Publications by authors named "P Alan Lennon"
Background: Preoperative radiological findings of hypopharyngeal cancers are used to determine suitability for surgical resection. We sought to examine preoperative imaging characteristics to determine how well imaging findings predicted surgical resectability.
Methods: A retrospective case-control study of patients undergoing a pharyngolaryngectomy in a tertiary referral center over a 2-year period was completed.
Background: The epidemiology and management of thyroid cancer has changed radically in the recent past, with rising international incidence of early-stage papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in particular. In this paper, we review the epidemiology of thyroid cancer in Ireland.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study of National Cancer Registry of Ireland data, 1994-2019.
Objective: Accurate staging of advanced laryngeal cancer is important, as treatment can vary significantly between larynx preservation and total laryngectomy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in assessing features of T4a disease in locally advanced laryngeal cancer and determine if primary site played a role in the accuracy of MRI in this setting.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing a total laryngectomy in a tertiary referral center for head and neck cancer over a 10-year time period was carried out.
Objectives: Frailty refers to a state of reduced physiological reserve and functional decline. We sought to analyse whether frailty, assessed using the 5-item modified frailty index (5mFI), was associated with increased morbidity and mortality following major mucosal head and neck surgery.
Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective study of patients undergoing major mucosal head and neck surgical resection over a 2-year period.