The exact cause of oral squamous cell carcinoma is unknown. However, in people, smoking and drinking are major risk factors for developing this type of cancer. Heavy smokers who are also heavy ...

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is approximately the seventh most common cancer in humans with an estimated 900,000 new cases globally. As a surgeon, Jennifer Grandis, MD, a physician ...

Oral cancer is often a death sentence in cats. Sick cats excel at hiding their symptoms, so the cancer is typically diagnosed at an advanced, untreatable stage. “Most of the time these cats come in, I ...

Dr. Joanna Schmit, right, a veterinary oncologist at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and Dr. Jeremy Meyerson, a veterinarian interning at the hospital, pose with a cat ...

A new treatment for cats with oral cancer could also help humans. Researchers from UCSF, UC Davis, and the University of Pittsburgh enrolled 20 cats in a clinical trial. After treatment, many remained ...

FIRST CLINICAL TRIAL OF A NEW CANCER DRUG FOR CATS. AND IT COULD HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR HUMANS. YEAH, IT’S INTERESTING. SCIENTISTS AT UC DAVIS AND UC SAN FRANCISCO HAVE TREATED CATS WITH SQUAMOUS CELL ...

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Davis have completed the first clinical trial of a new cancer drug in pet cats, offering hope for a disease ...