head and neck cancer Archive — Page 1 of 2

April 27, 2023

Trial combines novel therapies for head and neck cancer

Vanderbilt is launching a clinical trial that pairs an experimental vaccine with an established immunotherapy for recurrent, human papilloma virus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal cancer of the head and neck.

By Tom Wilemon
January 13, 2022

Study seeks to refine head and neck cancer treatment options

By Bill Snyder
A new robot with a flexible camera and three different surgical instruments will allow more targeted surgeries for patients with head and neck cancers.
October 21, 2021

New robot enhances accuracy of head, neck cancer surgeries

By Emily Stembridge
Twenty-four hours after the administration of the study drug, catheters are inserted into the tumor and lasers emitting a wavelength of light that activates the dye molecule on the ASP-1929 are illuminated.
October 14, 2021

Photoimmunotherapy offered in clinical trial for recurrent head and neck cancer

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is recruiting patients for a clinical trial using photoimmunotherapy for recurrent head and neck cancer.

By Tom Wilemon
February 20, 2020

Discovery Lecture to feature head and neck cancer expert Grandis

By Leigh MacMillan
Tyler Ames, DMD, designs customized oral stents for head and neck cancer patients.
June 6, 2019

Custom stents saving smiles for some oral cancer patients

When Laura McClure-Barnes, MD, learned she needed radiation therapy following surgery for adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare cancer of the salivary glands, she knew that radiation could damage healthy tissue and bone near the tumor.

By Jill Clendening