2025

Peters, A. L. et al. (2025) Involved neck only versus mucosal radiotherapy for head and neck squamous cell cancer of unknown primary (HNSCCUP): a national retrospective multicentre cohort study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, (doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.11.013) (Accepted for Publication)

Clements, Kelten, Hurley, Rhona, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Paterson, Claire and Douglas, Catriona M. (2025) The changing profile of laryngeal cancer: a 20-year retrospective cohort analysis. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 282(9), pp. 4795-4805. (doi: 10.1007/s00405-025-09500-y) (PMID:40517162)

Chmielecka, M. et al. (2025) Does Modified 5-Item Frailty Index correlate with survival in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma? Head and Neck, (doi: 10.1002/hed.70005) (PMID:40781491) (Early Online Publication)

Creaney, G. et al. (2025) Advanced stage head and neck cancer diagnosis: HEADSpAcE Consortium health systems benchmarking survey. Head and Neck, 47(7), pp. 1977-1988. (doi: 10.1002/hed.28094) (PMID:39994901) (PMCID:PMC12146806)

Hurley, Rhona, Paterson, Claire, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253 and Douglas, Catriona M. (2025) Laryngeal cancer in the West of Scotland 2014–2020: trends and survival in a cohort of 867 patients. Laryngoscope, 135(6), pp. 2051-2061. (doi: 10.1002/lary.31992) (PMID:39757891) (PMCID:PMC12082022)

Clements, Kelten, McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Bhatti, Lesley, Smith, Craig, Paterson, Claire, Douglas, Catriona M. and Conway, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2025) Incidence trends in head and neck cancer subsites: a national population-based study (2001-2020). Clinical Otolaryngology, 50(3), pp. 474-484. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14271) (PMID:39800346) (PMCID:PMC11975201)

Hurley, Rhona, Osbourne, James, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Paterson, Claire and Douglas, Catriona (2025) Pre-treatment serum prognostic scores and survival in curatively treated laryngeal cancer. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 10(2), e70124. (doi: 10.1002/lio2.70124) (PMID:40124253) (PMCID:PMC11929121)

2024

Smith, Craig D.L., McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Purkayastha, Mitana, Creaney, Grant ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, Clements, Kelten, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Bhatti, Lesley A., Douglas, Catriona M., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2024) Head and neck cancer incidence is rising but the sociodemographic profile is unchanging: a population epidemiological study (2001-2020). BJC Reports, 2, 71. (doi: 10.1038/s44276-024-00089-z) (PMID:39301277) (PMCID:PMC11408244)

Clements, Kelten, Thapa, Alekh, Cowell, Anna, Conway, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Douglas, Catriona M. and Paterson, Claire (2024) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stage and incidence of head and neck cancer: a rapid review and meta-analysis. Clinical Otolaryngology, 49(4), pp. 363-375. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14152) (PMID:38514776)

Thapa, A. et al. (2024) The UK Divide: Does having a Pembrolizumab-Chemotherapy option in head and neck cancer matter? Real-world experience of first-line palliative pembrolizumab monotherapy and pembrolizumab-chemotherapy combination in Scotland. Clinical Oncology, 36(5), pp. 287-299. (doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2024.02.004) (PMID:38395634)

2023

Clements, Kelten, Cowell, Anna, White, Gillian, Flynn, Willian, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Douglas, Catriona M. and Paterson, Claire (2023) The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed stage at presentation nor treatment patterns of head and neck cancer: a retrospective cohort study. Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(4), pp. 587-594. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14048) (PMID:36929626)

Hay, Lisa K., McLoone, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Borgaonkar, Saurabh, Schipani, Stefano, Wilson, Christina, Grose, Derek, James, Allan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-7095, Lamb, Carolynn and Paterson, Claire (2023) Can elderly patients be safely selected for head and neck radiotherapy without formal geriatric or frailty assessment: a retrospective cohort study. Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(2), pp. 240-244. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14005) (PMID:36366954)

Poon, Wai-Yan, Paterson, Claire, McLoone, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Grose, Derek, Schipani, Stefano, Lamb, Carolynn, James, Allan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-7095 and Wilson, Christina (2023) Survival outcomes in hypopharyngeal cancer in the West of Scotland Cancer Network. Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(2), pp. 235-239. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14003) (PMID:36344424)

2022

Creaney, Grant ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Ross, Alastair J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-3182, Bhatti, Lesley A., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2022) Head and neck cancer in the UK: what was the stage before COVID-19? UK cancer registries analysis (2011-2018). British Dental Journal, 233(9), pp. 787-793. (doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5151-4) (PMID:36369569) (PMCID:PMC9650177)

Zhou, S. et al. (2022) Long term survival in patients with human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer and equivocal response on 12-week PET-CT is not compromised by the omission of neck dissection. Oral Oncology, 128, 105870. (doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2022.105870) (PMID:35447564)

Grocutt, Laura, Paterson, Claire and Valentine, Ronan M. (2022) Adaptive dose escalated radiotherapy in oropharyngeal cancers: a treatment planning feasibility study. Radiation Oncology, 17, 24. (doi: 10.1186/s13014-022-01991-x) (PMID:35123516) (PMCID:PMC8817487)

2020

Poon, W.-Y. et al. (2020) Comparative cohort study of volumetric modulated arc therapy for squamous cell cancer of unknown primary in the head and neck-involved neck only versus mucosal irradiation. Clinical Otolaryngology, 45(6), pp. 847-852. (doi: 10.1111/coa.13593) (PMID:32501648)

Hay, L. K. et al. (2020) Analysis of dose using CBCT and synthetic CT during head and neck radiotherapy: A single centre feasibility study. Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 14, pp. 21-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2020.02.004) (PMID:32226833) (PMCID:PMC7093804)

2019

Paterson, C. et al. (2019) Radiotherapy-induced xerostomia: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial of Visco-ease™ oral spray compared with placebo in patients with cancer of the head and neck. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 57(10), pp. 1119-1125. (doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.10.300) (PMID:31672256)

Articles

Peters, A. L. et al. (2025) Involved neck only versus mucosal radiotherapy for head and neck squamous cell cancer of unknown primary (HNSCCUP): a national retrospective multicentre cohort study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, (doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.11.013) (Accepted for Publication)

Clements, Kelten, Hurley, Rhona, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Paterson, Claire and Douglas, Catriona M. (2025) The changing profile of laryngeal cancer: a 20-year retrospective cohort analysis. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 282(9), pp. 4795-4805. (doi: 10.1007/s00405-025-09500-y) (PMID:40517162)

Chmielecka, M. et al. (2025) Does Modified 5-Item Frailty Index correlate with survival in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma? Head and Neck, (doi: 10.1002/hed.70005) (PMID:40781491) (Early Online Publication)

Creaney, G. et al. (2025) Advanced stage head and neck cancer diagnosis: HEADSpAcE Consortium health systems benchmarking survey. Head and Neck, 47(7), pp. 1977-1988. (doi: 10.1002/hed.28094) (PMID:39994901) (PMCID:PMC12146806)

Hurley, Rhona, Paterson, Claire, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253 and Douglas, Catriona M. (2025) Laryngeal cancer in the West of Scotland 2014–2020: trends and survival in a cohort of 867 patients. Laryngoscope, 135(6), pp. 2051-2061. (doi: 10.1002/lary.31992) (PMID:39757891) (PMCID:PMC12082022)

Clements, Kelten, McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Bhatti, Lesley, Smith, Craig, Paterson, Claire, Douglas, Catriona M. and Conway, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2025) Incidence trends in head and neck cancer subsites: a national population-based study (2001-2020). Clinical Otolaryngology, 50(3), pp. 474-484. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14271) (PMID:39800346) (PMCID:PMC11975201)

Hurley, Rhona, Osbourne, James, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Paterson, Claire and Douglas, Catriona (2025) Pre-treatment serum prognostic scores and survival in curatively treated laryngeal cancer. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 10(2), e70124. (doi: 10.1002/lio2.70124) (PMID:40124253) (PMCID:PMC11929121)

Smith, Craig D.L., McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Purkayastha, Mitana, Creaney, Grant ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, Clements, Kelten, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Bhatti, Lesley A., Douglas, Catriona M., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2024) Head and neck cancer incidence is rising but the sociodemographic profile is unchanging: a population epidemiological study (2001-2020). BJC Reports, 2, 71. (doi: 10.1038/s44276-024-00089-z) (PMID:39301277) (PMCID:PMC11408244)

Clements, Kelten, Thapa, Alekh, Cowell, Anna, Conway, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Douglas, Catriona M. and Paterson, Claire (2024) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stage and incidence of head and neck cancer: a rapid review and meta-analysis. Clinical Otolaryngology, 49(4), pp. 363-375. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14152) (PMID:38514776)

Thapa, A. et al. (2024) The UK Divide: Does having a Pembrolizumab-Chemotherapy option in head and neck cancer matter? Real-world experience of first-line palliative pembrolizumab monotherapy and pembrolizumab-chemotherapy combination in Scotland. Clinical Oncology, 36(5), pp. 287-299. (doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2024.02.004) (PMID:38395634)

Clements, Kelten, Cowell, Anna, White, Gillian, Flynn, Willian, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Douglas, Catriona M. and Paterson, Claire (2023) The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed stage at presentation nor treatment patterns of head and neck cancer: a retrospective cohort study. Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(4), pp. 587-594. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14048) (PMID:36929626)

Hay, Lisa K., McLoone, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Borgaonkar, Saurabh, Schipani, Stefano, Wilson, Christina, Grose, Derek, James, Allan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-7095, Lamb, Carolynn and Paterson, Claire (2023) Can elderly patients be safely selected for head and neck radiotherapy without formal geriatric or frailty assessment: a retrospective cohort study. Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(2), pp. 240-244. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14005) (PMID:36366954)

Poon, Wai-Yan, Paterson, Claire, McLoone, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Grose, Derek, Schipani, Stefano, Lamb, Carolynn, James, Allan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-7095 and Wilson, Christina (2023) Survival outcomes in hypopharyngeal cancer in the West of Scotland Cancer Network. Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(2), pp. 235-239. (doi: 10.1111/coa.14003) (PMID:36344424)

Creaney, Grant ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Ross, Alastair J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-3182, Bhatti, Lesley A., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2022) Head and neck cancer in the UK: what was the stage before COVID-19? UK cancer registries analysis (2011-2018). British Dental Journal, 233(9), pp. 787-793. (doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5151-4) (PMID:36369569) (PMCID:PMC9650177)

Zhou, S. et al. (2022) Long term survival in patients with human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer and equivocal response on 12-week PET-CT is not compromised by the omission of neck dissection. Oral Oncology, 128, 105870. (doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2022.105870) (PMID:35447564)

Grocutt, Laura, Paterson, Claire and Valentine, Ronan M. (2022) Adaptive dose escalated radiotherapy in oropharyngeal cancers: a treatment planning feasibility study. Radiation Oncology, 17, 24. (doi: 10.1186/s13014-022-01991-x) (PMID:35123516) (PMCID:PMC8817487)

Poon, W.-Y. et al. (2020) Comparative cohort study of volumetric modulated arc therapy for squamous cell cancer of unknown primary in the head and neck-involved neck only versus mucosal irradiation. Clinical Otolaryngology, 45(6), pp. 847-852. (doi: 10.1111/coa.13593) (PMID:32501648)

Hay, L. K. et al. (2020) Analysis of dose using CBCT and synthetic CT during head and neck radiotherapy: A single centre feasibility study. Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 14, pp. 21-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2020.02.004) (PMID:32226833) (PMCID:PMC7093804)

Paterson, C. et al. (2019) Radiotherapy-induced xerostomia: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial of Visco-ease™ oral spray compared with placebo in patients with cancer of the head and neck. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 57(10), pp. 1119-1125. (doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.10.300) (PMID:31672256)