Eoin Conlon, Conall Fitzgerald, Justin Hintze, Elhussein A E Elhassan, Donal J Sexton, Eamonn O'Leary, Patrick O'Kelly, Jim O O'Neill, Jim Egan, Diarmaid D Houlihan, Deirdre Murray, P Aiden McCormick, Patrick G Morris, Siona Ni Raghallaigh, Dilly Little, Peter J Conlon, Fergal J Moloney, James Paul O'Neill
BACKGROUND: Solid organ transplant recipients are recognized to carry a high burden of malignancy and frequently this cancer develops in the head and neck region. Furthermore, cancer of the head and neck post-transplant carries a significantly increased mortality. In this study, we aim to conduct a national retrospective cohort study to investigate the impact of head and neck cancer in terms of frequency and mortality in a large group of solid organ transplant recipients over a 20 year time span and compare the mortality in transplant patients to non-transplant patients with head and neck cancer...
March 9, 2023: American Journal of Otolaryngology