Health Canada’s recent approval of adjuvant (applied after surgery) Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in high-risk invasive cancer of the bladder saw patients remain free of cancer in double the current standard, according…
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Two days before Thanksgiving in 2022, I was diagnosed with mouth and neck cancer. I had my first surgery in my mouth to remove the mass on December 20, 2022.…
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Sometimes it can be difficult to target and treat cancer without harming healthy tissue. Even while surgically removing tumors, it is possible to accidentally hurt or damage healthy tissue,…
Join thousands of people worldwide in raising awareness of mouth cancer during the month of November. It is the largest campaign in the UK in support of education and awareness…
According to a story from Neuro Central, pharmaceutical company Merck has provided an update on its findings from its phase 3 clinical trial KEYNOTE-412. This clinical trial was evaluating pembrolizumab…
When a patient or caregiver speaks of immunotherapy it is often with a more confident tone than when they are speaking about chemotherapy. However, the odds of a patient going…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Have you ever heard of PD-L1? The National Cancer Institute explains that PD-L1 is a protein which acts as somewhat of a “brake” for immune response. Sometimes, cancer cells will…
According to a recent article, a new study shows that by increasing your alcohol intake, you may actually be increasing your risk of head and neck cancer. Head and Neck…
Researchers are aware that Black cancer patients experience worse outcomes than white cancer patients due to the differences in access to health care. According to a report in Cancer Network,…
Written by Dr. Lauren Steddum So far in 2021, more than 54,000 people have been diagnosed with oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer and nearly 11,000 people have died of the…
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