Head and Neck Cancer News

• Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases: ASTRO Updates Guidelines The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued new recommendations on radiotherapy treatment in patients with brain metastases, which updates the last guidelines issued in 2012.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Consider Cancer as a Trigger for Deep Vein Thrombosis Examination of a woman with paranoid schizophrenia and deep vein thrombosis revealed chondrosarcoma of the tibia.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• Head and Neck Cancer Patients Call for Improvements in Care Patients with head and neck cancer have the highest rates of emergency department use and hospitalization during treatment, and also the highest rates of psychological distress.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• AANS 2022 Collagen 'Tile' Delivers Postsurgical Radiation in Glioblastoma Following tumor removal, an absorbable collagen tile delivers a controlled and therapeutic dose of radiation targeting remaining tumor cells and sparing healthy tissue, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Black Doctors Say They Face Discrimination Based on Race Black doctors across the country commonly experience discrimination, ranging from microaggressions to career-threatening disciplinary actions.
  Associated Press, May 02, 2022
• Alert FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for Toripalimab In a complete response letter, the FDA asked drug manufacturers Coherus and Junshi Biosciences for a quality process change that the companies say is readily addressable.
  News Alerts, May 02, 2022
• Three Symptoms Suggest Higher Risk for Self-injury in Cancer Moderate to severe anxiety, depression, and shortness of breath indicate a higher risk for nonfatal self-injury among patients newly diagnosed with cancer, data show.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Non-O Blood Type May Increase VTE Risk in Patients With Cancer Non-O blood type appears to be associated with a higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTEs) in some patients with cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• Total Resection for Glioblastoma Predicts Longer Survival Most notably, the team found that frailty had no effect on surgical outcomes. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, April 27, 2022
• Overcoming Resistance to Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases Researchers have identified the molecular pathway that leads to resistance to whole brain radiotherapy, and also identified a potential therapeutic option.
  Medscape Medical News, April 21, 2022
• Cancer Survivors With Financial Woes Have Higher Risk of Dying Cancer survivors who experience medical financial hardship have a higher mortality risk than survivors who do not, and most of these woes are related to having no insurance or not enough insurance.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2022
• AACR 2022 Assay-Guided Chemo in Recurrent Glioma Linked to Longer Survival A new assay can help guide chemotherapy treatments for recurrent high-grade gliomas.
  Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2022
• Long-Term Temozolomide in Patients With Glioblastoma Temozolomide maintenance therapy looks promising in glioblastoma, but with caveats.
  First Look, April 12, 2022
• AAD 2022 PLA Test Brings Nuance to the Diagnosis of Early-Stage Melanoma Prospective randomized clinical trials are needed "to examine the role of genetic expression profiling in staging and managing patients," according to Caroline Kim, MD.
  Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2022
• Mutation Testing in Advanced Thyroid Cancer All patients with advanced thyroid disease and most patients with incurable radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer should undergo somatic mutational testing, say experts.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2022
• Implanted System Rapidly Generates CAR-T Cells to Combat Tumors in Mice An implantable system can both produce and release CAR-T cells in the body to combat cancer, a mouse study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, April 04, 2022
• No Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors in Large UK Study A large UK study has found no link between brain tumors and cell phone use, even among individuals who used them daily and for more than 10 years.
  Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2022
• Rise in Oral Cancers in Young Nonsmokers Tied to Immunodeficiency Younger, nonsmoking oral cancer patients have a higher risk of death than do young smokers, and the outcomes may be related to immune deficiencies.
  Medscape Medical News, March 28, 2022
• Burden of Thyroid Cancer: Substantial and Increasing The global burden of thyroid cancer is substantial, and incidence rates are increasing in many developed countries including the United States, notes a new analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, March 14, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccine Alters Biochemical Composition of Glial Cells An in vitro study of normal and tumor glial cells showed that incubation with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine led to alterations in the biochemical profile of various cell organelles.
  First Look, March 10, 2022