Genomics Radiotherapy and Dysphagia Study

Title  Can genomics predict dysphagia after head and neck radiotherapy?
Acronym GRAD
Study Type Retrospective Case-Control Study
Status Closed to recruitment; in follow-up
Funding  The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, The John Anderson Cancer Research Trust, Saving Faces – The Facial Surgery Research Foundation
Ethics NRES Committee South East Coast – Surrey, Reference: 14/LO/0429

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Osteoradionecrosis Study

Title Can the prophylactic use of a combination of pentoxifylline and vitamin E reduce the incidence and severity of radiotherapy induced complications in head and neck cancer patients – a feasibility study
Study Type Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial
Status  In development
Funding  Saving Faces – The Facial Surgery Research Foundation

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Selective Elective Neck Dissection Study

Title  The role of selective neck dissection used electively in patients with early oral squamous cell carcinoma (tumour stage T1 and T2) and no clinical evidence of lymph node metastases in the neck
Acronym  SEND
Study Type Multi-Centre Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial
Status  In follow up
Funding  Cancer Research UK, Saving Faces – The Facial Surgery Research Foundation & Elliott Bernerd
Ethics NRES Committee North East – Northern & Yorkshire (ref: 06/MRE03/69)

HEADLINE NEWS 17/10/2019: The findings of this study are now published in The British Journal of Cancer. More information can be found on the Saving Faces website here: https://savingfaces.co.uk/research-news/first-national-mouth-cancer-study-published/

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