Heikki Irjala
MD, PhD
heikki.irjala@utu.fi Savitehtaankatu 5 Turku |
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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- Long-term Quality of Life After Treatment of Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (2020)
- Laryngoscope
- Critical review of the follow-up protocol for head and neck cancer patients (2019)
- Journal of Laryngology and Otology
- Deep neck space infections: an upward trend and changing characteristics (2019)
- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
- Epstein-Barr virus and human papillomaviruses as favorable prognostic factors in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A nationwide study in Finland (2019)
- Head and Neck
- Expression of toll-like receptors in non-endemic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (2019)
- BMC Cancer
- Single-Cell Survey of Human Lymphatics Unveils Marked Endothelial Cell Heterogeneity and Mechanisms of Homing for Neutrophils (2019)
- Immunity
- Smartphone Otoscopy Performed by Parents (2019)
- Telemedicine and e-Health
- Autoilijan ahdistus (2018)
- Duodecim
- Determinants of re-operation for bleeding in head and neck cancer surgery (2018)
- Journal of Laryngology and Otology
- Epidemiological and treatment-related factors contribute to improved outcome of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in Finland (2018)
- Acta Oncologica
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