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Study n Study Type Investigator(s)
Basic Research In Progress
Micro-RNAs in tonsil cancer 30 Retrospective Nhan Tran/ IV Zhang/Barbara Rose/ Mei
Zhang/Fiona Zheng/Murray
Cairns/Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks
Regulation of keratinocyte differentiation by the Basic science Guy Lyons/Naomi Roue
transcription factor Snail
Micro RNA genes and HPV 15 Retrospective Nhan Tran/ IV Zhang/Barbara
Rose/Rosetta Martiniello-
Wilks/Samantha Khoury
Serum micro-RNAs 20 Retrospective Nhan Tran/ IV Zhang/Barbara
Rose/Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks
Cell cooperation in cancer 197 Retrospective JG Lyons/ P Sou/ E Lobo/ MR
Myerscough/ G Halliday/ K Gao/ J Clark
Restoring epithelial differentiation to squamous JG Lyons/ NC Delic/ GM Halliday
cell carcinomas
Brm and Brg-1 protect from ultraviolet radiation- GM Halliday/ JG Lyons/ N Digirolamo/ F
induced skin and ocular damage Moloney/ A Abubakar/ CS Lee
Human papillomavirus in oropharyngeal 600 Retrospective Angela M. Hong/ Timothy A. Dobbins/ C.
carcinoma: prognostic significance and iteraction Soon Lee/ Deanna Jones/ Jimin Fei
with radiation therapy and related studies Jonathan R. Clark/ Bruce K. Armstrong/
Gerald B. Harnett/ Christopher G.
Milross/ Nham Tran/ Luiza D. Peculis/
Cecilia Ng/ Andrew G. Milne/ Christine
Loo/ Louise J. Hughes/ Dion F. Forstner/
Christopher J. O’Brien/ Barbara R.
Rose.
Clinical Research In Progress
Post-operative concurrent chemo/radiotherapy 6 Prospective Chris Milross
versus post-operative radiotherapy in high-risk
cutaneous SCC of the Head and Neck.
Lymphintigraphy for second echelon nodes in 14 Prospective Douglas Shaw/Kathyryn Roth/Anthony
metastatic cutancous carcinoma of the parotid or Clifford/Kerwin Shannon/Roger
neck Uren/Peter Lin/Rajmohan
Murali/Jonathan Clark
Radiotherapy with humidification in head and 16 Prospective Chris Milross/Mo Mo Tin
neck cancer (Radiohum).
Smoking therapy for outcome & prevention Prospective Kathyryn Roth/Micheal Elliott
A prospective randomised trial of sentinel node 5 Prospective W Kelder/ D Shaw/ RCW Martin/ K
biopsy for high risk non-melanoma skin cancer Roth/ A Martin/ R Uren/ R Murali/ J
(snic trial) Clark
Parotid Review Michael Kernohan/Jonathan Clark
Free flap reconstruction 588 Retrospective Ross Warner/Kan Gao/Kerwin Shannon
The fascia lata suspension technique in Surgical Technique Wan Zhang/Ardalan Ebrahimi/Michael
reconstruction of subtotal glossectomy/floor of Kernohan/Jonathan Clark
mouth defects using the anterolateral thigh free
flap.
The quality of life of patients post-treatment for 197 Retrospective Norm Stanton/Wendy Kelder/Kan
early T stage (T1/2) tumours of the oropharynx Gao/Jonathan Clark
Management and outcomes of patients with 194 Retrospective Michael Elliott/Elizabeth Chua/Kan
papillary thyroid microcarcinoma Gao/Jonathan Clark
Cancer caused by radiation Retrospective Clare Suttie/Kan Gao/Anthony Clifford
What is the optimum margin for excision of high 293 Retrospective Tim McLean/ W. Kelder/ Doug
risk cutaneous SCC? Shaw/K.Gao/J. Clark
Submandibular gland path results vs FNA 23 Retrospective Jocob D'Souza/Michael Elliott/Kan Gao
Maxillary study 72 Retrospective Jocob D'Souza/Kan Gao/Jonathan Clark
Cutaneous SCC (PET) 293 Retrospective Jason Lau/Kan Gao/Janathan Clark
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Role of neck dissection in salvage 63 Retrospective Michael Elliott/Ardalan Ebrahimi/Kan
(pharygo)laryngectomy Gao/Janathan Clark
Role of radiotherapy in patients with oral cancer >172 Retrospective Michael Elliott/Janathan Clark/Michael
and N1 neck disease Veness/Kerwyn Foo/Kan Gao
Cutaneous SCC 293 Retrospective Ardalan Ebrahimi/Kan Gao/Janathan
Clark
Sinonasal tumour 79 Retrospective Jason Roth/Dan Robinson/Kan
Gao/Anthony Clifford
Completed
Buccal mucosa SCC 103 Retrospective Kathyryn Roth/Brian Swinson/Richard
Dirven/Kan Gao/Kathyrn Brodley/Robert
Smee/Michael Veness/Jonathan Clark
Psychological treatment of anxiety and 34 Prospective M Kangas/C Milross/R Bryant
depreesion in newly diagnosed head and neck
(HNC) patients
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma metastatic 164 Retrospective W. Kelder/A. Ebrahimi/ V.I. Forest/K.
to the head and neck region: the prognostic Gao/R. Murali/ J.Clark
importance of soft tissue deposits and extranodal
spread
Submitted
Detection of Micro-RNAs in head and neck cancer 100 Retrospective Nham Tran/ Barbara Rose/ Chris
O'Brien/Ivy Zhang/Mona Xi/Cancer
Research
A Comparison of the Extent of Treatment for 103 Retrospective Marc Moncrieff/Jonathan Clark/K
Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma of the Head & Shannon/Kan Gao/Chris Milross/Chris
Neck Based on Analysis Patterns of Lymphatic O’Brien/Head&Neck
Spread and Post-Operative Morbidity
Elective neck dissection in thick early stage oral 153 Retrospective Ardalan Ebrahimi/ Bruce Ashford/
squamous cell carcinoma: what is the effect on Jonathan Clark/Head and Neck
survival?
Metastatic head and neck cutaneous squamous 168 Retrospective Ardalan Ebrahimi/ Jonathan Clark/
cell carcinoma: can we define a low risk patient? Balazs Lorincz/ Christopher Milross/
Micheal Veness/ Head and Neck
Does the effect of Human papillomavirus outcome Angela M. Hong / Timothy A. Dobbins/
depend on treatment modality? C. Soon Lee/ Deanna Jones/ Gerald B.
Harnett/ Bruce K. Armstrong/ Jonathan
R. Clark/ Christopher G. Milross/
Jennifer Kim/ Christopher J. O’Brien/
Barbara R. Rose/British Journal of
Cancer, February 2010
Human papillomavirus 16 E6 modulates the Xiaoying Zhang/Fiona Zheng/Barbara
expression of miR-496 in oropharyngeal cancer Rose/Ervinna Peng/J. Guy Lyons/Murray
Cairns/Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks/Nham
Tran/ Molecular Cancer 12/7/2010
The management of cervical lymph nodes in 716 Retrospective RCW Martin/K F Shannon/MJ
patients with cutaneous melanoma Quinn/RPM Saw/AJ Spillane/JR
Stretch/MH Colman/K Gao/JF
Thompson/British Journal of Surgery
27/09/10
Reconstruction of the Radical Parotidectomy 21 Retrospective S. Ch’ng/B. Ashford/K. Gao/J.
Defects McGuiness/J. Clark/Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery 25/09/10
The prognostic and staging implications of bone 498 Retrospective Ardalan Ebrahimi/Raj Murali/Michael
invasion in oral squamous cell carcinoma Elliott/Kan Gao/Janathan Clark/Cancer
Nov. 10
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Accepted (In press)
Free flap reconstruction for melanoma of the 19 Retrospective Marc Moncrieff/Kerwin Shannon/Kan
Head and Neck: Indications and Outcomes Gao/Jonathan Clark/Chris
O'Brien/Journal of Plastic,
Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Predicting the pattern of regional metastases from 254 Retrospective Ardalan Ebiahimi/Marc
cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head Moncrieff/Jonathan Clark/Kerwin
and neck based on location of the primary Shannon/Kan Gao/Christopher
Milross/Christopher O'brien/Head&Neck
Published online DOI: 10.1002/hed.
21332
Relationships between epidermal growth factor Angela Hong/ Timothy Dobbins/ C. Soon
receptor expression and human papillomavirus Lee/ Deanna Jones/ Elise Jackson/
status as markers of prognosis in oropharyngeal Jonathan Clark/ Bruce Armstrong/
cancer Gerald Harnett/ Christopher Milross
Christopher O’Brien/ Barbara Rose/Eur
J of Cancer/ February 2010
Use of cyclin D1 in conjunction with human Angela M. Hong/ Timothy A. Dobbins/ C.
papillomavirus status to predict outcome in Soon Lee/ Deanna Jones/ Jimin Fei
oropharyngeal cancer. Jonathan R. Clark/ Bruce K. Armstrong/
Gerald B. Harnett/ Christopher G.
Milross/ Nham Tran/ Luiza D. Peculis/
Cecilia Ng/ Andrew G. Milne/ Christine
Loo/ Louise J. Hughes/ Dion F. Forstner/
Christopher J. O’Brien/ Barbara R.
Rose/Int J Cancer, Mar. 9, 2010
Orbital exenterations: a 18 year experience from a 33 Retrospective Nelson (Chih Hung) Kuo/Kan
single head and neck unit Gao/Anthony Clifford/Kerwin
Shannon/Janathan Clark/ANZ J Surg
5/7/2010
The lymph node ratio as an independent 313 Retrospective Ardalan Ebrahimi/Janathan Clark/Wan
prognostic factor in oral squamous cell carcinoma Zhang/Michael Elliott/Kan
Gao/Christopher Milross/Kerwin
Shannon/Head and Neck, Accepted on
09/07/2010, Publish online on
03/11/2010
Oral squamous cell carcinoma: predicting 117 Retrospective Michael Kernohan/Jonathan Clark/Kan
prognosis after first recurrence Gao/Ardalan Ebiahimi/Chris
Milross/Archives of OHNS 19/07/10
Radiosensitization of oropharyngeal squamous E Pang/ NC Delic/ A Hong/ M
cell carcinoma cells by human papillomavirus 16 Zhang/ BR Rose/ JG Lyons/Int. J. Rad.
oncoprotein E6*I. Onc. Biol. Phys. 2/7/2010
Thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma: A series of 140 Retrospective Veronique Forest/Rajmohan
cases and a review of the management Murali/Janathan Clark/Journal of Otol-
H&N, 20/09/2010
Central compartment dissection in thyroid 406 Retrospective Veronique Forest/Jonathan
papillary carcinoma Clark/Ardalan Ebrahimi/Lorna
Sneddon/Kan Gao/Annals of Surgery
06/08/2010
Snail transcription factors in keratinocytes: Paul W. Sou/Naomi C. Delic, Gary M.
enough to make your skin crawl Halliday/J. Guy Lyons/
Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. Aug. 30, 2010
Nodal yield and survival in oral squamous cancer: 225 Retrospective Ardalan Ebiahimi/Janathan Clark/Wan
defining the standard of care Zhang/Kan Gao/Cancer Oct.28,2010
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