Journal Reviews

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Can diet alone be used to treat laryngopharyngeal reflux?

3 November 2022 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Reflux, acid, beverage, diet, food, gastroesophageal, laryngopharyngeal, low-fat, natural, plant, protein, treatment

In this crossover observational study, a low-fat, low-quick-release sugar, high-protein, alkaline, and plant-based diet was investigated as a single treatment for laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). Authors recruited 50 participants with demonstrated LPR on hypopharyngeal-oesophageal multichannel intraluminal impedance-pH-monitoring (HEMII-pH), off acid suppressive...

Investigation of the role of KPNA2 biomarker in oral SCC invasiveness

1 October 2018 | | Head and Neck | interleukin-1β (IL-1β), invasiveness, karyopherin alpha 2 (KPNA2), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), survival

This edition of Head and Neck has a strong focus on studies using immunohistochemistry (IHC) to elucidate potential roles of various cell-signalling molecules in both HNSCC and thyroid cancer. The ‘cellular-protein heavy’ title of this article may be off-putting to...