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List of works by Alexander C Vlantis

'Steam-boat' supraglottic laryngoplasty for treatment of chronic refractory aspiration: a modification of Biller's technique

scientific article published on 01 July 2009

5-fluorouracil mediates apoptosis and G1/S arrest in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma via a p53-independent pathway.

scientific article published on November 2006

A meta-analysis of narrow-band imaging for the diagnosis of primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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A pharyngeal foreign body presenting as a painful neck mass

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

A surgical technique to prevent tracheostomal stenosis after laryngectomy

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Accelerated fractionation radiotherapy and late intensification with 2 intra-arterial cisplatin infusions for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

Aspergillus pachymeningitis mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

scientific article published on 27 September 2010

Calcium-mediated activation of PI3K and p53 leads to apoptosis in thyroid carcinoma cells.

scientific article published on June 2007

Cell death induced by ent-11alpha-hydroxy-15-oxo-kaur-16-en-19-oic-acid in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells is via a mitochondrial-mediated pathway.

scientific article published on December 2005

Cervical nodal metastases from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: MRI criteria for treatment assessment

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Comparison of CT and MR imaging for the detection of extranodal neoplastic spread in metastatic neck nodes.

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Congenital cervical fibrosacroma with hydrops fetalis

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Conservative management of postoperative chylous fistula with octreotide and peripheral total parenteral nutrition.

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Conversion from a non-indwelling to a Provox2 indwelling voice prosthesis for speech rehabilitation: comparison of voice quality and patient preference.

scientific article published in October 2003

DCE-MRI for Pre-Treatment Prediction and Post-Treatment Assessment of Treatment Response in Sites of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Head and Neck.

scientific article published on 10 December 2015

Detection of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by MR Imaging: Diagnostic Accuracy of MRI Compared with Endoscopy and Endoscopic Biopsy Based on Long-Term Follow-Up.

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

Diagnosis and treatment of ear disease among children in the Ellisras district. An outreach programme.

scientific article published in July 1995

Does primary tumour volumetry performed early in the course of definitive concomitant chemoradiotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma improve prediction of primary site outcome?

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Double free flaps for reconstruction of complex/composite defects in head and neck surgery.

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Early Detection of Cancer: Evaluation of MR Imaging Grading Systems in Patients with Suspected Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Endoscopic assessment of the nasopharynx: an objective score of abnormality to predict the likelihood of malignancy

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy in recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case series, literature review, and pooled analysis.

scientific article published on 16 November 2016

Estrogen receptor α induces prosurvival autophagy in papillary thyroid cancer via stimulating reactive oxygen species and extracellular signal regulated kinases

scientific article published on 16 January 2015

Expression of Antioxidant Molecules and Heat Shock Protein 27 in Thyroid Tumors.

scientific article published on 16 August 2016

Expression of functional metallothionein isoforms in papillary thyroid cancer.

scientific article published on 20 January 2009

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: diagnostic performance of diffusion-weighted MR imaging for the prediction of treatment response.

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How reliable is contact endoscopy of the nasopharynx in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer?

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Human Papilloma Virus and Oropharyngeal Carcinoma - Lessons from History

scientific article published on January 2016

If cytology of Warthin tumor is accurate, can management be conservative?

scientific article published in April 2016

Induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by 5-fluorouracil in laryngeal cancer cells containing HPV16 E6 and E7 oncoproteins.

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Induction of functional MT1 and MT2 isoforms by calcium in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells.

scientific article published on 30 April 2007

Induction of laryngeal cancer cell death by Ent-11-hydroxy-15-oxo-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid.

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Inhibition of Foxp3 in cancer cells induces apoptosis of thyroid cancer cells

scientific article published on 12 October 2014

Iodine induces apoptosis via regulating MAPKs-related p53, p21, and Bcl-xL in thyroid cancer cells.

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Laryngeal carcinoma: five-year survival and patterns of failure in 202 consecutive patients treated with primary or post-operative radiotherapy in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma: A population-based study.

scientific article published on 5 July 2016

MR Imaging Criteria for the Detection of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Discrimination of Early-Stage Primary Tumors from Benign Hyperplasia

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

MRI findings in patients with severe trismus following radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

scientific article published on 06 June 2009

MRI of radiation-induced tumors of the head and neck in post-radiation nasopharyngeal carcinoma

scientific article published on 14 January 2009

Magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Maxillary swing: the paramedian palatal incision.

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Medical student peer group utilisation of clinical scenarios.

scientific article published in November 2004

MicroRNA-125b Interacts with Foxp3 to Induce Autophagy in Thyroid Cancer

scientific article published on 21 June 2018

Mode of treatment affects quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors: Implications for holistic care.

scientific article published in October 2010

Monitoring of treatment response after chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer using in vivo 1H MR spectroscopy

scientific article published on 5 August 2009

Narrow Band Imaging Endoscopy of the Nasopharynx for Malignancy: An Inter- and Intraobserver Study

scientific article published on 12 September 2018

Narrow band imaging endoscopy of the nasopharynx is not more useful than white light endoscopy for suspected nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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Nasopharyngeal Mucosa and Adenoids: Appearance at MR Imaging

scientific article published on 08 March 2012

Nasopharyngectomy and surgical margin status: a survival analysis.

scientific article published on December 2007

Nasopharyngectomy: does the approach to the nasopharynx influence survival?

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Non-nasopharyngeal head and neck lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma in the United States: A population-based study.

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Oestrogen mediates the growth of human thyroid carcinoma cells via an oestrogen receptor-ERK pathway.

scientific article published on December 2007

Overt diabetes mellitus adversely affects surgical outcomes of noncardiovascular patients

scientific article published on 04 January 2010

Patient satisfaction after closed reduction of nasal fractures

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Perforator transfer in the antero-lateral thigh flap

scientific article published on 08 February 2013

Pretreatment and early intratreatment prediction of clinicopathologic response of head and neck cancer to chemoradiotherapy using 1H-MRS.

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Prevalence and Epidemiologic Profile of Oral Infection with Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Papillomaviruses in an Asian Chinese Population

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Prevalence, Clinicopathological Characteristics, and Outcome of Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer in Southern Chinese Patients

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Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients after surgical resection: translation into Cantonese and validation of the EORTC QLQ-H&N35.

scientific article published on July 2009

Quantitative analysis of cell-free Epstein-Barr virus DNA in plasma of patients with nonnasopharyngeal head and neck carcinomas.

scientific article published in March 2004

Regulation of cell growth by estrogen signaling and potential targets in thyroid cancer

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Resistance to apoptosis of HPV 16-infected laryngeal cancer cells is associated with decreased Bak and increased Bcl-2 expression.

scientific article published on March 2004

Reversal of pale-to-dark nasopharyngeal follicle ratio on narrow-band imaging

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Sensitivity and specificity of Epstein-Barr virus IGA titer in the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a three-year institutional review.

scientific article published in July 2004

Smoking, human papillomavirus infection, and p53 mutation as risk factors in oropharyngeal cancer: a case-control study

scientific article published in August 2017

Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: diffusion-weighted MR imaging for prediction and monitoring of treatment response

scientific article published on 23 March 2010

Student telecast teaching in otorhinolaryngology

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Surgical salvage nasopharyngectomy for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a multivariate analysis of prognostic factors

scientific article published on 15 December 2010

T2-weighted MR imaging early after chemoradiotherapy to evaluate treatment response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

scientific article published on 10 January 2013

The contributions of oestrogen receptor isoforms to the development of papillary and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas.

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The cross-talk between estrogen receptor and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in thyroid cancer

scientific article published on 2 October 2013

The expression of Bcl-2 family proteins and spontaneous apoptosis in laryngeal carcinomas

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

The frontal bone skull post for image guided surgery of the nasopharynx

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome on otorhinolaryngological services at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong.

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The nuclear localization of NFkappaB and p53 is positively correlated with HPV16 E7 level in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

The objective structured video examination of medical students

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

The role of human papillomavirus in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: A case control study on a southern Chinese population

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Using illness scripts to teach clinical reasoning skills to medical students.

scientific article published in April 2010

Vastus Lateralis Muscle Free Flap for Skull Base Osteoradionecrosis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy with the Provox voice prosthesis in South Africa

scientific article published on January 2003