Soft palate cancers affect the roof of your mouth near your throat. They often go undetected until they’ve spread to other parts of your mouth. Early detection and treatment are essential to improve ...

About 3 in 5 people with soft palate cancer live for at least 5 years if they receive a diagnosis and treatment before the cancer spreads. Several factors can affect survival and life expectancy. Soft ...

If your child has a cleft lip or cleft palate, the surgeries they need will depend their age and the severity of the cleft. The following is a general timeline of procedures, but keep in mind that ...

A previously unappreciated role for the soft palate has been identified by researchers during a study to better understand how flu viruses acquire the ability to move efficiently between people. The ...

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine researchers have identified the genetic mutation responsible for a form of cleft palate in the dog breed Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. They hope that the ...

This guidance relates to patients who snore, but who do not experience episodes of apnoea (temporary suspension of breathing) or hypopnoea (abnormally slow or shallow respiration). Snoring is caused ...

Hemangiopericytomas are soft tissue sarcomas that originate in pericytes, cells of mesenchymal origin that partially surround the endothelial cells of capillaries and small veins where they assist in ...

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is characterised by repeated, reversible episodes of apnoea (temporary suspension of breathing) and hypopnoea (abnormally slow or shallow respiration) during sleep, loud ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are structural abnormalities that form during fetal development. Without treatment, a cleft can make speaking and eating difficult and lead to various other challenges.