Carol Fisher was at a routine dental appointment at VCU Dental Care in September 2015 when the Virginia Commonwealth University dentistry student who was examining her noticed suspicious lesions on ...

Patients with head and neck cancer face financial burdens due to inadequate insurance coverage for post-treatment dental care. 79% of surveyed patients were advised to undergo dental screening, but ...

Better oral health is linked to increased survival from head and neck cancer (HNC), according to research published on September 19 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers led by ...

Home-Based Management of Patients With Cancer Experiencing Treatment-Induced Toxicities With a Nurse-Led Telephone Triage (the NTT Study) Ninety-seven oncologists were invited from six institutions, ...

The Case Head and Neck Cancer Research Collaborative is a partnership between the Department of Biological Sciences at the School of Dental Medicine and the Department of Otolaryngology at the School ...

A recent survey found that most patients with head and neck cancer required extensive dental treatment, leading to financial hardship and high out-of-pocket costs in 39% of the participants. Patients ...