A blood test may one day detect human papillomavirus to identify those of increased risk of HPV-related oral cancer as a result of oral sex, U.S. researchers say.
Scientists at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of...
LONDON (Reuters) – Antibodies to a high-risk type of a virus that causes mouth and throat cancers when transmitted via oral sex can be detected in blood tests many years before onset of the disease, according to a World Health Organisation-led...
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Oral Anti-Cancer Therapy REVLIMID ® (lenalidomide) Now Indicated as a Treatment for Patients with Rare Form of Blood Disease
Treatment indicated for patients with...
Hollywood's Michael Douglas saying some oral cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus reignited the debate on children's HPV vaccine, an expert says.
Dr. Robert I. Haddad, leader of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's head and neck oncology program,...
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has rejected the oral VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor tivozanib, intended for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, according to the drug's developer.
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have determined that chronic myeloid leukemia patients who are treated with a class of oral chemotherapy drugs known as a tyrosine kinase inhibitors have significant side effects and quality-of-life issues that...
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Novartis (NVS) recently announced positive results on Afinitor, from a phase III trial, BOLERO-3 (Breast cancer trials of OraL EveROlimus-3).
The study evaluated Novartis’ Afinitor plus Roche’s (RHHBY) Herceptin and vinorelbine for the...
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Maintenance therapy with the oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib (Sutent) delayed relapse after chemotherapy in patients with extensive small cell lung cancer, a researcher said here.
ATLANTA - Doctors have known for some time that a sexually spread virus can cause some types of oral cancer. But actor Michael Douglas' comments on his own throat cancer in a newspaper story Monday threw a spotlight on a subject not often...
HPV is a sexually transmitted virus that's been in the news a lot over the past few years, with the development and controversy over a vaccine to protect against contracting it. And now, Michael Douglas has said that his throat cancer was caused by...
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Michael Douglas Corrects Throat Cancer Statement
According to People
When Michael Douglas mentioned in an interview that performing oral sex could be a risk factor for the type of throat cancer he had, his...
On Sunday, in an interview with the Guardian, actor Michael Douglas revealed that his throat cancer was not caused by tobacco and alcohol, but by HPV, which was transmitted through oral sex. He has since called the statement a misunderstanding, but...
MONDAY, June 3 -- Hollywood star Michael Douglas says oral sex caused his recent bout with throat cancer. "Without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV, which actually comes about from cunnilingus," Douglas, 68,...
The subject of HPV (human papillomavirus) and its supposed link to oral cancer has been prevalent in recent news due to claims suggesting actor Michael Douglas blamed his throat cancer on HPV and oral sex.
HPV is a virus from the papillomavirus...
Michael Douglas has opened up about his past diagnosis, revealing that oral sex, not smoking or drinking, caused his type of throat cancer.
In a candid new interview with U.K.'s The Guardian, Douglas admits that his illness was caused by the human...
In an interview with the Guardian published on Sunday, Michael Douglas said that his throat cancer was apparently caused by a strain of human papillomavirus (HPV) he contracted through oral sex.The actor was diagnosed with stage four cancer throat...
Mount Sinai researchers will present several landmark studies at the 2013 ASCO meeting, including data on the likelihood of spousal human papillomavirus (HPV) oral infection, new gene signatures in melanoma, and issues with high readmission rates...
