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Hillier, B, Waterboer, T, Brooks, J, Nankivell, P, Agarwal, R, Abou-Foul, A, Fulton-Lieuw, T, Kristunas, C, Vorsters, A, Cacciatore, P, Parish, J & Mehanna, H 2025, 'Efficacy of oral rinse and other detection methods in detecting oral human papillomavirus infections: the Oromouth cohort study', Journal of Infection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106438
Kong, A, Hazell, M, Iqbal, G, Dunn, J & Mehanna, H 2025, 'Exploring the effect of differing centre hydration an anti-emetic policies on acute gastrointestinal and renal toxicities in the De-ESCALaTE trial', BJC Reports.
Croft, J, Ainsworth, G, Corrigan, N, Gordon, K, Perry, A, Twiddy, M, Strachan, M, Wadsley, J, Mehanna, H, Sharma, N, Glenister, E, Stocken, DD & Balasubramanian, SPP 2025, 'NIFTy: near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging to prevent postsurgical hypoparathyroidism (PoSH) after thyroid surgery—a phase II/III pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled trial protocol in patients undergoing a total or completion thyroidectomy', BMJ open, vol. 15, no. 1, e092422. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092422
Williamson, A, Nankivell, P, Abou-Foul, A, Ahmed, M & Mehanna, H 2025, 'Trends in investigations for suspected Head and Neck Carcinoma of the Unknown Primary: A HNCIG and IFHNOS International Survey of Practice', Head & Neck. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.28065
Shephard, AJ, Bashir, RMS, Mahmood, H, Jahanifar, M, Minhas, F, Raza, SEA, McCombe, KD, Craig, SG, James, J, Brooks, J, Nankivell, P, Mehanna, H, Khurram, SA & Rajpoot, NM 2024, 'A fully automated and explainable algorithm for predicting malignant transformation in oral epithelial dysplasia', npj Precision Oncology, vol. 8, no. 1, 137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41698-024-00624-8
Lim, AM, McDowell, L, Hurt, C, Tourneau, CL, Homma, A, Shenouda, G, Thompson, DJ, Moya-Plana, A, Henson, C, Szturz, P, Day, AT, Bates, JE, Lazarakis, S, Thariat, J, Psyrri, A, Mehanna, H & Yom, SS 2024, 'Assessment of endpoint definitions in curative-intent trials for mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: Head and Neck Cancer International Group consensus recommendations', The Lancet Oncology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. e318-e330. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00067-6
Lim, A, Laskar, S, Steuer, C, Chow, VLY, Szturz, P, Henson, C, Day, AT, Bates, JE, Lazarakis, S, McDowell, L, Mehanna, H & Yom, SS 2024, 'Assessment of endpoint definitions in recurrent and metastatic mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma trials: Head and Neck Cancer International Group consensus recommendations', The Lancet Oncology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. e308-e317. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00068-8
Payne, KFB, Brotherwood, P, Suriyanarayanan, H, Brooks, JM, Batis, N, Beggs, AD, Gendoo, DMA, Mehanna, H & Nankivell, P 2024, 'Circulating tumour DNA detects somatic variants contributing to spatial and temporal intratumural heterogeneity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma', Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 14, 1374816. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1374816
PETNECK2 Research Team 2024, 'Clinical predictive models for recurrence and survival in treated laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 14, 1478385. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1478385
Mehanna, H, Gaunt, P, Kong, A, Hartley, A, Sanghera, P, Forster, M, Sen, M, Paleri, V, Fong, C, Geropantas, D, Srinivasan, D, Garikipati, S, Moleron, R, Casswell, G, Aynsley, E, Ward, A, O'Toole, L, Mirza, A, Firth, C, Humphreys, I, Fulton-Lieuw, T & Nankivell, P 2024, 'CompARE: study protocol for a phase III randomised controlled platform trial comparing alternative regimens for escalating treatment of intermediate and high-risk oropharyngeal cancer', Trials, vol. 25, 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07881-1
Comment/debate
PETNECK2 Research Team, Nankivell, P, Gaunt, P, Gaunt, C, Sissons, J, Liaskou, E, Jefferson, Y, Fulton-Lieuw, T, Mittal, S & Mehanna, H 2024, 'Correction: PET-CT-guided, symptom-based, patient-initiated surveillance versus clinical follow-up in head neck cancer patients (PETNECK2): study protocol for a multicentre feasibility study and non-inferiority, randomised, phase III trial', BMC Cancer, vol. 24, no. 1, 861. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-024-12639-2
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Carsuzaa, F, Chabrillac, E, Marcy, PY, Mehanna, H & Thariat, J 2024, 'Advances and residual knowledge gaps in the neck management of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients with advanced nodal disease undergoing definitive (chemo)radiotherapy for their primary', Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-024-02228-4
Mehanna, H, Alemany, L & von Buchwald, C 2024, 'Advances in testing for human papillomavirus-mediated head and neck cancer', Current opinion in oncology, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 143-146. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCO.0000000000001029
McDowell, LJ, King, MT, Hutcheson, KA, Ringash, J, Yom, SS, Corry, J, Henson, C, Mehanna, H & Rischin, D 2024, 'A hard truth to swallow: critically evaluating the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI) as an endpoint in human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal cancer trials', International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.05.005
Dretzke, J, Abou-Foul, AK, Albon, E, Hillier, B, Scandrett, K, Price, MJ, Moore, DJ, Mehanna, H, Nankivell, P & PETNECK2 Research Team 2024, 'A systematic review of prognostic models for predicting recurrence and survival in patients with treated oropharyngeal cancer', BMJ open, vol. 14, no. 12, e090393. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090393
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