Head & Neck/Thyroid Cancers
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Utilization of radiotherapy services by a palliative care unit: pattern and implication
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Dexamethasone eases end-of-life cancer-related fatigue
Major finding: Scores on the FACIT fatigue subscale improved by an average of 6 points in patients treated with dexamethasone, compared with 3...
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HPV epidemic continues to fuel incidence of head and neck cancer
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Escitalopram during cancer treatment reduces depression risk
Major finding: During cancer treatment 10% of the treatment group developed depression, versus 24.6% of the placebo group.Data source: A...
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Adding cetuximab to chemoradiotherapy harmful in esophageal cancer
Major Finding: Adding cetuximab to chemoradiotherapy for localized esophageal cancer was associated with significantly shorter median survival...
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FDA Approves Second Drug for Rare Thyroid Cancer
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Doxepin Rinse Eases Mucositis Pain in Cancer Patients
Major Finding: Patients with radiation-induced oral mucositis had a mean reduction of about two points on a 0-10 pain scale 30 minutes after using...
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Robotic Surgery Beneficial in HPV-, Non-HPV-Related Oral Cancer
Major Finding: Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients who underwent robotic surgery had a 2-year survival rate of 87%, with 92% survival...
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CCR7 Predicts Cervical Metastasis in Oral Cancer
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DNA Alone Inadequate to Identify HPV-Related Cancers
Major Finding: The simple presence of HPV DNA in tumor samples did not accurately identify which cancers were driven by active HPV infection, and...