Randomized Phase II Study of Concurrent Versus Sequential Pembrolizumab in Combination With Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Newly diagnosed patients with cT2-4N0-2M0 HNC were ...

The visual nature of head and neck cancer calls for treatment strategies that will minimize toxicities related to radiation therapy. Advances in precision radiation techniques, supportive care, and ...

Dysphagia — trouble swallowing — is one of the most common side effects of radiation for head and neck cancer and can be so bad that patients require a permanent gastrostomy tube for feeding. A team ...

For Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month, we discuss the latest in head and neck treatments and research with our expert, Dr. Jay Liao. We also introduce you to the new roles at Fred Hutch that will ...

Sense of smell in patients with head and neck cancer began to deteriorate at a radiation dose of 22 Gy and increased in a dose-related fashion, a small prospective study showed. Fewer than 20% of the ...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Ivanhoe Newswire)- Head and neck cancers are continuing to increase in the United States, going up about five percent a year due to the prevalence of the human papilloma virus, or HPV ...

A large clinical study recently published in The Lancet showed that patients treated with proton therapy for oropharyngeal cancers (cancers of the upper throat including the tonsils and back of the ...

A small prospective study from Taiwan showed that olfactory function begins to deteriorate at a radiation therapy dose of 22 Gy in patients with head and neck cancer. Only 17% of patients developed ...