Professor of Head & Neck Pathology, Scientist, Teacher, Husband, Father, Runner, Cyclist, Drummer, and, not least, Christian (and not all at the same time)
š Exciting news! The #PATHOS clinical trial has reached its monumental recruitment target of 1,269 participants, becoming one of the largest Head and Neck Cancer trials internationally! šš¬
@livHeadandNeck @VelindreCC @TerryMJones4 @CR_UK@RTTQA_UK@ResearchWales @UKCTUNetwor
A fantastic talk, as usual, was given by Dr.Hunter about cellular senescence!
At the end we were also invited to the #IAOO2025 congress which will be held in Liverpool!
#IAOP2024@iaopcancun2024
The IAOP Council Meeting has been held.
A warm welcome to our new members and heartfelt thanks to those who've completed their terms!
Today, we discussed how to best serve our members and achieve our goals.
#IAOP#Oralpath
Paper alert! Patient-derived CAFs remodel the tumouroid matrix in a heterogenous manner. When CAFs and cancer cells mix, heterogeneity is lost, matrix softening and an invasive phenotype are observed. #tumoroid#CAFs@iScience_CP@emadmoeen @AuxtineMicalet
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New paper out today: Fibroblasts from HPV-negative oropharynx squamous cell carcinomas stimulate the release of osteopontin from cancer cells via the release of IL-6 frontiersin.org/articles/10.ā¦
Happy Friday!
Meet @KeDaHuntr#FridayFaces working in Head & Neck Cancer lead Histopathologist at Liv Royal Hospital, research interests in senescence, cellular immortalisation & tumour microenvironment š„
@livHeadandNeck@lplclinlabs
Happy Friday āļøMeet
@jetsyKMV#FridayFaces Jetsy joined MCCM as part of @livHeadandNeck@KeDaHuntr
group, as a PDRA in September 2023 Jetsy's gained her PhD from @UniklinikEssen
- PhD title "Targeting autophagy as treatment for Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-amplified cancers"
Iām very honoured to have taken over from Dr Mary Toner as the President of @theBSOMP. Looking forward to serving the Oral, Maxillofacial and Head and Neck Pathology community for the next 3 years. @livHeadandNeck@LivUniCancer@lplclinlabs
April is Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Month! Did you know that head and neck cancers affect men nearly twice as much as women? Let's encourage everyone to prioritize regular screenings and adopt healthy lifestyle choices to reduce the risk. headandneck.org/symptoms/
Interested in how cells sense and respond to their environment? Want to do a PhD in Cell Biology? Come join me in @LivUniCancer@LivUni for a PhD! Fully-funded for UK-students. More information here: tinyurl.com/3ev8jd6v
Very honoured to receive Fellowship by Election (ad hominem) from @FDS_RCS at the diplomatesā ceremony today. Thank you to @Matthew_RCSEng for his support in this. @livHeadandNeck @LivHospitals @lplclinlabs
Senataxin modulates resistance to cisplatin through an R-loop mediated mechanism in HPV-associated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/ā¦