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ArticleBMJ open2023

Precision medicine in laryngeal cancer: protocol of the laryngeal cancer cohort (LARCH).

David Winston Hamilton, James O'Hara, Amarkumar Rajgor, Gerald Selby, Mhairi Anderson, Kim Keltie, Rosalyn Parker, Dawn Teare, Joanne Patterson, Terry M Jones and 1 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Laryngeal Cancer Survival in Northern United Kingdom: A Multi-Centre Retrospective Observational Study.Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

David Winston HamiltonPopulation Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK david.hamilton@ncl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-9653-6453
James O'HaraPopulation Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Amarkumar RajgorPopulation Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Gerald SelbyPatient representative, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Mhairi AndersonNewcastle Joint Research Office, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Kim KeltieNorthern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Rosalyn ParkerNorthern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0873-6878
Dawn TearePopulation Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Joanne PattersonLiverpool Head and Neck Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Terry M JonesLiverpool Head and Neck Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Linda SharpPopulation Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9515-1722
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBNewcastle University · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GBNewcastle upon Tyne Hospital · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/V037528/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionLaryngeal cancer disproportionately affects socioeconomically disadvantaged patients. Treatment can render a patient nil by mouth or in need of a permanent tracheostomy. In the past 30 years, survival has remained at best static and at worst it has declined. Currently, there is no method of prognosticating how a patient will respond to treatment.The LARyngeal Cancer coHort (LARCH) aims to establish how survival and quality-of-life outcomes compare between surgery and (chemo)radiotherapy in early and advanced laryngeal cancer and how the presenting features of laryngeal cancer influence oncological, functional and quality-of-life outcome. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This study is the first enhanced laryngeal cancer disease cohort. In the initial phase, we aim to deliver a prospective cohort study of 150 patients in 8 centres over a 3-year period.Patient, tumour, quality-of-life and laryngeal functional data will be collected from patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx at baseline, 6, 12 and 24 months. Multiple logistic regression analyses will be used to quantify locoregional control and identify factors associated with control overall and by treatment modality and identify factors associated with quality of life overall and by treatment modality. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Most interventions take place as part of routine care, with LARCH providing a mechanism for recording this data centrally. When successfully recruiting in the North of England, we plan to roll out LARCH nationwide; in the future, LARCH can be used as a trial platform in the disease. The results will be submitted for publication in high-impact international peer-reviewed journals and presented to scientific meetings. Access to the anonymised LARCH dataset by other researchers will be publicised and promoted. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN27819867.

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LarixLaryngeal NeoplasmsHumansPrecision MedicineProspective StudiesQuality of Lifeadult radiotherapyepidemiologyhead & neck imaginghead & neck surgeryhead & neck tumours

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PMID36639211
PMCPMC9843189
OpenAlexW4315880869

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