From: nccn.org Newly-completed series of patient guidelines from National Comprehensive Cancer Network shares expert advice with patients and caregivers on treatment and prevention for most common head and neck cancers. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) has now published a third book to complete the NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Head and Neck Cancers series. Each book contains detailed, expert guidance …
New drug could prevent debilitating side effect of cancer treatment
Source: American Chemical Society From: sciencedaily.com About 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed annually with head, neck, nasal and oral cancers. Most are treated with radiation, and of those, 70-80 percent develop a painful and debilitating side effect called severe oral mucositis (SOM). While some drugs are available to treat SOM once it develops, none can prevent it. But …
An AI oncologist to help cancer patients worldwide
Cancer,Source: University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center From: sciencedaily.com Supercomputers used to develop, test treatment target identification tool for head and neck cancers Before performing radiation therapy, radiation oncologists first carefully review medical images of a patient to identify the gross tumor volume — the observable portion of the disease. They then design patient-specific clinical target volumes …