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How MRI and CT predict flap failure after head and neck reconstructive cancer surgery
When a patient with head and neck cancer has surgery to remove it, they often…
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ASCO 2022: ‘Practice-changing’ radiotherapy technique can reduce swallowing problems for cancer patients
A new precision radiotherapy technique described as ‘practice changing’ has been shown to reduce long-term…
Bridge therapy may benefit some children with high-risk neuroblastoma
Approximately half of children with neuroblastoma—a childhood cancer that develops from immature nerve cells—have a…
Indigenous Australians at higher risk of HPV throat cancers
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found that throat cancers caused by human papilloma…
ASCO 2022: Dabrafenib plus trametinib significantly increases overall response rate in paediatric low-grade gliomas
Two targeted therapies, dabrafenib (taflinar) plus trametinib (mekinst), significantly increased the overall response rate compared to…
ASCO 2022: Gut microbiome signatures associated with immunotherapy response in glioblastoma
Immunotherapy has had limited success so far against glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form…
A nanoparticle and inhibitor trigger the immune system, outsmarting brain cancer
Scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, USA, were optimistic when they identified a small molecule…
ASCO 2022: Immunotherapy drug combination is safe with promising results in glioblastoma
A novel combination of two experimental cancer immunotherapy agents along with an immune checkpoint blocker…
ASCO 2022: Acupuncture improves chronic radiation-induced dry mouth for patients with head and neck cancer
Most head and neck cancer patients treated with radiation therapy develop long-term treatment-related dry mouth, or xerostomia,…
New head and neck cancer radiotherapy technique could deliver more robust treatment plan in shorter time on MR Linac
New adaptive radiotherapy technique for head and neck cancer can deliver a more robust treatment…