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

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with head and neck cancer enrolled in clinical trials, outcomes are worse for Black versus White participants, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Jeffrey C. Liu, M.D., from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, and colleagues examined the role of self-reported race in head and neck cancer by examining treatment outcomes of individuals enrolled in clinical trials that minimized access to care and socioeconomic status confounders. Data were incl ..read more

MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients with head-and-neck cancers have twice the death rates of white patients, and a new study suggests race itself underlies those differences. “What is unique about our study is it strongly supports the conclusion that Black patients seem to respond to therapy differently than white patients,” said study author Dr. Jeffrey Liu. He is an associate professor in the division of head and neck surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, in Philadelphia. Past research has found that factors such ..read more

WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The recent decrease in the incidence of cervical cancers, particularly in young women, may be associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination approval, according to a study published online March 16 in JAMA Network Open. Cheng-I Liao, M.D., from the Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, and colleagues examined the association between vaccination availability and the incidence of HPV-attributable cancers. Analysis included cancer data from the U.S. Cancer Statistics Public Use Database (2001 through 2017) and HPV vaccination and sc ..read more

THURSDAY, Dec. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) continues to increase nationally among U.S. men, according to a study published online Dec. 16 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Haluk Damgacioglu, Ph.D., from UTHealth Science Center at Houston, and colleagues used the U.S. Cancer Statistics dataset to examine OPC incidence trends from 2001 through 2017. The researchers found that nationally, there were 260,182 OPC cases, with 80 percent occurring in men, 65 percent at a regional stage, and 55 percent occurring in the Southeast and Midwest ..read more

MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Having two or more moderate or severe menopausal symptoms (MS) is associated with an increased risk for stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society, held virtually from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3. Matthew Nudy, M.D., from the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, and colleagues conducted a secondary analysis of the Women's Health Initiative-Calcium and Vitamin D trial, which included 20,050 women aged 50 to 79 years with a median follow-up of seven years. The associations ..read more

MONDAY, Dec. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Use of a noninvasive diagnostic approach for human papillomavirus-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HPV+HNSCC) has high sensitivity and specificity and may shorten time to diagnosis, according to a study published online Dec. 2 in Clinical Cancer Research. Giulia Siravegna, Ph.D., from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues conducted a prospective observational study in 140 individuals (70 cases and 70 controls) to examine whether a noninvasive diagnostic approach for HPV+HNSCC can improve diagnostic accuracy, lower cost, and ..read more