FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, good oral health is associated with improved survival, according to a study published online Sept. 19 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Jason Tasoulas, M.D., from the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues conducted a pooled analysis of 2,449 head and neck squamous cell carcinoma participants from four studies to examine poor oral health as a prognostic factor. Data were included on periodontal disease, tooth bru ..read more

MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A fully automated deep learning pipeline can accurately measure sarcopenia in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), which is associated with disease outcomes, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in JAMA Network Open. Zezhong Ye, Ph.D., from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues developed and externally validated a fully automated image-based deep learning platform for cervical vertebral muscle segmentation and skeletal muscle index (SMI) calculation. Associations with survival and treatment toxicity outcomes were examine ..read more

WEDNESDAY, July 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma, excluding the effects of coexisting conditions can lead to underestimation or overestimation of survival, according to a study published online July 10 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery to coincide with the American Head and Neck Society 11th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, held from July 8 to 12 in Montreal. Louise Davies, M.D., from the VA Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vermont, and colleagues used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SE ..read more

WEDNESDAY, July 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with oral cavity cancer, prolonged surgery to initiation of postoperative radiation therapy (S-PORT) is associated with worse overall survival, according to a study published online July 9 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery to coincide with the American Head and Neck Society 11th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, held from July 8 to 12 in Montreal. Gabriel S. Dayan, M.D., from the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, and colleagues conducted a multicenter cohort study at eight academic centers to ..read more

FRIDAY, June 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight body mass index (BMI) is associated with favorable outcomes in patients with nonmetastatic head and neck cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy, according to a study published online June 27 in JAMA Network Open. Sung Jun Ma, M.D., from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, and colleagues evaluated the role of BMI in treatment response, tumor recurrence, and survival outcomes among 445 patients with nonmetastatic head and neck cancer who underwent chemoradiotherapy from Jan.1, 2005, to Jan. 31, 2021. The researchers f ..read more

THURSDAY, June 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The burden of suboptimally controlled cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and incident risk of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) are considerable in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), according to a study published online June 22 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Lova Sun, M.D., from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues defined CV risk profiles, incident stroke, MI, and mortality in patients with HNSCC in a retrospective, population-based cohort st ..read more

MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A model incorporating individual-level factors with health literacy and community-level factors predicts postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) delay for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), according to a study published online April 19 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Tuleen Sawaf, from the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, and colleagues examined individual and community-level factors associated with PORT delay in a prospective cohort of patients with untreated HNSCC (mean age of 61.0 years ..read more

TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking cessation for >10 years is significantly associated with reduced overall mortality and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)-specific mortality, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in Cancer. John J.W. Lee, M.D., from University of Toronto, and colleagues assessed whether smoking cessation and increased duration of abstinence were associated with improved overall and HNSCC-specific survival. The analysis included prospective data from 2,482 patients with HNSCC (2006 to 2019). The researchers found that former smokers had ..read more

JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los cigarros se han asociado con las victorias, los nuevos bebés y Winston Churchill, no con la adicción a la nicotina. ¿Pero en realidad son mejores para la salud que los cigarrillos? No, enfatizan unos expertos, que apuntan a los muchos peligros de fumar cigarros. En las últimas décadas, mediante un mercadeo inteligente, fumar cigarros ha adquirido un aura de exclusividad, en que los bares de cigarros y revistas como Cigar Aficionado se dedican a un estilo de vida de fumar cigarros que resulta atractivo para las fantasías masculinas de poder y ..read more

THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cigars are linked with victory, new babies and Winston Churchill, not nicotine addiction, but are they any better for your health than cigarettes? No, say experts who point out the many dangers of cigar smoking. Over the past few decades, through clever marketing, cigar smoking has taken on a rarified aura, with cigar bars and magazines like Cigar Aficionado devoted to a cigar-smoking lifestyle that appeals to male fantasies of power and class. It's also a way to relax because it is a more leisurely smoke than the frenetic rush of a cigarette. What ..read more