A Texas-based biotech becomes the first company to seek FDA approval for a gene-based cancer drug. This one is designed to treat recurrent head and neck cancer.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) are using precision lasers to effectively treat early vocal cord cancers without reducing the patient’s voice quality. The pulsed Potassium-Titanyl-Phosphate laser being used at MGH is an angiolytic laser that uses wavelengths of laser light to specifically target diseased cells without damaging healthy vocal cord tissue. A team led [...]

At 33, Lori Hamilton is on the race circuit helping manage a NASCAR team and raising awareness about head and neck cancer, the disease that killed her husband.

Researchers at Loyola University Medical Center have completed the only study of its kind comparing the effectiveness of radiation versus surgery in treating patients with early larynx cancer. Loyola’s investigation, which included over 3800 patients, concluded that long term cure rates were equivalent using both therapies but, radiation treatment significantly reduced the risk of developing [...]

New studies published in the October 25, 2007, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine report significantly higher survival rates for head and neck cancer patients who received a three-drug chemotherapy regimen prior to radiation treatments rather than the standard two-drug therapy. The addition of docetaxel to the cisplatin and fluorouracil combination typically administered [...]

A routine visit to your local dentist may soon include a quick test for oral cancer. University of Texas researchers have developed a simple and inexpensive test which dentists can use to detect cancerous cells in the mouth in as little as 10 minutes. A small acrylic testing device strains cells taken from the patient’s [...]

The Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) has announced plans to open a 22 million dollar Proton Beam Radiation Therapy (PBRT) treatment facility which will be the first one of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. PBRT is designed to target tumors that are in close proximity to critical body structures. It is currently used to treat [...]