An external validation of C-reactive protein reduction as a predictor of healing following laryngopharyngectomy

Tobias W James¹, Michael J Edwards¹, Hannah Nieto¹, Hisham Mehanna^{1

2

3}, Paul Pracy^{1

2}, Christopher Jennings^{1

2}, Neil Sharma^{1

2}, Paul Nankivell^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
² Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
³ National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Birmingham, UK.

Tobias W James et al. Clin Otolaryngol. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;47(6):696-700.

doi: 10.1111/coa.13966. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Tobias W James¹, Michael J Edwards¹, Hannah Nieto¹, Hisham Mehanna^{1

2

3}, Paul Pracy^{1

2}, Christopher Jennings^{1

2}, Neil Sharma^{1

2}, Paul Nankivell^{1

2}

¹ University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
² Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
³ National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Birmingham, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer; general; head and neck cancer; head and neck surgery; pharynx; research; swallowing.

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