Many primary care doctors don’t know the long-term side effects of the chemotherapy treatments that cancer survivors under their care may have been given, a new survey found. On the other hand, most oncologists — though not all — are familiar with the side effects of four common treatments used to treat breast and colon [...]

A survey of 11,785 British adults has found that 70% say they are unaware of any of the symptoms of mouth cancer. And 3% of individuals think kissing can increase your chances of developing mouth cancer. Simplyhealth’s Annual Dental Survey 2012 highlights the need to educate the population on the main risks and symptoms of [...]

Ingesting artificial fluoride chemicals does not prevent tooth decay, but rather destroys your insides and leads to the development of cancer and other illnesses. These are the disturbing findings of an assessment recently compiled by award-winning chemist, author, and founder of ThePeoplesChemist.com, Shane Ellison…

Besides being easier on the patient, minimally invasive surgery to remove the esophagus of patients with esophageal cancer can also greatly reduce the risk of lung infection compared to traditional open surgery, a new study finds. Dutch researchers also found that patients who undergo this less-invasive procedure have much shorter hospital stays and a better [...]

A study published online April 10 associating dental radiographs with brain tumors has stirred media attention and questions from experts on the study’s methodology. The study published in Cancer, an American Cancer Society peer-reviewed journal, found that people with meningiomas (typically, benign brain tumors) are more likely to report that they’ve had certain dental X-ray [...]

Electric field strength of 1-10 V/m led to up-regulation of cell proliferation rate from 10.64% to 44.06% (P = .0001). The apoptotic index increased significantly (P = .0001) from 20.03% at 1 V/m to 46.56% at 10 V/m. Individual cell keratinization was seen in leukoplakia cells treated with 16 V/m. Oral galvanism induces subcellular changes [...]

An interesting study was published in Breast Cancer Res Treat (vol 127, pages 497 – 502, 2011) titled “Periodontal disease may associate with breast cancer,” by Birgitta Soder and et al. The study evaluated the association between periodontal disease and the incidence of breast cancer in a prospective study of 3273 randomly selected subjects aged [...]

The United States spends more on health care than any other country, but those high costs may be paying off in cancer survival, a new report suggests. U.S. cancer patients often live almost two years longer than similar patients in Europe, arguing for the dollar value of care given, researchers say.

A new study has found a link between frequent dental X-rays and non-cancerous brain tumors. Researchers discovered that over a lifetime, patients with a meningioma were more than twice as likely to have had a bitewing X-ray, in which the film is held in place by a tab between the teeth. Those who had bitewing [...]

Developing stem cell lines that don’t have cells that potentially grow into tumors has been one of the biggest challenges for stem cell therapies. But researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have generated a new line of stem cells that may solve that problem, at least for stem cells destined for the digestive system [...]