Head and neck cancer audit: large variances in survival rates reported
The national head and neck cancer audit has found that the four year crude survival rate from the head and neck group of cancers ranged from over 60% in patients diagnosed with cancer of the voice box (larynx) to only 33% in patients with cancer of the hypopharynx (the area where the larynx and oesophagus meet). (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - October 9, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Former smoker who lost his voice box to throat cancer poses as a newsstand cashier selling cigarettes so he can warn customers about the horrific dangers of smoking
João Cândido, from the Brazilian state of Paraña, was diagnosed with larynx cancer 14 years after he stopped smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gambia: Drug Addiction and Health
[The Point] People who suffer from addiction often have one or more accompanying medical issues, which may include lung or cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, and mental disorders. Imaging scans, chest X-rays, and blood tests show the damaging effects of long-term drug abuse throughout the body. For example, research has shown that tobacco smoke causes cancer of the mouth, throat, larynx, blood, lungs, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder, and cervix.19 In addition, some drugs of abuse, such as inhalants, are toxic (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 1, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Women who consume alcohol everyday raise their breast cancer risk
Women who drink every day were most likely to develop breast cancer followed by tumours of the liver, bowel, throat, mouth, oesophagus and larynx, according to a study by the British Medical Journal. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Daily glass of wine raises risk of breast cancer in women
US study finds light drinking linked only to minimal increase in risk of all cancers but daily drink raises chances of breast cancer for women significantlyDrinking one glass of wine a day increases a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer, according to new research.Alcohol is a known risk for a number of cancers, including colorectal, liver, larynx and oesophageal cancer, and most attention has been paid to heavy drinking. A large study in the United States has now looked specifically at the link between alcohol and cancer in light to moderate drinkers. Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 18, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Health editor Tags: Breast cancer Alcohol Health Medical research Health policy Society Science US news World news Politics UK news Source Type: news
Medrobotics wins FDA 510(k) for transoral surgery device
Medrobotics said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Flex robotic transoral surgery system and is launching the system in the U.S.
The Flex system uses a flexible robotic endoscope, a range of flexible instruments and a high-definition vision system for use in accessing and visualizing structures in the mouth and throat, Raynham, Mass.-based Medrobotics said.
“The Flex robotic system is the 1st and only robot-assisted surgical platform with a flexible scope cleared by FDA for use during transoral procedures. The minimally invasive system enables surgical access and visualization in hard-to-reach locations thro...
Source: Mass Device - July 23, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: 510(k) Endoscopic / Arthroscopic Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory/Compliance Robot-Assisted Surgery Surgical Medrobotics Source Type: news
Many patients with advanced form of larynx cancer not receiving recommended treatment
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Despite findings of previous studies and published guidelines, nearly two-thirds of patients with T4a larynx ('voice box') cancer are not receiving a total laryngectomy (surgical removal of the larynx), the recommended form of treatment, and as a result, have significantly worse survival rates versus those treated with a total laryngectomy, a new study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics by experts at Penn Medicine found. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Smoking causes half of all deaths in 12 different cancers
Conclusion
This study has used data from previously published cohort studies and national surveys to estimate the proportion of cancer deaths that can be attributed to smoking in men and women. They examined 12 cancers that are already known to be associated with smoking and estimated that smoking may account for half of them overall. The vast majority of cancers of the lungs and airways were estimated to be caused by smoking.
It is important to note that these are only estimates. The study has used data from cohort studies to inform the risk of different cancers in former and current smokers, and those who have never smo...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Heart/lungs Lifestyle/exercise Source Type: news
Smoking causes half of deaths from 12 cancers
It’s declining – but still causes over three-quarters of lung and larynx cancer deaths in USRelated items from OnMedicaTobacco companies should be forced to pay the cost of reducing smoking ratesTobacco controls do not spark rise in illicit tobacco useNon-smoking teenagers are using e-cigarettes Health staff face total smoking ban at workStandardised cigarette packs are deterring teenagers from smoking (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - June 16, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
January Cervical Cancer Month: Progress Is Promising
January is Cervical Cancer Month. So it is time to look at what has been accomplished recently in control of this disease.
Getting treatment for advanced cervical cancer is challenging. Patients often have pelvic pain, sometimes with blockage of intestines and the urinary tract. Regrettably many patients have fistulas (holes) develop where they leak urine or stool through the skin, vagina or bladder. These are cruel consequences of failed cancer control. About 13,000 women will develop cervical cancer every year, and tragically 4,000 will die of the illness.
In 2014, the FDA approved a new treatment for advanced cervical...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Laryngeal Nerve Lymph Node Metastasis in Esophageal CancerLaryngeal Nerve Lymph Node Metastasis in Esophageal Cancer
Is RLN lymph node metastasis a prognostic predictor in node-positive patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the middle thoracic esophagus? BMC Surgery (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 5, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Study Supports Surgery for Advanced Laryngeal CancerStudy Supports Surgery for Advanced Laryngeal Cancer
For advanced laryngeal cancer, surgery is superior to chemoradiation that attempts to preserve the larynx, according to a new single-center study. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - December 2, 2014 Category: Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Survival differences seen for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer
The five-year survival rate for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer was higher than national levels in a small study at a single academic center performing a high rate of surgical therapy, including a total laryngectomy, or removal of the voice box, to treat the disease, despite a national trend toward organ preservation, according to a report. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 28, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Survival differences seen for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer
(The JAMA Network Journals) The five-year survival rate for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer was higher than national levels in a small study at a single academic center performing a high rate of surgical therapy, including a total laryngectomy, or removal of the voice box, to treat the disease, despite a national trend toward organ preservation, according to a report published online by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
To heal the human instrument
When Erik Laurence transferred in 2009 to Shanghai, China, as vice president of a software company, he thought his biggest challenge would be improving his Mandarin-language skills and learning the nuances of the Chinese business scene. But his vocal cords, not the foreign nation, turned out to be his undoing.
Laurence, who was in his mid-40s at the time, had struggled for about 20 years with a mild case of spasmodic dysphonia (SD), intermittently losing his voice at odd times. It’s a neurological disorder that involves spasms of the vocal cords, which cause the voice to break up or have a strained or strangled quality...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 21, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
