cartilage. Factors that stimulate osteoclast formation were regulated by both TNF-α and a downstream mediator, FOXO1. These results suggest that diabetes-mediated increases in TNF-α and FOXO1 may underlie the impaired healing of diabetic fractures"

H1N1 Flu Season Hits U.S. Early; Swine Flu in 26 States - Time Magazine, 9/25/09 - "By Thursday morning, nine of the area's roughly 300 schools were reporting absentee rates in excess of 10%. H1N1 had arrived with the end of summer, just as expected ... This would be comparable to what we would see in a moderate flu season in January or February"

U.S. Swine Flu Vaccinations Start Oct. 6 - WebMD, 9/25/09 - "Vaccinations against H1N1 swine flu will start on Oct. 6"

Live Attenuated Flu Vaccine May Be Less Effective Than Inactivated Flu Vaccine - Medscape, 9/24/09 - "the inactivated influenza vaccine (injection) was more effective than the live attenuated vaccine (intranasal spray) in preventing laboratory-confirmed symptomatic influenza A (mostly H3N2) in healthy adults"

Antidepressants Linked to Birth Defect - WebMD, 9/24/09 - "the risk is greatest when moms-to-be take more than one selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant or switch SSRIs early in pregnancy ... babies born to women who had filled prescriptions for more than one SSRI had a fourfold increase in septal heart defects -- a malformation of the wall that divides the left and right sides of the heart"

Health Buzz: Fructose-Heavy Diet Linked to Hypertension and Other Health News - US News and World Report, 9/24/09 - "A small study is among the first to show that regular consumption of fructose-heavy foods and drinks might raise blood pressure—at least in men"

Diabetes Drug Shows Promise In Fighting Lethal Cancer Complication - Science Daily, 9/24/09 - "in an animal study, a diabetes drug that promotes insulin sensitivity slowed the progression of muscle wasting and fat loss, the main consequences of a syndrome called cachexia ... Research suggests that cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths ... These data provide evidence that in mice with colon cancer tumors, insulin resistance may be involved in the development of cachexia rather than occur as a result of cachexia ... Within eight days, the mice with cancer receiving the rosiglitazone showed more sensitivity to insulin than did the mice with tumors that received no medication. The insulin sensitivity of the medicated mice matched that of mice without tumors ... In addition to stopping fat and muscle loss, the rosiglitazone also dramatically reduced two biological markers present when proteins break down, particularly in muscles, and a third marker that indicates cells are eating their own amino acids in an attempt to survive" - Note:  I don't know why they did this study with rosiglitazone.  That's the one that may be connected to heart disease.  Pioglitazone is the same class of drug and is not connected to heart disease.  I take it for anti-aging also.  See my Insulin and Aging page.

Sleep Loss Linked To Increase In Alzheimer's Plaques - Science Daily, 9/24/09 - "Chronic sleep deprivation in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease makes Alzheimer's brain plaques appear earlier and more often"

Does Vitamin D Protect Against High BP? - WebMD, 9/24/09 - "Vitamin D deficiency earlier in life appeared to be a predictor of hypertension more than a decade later" - See vitamin D at Amazon.com.

Shots beat back the flu much better than spray - Cold and flu- msnbc.com, 9/23/09 - "In a study of nearly 2,000 healthy adults during a recent flu season, standard shots were twice as effective against regular winter flu as the newer nasal spray" - Note:  For what it's worth, I read or viewed somewhere (I think it was  Sunday's Dr. Rosenfeld) that the shot contains dead viruses and the spray contains weakened viruses.

Gout Drug May Lower Blood Pressure - WebMD, 9/23/09 - "A new study suggests a direct link between a high-sugar diet and high blood pressure ... allopurinol could lower high blood pressure by lowering uric acid" - Note:  Kind of a confusing article.  Yeah, high blood sugar probably is a cause of high blood pressure and high uric acid but the article implies that allopurinol lowers blood pressure by lowering the uric acid not the blood sugar so why is it discussing blood sugar?  I've  written WebMD before about articles like that and they've agreed and changed it.  This one is minor I guess.

Abstracts from this week's Doctor's Guide Nutrition/Dietetics plus abstracts from my RSS feeds (Click here for the journals, the PubMed ones at the top):

Ascorbic Acid for Anemia Management in Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Sep 22 - "Combining the 3 randomized clinical trials involving patients with baseline hemoglobin levels <11 g/dL, change in hemoglobin level was greater for ascorbic acid use compared with standard care (WMD, 0.9 g/dL; 95% CI, 0.5-1.2 g/dL). Compared with standard care, ascorbic acid use also was associated with a statistically significant decrease in rHuEPO dose (WMD, -17.1 U/kg/wk; 95% CI, -26.0 to -8.2 U/kg/wk) and improvement in transferrin saturation (WMD, 7.9%; 95% CI, 5.2-10.5%), with no change in ferritin concentration"

Coffee consumption and risk of heart failure in men: an analysis from the Cohort of Swedish Men - Am Heart J. 2009 Oct;158(4):667-72 - "Compared to men who drank <or=1 cup of coffee per day (unadjusted rate 29.9 HF events/10,000 person-years), RR were 0.87 (95% CI 0.69-1.11, unadjusted rate 29.2/10,000 person-years) for 2 cups/d, 0.89 (95% CI 0.70-1.14, unadjusted rate 25.1/10,000 person-years) for 3 cups/d, 0.89 (95% CI 0.69-1.15, unadjusted rate 25.0/10,000 person-years) for 4 cups/d, and 0.89 (95% CI 0.69-1.15, unadjusted rate 18.1/10,000 person-years) for >or=5 cups/d (P for trend in RR = .61) ... This study did not support the hypothesis that high coffee consumption is associated with increased rates of HF hospitalization or mortality"

Antioxidant Treatment With Tempol and Apocynin Prevents Endothelial Dysfunction and Development of Renovascular Hypertension - Am J Hypertens. 2009 Sep 24 - "The data suggest that a compromised mechanism of antioxidant defense and an increase in oxidative damage contribute to the development of hypertension and associated vascular dysfunction in 2K-1C rats, and that tempol and apocynin prevent these effects"

Association of sex hormones and C-reactive protein levels in men - Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Sep 21 - "A robust, inverse dose-response correlation between testosterone and SHBG levels with CRP levels provides further evidence of a potential role of androgens in inflammatory processes"

Health Focus (Head & Neck Cancer):

Related Topics:

• Cancer Cures? / Stomach Cancer / Esophageal Cancer

Alternative News:

• Coffee may protect against oral cancers - MSNBC, 1/6/09 - "drinking coffee lowers the risk of developing cancer of the oral cavity or throat ... cancer of the mouth, pharynx and esophagus .... Compared with people who did not drink coffee, those who drank one or more cups per day had half the risk of developing these cancers ... the reduction in risk included people who are at high risk for these cancers, namely, those who were current drinkers and/or smokers at the start of the study"
• As Head And Neck Cancer Risks Evolve, More Treatment Options Emerge - Science Daily, 9/10/08 - "a compound from green tea enhances the effects of a FDA-approved drug (erlotinib) against head and neck cancer cells in animals, suggesting that it could work similarly in humans. The results are published in the September issue of International Journal of Cancer ... More than two-thirds of patients come to doctors with locally and regionally advanced disease, and their prognoses are dismal ... But head and neck cancers are potentially curable when diagnosed at an early stage" - Note:  I took about 8 capsules of green tea extract per day when I had my neck cancer.  Maybe that's one of the things that save me.
• Fruit and vegetable intake and head and neck cancer risk in a large United States prospective cohort study - Int J Cancer. 2007 Dec 18 - "Results from this large prospective observational study are consistent with previous case-control studies and support the hypothesis that total fruit and vegetable intake is associated with reduced risk of head and neck cancer"
• Glycemic index, glycemic load and thyroid cancer risk - Ann Oncol. 2007 Oct 19 - "Compared with the lowest tertile, the ORs in subsequent tertiles were 1.68 and 1.73 for GI, and 1.76 and 2.17 for GL. The OR for highest tertile of GI compared with lowest one was 1.70 for papillary and 1.57 for follicular thyroid cancer. The ORs for GL were 2.17 for papillary and 3.33 for follicular thyroid cancer ... Our study shows that high dietary levels of GI and GL are associated with thyroid cancer risk"
• Avocados May Help Prevent Oral Cancer, Study Shows - Science Daily, 9/4/07 - "Nutrients taken from avocados are able to thwart oral cancer cells, killing some and preventing pre-cancerous cells from developing into actual cancers"
• Vitamin E: Friend or Foe During Radiation Therapy? - Physician's Weekly, 7/16/07 - "Not only did it show that vitamin E supplementation was of no benefit to patients, but it was also associated with a nearly 40% increased risk of death when compared to study counterparts who received a placebo. Vitamin E, despite what patients may think, appears to be much more harmful for patients who have head and neck cancer who are receiving radiation therapy"
• Eat Your Fruits And Vegetables: One Extra Serving Per Day May Lower Your Risk Of Head And Neck Cancer - Science Daily, 4/16/07 - "participants who ate six servings of fruit and vegetables per day per 1000 calories had 29 percent less risk for head and neck cancer than did participants who consumed one and a half servings per 1000 calories per day"
• Flavonoids and laryngeal cancer risk in Italy - Ann Oncol. 2007 Mar 19 - "Significant inverse relations were found for the highest versus the lowest quintile of intake for flavan-3-ols (OR = 0.64), flavanones (OR = 0.60), flavonols (OR = 0.32) and total flavonoids (OR = 0.60)"
• Folic Acid May Fight Throat Cancer - WebMD, 6/12/06 - "Every eight hours, participants took oral supplements containing five milligrams (mg) of folic acid ... The participants' laryngeal leukoplakia didn't progress to cancer during the study. In addition, 12 patients (28%) had a "complete response," meaning the laryngeal leukoplakia faded away" - See iHerb or Vitacost folic acid products.
• Cottonseed Drug May Help in Head, Neck Cancer - WebMD, 7/21/05
• Compound From Chinese Medicine Shows Promise In Head And Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/6/05
• A randomized trial of antioxidant vitamins to prevent second primary cancers in head and neck cancer patients - J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Apr 6;97(7):481-8 - "alpha-Tocopherol supplementation produced unexpected adverse effects on the occurrence of second primary cancers and on cancer-free survival"
• Honey May Help Patients Undergoing Head And Neck Radiation - Intelihealth, 4/15/03

Other News:

• Incomplete Radiation Therapy Common Among Medicare Recipients With Head And Neck Cancer - Science Daily, 9/21/09
• New Reconstruction Technique Makes Speaking, Eating Possible After Tonsil Cancer Surgery - Doctor's Guide, 9/21/09
• Minimally Invasive Treatment Found Effective For Esophageal Cancer - Science Daily, 9/13/09
• Chronic periodontitis and the incidence of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Sep;18(9):2406-12 - "Patients with periodontitis were more likely to have poorly differentiated oral cavity SCC than those without periodontitis (32.8% versus 11.5%"
• Prevent Periodontitis To Reduce The Risk Of Head And Neck Cancer - Science Daily, 9/8/09 - "Chronic periodontitis, a form of gum disease, is an independent risk factor for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma"
• Should Young Men Be Vaccinated With Gardasil®? - Medscape, 8/24/09 - "Gardasil® safety and immunogenicity trials included 9- to 15-year-old boys and demonstrated a robust immunologic response in this population. If efficacy in males is demonstrated in clinical trials, it is likely that vaccination may be recommended for prevention of anogenital warts (and, indirectly, infection and anogenital neoplasia and warts in partners); a subset of anal, penile, oral, and head and neck cancers; and juvenile respiratory papillomatosis in their children"
• Post-treatment Pain In Head And Neck Cancer Patients Linked To Recurrence, Lower Survival Rate - Science Daily, 8/20/09
• HPV Linked to Throat Cancer Survival - WebMD, 7/29/09
• Oral Sex Cause of Throat Cancer Rise - WebMD, 7/29/09
• Low Prevalence Of HPV Infection May Be Tied To Poor Prognosis For Blacks With Head And Neck Cancer - Science Daily, 7/29/09 - "Only 4 percent of black patients with squamous cell carcinoma in the study were HPV-positive, compared with 34 percent of white patients. The median overall survival was more than three-fold higher for whites (70.6 months) than for blacks (20.9 months) who were treated with chemotherapy and radiation. Dr. Cullen says the survival rate at five years for HPV-positive patients was about 85 percent, compared to 35 percent for HPV-negative patients. Survival was similar for HPV-negative patients, regardless of race. The study's findings confirm that HPV infection relates specifically to a type of head and neck cancer -- cancer of the oropharynx, which include the tonsils, soft palate and base of the tongue ... Overall, about 25 percent of head and neck cancers are tied to HPV infection"
• Voice Box Can Be Preserved, Even With The Largest Cancers, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 6/25/09
• New Treatment Combination Proves Safe For Head And Neck Cancer Patients, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 5/30/09
• Ohio State study: HPV status predicts oral cancer progression, survival - Campus - Ohio State, 5/19/09
• How Should Dry Mouth Be Treated? - Medscape, 4/30/09
• New Diagnostic Advance Seen For Head, Throat Cancer - Science Daily, 4/28/09
• Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Head And Neck Cancer - Science Daily, 4/28/09
• Cancer Survival: Pretreatment Alcohol, Tobacco, Fruit, Exercise Habits Linked To Head And Neck Cancer Survival - Science Daily, 4/10/09
• High Dosage Brachytherapy Obtains Excellent Results In Head And Neck Tumors - Science Daily, 4/4/09
• Health Behaviors and Survival in Head and Neck Cancer - Medscape, 4/3/09
• Sharp Increase In HPV-positive Tonsil Cancer Found - Science Daily, 4/2/09 - "Because the tumours produce so few symptoms, patients seek medical care when the disease is relatively advanced, often after the tumours have spread to the lymph glands of the throat, possibly making the prognosis much worse ... More recent studies, however, have demonstrated a link between HPV and tonsil cancer, so that today an HPV infection is also one of the established risk factors ... Since 1970, the cumulative incidence of HPV-positive tonsil cancer has increased from 23 to 93 per cent"
• Survival Of Head And Neck Cancer Patients Is Greatly Affected By Coexisting Ailments - Science Daily, 11/19/08
• Oral Rinses Used For Tracking HPV-positive Head And Neck Cancers Holds Promise For Cancer Screening - Science Daily, 10/31/08
• ABC News: The Oral Sex Cancer Connection -  ABC News, 10/15/08 - "These are patients that are young. They are in their 30s and 40s. They are nonsmokers, and they don't drink alcohol ex ... There is absolutely a link between oral sex and oral cancer" - Click here for the 7 minute video.  I says that boys may want to get the HPV vaccine.
• Alternating Treatment Regimen Shows Promise - Medscape, 9/15/08
• Cetuximab and Survival in Head and Neck Cancer - Medscape, 9/11/08
• Head And Neck Cancer: Quick Way To Determine If Cancer Has Spread - Science Daily, 7/22/08
• Exhaustive Review of the Literature Reveals Even Moderate Alcohol Intake Increases Risk of Cancer - bu.edu, 5/08 - "Alcohol intake of approximately 2 drinks per day increases the risk of cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx by 75 percent, the risk of esophageal cancer by 50 percent, and the risk of laryngeal cancer by 40 percent" - Complete 194 study.
• Combining Radiation And Surgery Significantly Improves Survival For Head And Neck Cancer Patients - Science Daily, 6/9/08 - "The patients were surveyed approximately 4.4 years after treatment, and the researchers found that adding radiation to surgery improved patients’ chance of survival by 25 percent in all nodal stages (N1-N3), including N1 stage patients, even though radiation is typically recommended only for N2 and N3 stage patients"
• Tooth Loss Strongly Linked To Risk Of Esophageal, Head And Neck, And Lung Cancer - Science Daily, 5/14/08
• New Surgery Improves Head And Neck Cancer Treatment - Science Daily, 4/30/08
• HPV-related oral cancers rise among younger men - baltimoresun.com, 4/14/08 - "They're men in their 40s, and even 30s, whose cancer is brought on by the increasingly common human papillomavirus (HPV) ... researchers now believe that the increase in certain oral cancers can be traced to the spread of the virus through oral sex ... New studies suggest that HPV-related oral cancer cases are on pace to eventually surpass cases of cervical cancer in the United States ... many doctors do not realize that they should be on the lookout for oral cancer in younger patients ... The public is unaware of this"
• Sex, Drugs, and Cancer? - WebMD, 3/11/08 - "Head and neck cancers that were positive for HPV 16 were associated with having more oral sex partners and smoking more marijuana ... Head and neck cancers that were negative for HPV 16 weren't linked to sex or marijuana. Instead, they were tied to smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol, and having poor oral hygiene" - I know what people are thinking who have read my past newsletters about my neck cancer scare and no, I've never been a pot head and I've never smoked.  I've was a very light drinker, maybe two beers per week and I've always brushed my teeth at least once per day.
• Incidence trends for human papillomavirus-related and -unrelated oral squamous cell carcinomas in the United States - J Clin Oncol. 2008 Feb 1;26(4):612-9 - "oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) ... Life-table analyses were used to compare 2-year overall survival for HPV-related and HPV-unrelated OSCCs. RESULTS: HPV-related OSCCs were diagnosed at younger ages than HPV-unrelated OSCCs (mean ages at diagnosis, 61.0 and 63.8 years, respectively; P < .001). Incidence increased significantly for HPV-related OSCC from 1973 to 2004 (annual percentage change [APC] = 0.80; P < .001), particularly among white men and at younger ages. By contrast, incidence for HPV-unrelated OSCC was stable through 1982 (APC = 0.82; P = .186) and declined significantly during 1983 to 2004 (APC = -1.85; P < .001). When treated with radiation, improvements in 2-year survival across calendar periods were more pronounced for HPV-related OSCCs (absolute increase in survival from 1973 through 1982 to 1993 through 2004 for localized, regional, and distant stages = 9.9%, 23.1%, and 18.6%, respectively) than HPV-unrelated OSCCs (5.6%, 3.1%, and 9.9%, respectively). During 1993 to 2004, for all stages treated with radiation, patients with HPV-related OSCCs had significantly higher survival rates than those with HPV-unrelated OSCCs"
• Oral sex-related cancer at 30-year high - New Scientist, 2/28/08 - "The incidence of oral cancer due to a virus transmitted during oral sex has increased steeply over the last 30 years ... The rise was largest among young white males, suggesting this group is more likely to have oral sex at a younger age now than it was 20 years ago ... What is not in doubt, says Gillison, is the need to consider giving boys the HPV vaccine, to protect them from the disease ... These strains are also thought to cause oral cancer, as well as penile and anal cancer"
• HPV-positive Head And Neck Cancer Patients Fare Better Than HPV-negative Patients - Science Daily, 2/12/08
• HPV-Related Oral Cancers on the Rise in Men - oncologystat.com, 2/2/08 - "The virus usually associated with cervical cancer has been linked to oral cancer in men, and is responsible for as many cases of the disease as tobacco and alcohol"
• Aggressive Treatment Favored for Advanced Laryngeal Cancer - Medscape, 1/3/08
• Human Papillomavirus in Cervical and Head-and-Neck Cancer - Medscape, 12/17/07 - "mounting epidemiological, molecular and clinical evidence indicates that high-risk HPVs (especially HPV.16) account for the development of headand-neck carcinoma in some individuals who do not have the classical risk factors for this disease (i.e. a history of tobacco use and/or alcohol consumption)"
• What Factors Are Associated With Survival In Advanced Laryngeal Cancer? - Science Daily, 12/17/07
• Newer Radiation Treatment Easier for Some Throat Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 12/5/07
• Loud and clear on oral cancer - USATODAY.com, 11/25/07 - "The most likely culprit, he says: the same strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause most cases of cervical cancer. A likely mode of transmission is oral sex"
• It kills thyroid cancer, but is radiation safe? - USATODAY.com, 11/19/07
• Combined Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer - Medscape, 10/31/07
• Docetaxel Improves Head/Neck Cancer Survival - Medscape, 10/25/07
• Docetaxel Plus Induction Chemotherapy Improves Survival in Head and Neck Cancer - oncologystat.com, 10/24/07
• Obesity Boosts Gullet Cancer Risk 6-fold - Science Daily, 10/10/07
• Sanofi-Aventis' Taxotere Adds New Head And Neck Cancer Indication - oncologystat.com, 9/28/07
• Patients With Head And Neck Cancer May Have Impairment Of Some Driving Skills - Science Daily, 9/17/07
• Human Papilloma Virus Vaccines May Decrease Chances Of Oral Cancer - Science Daily, 8/30/07 - "oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OOSCC) have been linked to high-risk HPV strains, the same strains that cause cervical cancer ... It's possible that oral and oropharyngeal cancers could be reduced if vaccination were more widespread; however, additional research is needed"
• Oral Sex Implicated in Some Throat and Neck Cancers - washingtonpost.com, 8/27/07 - "Human papillomavirus (HPV), which is believed to be responsible for most cervical cancers, may also be at the root of many cancers of the mouth and throat ... Previous research has found that up to 50 percent of nonsmokers with throat and mouth cancers were infected with HPV"
• Human Papilloma virus (HPV) Linked to Throat Cancer Trend - WebMD, 8/27/07
• Infection Contributes To The High Rates Of Oropharyngeal Cancers - Science Daily, 8/27/07
• Smoking Increases Risks For Head And Neck Cancers For Men And Women - Science Daily, 8/27/07
• New Radiation Therapy Treatment Developed for Head And Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 8/17/07
• New Radiation Therapy Treatment Developed For Head And Neck Cancer Patients - Science Daily, 8/17/07
• Ethanol Injection Helps Manage Bone Metastasis In Thyroid Cancer Patients - Science Daily, 6/4/07
• New Drug Shows Promise In Treatment Of Advanced Thyroid Cancer - Science Daily, 6/4/07
• Cetuximab with Chemotherapy Prolongs Survival In Head and Neck Cancer - Medscape, 6/3/07
• Chronic Gum Disease Associated With Tongue Cancer - Science Daily, 5/23/07
• Tobacco And Alcohol Use Independently Increase Risk Of Head And Neck Cancer - Science Daily, 5/15/07
• Virus Spread by Oral Sex Is Linked to Throat Cancer - washingtonpost.com, 5/9/07
• Head And Neck Cancer Vaccine Targets Proteins To Create Immune Response - Science Daily, 4/17/07
• New Tool Predicts Survival in Patients with Head and Neck Tumors - Medscape, 3/19/07
• Re-Irradiation Combined With Chemotherapy After Salvage Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer Improves Progression-Free Survival Rates, Not Overall Survival Rates - Doctor's Guide, 2/28/07
• Medical Management of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer - Medscape, 2/27/07
• New Drug May Help Prolong Survival For Head And Neck Cancer Patients - Science Daily, 1/19/07
• Cetuximab With Radiotherapy Does Not Increase Side Effects for Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 1/18/07
• A New Option for Head & Neck Cancer Patients - Physician's Weekly, 1/15/07
• Intravenous Chemoradiation Effective For Inoperable Head, Neck Cancer; Easier For Patients, Doctors - Science Daily, 11/16/06
• Saving Salivary Glands From The Collateral Damage Of Radiation Therapy - Science Daily, 10/28/06
• FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 10/18/06
• FDA OKs drug for head, neck cancer - MSNBC, 10/18/06
• Recurrence, Mortality Rates Found Higher Among Elderly Patients with Tongue Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 9/19/06
• Laser Surgery With Radiation May Result in Early Recovery Times for Early Supraglottic Tumors - Doctor's Guide, 8/25/06
• Autologous Tumor Vaccine May Benefit Some Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 8/25/06
• Preoperative Chemoradiation May Markedly Improve Results in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 8/23/06
• Second-Hand Smoke Exposure May Define Mortality in Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Even Among Present and Former Cigarette Smokers - Doctor's Guide, 8/21/06
• Asbestos Linked to Throat Cancer - WebMD, 6/6/06
• Adding Docetaxel to Cisplatin/5-Fluorouracil Significantly Improves Survival for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 6/5/06
• Possible Cause And Potential Treatment Found For Aggressive Head And Neck Cancer - Science Daily, 4/21/06
• Study Shows More Than Half of Esophageal Cancer Patients Now Survive - Doctor's Guide, 4/11/06
• Photodynamic Therapy May Treat Head and Neck Neoplasia - Doctor's Guide, 4/3/06
• FDA OKs Drug for Head & Neck Cancer - WebMD, 3/2/06
• FDA Approves Erbitux (Cetuximab), First Head & Neck Cancer Treatment in 45 Years - Doctor's Guide, 3/2/06 - "The randomized clinical trial of 424 patients using Erbitux in combination with radiation therapy showed a survival time of 49 months versus 29.3 months on radiation therapy alone"
• Inappropriate Use of Benzocaine Sprays Linked to Risk for Methemoglobinemia - Medscape, 2/13/06
• Drug Extends Head and Neck Cancer Survival - HealthDay, 2/8/06
• New Mouthwash Helps with Pain Linked to Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 2/2/06
• Treatment Method Improves Survival for Advanced Laryngeal Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 2/1/06
• Quality of Life Associated with Long-Term Survival in Patients with Head And Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 1/17/06 - "After 10 years, 136 (68%) of the patients died, 48 were alive and the status of 16 was unknown"
• New Drug Lets Thyroid Cancer Patients Avoid Nasty Side Effects During Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 1/9/06
• Radiation Better than Surgery at Preserving Speech for Head, Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 12/2/05
• Erbitux Proven Effective in Locoregional Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck - Doctor's Guide, 11/17/05
• Head and Neck Cancer - Medscape, 10/24/05
• Study Could Help Tailor Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 8/30/05
• Combination Scanner and Detecting Spread, Recurrence of Head, Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 7/27/05
• Oral Mucositis Linked to Increased Complications in Head and Neck Tumors: Presented at MASCC-ISOO - Doctor's Guide, 7/13/05
• One-a-day Tablet Treats Common Infection Among Head And Neck Cancer Patients - Science Daily, 6/9/05
• Patients with Advanced Head & Neck Cancer Respond Better When Docetaxel Added to Induction Chemotherapy - Doctor's Guide, 5/25/05
• Statin Use Associated with Lower Risk of Pancreatic and Esophageal Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/19/05 - "The odds ratio was 0.44 (95% confidence interval 0.36 – 0.53) for esophageal cancer and 0.41 (95% confidence interval 0.31 – 0.51) for pancreatic cancer. This translates into a reduction in cancer risk of 56% and 59%, respectively"
• Interferon Alfa-2a, Isotretinoin, Plus Vitamin E May Improve Survival in Head/Neck Cancer - Medscape, 4/18/05
• New Drug Safe, Effective in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Doctor's Guide, 3/7/05
• FDA Approves New Eloxatin (Oxaliplatin) Formulation - Doctor's Guide, 2/4/05
• FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation for Proxinium, Treatment for Advanced, Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 2/4/05
• Radiotherapy Plus Cetuximab Significantly Improve Disease Control, Survival in Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 10/26/04
• Treating Anemia Does not Improve Survival for Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 10/6/04
• Xerostomia Persists in Long-Term Head and Neck Cancer Survivors - Doctor's Guide, 9/22/04
• Ethyol (Amifostine) Reduces Radiation Therapy-Induced Dry Mouth In Head And Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 6/23/04
• Half Of Head and Neck Cancer Patients Disabled by Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 6/22/04
• Amifostine Protects Against Mucositis Following Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 6/8/04
• Neoadjuvant Docetaxel Regimen Improves Survival in Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 6/6/04
• Adding Erbitux (Cetuximab) to Radiation Improves Survival in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 6/6/04
• Oesophageal Cancer Overview - Doctor's Guide, 5/20/04
• Concurrent Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy Increases Disease-Free Survival After Surgical Excision of Squamous-Cell Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/7/04
• Novel 5-FU Combined with Cisplatin May Reduce Need for Surgery in Small Head and Neck Small Squamous Cell Carcinomas - Doctor's Guide, 2/17/04
• Cetuximab Increases Response Rate in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 11/20/03
• Chemotherapy-Radiation Combo Beats Higher Dose Radiation Monotherapy for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 10/31/03
• Erythropoietin Resolves Anaemia But Does Not Confer Disease Control or Survival for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 10/21/03
• Sentinel Node Biopsy Feasible For Head-and-Neck Cancer Surgery - Doctor's Guide, 10/7/03
• Accelerated Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer Superior to Slow Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 10/2/03
• Head And Neck Cancers Respond to Capecitabine and Paclitaxel - Doctor's Guide, 10/1/03
• Improved Disease Control Achieved with Accelerated Radiotherapy Regimen for Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 9/22/03
• FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Advexin, Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 9/17/03
• Indium-111-Octreotide a Potential Diagnostic Tool for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 8/19/03
• Common p53 Polymorphism Predicts Treatment Effect in Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 7/14/03
• Preoperative Radiation and Chemotherapy Improves Esophageal Cancer Cure Rates - Doctor's Guide, 6/9/03
• Paclitaxel-Based Regimen Effective for Head and Neck Cancer - Medscape, 6/5/03
• Value of Surgery Remains Questionable for Improving Overall Survival in Advanced Squamous Cell Oesophageal Carcinoma - Doctor's Guide, 6/4/03
• Paclitaxel Improves Survival among Patients with Head and Neck Cancers - Doctor's Guide, 6/3/03
• Combination of Docetaxel-Carboplatin Allows for Out-Patient Palliative Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 6/1/03
• Induction Chemotherapy, Concomitant Chemoradiotherapy Effective For Advanced Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 4/3/03
• Fluconazole Counters Mycotic Infections After Radiotherapy - Doctor's Guide, 3/26/03
• Hearing Loss Major Symptom in Patients with Non-Growing Unilateral Vestibular Schwannoma - Doctor's Guide, 3/17/03
• Histopathologic Analysis Helps Identify Metastases, Changing Disease Patterns in Aerodigestive Tract Squamous Cell Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 3/5/03
• Intratumoural Injection of Epinephrine Plus Cisplatin Shows Promise in Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 2/6/03
• Transcervical Superior Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy Reduces Post-Surgical Morbidity - Doctor's Guide, 1/22/03
• Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Fusion Images Reduce Indecision In Head And Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/4/02
• Addition of Cisplatin to Post-operative Radiation Reduces Recurrence of Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 11/15/02
• Cisplatin/Epinephrine Gel Helpful in Esophageal Cancer - Medscape, 11/14/02
• Chemoradiotherapy For Unresectable Head And Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 11/14/02
• Patients With Low T Stage Recurrences Of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Gain Most From Nasopharyngectomy - Doctor's Guide, 10/25/02
• Cancer-Free Margin Vital In Osteogenic Sarcoma Of Head And Neck - Doctor's Guide, 10/23/02
• Criteria Identified for Using Chemotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 10/9/02
• Endoscopic CO2 Laser Treatment for Recurrent Glottic Carcinoma Produces Similar Results to Open-Neck Surgery - Doctor's Guide, 9/27/02
• Elective Neck Dissection At Time of Laryngectomy Aids in Detecting Metastases Without Significant Morbidity - Doctor's Guide, 9/23/02
• Chest CT Has Advantages Over X-Ray For Head & Neck Metastases - Doctor's Guide, 9/26/02
• No Advantage with Concomitant Radio-Chemotherapy in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 9/25/02
• Cyclooxygenase-2 Over-Expression Found in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - Doctor's Guide, 9/25/02
• Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Reducing Postoperative Radiotherapy Treatment Time Improves Locoregional Control - Doctor's Guide, 9/23/02
• Accelerated Radiotherapy May Increase Late Toxicity in Post-Operative Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Doctor's Guide, 9/23/02
• Iseganan Does Not Reduce Incidence of Ulcerative Oral Mucositis in Radio- or Chemotherapy-Treated Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 9/23/02
• Intensifying Treatment in Advanced Stage Head and Neck Cancer Not Required With Small Primary Tumors - Doctor's Guide, 9/23/02
• Taste Loss Common Among Head And Neck Patients Post-Radiotherapy - Doctor's Guide, 9/20/02
• Tubulin Autoantibodies Linked to Young Onset Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 9/18/02
• Patients With Stage I or II Carcinoma of The Tongue at High Risk of Late - Doctor's Guide, 8/27/02
• New Injectable Gel Treats Head and Neck Squamous Carcinomas - Doctor's Guide, 8/21/02
• Impact of Nodal Metastases on Prognosis in Patients With Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 7/29/02
• Blood Loss In Neck Surgery Predicts Drainage Volume Afterwards - Doctor's Guide, 7/12/02
• Radiotherapy And Chemotherapy Treatment Of Benefit In Nasopharynx Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 7/8/02
• Fludarabine Safe For Head And Neck Cancer During Final Two Weeks Of Radiotherapy - Doctor's Guide, 6/28/02
• Postoperative Radiochemotherapy for Squamous Cell Carcinomas of Head and Neck Improves Disease-Free Survival but Increases Toxicity - Doctor's Guide, 5/23/02
• Cisplatin Plus C225 Shows Marginal Effect for Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/20/02
• Clinical Evidence of Infiltration, Not Intraoperative Assessment, Best for Staging Metastases of Head, Neck Cancer -Doctor's Guide, 4/30/02
• Brain Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise - WebMD, 4/19/02
• Deep Vein Thrombosis Remains Long-term Risk for Brain Cancer Surgery Patients - Doctor's Guide, 4/16/02
• Temozolomide May be Second Line Treatment for Brain Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 4/16/02
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery Safe, Effective Even when Brain Metastases are Numerous - Doctor's Guide, 4/11/02
• Magnetic Fields Increase Risk Of Brain Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 4/9/02
• Cytokines Linked To Prognosis In Head And Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 4/2/02
• In Esophageal Cancer, Patients can be Spared Surgery Using a Laparoscopic Approach - Doctor's Guide, 3/18/02
• Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Cancer Survival Estimated Above 50 Percent - Doctor's Guide, 3/18/02
• TV show highlights real brain tumor treatments - CNN, 3/1/02
• Docetaxel and Fractionated Cisplatin Tops Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 2/7/02
• Recurrent Head And Neck Cancer May Respond To Re-Irradiation And Concurrent Chemotherapy - Doctor's Guide, 1/8/02
• Patients with Uncomplicated Laryngectomy Achieve Swallowing Skills - Doctor's Guide, 12/31/01
• Nolatrexed, Methotrexate Similarly Active In Head And Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/21/01
• Vocal Function Affected By Radiation For Nonlaryngeal Head And Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 12/19/01
• Induction Chemotherapy Prior To Radiotherapy Offers A Better Five-Year Survival In Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - Doctor's Guide, 12/14/01
• Lovastatin Holds Promise For Treatment In Head And Neck, Cervical Cancers - Doctor's Guide, 11/1/01 - "five of 20 patients who were administered lovastatin after other therapies failed to control their disease were able to achieve long-term stable disease" - Note:  Lavostatin is the active ingredient in red yeast rice.
• Fast-Growing Cancer In Young Girls Identified - Intelihealth, 8/31/01
• Combo Approach Saves Voice Box in Patients With Larynx Cancer, Simultaneous Chemotherapy and Radiation Urged - WebMD, 5/17/01 - "88% of people taking part in a treatment that combines radiation and chemotherapy were able to keep their voice box"
• IntraDose (Cisplatin/Epinephrine) Injectable Gel Demonstrates Rapid Response In Head and Neck Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/15/01
• Accelerated Radiotherapy Increases Tumour Control In Squamous-cell Head And Neck Carcinomas - Doctor's Guide, 10/24/00
• Human papillomavirus linked to head and neck cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/3/00
• Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy First Choice For Head and Neck Tumors - Doctor's Guide, 12/7/99
• Amifostine Saves Salivary Glands During Radiation Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 11/2/99

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