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Latest news and updates about Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust including MTW Hospitals Charity and research news.
Our research: publications by our staff
Research supports the discovery of new and improved ways of treating diseases and their symptoms, and takes place across a range of specialties, supported by a large number of staff.
Our research programme is a balance of commercial (industry), NIHR portfolio and own account research projects. Projects include observational and interventional.
The publications listed are those authored by members of staff (highlighted in bold) published in June.
This list does not include publications where staff members or teams have been acknowledged or listed as collaborators, or the organisation has been listed as a trial site.
Our publications in June
Emerging evidence for sequencing and combining PSMA-based therapies in prostate cancer
Authors: Adeleke, Sola; Galante, Joao R.; Wang, Yishen; Azad, Gurdip; Wan, Simon; Haroon, Athar; Bianchini, Diletta (Kent Oncology Centre); Bomanji, Jamshed; Hofman, Michael S.; Young, Travis S. and Cook, Gary J. R.
Journal: Nature Reviews. Urology 23(6), pp. 395–416
Assessing the Fragility of Statistically Significant Outcomes in Randomized Controlled Trials of Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)
Authors: Ansari, Abdus Samad; Jung, Minsu; Hamdan, Amar; Hayre, Amrit; Tan, Jeremy; Ansari, Daniyal Matin (Ophthalmology); Khaw, Peng T. and Gazzard, Gus
Journal: American Journal of Ophthalmology 286, pp. 98–107
TeleROP-NI: Modernizing Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening in Northern Ireland to Enhance Decision-making and Ensure Sustainability
Authors: Carr, Barnaby (Ophthalmology); McLoone, Eibhlin; O'Gallagher, Michael; Shirley, Kate; George, Sonia; Hamilton, Linda and Northern Ireland TeleROP-NI MDT Group
Journal: Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus , pp. 1–8
Multimodality curative-intent treatment in NSCLC: an unprecedented era of change 2017-2025
Authors: Evison, Matthew; Ahmed, Tanya; Chitnis, Meenali; Ward, Rebecca; Netto, Daniel; Cove-Smith, Laura; Shah, Riyaz (Kent Oncology Centre); Steele, Nicola; Walls, Gerard; West, Doug and Navani, Neal
Journal: Thorax 81(7), pp. 707–717
Development of a robotic training curriculum for visceral and gastrointestinal surgical trainees: an international Delphi study
Authors: Fadel, Michael G.; Walshaw, Josephine; Yiasemidou, Marina; Boal, Matthew; Pecchini, Francesca; Elhadi, Muhammed; Massey, Lisa H.; Carrano, Francesco M.; Fehervari, Matyas (Bariatric Surgery); Walsh, Caoimhe M.; Boshier, Piers R.; Eckhoff, Jennifer; Buckle, Peter; ERSC Study Group; Gisbertz, Suzanne S.; Bouvy, Nicole; Arezzo, Alberto; Perretta, Silvana; Nickel, Felix; Khan, Jim, et al
Journal: United European Gastroenterology Journal 14(5), pp. e70224
Large-scale, real-world collection of refractive outcomes after cataract surgery through patient-mediated mobile photography
Authors: Higham, Aisling; Lim, Ernest; Turner, Rebecca; King, Christopher; Anikina, Evgenia; Konstantopoulos, Aris; Athwal, Sarju (Ophthalmology); Stacey, Louisa; Williams, Louis; Tindale, Joe; Godwin, James; de Pennington, Nick and Chandran, Manju
Journal: Eye (London, England) 40(9), pp. 1416–1418
Early real-world outcomes of aflibercept 8 mg in previously treated neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Authors: Janmohamed, Imran Karim; Harahn, Havena; Carr, Barnaby; Sahbi, Saleh; Ahmed, Hasan; Farahat, Abdelrahman; Hannan, Shabeeba and Membrey, Luke (Ophthalmology)
Journal: Eye (London, England) 40(9), pp. 1351–1357
Prognostic markers, quality of life (QoL) and value of health (V-He) in advanced biliary cancers (ABC) treated with second-line active symptom control (ASC) alone or ASC with oxaliplatin-5-FU chemotherapy (ASC + FOLFOX) in the randomised phase III, multicentre, open-label ABC-06 clinical trial
Authors: Lamarca, A.; Palmer, D. H.; Wasan, H. S.; Ross, P. J.; Ma, Y. T.; Arora, A.; Falk, S.; Gillmore, R.; Wadsley, J.; Patel, K.; Anthoney, A.; Maraveyas, A.; Iveson, T.; Waters, J. S. (Kent Oncology Centre); Hobbs, C.; Macdonald, T.; Ryder, D.; Ramage, J.; Davies, L. M.; Bridgewater, J. A., et al
Journal: ESMO Open 11(7), pp. 107777
A National Audit of Mammography Systems Settings That May Affect the Output of Artificial Intelligence Software
Authors: Mackenzie, Alistair; Loveland, John (Diagnostic Radiology Physics); Farshadi, Leila; Roozemond, Carlijn and van Engen, Ruben E.
Journal: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 16(12), pp. 1842.
Management of ocular surface disease involving inflammation and persistent epithelial defects utilising various treatment modalities in the UK National Health Service (NHS)
Authors: Maqsood, Sundas Ejaz; Posnett, John William and Elalfy, Mohamed (Ophthalmology)
Journal: Eye (London, England)
Periodontal inflammation: A clinically significant and underrecognized cardiovascular risk factor-The Endothelial Risk Score (ERS): A narrative review with conceptual framework development
Authors: Nwhator, Solomon Olusegun; Ogunwemimo, Morolayo Tolulope; Akinyele, Olumide Akinniyi; Adetunji, Tajudin Adesegun; Onabanjo, Olusoji Ayodele; Ogunleye, Babatope Andrew; Adewole, Kehinde Olunike; Adewole, Opeyemi Matthew (Geriatric Medicine); Ojo, Ibukun Olasunkanmi; Ogundiran, Tolulope and Nwhator, Promise Ayobami
Journal: American Heart Journal Plus : Cardiology Research and Practice 67, pp. 100808
The impact of body mass index on Esophagectomy: perioperative and oncological outcomes
Authors: Patel, P. H.; Doyle, J. P.; Patel, N. M.; Fehervari, M. ; McGlone, E.; Bobotis, S. (Bariatric Surgery); Bhogal, R. H.; Chaudry, M. A.; Allum, W. and Kumar, S.
Involved Neck Only Versus Mucosal Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer of Unknown Primary (HNSCCUP): A National Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study
Authors: Peters, Adam L.; Poon, Wai-Yan; Walters, Sarah; Iyizoba-Ebozue, Zsuzsanna; Hannon, Clare; Kingdon, Sarah; Yogalingam, Kohgulakuhan; Kennedy, Laura; Peck, Josie; Cavanagh, Kirsty; Fernandes, Rania; Wang, Yifei; Thomas, Solly (Kent Oncology Centre); Rowe, Michael; Grellier, Katarzyna; MacTier, Karen; Baxter, Mark; Growcott, Siona A.; Muse, Adam; Kitson, Rob, et al
Journal: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 125(2), pp. 404–417
Evaluation of the cost effectiveness of three-monthly whole-body positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) surveillance scans for the identification of melanoma recurrence
Authors: Rajput, Jaikishan; Ogieva, Eniye and Parkar, Rosemeen (Kent Oncology Centre)
Journal: Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
Refining prognosis in advanced renal cell carcinoma: international real-world validation of the Meet-URO score in first-line immunotherapy combinations
Authors: Rebuzzi, Sara Elena; Ghose, Aruni; Rudman, Sarah; Venugopal, Balaji; Young, Kate; Frazer, Ricky Dylan; Ayodele, Olubukola; Stares, Mark; O'Carrigan, Brent; Ali, Waqas; McGrane, John; Jain, Ankit; Fiala, Ondrej; Chauhan, Vishwani; Michael, Agnieszka; Zarkar, Anjali; Kapur, Gaurav; Charnley, Natalie; Afshar, Mehran; Vengalil, Salil; Shrestha, Roshani (Kent Oncology Centre) et al
Journal: The Oncologist 31(7), pp. oyag203.