By HISHAM MEHANNA, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM MAY 1, 2023 Over the last two decades, the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer, a specific type of throat cancer, has dramatically increased in the West due to the human papillomavirus (HPV), leading some to call it an epidemic. This is an illustration of human papillomavirus. The rapid rise in oropharyngeal cancer...
by Queensland University of Technology A simple saliva test developed by QUT biomedical scientists has detected early throat cancer in a person who had no symptom and no clinical signs of cancer. In what is believed to be a world-first, the non-invasive test picked up HPV-DNA in a saliva sample from an infected healthy person....
by Elsevier Acoustofluidic exosome isolation chip for salivary exosome isolation. The microfluidic channel is shown by red dye solution and the coin demonstrates the size of the chip. Two pairs of gold interdigital transducers are deposited along the channel, which separates particles according to size. Unfortunately, cancers that occur in the back of the mouth...
Many of us develop calluses at one point or another, but for some people calluses and corns can become severe and highly inconvenient. In some rare cases, extreme thickening of the skin is a symptom of a particular form of esophageal cancer. New research investigates the link between foot calluses and cancer of the esophagus...
Researchers found that patients whose oropharyngeal cancer recurred had higher levels of antibodies for two proteins, E6 and E7, which are found in HPV-fueled cancers. The finding suggests a potential blood-based marker that could predict when cancer is likely to return. A new study suggests the possibility of predicting at its earliest stages when a...
Study identifies a biomarker that rises just before patients’ cancer comes back — which could provide a window for earlier treatment Summary: Researchers found that patients whose oropharyngeal cancer recurred had higher levels of antibodies for two proteins, E6 and E7, which are found in HPV-fueled cancers. The finding suggests a potential blood-based marker that...
