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Mehanna, H, Abou-Foul, AK, Henson, C, Kristunas, C, Nankivell, PC, McDowell, L, Leemans, CR, van den Brekel, MWM, von Buchwald, C, Jakobsen, KK, Grønhøj, C, Rasmussen, JH, Lydiatt, WM, Gupta, V, Branstetter, BF, Klussmann, JP, Wollenberg, B, Schmidl, B, Broglie, MA, Hendrickx, J-J, Awad, DR, Prestwich, R, Gaultier, A-L, Oliva, M, Nair, S, Noor, A, Krishnan, S, Iyizoba-Ebozue, Z, Sethi, M, Nauta, IH, Zhao, D & Yom, SS 2025, 'Accuracy and Prognosis of Extranodal Extension on Radiologic Imaging in Human Papillomavirus-Mediated Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Head and Neck Cancer International Group (HNCIG) Real-world Study', International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics , vol. 123, no. 2, pp. 432-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.04.003
Shephard, AJ, Mahmood, H, Raza, SEA, Araujo, ALD, Santos-Silva, AR, Lopes, MA, Vargas, PA, McCombe, KD, Craig, SG, James, J, Brooks, J, Nankivell, P, Mehanna, H, Khurram, SA & Rajpoot, N 2025, 'Development and Validation of an Artificial Intelligence-based Pipeline for Predicting Oral Epithelial Dysplasia Malignant Transformation', Development and Validation of an Artificial Intelligence-based Pipeline for Predicting Oral Epithelial Dysplasia Malignant Transformation.
Mehanna, H, Nankivell, P, Boelaert, K, Woolley, R, Sharma, N, Sidhu, PS, Madani, G, Da Forno, P, Moreman, C, Palmer, A, Fulton-Lieuw, T, Taylor, J, Rajaguru, K, Bekker, J, Vaidhyanath, R, Rehman, T & Deeks, J 2025, 'Diagnostic performance of ultrasound vs. ultrasound-guided FNAc in thyroid nodules: data from the ElaTION trial', The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, vol. 110, no. 7, dgae682, pp. 1997-2006. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgae682
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.
Mahmood, H, Bradburn, M, Islam, NM, Kujan, O, Rajpoot, N, Santos-Silva, AR, Vargas, PA, James, J, Nankivell, P, Mehanna, H & Khurram, SA 2025, 'Independent Multicentre Validation of the ‘Six-Point’ Model for Malignant Transformation Risk in Oral Epithelial Dysplasia', Oral Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/odi.70173
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
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Nankivell, P & Mehanna, H 2025, '1317O Results from CompARE phase III RCT: Neoadjuvant durvalumab plus chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by adjuvant durvalumab immunotherapy (IO) vs CRT alone in intermediate and high-risk oropharyngeal cancer (OPC)', Annals of Oncology, vol. 36, no. S2, S768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2025.08.1949
Mehanna, HM, Baliga, S, Parente, P, Chua, MLK, Porceddu, S, Simon, C, Aguilar, F, Calvo, AC, Culie, D, Giger, R, Arias, VG, Arnau, MG, Rogado, J, Sanabria, A, Stoehr, M, Zuñiga, SF, Valdivieso, J, Casadevall, D & Sanz, MT 2025, '1399P Prognostic model driven by explainable AI integrating multilingual EHR data outperforms TNM staging in locally advanced HNSCC', Annals of Oncology, vol. 36, no. Supplement 2, pp. S859-S860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2025.08.2031
Nankivell, P, Mehanna, H & Abou-Foul, A 2025, 'LBA49 Primary endpoint analysis of the BD4QoL study, a multicenter randomized trial for monitoring quality of life by intelligent tools in head and neck cancer survivors after curative treatment', Annals of Oncology, pp. S1592-S1593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2025.09.061
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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
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