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Coronavirus vaccines

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Five key questions as trials begin

Some experts warn that accelerated testing will involve some risky trade-offs. Article in Nature Research Journal

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BAHNO Statement on COVID-19

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Please click here for the BAHNO Statement on COVID-19. Initial guidance for head and neck cancer management during Covid-10 pandemic, in consultation with ENTUK.  BAOMS endorsement awaited.

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Transmission routes of 2019-nCoV

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Controls in dental practice

The International Journal of Oral Science has the following article: A novel β-coronavirus (2019-nCoV) caused severe and even fetal pneumonia explored in a seafood market of Wuhan city, Hubei province, China, and rapidly spread to other provinces...

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MHRA advice

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Advice for management of clinical trials in relation to Coronavirus

Latest advice from MHRA available on their website  

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Announcement from The Royal College of Surgeons

In response to COVID-19, The Royal College of Surgeons has announced they are cancelling or postponing some exams, courses and other activites to minimise the risk to key medical professionals.  See their website for more...

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Throat Cancer Foundation

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New ambassador announced

The Throat Cancer Foundation is delighted to announce that internationally award-winning jewellery designer Shaun Leane has joined the organisation as an ambassador. International jewellery designer to royalty and celebrities, Shaun Leane has...

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Making Sense Campaign

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Report of 2019 activities

Highlights from the  global Making Sense Campaign this year have been published - congratulations to the UK team headed by BAHNO Public Engagement Committee led by Professor Anastasios Kanatas! The report is available here.

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Use of Pembrolizumab

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Article in The Lancet

According to this research, pembrolizumab plus platinum and 5-fluorouracil is an appropriate first-line treatment for recurrent or metastatic HNSCC and pembrolizumab monotherapy is an appropriate first-line treatment for PD-L1-positive recurrent or...

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Why so many with throat cancer dread Christmas

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Press release from Throat Cancer Foundation

‘Eat, drink and be merry,’ is the commandment that most people live by when it comes to Christmas. However, for those living with throat cancer, it can be the most dreaded time of the year as what we all take for granted, such as eating and...

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Guidelines for the use of drugs in sympton control

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West Midlands Palliative Care Physicians Current Practice

The West Midlands Palliative Care Physicians have published new guidlelines for the use of drugs in sympton control.  These may be accessed here

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Carols at Christmas

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with Saving Faces

The  annual ‘Carols at Christmas’ concert by Saving Faces will take place on Wednesday 18th December 2019 at 6.30pm at the Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, one of London’s oldest churches. The Chelsea Opera Group will be singing and...

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Communicating about HPV in the context of Head & Neck Cancer

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A systematic review of quantative studies

Information deficits, communication challenges and barriers to discussing HPV were identified in HNC patient-provider consultations. Read this abstract in full on the ScienceDirect website: Abstract Objective Rising incidence of...

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Repurposed quinacrine synergizes with cisplatin

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Study shows that quinacrine is able to reduce cell growth

Despite highly toxic treatments, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) have poor outcomes. There is an unmet need for more effective, less toxic therapies. Repurposing of clinically-approved drugs, with known safety profiles, may provide a...

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The 2nd Kathmandu Head & Neck Reconstructive Surgery Course

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1st -2nd October 2019

This course is accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and has an impressive UK faculty. Further details available here.

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8th UK Swallowing Research Group Conference

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6th and 7th February 2020

Booking is now open for this event.  Please see the listing on the BAHNO events pages. Poster available here

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Free Screening Wharfedale Hospital

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Make Sense Campaign

Wharfedale Hospital, Yorkshire is offering FREE SCREENING at a drop-in clinic: Friday 20th September 09.00 - 12.00. This is offered as part of the global Make Sense Campaign.

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Abstracts from BAHNO meeting are published in JOPM

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Exciting collaboration!

It is with great pleasure that I can inform you that Wiley has kindly agreed to publish the abstracts from the recent Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists (BAHNO). As the Editor in Chief of JOPM and also...

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HPV

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We need more jabs for lads

The Teenage Cancer Trust states:  ''More than a million teenage boys are going to miss out on vaccinations that could prevent cancer. We are calling for all teenage boys and young men to be offered the #HPV vaccine free on the NHS'' Human...

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BAHNO Public Engagement Committee to visit UK schools

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Raising awareness of HPV gender neutral vaccination

The BAHNO Public Engagement Committee, under the Directorship of  Professor Anastasios Kanatas, will be visiting schools this Autumn to explain about the Government’s commitment to extend HPV vaccination to boys. The incidence of potentially...

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New prizes at BASO meeting

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17-18 November 2019

BASO is opening submission for two NEW Prizes that will be awarded at the forthcoming Annual Meeting in November. *BASO Trainees Audit/QIP Prize: Open to trainees to encourage and support them in the audit /QIP projects with a view to improving...

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