Head and neck cancers

• Health & Medicine

Personalised radiotherapy treatment set to benefit from CERN software

A collaboration of scientific disciplines is developing pioneering software to design radiotherapy tailored to an individual. A collaboration of scientific disciplines is developing pioneering software to design radiotherapy tailored to an individual.

29 April 2013

HPV test for oral cancers may improve patient outcomes and treatments

A new test designed to classify tonsil and throat cancers into one of two groups should help deliver the right treatment to the right patients. A new test designed to classify tonsil and throat cancers into one of two groups should help deliver the right treatment to the right patients.

3 November 2012

• Health & Medicine

Soaring mouth cancer rates highlight need for greater dentists' awareness

Rising rates of mouth cancer mean that it's more important than ever that dentists and members of the dental team can promote prevention, detect warning signs and refer patients appropriately. Rising rates of mouth cancer mean that it's more important than ever that dentists and members of the dental team can promote prevention, detect warning signs and refer patients appropriately.

26 September 2012

Targeting protein could lead to new treatments for mouth cancer

A protein that is overactive in mouth cancers and encourages tumours to grow could be a target for new treatments for the disease. A protein that is overactive in mouth cancers and encourages tumours to grow could be a target for new treatments for the disease.

2 July 2012

• Health & Medicine

A minimum alcohol price could cut cancer rates

28 March 2012

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - abiraterone in Scotland, No Smoking Day, red meat, oral cancer, and more

16 March 2012

• Health & Medicine

HPV pushes oral cancer cases past 6,000 a year

The number of oral cancer cases diagnosed each year in the UK has risen above 6,000 for the first time, new figures from Cancer Research UK show today. The number of oral cancer cases diagnosed each year in the UK has risen above 6,000 for the first time, new figures from Cancer Research UK show today.

16 March 2012

Class of breast cancer drugs could treat other types of cancer

A class of drugs used to treat breast cancers which overproduce a protein called HER2 could also treat other types of cancer - particularly head and neck cancers, according to research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool this week. A class of drugs used to treat breast cancers which overproduce a protein called HER2 could also treat other types of cancer - particularly head and neck cancers, according to research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool this week.

9 November 2011

• Health & Medicine

Breath test could identify head-and-neck cancer patients

Scientists reveal that an `electronic noseї can distinguish between molecules found in the breath of head-and-neck cancer patients and those of healthy people, according to the results of a small, initial study published in the British Journal of Cancer, today. Scientists reveal that an `electronic noseї can distinguish between molecules found in the breath of head-and-neck cancer patients and those of healthy people, according to the results of a small, initial study published in the British Journal of Cancer, today.

20 April 2011

• Health & Medicine

Booze causes at least 13,000 cancers a year in the UK

Alcohol causes at least 13,000 cases of cancer a year in the UK, according to a new report published in the British Medical Journal today (Friday) Alcohol causes at least 13,000 cases of cancer a year in the UK, according to a new report published in the British Medical Journal today (Friday)

8 April 2011

• Health & Medicine

BBC Three documentary on oral sex and cancer

10 January 2011

• Health & Medicine

Less booze not more veg is key to cut cancer risk

People should be warned that cancer is linked to obesity and alcohol, rather than urged to eat more fruit and vegetables to protect against the disease. People should be warned that cancer is linked to obesity and alcohol, rather than urged to eat more fruit and vegetables to protect against the disease.

1 December 2010