According to a story from Healio, a recent study found that people recently diagnosed with head and neck cancer, more specifically head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, face an increased…
Renowned sports announcer Dick Vitale has never been afraid of a challenge. I’ve listened to him fearlessly lambast and laud college sports teams, always assured in his opinions -- but…
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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