MD, PhD Heikki Irjala - UTU Research Portal

Heikki Irjala
MD, PhD

- Professor,
- Clinical Lecturer
Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Department of Clinical Medicine)

heikki.irjala@utu.fi

Savitehtaankatu 5

Turku

: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3054-4677

Otorhinolaryngology; Head and neck surgery; Cancer research

2002 PhD thesis "An Immunotherapeutic Approach to Cancer of the Head and Neck"

2009 Specialist in Otorhinolaryngology

2014 Adjunct Professor of Otorhinolaryngology

2015 Specialist in Head and Neck Surgery

2017 Special Competence in Medical Education

Research is focused on cancer of the head and neck including both clinical aspects (quality of life, treatment methods and outcome, diagnostics, etc.) and basic science like cancer immunology and cell trafficking.

Clinical lecturer (Otorhinolaryngology) 2012-2015

Personal teacher mentor for medical students from 2012

Supervisor of several PhD students

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Incidence and predictors of 30-day cardiovascular complications in patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgery (2016)
- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-LaryngologyCurrent Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Haapio E, Kiviniemi T, Irjala H, Koivunen P, Airaksinen JKE, Kinnunen I
Papillary adenocarcinoma in submandibular region (2016)
- Acta Oto-LaryngologicaClinical Cancer Research
Tuhkuri A, Hirvonen J, Irjala H
Potential Role for Inhibition of Protein Phosphatase 2A Tumor Suppressor in Salivary Gland MalignanciesEndoskopia pään ja kaulan alueen syöpien levinneisyyden selvittelyssä (2016)
- Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer
Routila Johannes, Mäkelä Juho-Antti, Luukkaa Heikki, Leivo Ilmo, Irjala Heikki, Westermarck Jukka, Mäkitie Antti, Ventelä Sami
Syöpäpotilaiden hoitoonpääsyn pullonkaulatNenäverenvuoto - kättä pidempää päivystäjän avuksi (2016)
- LääkärilehtiLääkärilehti
Minn Heikki, Irjala Heikki, Vallius Tuulia, Haavisto Lotta, Lempiäinen Salla, Jyrkkiö Sirkku
Tumoral Expression of CD44 and HIF1α Predict Stage I Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma OutcomePlasticity of Blood- and Lymphatic Endothelial Cells and Marker Identification (2016)
- Laryngoscope Investigative OtolaryngologyPLoS ONE
Dunkel J, Vaittinen S, Koivunen P, Laranne J, Mäkinen MJ, Tommola S, Irjala H
Äkillinen hengitystieongelma (2015)
- LääkärilehtiLaryngoscope
Rekola J, Antila H, Irjala H, Pulkkinen J
Tumor-Associated Macrophages Provide Significant Prognostic Information in Urothelial Bladder Cancer (2015)
- PLoS ONE
Boström MM, Irjala H, Mirtti T, Taimen P, Kauko T, Ålgars A, Jalkanen S, Boström PJ
Unknown primary: diagnostic issues in the biological endoscopy and positron emission tomography scan eraType and location of tumor-infiltrating macrophages and lymphatic vessels predict survival of colorectal cancer patients2015
Koivunen P, Back L, Laranne J, Irjala H
Clever-1/stabilin-1 controls cancer growth and metastasis2014
Karikoski M, Marttila-Ichihara F, Elima K, Rantakari P, Hollmén M, Kelkka T, Gerke H, Huovinen V, Irjala H, Holmdahl R, Salmi M, Jalkanen S
(2014) Pään ja kaulan alueen syövät Irjala, Heikki
(2014)
Heikki Irjala, Jami Rekola, Perttu Halme
Molecular identification of PAL-E, a widely used endothelial-cell marker (2013)
Keuschnigg J, Karinen S, Auvinen K, Irjala H, Mpindi JP, Kallioniemi O, Hautaniemi S, Jalkanen S, Salmi M
Prognostic markers in stage I oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (2013)
Dunkell Johannes, Vaittinen Samuli, Grénman Reidar, Kinnunen Ilpo, Irjala Heikki
Mandibular reconstruction using free bone flap after preoperative chemoradiation (2012)
- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Irjala H, Kinnunen I, Aitasalo K
(2012)
- International Journal of Cancer
Algars A, Irjala H, Vaittinen S, Huhtinen H, Sundstrom J, Salmi M, Ristamaki R, Jalkanen S
Mikä kysymys säästi tähystystutkimukselta? (2010)
- Duodecim
Vuorenoja S, Edelman K, Irjala H
Clever-1/Stabilin-1 regulates lymphocyte migration within lymphatics and leukocyte entrance to sites of inflammation (2009)
- European Journal of Immunology
Karikoski M, Irjala H, Maksimow M, Miiluniemi M, Granfors K, Hernesniemi S, Elima K, Moldenhauer G, Schledzewski K, Kzhyshkowska J, Goerdt S, Salmi M, Jalkanen S
(2005)
- Blood
Niemela H, Elima K, Henttinen T, Irjala H, Salmi M, Jalkanen S