Mohamed, Hesham https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9044-366X
Aro, Katri
Jouhi, Lauri
Mäkitie, Antti
Remes, Satu
Haglund, Caj
Atula, Timo
Hagström, Jaana
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helsinki University Hospital Research Funds
Sigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö
Otorhinolaryngology Research Foundation
Finnish Dental Association, Apollonia
Scholarship by Libyan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
Article History
Received: 21 December 2017
Accepted: 21 March 2018
First Online: 26 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The project is part of a larger research project regarding oropharyngeal cancer at the Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (HUCH), and an institutional review board approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of the Helsinki University Hospital (HUS). In addition, a hospital study permission was granted (Dnro179/13/03/02/2013). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.