Dharmawardana, Nuwan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4535-9282
Goddard, Thomas
Woods, Charmaine
Watson, David I.
Ooi, Eng H.
Yazbeck, Roger
Funding for this research was provided by:
Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation (ASSRS)
Australia and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society Foundation Grant
-Catherine Marie Enright Kelly Research Fellowship -Australia and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society Foundation Grant
Article History
Received: 29 May 2020
Revised: 7 August 2020
Accepted: 18 August 2020
First Online: 9 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval (HREC reference number HREC/16/SAC/70) was obtained from Southern Adelaide Local Health Network Human Ethics Committee with site-specific approvals for Flinders Medical Centre and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to sample collection. Local and international guidelines were followed as per the Declaration of Helsinki for research involving human participants.
: Modelling data are provided in this manuscript as well as in supplementary tables. Deidentified raw data is available upon request.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Dr Dharmawardana was funded by the Garnett Passé and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation—Academic Surgeon Scientist Research Scholarship. Associate Professor Ooi and Dr Yazbeck were funded by the Australia and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society Foundation. Dr Yazbeck was also supported by the Catherine Marie Enright Kelly Research Fellowship.