List of works by Gina Brown

A dose escalation study of gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin in combination with imatinib for gemcitabine-refractory advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

scientific article

A meta-analysis comparing simultaneous versus delayed resections in patients with synchronous colorectal liver metastases.

scientific article published on 14 December 2012

A multicentre study of capecitabine, oxaliplatin plus bevacizumab as perioperative treatment of patients with poor-risk colorectal liver-only metastases not selected for upfront resection

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

A phase II trial evaluating capecitabine and irinotecan as second line treatment in patients with oesophago-gastric cancer who have progressed on, or within 3 months of platinum-based chemotherapy

scientific article

A phase II trial of preoperative chemotherapy with epirubicin, cisplatin and capecitabine for patients with localised gastro-oesophageal junctional adenocarcinoma

scientific article published on 12 May 2009

A pictorial description of extralevator abdominoperineal excision for low rectal cancer

A practical review of the performance and interpretation of staging magnetic resonance imaging for rectal cancer

scientific article published on August 2014

A retrospective study comparing the individual modalities of triple assessment in the pre-operative diagnosis of invasive lobular breast carcinoma

A systematic approach to the interpretation of preoperative staging MRI for rectal cancer

scientific article published on December 2008

A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the role of laparoscopic surgical resection of transverse colon tumours

scientific article published on 25 June 2014

A systematic review of cancer related patient outcomes after anterior resection and abdominoperineal excision for rectal cancer in the total mesorectal excision era.

scientific article published on June 2011

Accuracy of CT prediction of poor prognostic features in colonic cancer

scientific article published on 29 October 2007

Accuracy of multidetector computed tomography in identifying poor prognostic factors in colonic cancer.

scientific article published in September 2010

Accuracy of radiological staging in identifying high-risk colon cancer patients suitable for neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a multicentre experience.

scientific article published in April 2012

Adjuvant chemotherapy improves overall survival after TME surgery in mucinous carcinoma of the rectum.

scientific article

Adjuvant therapy decisions based on magnetic resonance imaging of extramural venous invasion and other prognostic factors in colorectal cancer

scientific article published on October 2014

Adverse features on rectal MRI identify a high-risk group that may benefit from more intensive preoperative staging and treatment

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An MRI-based assessment of standard and extralevator abdominoperineal excision specimens: time for a patient tailored approach?

scientific article published on 23 November 2013

CT detection of hydronephrosis in resected colorectal cancer: a predictor of recurrent disease.

scientific article published in February 2003

CT staging

CT staging of colon cancer

scientific article published on 22 August 2008

Can a novel MRI staging system for low rectal cancer aid surgical planning?

scientific article

Chemoradiotherapy alone for rectal cancer: a word of caution – Authors' reply

Chemoradiotherapy response in recurrent rectal cancer

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

Circumferential resection margin assessment on MRI of rectal cancer.

scientific article published in January 2006

Clarifying margins in the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer: the MERCURY experience.

scientific article published on November 2006

Clarifying the TNM staging of rectal cancer in the context of modern imaging and neo-adjuvant treatment: 'y''u' and 'p' need 'mr' and 'ct'.

scientific article published on 10 May 2007

Colorectal cancer with liver metastases: neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgical resection first or palliation alone?

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Colorectal hepatic metastases: quantitative measurements using single-shot echo-planar diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

scientific article published on 12 May 2006

Commentary: MRI should not predict histopathological involved margins

Comparison of long-term survival outcome of operative vs nonoperative management of recurrent rectal cancer

scientific article published in February 2013

Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and histopathological response to chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer.

scientific article

Complete mesocolic excision in colorectal cancer: a systematic review

scientific article published on January 2015

Defining patient outcomes in stage IV colorectal cancer: a prospective study with baseline stratification according to disease resectability status

scientific article

Defining the surgical planes on MRI improves surgery for cancer of the low rectum

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Detection of colorectal hepatic metastases using MnDPDP MR imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) alone and in combination.

scientific article

Development and implementation of a synoptic MRI report for preoperative staging of rectal cancer on a population-based level.

scientific article published in June 2014

Diagnostic Accuracy of Nodal Enhancement Pattern of Rectal Cancer at MRI Enhanced With Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide: Findings in Pathologically Matched Mesorectal Lymph Nodes

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Diagnostic accuracy and value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in planning exenterative pelvic surgery for advanced colorectal cancer

scientific article

Diagnostic accuracy of MRI for assessment of T category, lymph node metastases, and circumferential resection margin involvement in patients with rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Diagnostic accuracy of rim and segmental MRI enhancement of colorectal hepatic metastasis after administration of mangafodipir trisodium.

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Diagnostic accuracy of serial CT/magnetic resonance imaging review vs. positron emission tomography/CT in colorectal cancer patients with suspected and known recurrence.

scientific article published on February 2009

Diagnostic precision of CT in local staging of colon cancers: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on September 2010

Diffusion MRI for prediction of response of rectal cancer to chemoradiation

scientific article

Distribution of mesorectal lymph nodes in rectal cancer: in vivo MR imaging compared with histopathological examination. Initial observations

scientific article published on 03 May 2005

Does rectal cancer height influence the oncological outcome?

scientific article published on October 2014

Dose finding and early efficacy study of gemcitabine plus capecitabine in combination with bevacizumab plus erlotinib in advanced pancreatic cancer.

scientific article published on 26 October 2009

EMVI-positive stage II rectal cancer has similar clinical outcomes as stage III disease following pre-operative chemoradiotherapy

EURECCA colorectal: multidisciplinary management: European consensus conference colon & rectum

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

EURECCA colorectal: multidisciplinary mission statement on better care for patients with colon and rectal cancer in Europe

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

EURECCA consensus conference highlights about colon & rectal cancer multidisciplinary management: the radiology experts review.

scientific article published on 14 December 2013

Effectiveness of preoperative staging in rectal cancer: digital rectal examination, endoluminal ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging?

scientific article published on July 2004

Endorectal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in rectal cancer staging

scientific article

Establishing the optimum lymph node yield for diagnosis of stage III rectal cancer

Evaluating Mesorectal Lymph Nodes in Rectal Cancer Before and After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Using Thin-Section T2-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Evidence for radiological and histopathological prognostic importance of detecting extramural venous invasion in rectal cancer: recommendations for radiology and histopathology reporting.

scientific article published in June 2015

Ex vivo specimen MRI and pathology confirm a rectosigmoid mesenteric waist at the junction of the mesorectum and mesocolon

scientific article published on 20 October 2019

Extended lymphadenectomy versus conventional surgery for rectal cancer: a meta-analysis

scientific article

Extramural venous invasion is a potential imaging predictive biomarker of neoadjuvant treatment in rectal cancer

scientific article published on 03 December 2013

High-resolution MRI in evaluation of the surgical anatomy of the esophagus and posterior mediastinum.

scientific article published in January 2007

How Can We Identify Tumour Penetration?

Imaging of liver metastases (CT scan, MRI, PET scan)

Imaging of metastatic disease

Imaging of the liver in metastatic disease

Important imaging considerations in the pre-operative assessment of rectal cancer

In Reply

Indications and Outcome of Pelvic Exenteration for Locally Advanced Primary and Recurrent Rectal Cancer

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Inflammatory pseudotumours in children: CT and ultrasound appearances with histopathological correlation

scientific article published on November 1995

Laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer

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Lateral pelvic lymph-node dissection: still an option for cure – Authors' reply

Learning curve for the management of recurrent and locally advanced primary rectal cancer: a single team's experience.

scientific article published in January 2015

Local radiological staging of rectal cancer.

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Lymph Node Status Does Not Predict Local Recurrence in the Total Mesorectal Excision Era

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MR imaging for rectal cancer: the role in staging the primary and response to neoadjuvant therapy

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MR vs CT imaging: low rectal cancer tumour delineation for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy

scientific article published on 19 January 2009

MRI Predictive Factors for Long-Term Outcomes of Low Rectal Tumours

article published in 2011

MRI after treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer: how to report tumor response--the MERCURY experience

scientific article published on October 2012

MRI directed multidisciplinary team preoperative treatment strategy: the way to eliminate positive circumferential margins?

scientific article published on February 2006

MRI for detection of extramural vascular invasion in rectal cancer

scientific article

MRI identified prognostic features of tumors in distal sigmoid, rectosigmoid, and upper rectum: Treatment with radiotherapy and chemotherapy

MRI in Colorectal Surgery: Surface Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Anorectal Practice

MRI predictive factors for tumor response in rectal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy--implications for induction chemotherapy?

scientific article published in November 2013

MRI staging

MRI staging of low rectal cancer

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MRI-Based Assessment of Tumor Regression in Rectal Cancer

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prediction of an Involved Surgical Resection Margin in Low Rectal Cancer

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Rectal Cancer

Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Detected Tumor Response for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Predicts Survival Outcomes: MERCURY Experience

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Magnetic resonance imaging defined mucinous rectal carcinoma is an independent imaging biomarker for poor prognosis and poor response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy

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Magnetic resonance imaging of the low rectum: defining the radiological anatomy.

scientific article published on September 2006

Magnetic resonance imaging pelvimetry in 186 patients with rectal cancer confirms an overlap in pelvic size between males and females

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Magnetic resonance imaging-detected lymph nodes close to the mesorectal fascia are rarely a cause of margin involvement after total mesorectal excision

scientific article published in September 2010

Management and imaging of low rectal carcinoma

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Measurement of tumour size in case selection for breast cancer therapy by clinical assessment and ultrasound

scientific article published in February 2004

Mesorectal Fascia Instead of Circumferential Resection Margin in Preoperative Staging of Rectal Cancer

scientific article published on 18 April 2011

Meta-analysis of survival based on resection margin status following surgery for recurrent rectal cancer

scientific article published on December 2012

Morphologic Predictors of Lymph Node Status in Rectal Cancer with Use of High-Spatial-Resolution MR Imaging with Histopathologic Comparison

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Mucinous carcinoma of the rectum: a distinct clinicopathological entity

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Multicenter Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial Comparing Neoadjuvant Oxaliplatin, Capecitabine, and Preoperative Radiotherapy With or Without Cetuximab Followed by Total Mesorectal Excision in Patients With High-Risk Rectal Cancer (EXPERT-C)

article by Alice Dewdney et al published 10 May 2012 in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Multimodal Imaging Techniques for the Extraction of Detailed Geometrical and Physiological Information for Use in Multi-Scale Models of Colorectal Cancer and Treatment of Individual Patients

Nanoparticles in rectal cancer imaging.

scientific article published on January 2009

Neoadjuvant capecitabine and oxaliplatin before chemoradiotherapy and total mesorectal excision in MRI-defined poor-risk rectal cancer: a phase 2 trial

scientific article

Neoadjuvant capecitabine and oxaliplatin followed by synchronous chemoradiation and total mesorectal excision in magnetic resonance imaging-defined poor-risk rectal cancer

scientific article published in February 2006

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone for early-stage rectal cancer: an evolving paradigm?

scientific article published on July 2011

Neoadjuvant systemic fluorouracil and mitomycin C prior to synchronous chemoradiation is an effective strategy in locally advanced rectal cancer

scientific article published on April 2003

Nodal staging in rectal cancer.

scientific article published on November 2006

Non-invasive methods of assessing angiogenesis and their value in predicting response to treatment in colorectal cancer

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Non-operative treatment after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer

scientific article published on July 2007

One millimetre is the safe cut-off for magnetic resonance imaging prediction of surgical margin status in rectal cancer.

scientific article published on 8 April 2011

Optimal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer is by dissection in front of Denonvilliers' fascia

article by R. J. Heald et al published January 2004 in British Journal of Surgery

Outcome of abdominosacral resection for locally advanced primary and recurrent rectal cancer

scientific article published in October 2012

Outcomes of simultaneous resections for patients with synchronous colorectal liver metastases

Patients With Low Rectal Cancer Treated by Abdominoperineal Excision Have Worse Tumors and Higher Involved Margin Rates Compared With Patients Treated by Anterior Resection

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Patterns of recurrence following therapy for rectal cancer

Pelvic colorectal recurrence: crucial role of radiologists in oncologic and surgical treatment options.

scientific article published on 3 October 2011

Pelvic phased-array MR imaging of anal carcinoma before and after chemoradiation.

scientific article

Perfusion CT to assess angiogenesis in colon cancer: technical limitations and practical challenges

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Perfusion CT vascular parameters do not correlate with immunohistochemically derived microvessel density count in colorectal tumors.

scientific article published on 16 April 2013

Phase II study of irinotecan and 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin in patients with primary refractory or relapsed advanced oesophageal and gastric carcinoma

scientific article published in January 2004

Postgraduate multidisciplinary development program: impact on the interpretation of pelvic MRI in patients with rectal cancer: a clinical audit in West Denmark

scientific article published in March 2011

Potential of Surface-Coil MRI for Staging of Esophageal Cancer

article

Pre-operative staging of rectal cancer: MRI or ultrasound?

Predictive poor prognostic factors in colonic carcinoma

Preoperative MRI sphincter morphology and anal manometry: can they be markers of functional outcome following anterior resection for rectal cancer?

article published in 2012

Preoperative assessment of prognostic factors in rectal cancer using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

Preoperative high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging can identify good prognosis stage I, II, and III rectal cancer best managed by surgery alone: a prospective, multicenter, European study

scientific article published in April 2011

Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging assessment of circumferential resection margin predicts disease-free survival and local recurrence: 5-year follow-up results of the MERCURY study.

scientific article published on 25 November 2013

Preoperative staging of rectal cancer

Proforma-based reporting in rectal cancer

scientific article

Prognostic significance of magnetic resonance imaging-detected extramural vascular invasion in rectal cancer

article by N. J. Smith et al published 11 October 2007 in British Journal of Surgery

RAS mutations and cetuximab in locally advanced rectal cancer: Results of the EXPERT-C trial

Rapid access multidisciplinary lymph node diagnostic clinic: analysis of 550 patients

scientific article published on February 2003

Rectal cancer: mesorectal lymph nodes at MR imaging with USPIO versus histopathologic findings--initial observations

scientific article

Rectal cancer: primary staging and assessment after chemoradiotherapy

scientific article published on July 2011

Relevance of magnetic resonance imaging-detected pelvic sidewall lymph node involvement in rectal cancer

scientific article published on 16 September 2011

Reproducibility of Depth of Extramural Tumor Spread and Distance to Circumferential Resection Margin at Rectal MRI: Enhancement of Clinical Guidelines for Neoadjuvant Therapy

Segmental liver hyperintensity in malignant biliary obstruction on diffusion weighted MRI: associated MRI findings and relationship with serum alanine aminotransferase levels

scientific article

Sites of surgical waisting in the abdominoperineal specimen

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Specialist multidisciplinary team working in the treatment of cancer

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Staging rectal cancer: endoscopic ultrasound and pelvic MRI.

scientific article published on 4 October 2008

Survival After Resection of Colorectal Cancer Based on Anatomical Segment of Involvement

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

Survival outcome of local excision versus radical resection of colon or rectal carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) population-based study

scientific article published in October 2013

TP53 mutational status and cetuximab benefit in rectal cancer: 5-year results of the EXPERT-C trial

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Techniques and trouble-shooting in high spatial resolution thin slice MRI for rectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

The Authors Reply

The English national low rectal cancer development programme: key messages and future perspectives

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The MRI assessment of SPECC (significant polyps and early colorectal cancer) lesions

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

The Role of MRI in Treatment Planning for Rectal Cancer - A Review

The appearances of oesophageal carcinoma demonstrated on high-resolution, T2-weighted MRI, with histopathological correlation

The combination of a chemotherapy doublet (gemcitabine and capecitabine) with a biological doublet (bevacizumab and erlotinib) in patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The results of a phase I/II study

The development and optimization of high spatial resolution MRI for imaging the oesophagus using an external surface coil

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The effect of a primary tumour resection on the progression of synchronous colorectal liver metastases: an exploratory study

scientific article published on 17 January 2015

The impact of the two-week wait referral pathway on rectal cancer survival

scientific article published in July 2012

The importance of not overstaging mesorectal lymph nodes seen on MRI.

scientific article published in January 2013

The management of rectal cancer with synchronous liver metastases: a modern surgical dilemma

scientific article published on 26 September 2012

The rationale behind complete mesocolic excision (CME) and a central vascular ligation for colon cancer in open and laparoscopic surgery : proceedings of a consensus conference.

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The role of epithelial mesenchymal transition and resistance to neoadjuvant therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer

The role of intravenous contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging of prostatic carcinoma

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The role of pre-treatment diffusion-weighted MRI in predicting long-term outcome of colorectal liver metastasis.

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

The tumour biology of synchronous and metachronous colorectal liver metastases: a systematic review

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The use of 18F-FDG PET/CT in colorectal liver metastases--comparison with CT and liver MRI.

scientific article published on 18 March 2008

The use of MR imaging in treatment planning for patients with rectal carcinoma: have you checked the "DISTANCE"?

scientific article published in August 2013

The use of ultrasound by breast surgeons in outpatients: an accurate extension of clinical diagnosis.

scientific article published in November 2001

The value of routine serum carcino-embryonic antigen measurement and computed tomography in the surveillance of patients after adjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 8 March 2004

Thin section MRI in multidisciplinary pre-operative decision making for patients with rectal cancer.

scientific article published in January 2005

Timing of surgery following chemoradiotherapy in rectal Cancer

scientific article published on October 2014

Timing of surgery following preoperative therapy in rectal cancer: the need for a prospective randomized trial?

scientific article published on October 2011

Total mesorectal excision optimized by pelvic MRI.

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Variations in Pelvic Dimensions Do Not Predict the Risk of Circumferential Resection Margin (CRM) Involvement in Rectal Cancer

What Are the Relevant Imaging Factors to Optimize Treatment Decisions?

Will MRI provide maps of lines of excision for rectal cancer?

scientific article published in The Lancet

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