Study suggests aspirin may help some patients survive head and neck cancer
Regular use of aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may help some patients with…
Browsing: Head and Neck Cancers
The hitchhiker’s guide to defeating glioblastoma
In cancer therapeutics research, microRNAs – tiny strings of nucleotides that get churned out inside…
Targeted treatment shrinks deadly paediatric brain tumours
Chemotherapy and radiation are effective cancer treatments because they kill rapidly dividing cells, including tumour…
World Trade Center responders at increased risk for head and neck cancers
A study has found a significant increase in head and neck cancers among workers and…
CT vs PET/CT chest scans for initial metastatic assessment of head and neck cancers
By analysing nearly 152,000 cases of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, researchers at Fox…
When it comes to brain tumors, a patient’s sex matters
Joshua Rubin, Washington University in St Louis Have you ever wondered why, in most species,…
Sex differences identified in deadly brain tumours
For decades, scientists have recognised that more males get cancer and die of the disease…
Study reveals how solid stress from brain tumours causes neuronal loss, neurologic dysfunction
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-led research team has demonstrated, for the first time, how solid…
New drug discovery could halt spread of brain cancer
The tissues in our bodies largely are made of fluid. It moves around cells and…
Proton therapy for paediatric brain tumours has favourable cognitive outcomes
Proton therapy treatment for paediatric brain tumour patients is associated with better neurocognitive outcomes compared…