Sentences with phrase «squamous cell carcinoma who»

The trial enrolled 361 patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who had not responded to platinum - based chemotherapy, a rapidly progressing form of the disease with an especially poor prognosis, said Dr. Ferris.

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The risk of skin cancer increases the more hydrochlorothiazide you have taken throughout your lifetime, and the risk of squamous cell carcinoma was up to seven times greater for people who had taken hydrochlorothiazide in an amount corresponding to > 10 years» use.

They discovered that people with both head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and the KRAS - variant who were treated with standard treatment, but not with cetuximab, had a higher risk of failing treatment and developing metastatic disease, meaning the cancer spreads to distant organs and is incurable.

I'm also collaborating with Matt Spector, who is a head and neck surgeon, to look at squamous cell carcinoma.

We describe a 66 - year - old man with a long - standing history of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region who developed nodular - sclerosing subtype of classical Hodgkin lymphoma and primary cutaneous CD8 - positive, cytotoxic variant of mycosis fungoides over a 1 - year period of time.

Researchers discovered that women and men having a non-melanoma skin cancer history, the commonest type of cancer in the US and includes squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma, had a 26 % and 15 % increased risk, respectively, of getting another type of cancer in comparison to individuals who had no such history.

People who have tanned indoors, even once, have a 67 % increased risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma and a 29 % increased risk of developing basal cell carcinoma, compared to those who haven't.

Cats who live with a smoker have a much higher risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma, an invasive cancer occurring on the mucous membranes of the mouth.

When the researchers accounted for other factors — like age, weight, smoking and reported exercise habits — participants who ate the most red meat were 79 percent more likely than those with the lowest intake to develop squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.