Ark floats gene therapy's boat, for now

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In August, gene therapy's turbulent ride through the clinical rapids took a new twist as Ark Therapeutics released positive top-line results from a phase 3 trial of its adenoviral gene therapy Cerepro (sitimagene ceradenovec) for malignant brain tumors. Although the news boosted the London-based firm's shares, the course to market authorization and registration remains strewn with uncertainty—as Introgen, of Austin, Texas, found, to its cost, when the U.S

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Head and neck cancers

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Most head and neck cancers are squamous cell carcinomas that develop in the upper aerodigestive epithelium after exposure to carcinogens such as tobacco and alcohol. The authors review the epidemiology, molecular pathogenesis, diagnosis and staging, and the latest multimodal management of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

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"Swish-and-spit" test screens for cancer

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A simple mouth rinse may provide a new way to screen for head and neck cancers in people at high risk for these diseases, researchers said on Tuesday.
It is really a good news ,Isn't it?

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Alcohol Drinking in Never Users of Tobacco, Cigarette Smoking in Never Drinkers, and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer:

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At least 75% of head and neck cancers are attributable to a combination of cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking. A precise understanding of the independent association of each of these factors in the absence of the other with the risk of head andhttp://www.discover8.com/submit
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