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Head and Neck Cancer News

ESTRO Success After Boosting Cancer Radiotherapy for Anemia Antihypoxia medications put anemic laryngeal cancer patients on even footing with nonanemic patients for tumor control, but not for overall survival.
Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2012
ESTRO Sparing Salivary Gland Function During Radiotherapy New research pinpointing stem cell density could allow radiotherapy of the head and neck to bypass critical areas.
Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2012

Radiotherapy for Parotid Acinic Cell Carcinoma
Reuters Health Information, April 19, 2012
Pemetrexed of Limited Benefit in Advanced Head, Neck Cancer
Reuters Health Information, April 10, 2012
SSO Largest Series to Date Reveals Danger of Scalp Melanoma
Medscape Medical News, April 3, 2012
Cancer Deaths Continue to Fall
WebMD Health News, April 2, 2012

Head and Neck Cancer Perspectives

Timing of Post-TX Imaging Key in Head, Neck Cancer PET and PET/CT scans were more accurate 12 weeks out from therapy.
Medscape Radiology, February 13, 2012
HPV and the Increased Incidence of Oropharyngeal Cancer Dr. Maurie Markman reports on a study indicating that increased incidence of oropharyngeal cancer can be attributed to increased prevalence of HPV infection, underscoring the need for HPV vaccination.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, January 20, 2012

Spotting Verrucous Carcinoma
Medscape Dermatology, December 29, 2011
Esophageal Cancer: New Ideas About Risk and Management
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, November 4, 2011
Chest CT and FDG PET in Screening for Metastases in Head and Neck Cancer
Medscape Radiology, March 22, 2010
Is There a Need for Dedicated High-Resolution Head and Neck PET/CT?
Medscape Radiology, October 29, 2009

Journals

Oral HPV Infection Is Common
Journal Watch, April 4, 2012
Perineural Invasion and Spread in Head and Neck Cancer
Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, March 16, 2012
Associations Between Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and HPV
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, March 6, 2012
Chemoradiotherapy vs Radiotherapy in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, February 7, 2012
New Treatment Modalities in Advanced Thyroid Cancer
Annals of Oncology, January 16, 2012

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