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Research

Please find below research projects that The Trust has been involved with. We started by funding a research post in '97 for Dr Alison Giles who was involved in developing the first Minimum Dataset for Oral Cancer. She then did some of of the initial work on Study of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity in patients Aged 45 Years and Under. This post was taken over by Carrie Llewellyn in '99 which we continued to fund at King's College, London, until all the research papers were completed.

At present you can download a copy of our latest project below. You can view an abstract of the other research papers by clicking on the link, then oral oncology. There are some copyright issues that we are currently trying to resolve and as soon as possible we hope to be able to allow you to download copies of all the papers.

This should then form a comprehensive resource of up-to-date research on oral cancer in the younger patient.

The Experiences of Younger Oral Cancer Patients

Our latest research project entitled, ‘The Experiences of Younger Oral Cancer Patients in Scotland: From Self-diagnosis to Treatment’, which is now complete, was carried out in conjunction with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, University of Bath and King’s College, London. This was initiated and funded by The Trust.

Download a PDF of the research report.

An analysis of risk factors for oral cancer in young people: a case-control study

Carrie D. Llewellyn a, Karen Linklater b, Janine Bell b, Newell W. Johnson a and Saman Warnakulasuriya

www.elsevier.com/locate/oraloncology

doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2003.08.015

Risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity in young people — a comprehensive literature review

C. D. Llewellyn, N. W. Johnson and K. A. A. S. Warnakulasuriya

www.elsevier.com/locate/oraloncology

doi:10.1016/S1368-8375(00)00135-4

Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity in patients aged 45 years and under: a descriptive analysis of 116 cases diagnosed in the South East of England from 1990 to 1997

C. D. Llewellyn a, K. Linklater b, J. Bell b, N. W. Johnson a and K. A. A. S. Warnakulasuriya

www.elsevier.com/locate/oraloncology

doi:10.1016/S1368-8375(02)00026-X

Factors associated with delay in presentation among younger patients with oral cancer

Carrie D. Llewellyn BSc, MSc, Newell W. Johnson BDSc, MDSc, PhD and Saman Warnakulasuriya FDS, PhD

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10792104

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.01.007

Risk factors for oral cancer in newly diagnosed patients aged 45 years and younger: a case–control study in Southern England

C. D. Llewellyn, N. W. Johnson, K. A. A. S. Warnakulasuriya

www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/jop

doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2004.00222.x