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Our Research outputs 

See below the lastest publications and awards from the Mersey Colorectal Research Group

  • Myoferlin: a potential marker of response to radiotherapy and survival in locally advanced rectal cancer.
    Fowler H, Clifford RE, Bowden D, Sutton PA, Govindarajah N, Fok M, Glenn M, Wall M, Rubbi C, Buczacki SJ, Mandal A, Francies H, Parsons JL, Vimalachandran D. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Jun 10:S0360-3016(24)00696-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.05.030. 
     

  • Risk of tumour seeding in patients with liver lesions undergoing biopsy with or without concurrent ablation: meta-analysis.
    Maducolil JE, Girgis S, Mustafa MA, Gittens J, Fok M, Mahapatra S, Vimalachandran D, Jones R. BJS Open. 2024 May 8;8(3):zrae050. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae050
     

  • Individualized cancer vaccines versus surveillance after adjuvant chemotherapy for surgically resected high-risk stage 2 and stage 3 colorectal cancer: protocol for a randomized trial.
    Jones RP, Lee LYW, Corrie PG, Danson S, Vimalachandran D. Br J Surg. 2023 Nov 9;110(12):1883-1884. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad332. 
     

  • Enhancing radiotherapy outcomes in rectal cancer: A systematic review of targeting hypoxia-induced radioresistance.
    Fok M, Hill R, Fowler H, Clifford R, Kler A, Uzzi-Daniel J, Rocha S, Grundy G, Parsons J, Vimalachandran D.  Clin Transl Radiat Oncol. 2023 Oct 28;44:100695. doi: 10.1016/j.ctro.2023.100695
     

  • Impact on blood loss and transfusion rates following administration of tranexamic acid in major oncological abdominal and pelvic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
    Fowler H, Law J, Tham SM, Gunaravi SA, Houghton N, Clifford RE, Fok M, Barker JA, Vimalachandran D. J Surg Oncol. 2022 Sep;126(3):609-621. doi: 10.1002/jso.26900
     

  • Rectal cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic (ReCaP): multicentre prospective observational study.
    Clifford RE, Harji D, Poynter L, Jackson R, Adams R, Fearnhead NS, Vimalachandran D; ReCaP Steering Committee and Collaborators.  Br J Surg. 2021 Nov 11;108(11):1270-1273. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab129. 

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  • Diverticulitis Management, a Snapshot Collaborative Audit Study (DAMASCUS): Protocol for an international, multicentre, prospective observational study.
    DAMASCUS Study Management Group.  Colorectal Dis. 2021 Aug;23(8):2182-2188. doi: 10.1111/codi.15699. 
     

  • Completion Total Mesorectal Excision After Transanal Local Excision of Early Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
    Wyatt JNR, Powell SG, Altaf K, Barrow HE, Alfred JS, Ahmed S. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 May 1;65(5):628-640. PMID: 35143429.
     

  • Hartmann's procedure versus intersphincteric abdominoperineal excision (HiP Study): a multicentre prospective cohort study.
    Fowler H, Clifford R, Sutton P, Watson A, Fearnhead N, Bach S, Moran B, Rose A, Jackson R, Vimalachandran D; HiP collaborators. Colorectal Dis. 2020 Dec;22(12):2114-2122. doi: 10.1111/codi.15366. 
     

  • Metformin as a radiosensitiser for pelvic malignancy: A systematic review of the literature.
    Clifford RE, Gerrard AD, Fok M, Vimalachandran D. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2021 Jun;47(6):1252-1257. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.12.009. 

Latest Publications 

Awards

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  • RSM Travelling Fellowship - Rachael Clifford (2018), Aaron Kler (2024), Simon Powell (2024), James Wyatt (2024), Matthew Fok (2024)

  • Royal Society of Surgeons Research Fellowship awarded to Aaron Kler (2024), Matthew Fok (2023), Hayley Fowler (2022) and Rachael Clifford (2021)

  • AUGIS Research Travelling Fellowship (2023) Rachael Clifford 

  • Surgical Research Society (SRS) Young Investigator Award, Matthew Fok (2023)

  • Royal Society of Medicine John of Arderne Medal awarded to Hayley Fowler in (2021) and to Matthew Fok in (2023) and to Jayden Gittens (2024)

  • Medical Education Research and Scholarship for Everyone (MERSEY) conference poster presentation winner (2023) - Matthew Fok

  • University of Liverpool Associate Clinical Teacher Day oral presentation winner - Matthew Fok (2023)

  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Undergraduate Research Symposium oral presentation winner, Jeremy Easow (2021) and Jayden Gittens (2022) 

  • RCS fellows Prize, surgical research society (2021) Rachael Clifford

  • Liverpool North West Surgical Society William-Lloyd Jones Tankard oral presentation winner to Matthew Fok (2023), Chris Brunning (2022), Nikki Manu (2019), Rachael Clifford (2018) and (2020) 

  • First prize Annual PGR presentation day, University of Liverpool, Rachael Clifford, (2019)

  • BASO-ACS proffered paper prize, Hayley Fowler (2021) and Rachael Clifford, (2018)

  • BASO trainee prize - Narem Govindarajah (2017)

  • ESCP Travelling Fellowship - Narem Govindarajah (2018) 

  • NWCR Travelling Fellowship (2019) Rachael Clifford, Hayley Fowler (2020)

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