Head and Neck Cancer News

Customized Virus Kills Brain Tumor Stem Cells that Drive Lethal Cancer

A tailored virus destroys brain tumor stem cells that resist other therapies and cause lethal re-growth of cancer…    

Smoking increases risks for head and neck cancers for men and women

Smoking significantly increases the risk for head and neck cancers for both men and women, regardless of the…    

A new radiation therapy treatment developed for head and neck cancer patients

Most head-and-neck cancers that recur locally after prior full-dose conventional radiation therapy respond to Boron Neutron Capture Therapy…    

Immune deficiency linked to a type of eye cancer

The incidence of squamous cell eye cancer is greater among kidney transplant patients and people with human immunodeficiency…    

Tobacco and alcohol use independently increase risk of head and neck cancer

Cigarette smoking is more strongly associated with head and neck cancers than drinking alcohol, according to a study…    

New Protocol Targets Aggressive Brain Cancer

After 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, 50-year-old Joseph Wollschlager Jr. felt invincible. Until one day at…    

Genetic Risk Factor Found for Head and Neck Cancer in Smokers

A simple blood test may be able to identify those most at risk for developing head and neck…    

Novel Suicide Gene Therapy Used to Treat Malignant Brain Tumors

Physicians and researchers in the Methodist Neurological Institute (NI) are studying the use of a novel combination of…    

Prenatal Vitamins May Reduce Risk of Brain Tumors in Children

Women who take multivitamins early in pregnancy may reduce the risk that their child will develop some types…    

Venom protein may lead to brain cancer cure

Doctors seeking treatments for malignant brain tumors have found promise in the venom of scorpions, according to a…    

Determining the genetic composition of brain cancers informs treatment, predicts outcome

Research confirms that determining the genetic composition of brain cancers can better inform doctors and patients for treatment…    

Study Compares Treatment Options for Patients with Brain Metastases

Adding whole-brain radiation therapy to highly-focused radiation therapy does not improve survival for patients with cancer and brain…    

First animal model that mimics human head and neck cancer

An Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute research laboratory has developed a novel mouse model designed specifically…    

Protein Expression Holds Promise for Head and Neck Cancer Detection

The blood of patients with head and neck cancer appears to have unique patterns of protein expression that…    

Cause and treatment for aggressive head and neck cancer may have been found

Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center report that they have found a potential molecular cause for…    

Novel Vaccine Curbs Brain Tumor Growth, Increases Survival

A novel vaccine has significantly increased life expectancy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most dangerous type…    

Protein associated with growth of tumors may prevent the spread of cancer

A protein associated with the growth of head and neck tumors may be a tumor suppressor that could…    

Quality of life after treatment for head and neck cancer associated with longer-term survival

Quality of life measured one year after treatment for head and neck cancer appears to be associated with…    

Target for Therapeutic Drugs to Fight Most Common Adult Brain Cancer

A research team at UT Southwestern Medical Center has discovered a cell-signaling mechanism instrumental in the most common…    

Radiotherapy Advance Builds Hope for Noninvasive Brain Cancer Treatment

With an equal rate of incidence and mortality-the number of those who get it, and the number of…