Transforming the treatment of Head and Neck cancer by dramatically reducing the need for invasive surgery

Impact claim (as reported by the claimant) from REF 2021 impact case studies. Evidence status: source reported.

Organisation

The University of Birmingham

Source reference

31bb3a8f-9a3b-4cf8-8c13-4df0eb0a7ab7

Jurisdiction

United Kingdom

Licence

CC BY 4.0. © the submitting university; via UKRI REF 2021. Changed: summary of the impact only, formatting removed.

Impact case study submitted by The University of Birmingham to REF 2021 · Unit of assessment: Clinical Medicine · Summary impact type: Health · Imported because it names a tracked health-data resource

Source: https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact/31bb3a8f-9a3b-4cf8-8c13-4df0eb0a7ab7. Captured 2026-10-23.

Limitations: The submitting university's own account of its impact, written for assessment. OpenHDI has not checked the claim or its corroborating sources. A cited paper is underpinning research the university names; the case study does not establish that any particular data use caused the impact.