The patient, a 56-year-old man, had his lower jaw and half his tongue cut out almost a decade ago after getting mouth cancer. Since then, he had only been able to slurp soft food or soup from a spoon.

Drugs Used To Fight Cancer-related Bone Problems Boost Odds Of Jaw- Or Face-bone Disease Date: June 27, 2007 Source: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ...

A patient with head and neck cancer received the first 3D-printed titanium lower jaw in a successful operation, according to an August 4 press release from the Netherlands Cancer Institute. The jaw ...

In the surgical treatment of head and neck cancers, oftentimes the removal of cosmetically and/or functionally important structures is integral in achieving cure. These structures can include the ...

Metastatic prostate cancer is relatively rare in the jaw, but when it does occur, it’s usually a sign that the cancer has spread widely, authors of the case study explain.

After four years of intensive research by the Netherlands Cancer Institute and the Dutch Mobius 3D Technology (M3DT), a titanium lower jaw was implanted for the first time in a head and neck ...

72-year-old man undergoes successful surgery for lower jaw tumour at Kauvery Hospital, ... Doctors at Kauvery Hospital removed the tumour, including the affected bone, ...

The human skull has many components. In fact, in an average adult human, the skull combines 22 bones. One of these bones is the mandible, more commonly known as the lower jaw.