The large U.S. tobacco tax increase implemented in April 2009 reduced the number of youth smokers by at least 220,000 and the number of youth

LED Medical Diagnostics, the Canadian manufacturer of the VELscope oral-cancer detection device, reported revenues of $1.8 million (US$1.78 million) for the first quarter of 2012

Actor Michael Douglas has helped create a television public service announcement (PSA) on behalf of the Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF). The PSA will support the

Researchers believe they may have found a way to avoid damaging salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer — a discovery that

Oral Health America’s National Spit Tobacco Education Program (NSTEP) is teaming with Little League International again this year for its annual antitobacco slogan contest. To

New findings from a large Danish database of cancer patients suggest that, although human papillomavirus (HPV) can trigger oropharyngeal cancer, patients who are HPV-positive and

Texas dentist Joey Cazares, DDS, has partnered with the Jack T. Clark Foundation, an oral surgeon, and an oncologist to collaborate on screening and treating

Researchers at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, are working on a method to treat head and neck cancer (HNC) patients that delivers chemotherapy drugs via

Adam Yauch, 47, founding member of the iconic hip-hop band the Beastie Boys, died today after a long battle with salivary gland cancer. Yauch announced

Aspen Dental is donating $16,255 to the Oral Cancer Foundation in recognition of Oral Cancer Awareness Month. As a commitment to early oral cancer detection,

Oropharyngeal (OP) cancer is the second most-diagnosed of cancers associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a new report from the Centers for Disease