Hamilton, David Winston, O'Hara, James, Rajgor, Amarkumar, Selby, Gerald, Anderson, Mhairi, Keltie, Kim, Parker, Rosalyn, Teare, Dawn, Patterson, Joanne 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8898-8292, Jones, Terry M et al (show 1 more authors)
(2023)
Precision medicine in laryngeal cancer: protocol of the laryngeal cancer cohort (LARCH).
BMJ OPEN, 13 (1).
e067561-.
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Abstract
<h4>Introduction</h4>Laryngeal cancer disproportionately affects socioeconomically disadvantaged patients. Treatment can render a patient nil by mouth or in need of a permanent tracheostomy. In the past 30 years, survival has remained at best static and at worst it has declined. Currently, there is no method of prognosticating how a patient will respond to treatment.The LARyngeal Cancer coHort (LARCH) aims to establish how survival and quality-of-life outcomes compare between surgery and (chemo)radiotherapy in early and advanced laryngeal cancer and how the presenting features of laryngeal cancer influence oncological, functional and quality-of-life outcome.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>This study is the first enhanced laryngeal cancer disease cohort. In the initial phase, we aim to deliver a prospective cohort study of 150 patients in 8 centres over a 3-year period.Patient, tumour, quality-of-life and laryngeal functional data will be collected from patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx at baseline, 6, 12 and 24 months. Multiple logistic regression analyses will be used to quantify locoregional control and identify factors associated with control overall and by treatment modality and identify factors associated with quality of life overall and by treatment modality.<h4>Ethics and dissemination</h4>Most interventions take place as part of routine care, with LARCH providing a mechanism for recording this data centrally. When successfully recruiting in the North of England, we plan to roll out LARCH nationwide; in the future, LARCH can be used as a trial platform in the disease. The results will be submitted for publication in high-impact international peer-reviewed journals and presented to scientific meetings. Access to the anonymised LARCH dataset by other researchers will be publicised and promoted.<h4>Trial registration number</h4>ISRCTN27819867.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | epidemiology, head & neck tumours, head & neck surgery, head & neck imaging, adult radiotherapy |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health > School of Health Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2023 11:41 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2023 04:58 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067561 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3167148 |
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