09:30 - 10:20 Council meeting
10:00 - 10:20 Registration
10:20 - 11:32 Session 1
Tamoxifen induces tumour cell apoptosis and blocks migration in Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC)
O’Neill P, Condron C, Byrne AM, M Walsh*, D Bouchier-Hayes (Dublin)
Heat Shock 90 Inhibition as a chemotherapeutic target in the treatment of Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) in vitro
Condron C, O’Neill PByrne AM, M Walsh*, D Bouchier-Hayes (Dublin)
Genomic Wide Screening for Radiation Response Factors
Paul Nix, John Greenman, Nick Stafford, Harriet Patmore, Lynn Cawkwell (Hull)
The relationship between HIF-1 and HIF-2 expression to anaemia and outcome in surgically treated HnN cancer.
1Stuart C. Winter, 2Ketan A. Shah, 3Rogan J. Corbridge, 3Graham J. Cox, and 1Adrian L. Harris (Oxford)
MHC molecule expression in laryngeal epithelium of patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux compared to normal subjects
M Birchall1,2, C Hobbs2, A Phillips2, M Bailey3, LEN Rees2,3 , N Johnston4, J Koufman4 (Liverpool,UK, Winston-Salem,USA)
MHC class I expression in tonsillar and laryngeal epithelium
C.G.L.Hobbs1, 2, L.E.N.Rees2, R.S.Heyderman3, M.A.Birchall4 and M.Bailey3 (Bristol/Liverpool)
11:32 - 11:48 Coffee
11:48 - 13:00 Session 2
Isolation and characterization of adult human inner ear stem cells
K Watters, H Li, CE Corrales, S Heller (Boston, USA)
Causes of deafness in Bangladeshi Children
Bajaj Y*, Sirimanna T#, Albert DM*, Quader P#, Jenkins L~, Bitner-Glindzicz M+ (London)
Quality of Life after surgery for Vestibular Schwannoma; Does hearing preservation make a difference?
Arunachalam. P. Iyer, Robert Gunn, Hamish Sillars (Auckland, NZ)
Up-regulation of Eosinophil S1P1 receptor after nasal allergen challenge in allergic rhinitis.
S Gendy, R Walsh, M Walsh , RW Costello, MT Walsh. (Dublin)
EMCUR vs N/Saline nasal douching after endonasal surgery – prospective randomised single-blind clinical study
S Hannan, E Carr, J Panesar, J Marais (London)
The significance of sinus abnormalities on MRI scans for non-rhinological disease
E. McNeill, J. O’Hara, S. Carrie (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
Prizewinning papers from the Dutch Otolaryngological Research Society
14:30 – 15:30 Session 3
Objective Sizing of Adult Upper Airway Stenosis: A Quantitative Endoscopic Approach
Reza Nouraei, David McPartlin, Paul Chatrath, Anil Patel, David Howard, Guri Sandhu (London)
The Wnt antagonist sFRP1 in Head & Neck Oncogenesis.
M De, A Drake-Lee, , M Kuo, J P Pracy, C R Jennings, G Matthews (Birmingham)
Patterns of Pharyngeal Residue in Normal Swallowing identified using Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing Lew-Gor
S1, Kelly A1, Ghufoor K2, Macfarlane K3, Mann V4, Howard DJ1 (London)
A prospective controlled study to examine the effects of oral diazepam on blood pressure and anxiety levels in patients with acute epistaxis
Thong JF, Lo S, Houghton R, Moore-Gillon V (London)
Lymphocyte and white blood cell count ratio- a quickly available alternative to the monospot test for the diagnosis of glandular fever
D. Wolf, I. Friedrichs, A. Toma (London)
15:30 - A.G.M.
