Research

Dr. Gunawardena is the chief author and has published two papers this year in leading surgical journals on the latest cell biology discoveries that are utilised to understand head and neck cancers. Please follow the links to the publications.

Micro-ribonucleic acids in head and neck cancer: an introduction.

J Laryngol Otol., Gunawardena I1, Fitzgerald J, Morley A, Hussey DJ, Woods CM, Carney AS

2013 Jul;127 Suppl 2:S2-7. doi: 10.1017/S0022215113000753. Epub 2013 Apr 24.

Prognostic molecular markers in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in a New Zealand population: matrix metalloproteinase-2 and sialyl Lewis x antigen.

Gunawardena I, Arendse M, Jameson MB, Plank LD, Gregor RT.

ANZ J Surg. 2013 Oct 31. doi: 10.1111/ans.12424. [Epub ahead of print]