Publications: Dr Francesca Pesola

Ussher M, Brose L, McNeill A, Notley C, Bauld L, Hajek P, Pesola F, Shahab L ( 2025 ) . Letter to the Editor: Comments on “Associations between vaping during pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis” by Deprato et al., (2025) . Journal of Hazardous Materials vol. 492 ,

Ahmad SQ, Pesola F, Crosbie PAJ, Gabe R, Hancock N, Kennedy MPT, Marshall C, Quaife SL et al. ( 2025 ) . Adherence to community-based lung cancer screening in the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial . Lung Cancer vol. 200 ,

Hartmann-Boyce J, Chan J, Zhitnik E, Pesola F, Hajek P, Lindson N ( 2025 ) . Longitudinal Patterns in Smoking Abstinence in Trials of E-cigarettes for Smoking Cessation: Secondary Analysis of Data From a Systematic Review, With Meta-Analyses . Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Pesola F, Smith KM, Phillips‐Waller A, Przulj D, Walton R, McRobbie H, Coleman T, Lewis S et al. ( 2024 ) . Pregnant smokers can be encouraged to switch to vaping . Addiction vol. 119 , ( 8 ) 1493 - 1494 .

Lin H-X, Liu Z, Hajek P, Zhang W-T, Wu Y, Zhu B-C, Liu H-H, Xiang Q et al. ( 2024 ) . Efficacy of Electronic Cigarettes vs Varenicline and Nicotine Chewing Gum as an Aid to Stop Smoking . JAMA Internal Medicine vol. 184 , ( 3 ) 291 - 299 .

Pesola F, Smith KM, Phillips‐Waller A, Przulj D, Griffiths C, Walton R, McRobbie H, Coleman T et al. ( 2024 ) . Safety of e‐cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop‐smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E‐cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomized controlled trial . Addiction vol. 119 , ( 5 ) 875 - 884 .

Phillips-Waller A ( 2023 ) . Effects of reduced-risk nicotine-delivery products on smoking prevalence and cigarette sales: the GIRO observational study . Health Technology Assessment

Przulj D, Pesola F, Myers Smith K, McRobbie H, Coleman T, Lewis S, Griffith C, Walton R et al. ( 2023 ) . Helping pregnant smokers quit: a multicentre randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy . Health Technology Assessment vol. 27 , ( 13 ) 1 - 53 .

Pesola F, Rebolj M, Sasieni P ( 2023 ) . Managing an extension of screening intervals: Avoiding boom and bust in health care workloads . International Journal of Cancer vol. 152 , ( 10 ) 2061 - 2068 .

Cui Z-Y, Li Y-H, Liu Z, Li L, Nie X-Q, Zhou X-M, Cheng A-Q, Li J-X et al. ( 2023 ) . The experience of tobacco withdrawal symptoms among current smokers and ex-smokers in the general population: Findings from nationwide China Health Literacy Survey during 2018-19 . Frontiers in Psychiatry vol. 13 ,

Hajek P, Przulj D, Pesola F, Griffiths C, Walton R, McRobbie H, Coleman T, Lewis S et al. ( 2022 ) . Author Correction: Electronic cigarettes versus nicotine patches for smoking cessation in pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial . Nature Medicine vol. 29 , ( 11 ) 2957 - 2957 .

Pesola F, Phillips‐Waller A, Przulj D, Smith KM, Hajek P ( 2022 ) . Can electronic cigarettes help pregnant smokers quit, and are they as safe to use in pregnancy as nicotine replacement treatments? . Clinical and Translational Medicine vol. 12 , ( 9 )

Luo Q, O’Connell DL, Yu XQ, Kahn C, Caruana M, Pesola F, Sasieni P, Grogan PB et al. ( 2022 ) . Cancer incidence and mortality in Australia from 2020 to 2044 and an exploratory analysis of the potential effect of treatment delays during the COVID-19 pandemic: a statistical modelling study . The Lancet Public Health vol. 7 , ( 6 ) e537 - e548 .

Rebolj M, Cuschieri K, Mathews CS, Pesola F, Denton K, Kitchener H, Appleyard T-L, Cruickshank M et al. ( 2022 ) . Extension of cervical screening intervals with primary human papillomavirus testing: observational study of English screening pilot data . The BMJ vol. 377 ,

Hajek P, Przulj D, Pesola F, Griffiths C, Walton R, Mcrobbie H, Coleman T, Lewis S et al. ( 2022 ) . Electronic cigarettes versus nicotine patches for smoking cessation in pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial . Nature Medicine

Castanon A, Rebolj M, Pesola F, Pearmain P, Stubbs R ( 2022 ) . COVID-19 disruption to cervical cancer screening in England . Journal of Medical Screening vol. 29 , ( 3 ) 203 - 208 .

Rebolj M, Pesola F, Mathews C, Mesher D, Soldan K, Kitchener H ( 2022 ) . The impact of catch-up bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination on cervical screening outcomes: an observational study from the English HPV primary screening pilot . British Journal of Cancer vol. 127 , ( 2 ) 278 - 287 .

Cox S, Bauld L, Brown R, Carlisle M, Ford A, Hajek P, Li J, Notley C et al. ( 2022 ) . Evaluating the effectiveness of e‐cigarettes compared with usual care for smoking cessation when offered to smokers at homeless centres: protocol for a multi‐centre cluster‐randomized controlled trial in Great Britain . Addiction vol. 117 , ( 7 ) 2096 - 2107 .

Rebolj M, Mathews CS, Pesola F, Cuschieri K, Denton K, Kitchener H, Group THPS ( 2022 ) . Age‐specific outcomes from the first round of HPV screening in unvaccinated women: Observational study from the English cervical screening pilot . BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology vol. 129 , ( 8 ) 1278 - 1288 .

Rebolj M, Mathews CS, Pesola F, Castañon A, Kitchener H, Group HPS ( 2021 ) . Acceleration of cervical cancer diagnosis with human papillomavirus testing below age 30: Observational study . International Journal of Cancer vol. 150 , ( 9 ) 1412 - 1421 .

Offman J, Pesola F, Fitzgerald RC, Hamilton W, Sasieni P ( 2021 ) . Impact of Barrett oesophagus diagnoses and endoscopies on oesophageal cancer survival in the UK: A cohort study . Cancer Medicine vol. 11 , ( 4 ) 1160 - 1171 .

Hajek P, Przulj D, Pesola F, McRobbie H, Peerbux S, Phillips-Waller A, Bisal N, Myers Smith K ( 2021 ) . A randomised controlled trial of the 5:2 diet . PLOS ONE vol. 16 , ( 11 ) e0258853 - e0258853 .

Hajek P, Phillips-Waller A, Przulj D, Pesola F, Smith KM, Bisal N, Li J, Parrott S et al. ( 2021 ) . E-cigarettes compared with nicotine replacement therapy within the UK stop smoking services: The TEC RCT . Health Technology Assessment vol. 23 , ( 43 ) vii - 81 .

Smith KM, Phillips‐Waller A, Pesola F, McRobbie H, Przulj D, Orzol M, Hajek P ( 2021 ) . E‐cigarettes versus nicotine replacement treatment as harm reduction interventions for smokers who find quitting difficult: randomized controlled trial . Addiction vol. 117 , ( 1 ) 224 - 233 .

Clark LV, McCrone P, Pesola F, Vergara-Williamson M, White PD ( 2021 ) . Corrigendum to “Guided graded exercise self-help for chronic fatigue syndrome: Long term follow up and cost-effectiveness following the GETSET trial” [Journal of Psychosomatic Research 146 (2021) 110484] . Journal of Psychosomatic Research vol. 148 ,

Phillips-Waller A, Przulj D, Pesola F, Myers Smith K, Hajek P ( 2021 ) . Nicotine delivery and user ratings of IQOS heated tobacco system compared to cigarettes, Juul and refillable e-cigarettes . Nicotine Tob Res

Clark LV, McCrone P, Pesola F, Vergara-Williamson M, White PD ( 2021 ) . Guided graded exercise self-help for chronic fatigue syndrome: Long term follow up and cost-effectiveness following the GETSET trial . Journal of Psychosomatic Research vol. 146 ,

Albuquerque A, Godfrey MAL, Cappello C, Pesola F, Bowring J, Cuming T, De Masi A, Rosenthal AN et al. ( 2021 ) . Multizonal anogenital neoplasia in women: a cohort analysis . BMC Cancer vol. 21 , ( 1 )

Castanon A, Rebolj M, Pesola F, Sasieni P ( 2021 ) . Recovery strategies following COVID-19 disruption to cervical cancer screening and their impact on excess diagnoses . British Journal of Cancer vol. 124 , ( 8 ) 1361 - 1365 .

Pesola F, Rebolj M, Leeson S, Dunk L, Pickford L, Gjini A, Sasieni P ( 2020 ) . Introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) primary testing in the age of HPV vaccination: projected impact on colposcopy services in Wales . BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology vol. 128 , ( 7 ) 1226 - 1235 .

Phillips-Waller A, Przulj D, Myers Smith K, Pesola F, Hajek P ( 2020 ) . Nicotine delivery and user reactions to Juul EU (20 mg/ml) compared with Juul US (59 mg/ml), cigarettes and other e-cigarette products . Psychopharmacology

Mcrobbie H, Phillips-Waller A, El Zerbi C, McNeill A, Hajek P, Pesola F, Balmford J, Ferguson SG et al. ( 2020 ) . Nicotine replacement treatment, e-cigarettes and an online behavioural intervention to reduce relapse in recent ex-smokers: a multinational four-arm RCT . Health Technology Assessment

( 2020 ) . Erratum . Addiction vol. 115 , ( 11 ) 2192 - 2192 .

Fitzgerald RC, di Pietro M, O'Donovan M, Maroni R, Muldrew B, Debiram-Beecham I, Gehrung M, Offman J et al. ( 2020 ) . Cytosponge-trefoil factor 3 versus usual care to identify Barrett's oesophagus in a primary care setting: a multicentre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial . The Lancet vol. 396 , ( 10247 ) 333 - 344 .

Fitzgerald RC, Di Pietro M, O'Donovan M, Muldrew B, Debiram-Beecham I, Offman J, Baseley L, Smith SG et al. ( 2020 ) . 634 RESULTS FROM THE BARRETT'S OESOPHAGUS TRIAL 3 (BEST3): A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING THE CYTOSPONGE™-TFF3 TEST WITH USUAL CARE TO IDENTIFY OESOPHAGEAL PRECANCER IN PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX . Gastroenterology vol. 158 , ( 6 ) s - 136 .

Pesola F, Eloranta S, Martling A, Saraste D, Smedby KE ( 2020 ) . Family history of colorectal cancer and survival: a Swedish population‐based study . Journal of Internal Medicine vol. 287 , ( 6 ) 723 - 733 .

Hajek P, Pittaccio K, Pesola F, Myers Smith K, Phillips-Waller A, Przulj D ( 2020 ) . Nicotine delivery and users' reactions to Juul compared with cigarettes and other e-cigarette products . Addiction

Fitzgerald RC, Di Pietro M, O'Donovan M, Muldrew B, Debiram-Beecham I, Offman J, Baseley L, Smith SG et al. ( 2020 ) . RESULTS FROM THE BARRETT'S OESOPHAGUS TRIAL 3 (BEST3): A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING THE CYTOSPONGE™-FF3 TEST WITH USUAL CARE TO IDENTIFY OESOPHAGEAL PRE-CANCER IN PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX . GASTROENTEROLOGY . vol. 158 , S136 - S136 .

Li J, Hajek P, Pesola F, Wu Q, Phillips‐Waller A, Przulj D, Smith KM, Bisal N et al. ( 2019 ) . Cost‐effectiveness of e‐cigarettes compared with nicotine replacement therapy in stop smoking services in England (TEC study): a randomized controlled trial . Addiction vol. 115 , ( 3 ) 507 - 517 .

Luo Q, Steinberg J, O'Connell DL, Yu XQ, Caruana M, Wade S, Pesola F, Grogan PB et al. ( 2019 ) . Lung cancer mortality in Australia in the twenty-first century: How many lives can be saved with effective tobacco control? . Lung Cancer vol. 130 , 208 - 215 .

Castanon A, Pesola F, Sasieni P ( 2019 ) . Cancer elimination thresholds: one size does not fit all . The Lancet Public Health vol. 4 , ( 2 )

HAJEK P, PHILLIPS-WALLER A, PRZULJ D, Pesola F, MYERS SMITH KE, BISAL N, Li J, Parrott S et al. ( 2019 ) . A Randomised Trial of E-Cigarettes Versus Nicotine Replacement Therapy . New England Journal of Medicine

Pesola F, Sasieni P ( 2019 ) . Impact of screening on cervical cancer incidence in England: a time trend analysis . BMJ Open vol. 9 , ( 1 )

Luo Q, Yu XQ, Wade S, Caruana M, Pesola F, Canfell K, O’Connell DL ( 2018 ) . Lung cancer mortality in Australia: Projected outcomes to 2040 . Lung Cancer vol. 125 , 68 - 76 .

Offman J, Muldrew B, O’Donovan M, Debiram-Beecham I, Pesola F, Kaimi I, Smith SG, Wilson A et al. ( 2018 ) . Barrett’s oESophagus trial 3 (BEST3): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing the Cytosponge-TFF3 test with usual care to facilitate the diagnosis of oesophageal pre-cancer in primary care patients with chronic acid reflux . BMC Cancer vol. 18 , ( 1 )

De-Masi A, Davis E, Cuming T, Chindawi N, Pesola F, Cappello C, Chambers S, Bowring J et al. ( 2018 ) . The acceptability of high resolution anoscopy examination in patients attending a tertiary referral centre . BMC Cancer vol. 18 , ( 1 )

Wilson A, -Beecham ID, Bowers B, Muldrew B, Aigret B, O'Donovan M, Tripathi M, Offman J et al. ( 2018 ) . Sa1643 - Feasibility of the Implementation of Cytosponge as a Triage Test for Reflux Symptoms in Primary Care: Barrett's Esophagus Screening Trial 3 (Best3) . Gastroenterology vol. 154 , ( 6 ) s - 339 .

OFFMAN JM, PESOLA F, SASIENI P ( 2018 ) . Trends and projections in adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in England from 1971 to 2037 . British Journal of Cancer

Clark LV, Pesola F, Thomas JM, Vergara-Williamson M, Beynon M, White PD ( 2018 ) . Graded exercise self-help for chronic fatigue syndrome in GETSET – Authors' reply . The Lancet vol. 391 , ( 10126 )

Williams J, Leamy M, Pesola F, Bird V, Le Boutillier C, Slade M ( 2018 ) . Psychometric evaluation of the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR) . The British Journal of Psychiatry vol. 207 , ( 6 ) 551 - 555 .

Wilson A, Debiram-Beecham I, Bowers B, Muldrew B, Aigret B, O'Donovan M, Tripathi M, Offman J et al. ( 2018 ) . FEASIBILITY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CYTOSPONGE AS A TRIAGE TEST FOR REFLUX SYMPTOMS IN PRIMARY CARE: BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS SCREENING TRIAL 3 (BEST3) . GASTROENTEROLOGY . vol. 154 , S339 - S339 .

Castanon A, Landy R, Pesola F, Windridge P, Sasieni P ( 2017 ) . Prediction of cervical cancer incidence in England, UK, up to 2040, under four scenarios: a modelling study . The Lancet Public Health vol. 3 , ( 1 ) e34 - e43 .

Pesola F, Ferlay J, Sasieni P ( 2017 ) . Cancer incidence in English children, adolescents and young people: past trends and projections to 2030 . British Journal of Cancer vol. 117 , ( 12 ) 1865 - 1873 .

CLARK LV, White PD ( 2017 ) . Guided graded exercise self-help plus specialist medical care versus specialist medical care alone for chronic fatigue syndrome (GETSET): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial . Lancet

Offman J, Pesola F, Fitzgerald R, Hamilton W, Sasieni P ( 2016 ) . Incidence and progression of Barrett's oesophagus in clinical practice: A cohort analysis for planning of the Barrett's ESophagus Trial 3 (BEST3) comparing the Cytosponge-TFF3 test with usual care . European Journal of Surgical Oncology vol. 42 , ( 11 ) s252 - s253 .

Landy R, Pesola F, Castañón A, Sasieni P ( 2016 ) . Impact of cervical screening on cervical cancer mortality: estimation using stage-specific results from a nested case–control study . British Journal of Cancer vol. 115 , ( 9 ) 1140 - 1146 .

Macpherson R, Pesola F, Leamy M, Bird V, Le Boutillier C, Williams J, Slade M ( 2016 ) . The relationship between clinical and recovery dimensions of outcome in mental health . Schizophrenia Research vol. 175 , ( 1-3 ) 142 - 147 .

Leamy M, Clarke E, Le Boutillier C, Bird V, Choudhury R, MacPherson R, Pesola F, Sabas K et al. ( 2016 ) . Recovery practice in community mental health teams: national survey . The British Journal of Psychiatry vol. 209 , ( 4 ) 340 - 346 .

Zahra D, Hedge C, Pesola F, Burr S ( 2016 ) . Accounting for test reliability in student progression: the reliable change index . Medical Education vol. 50 , ( 7 ) 738 - 745 .

CLARK LV, White PD, Pesola F ( 2016 ) . Graded Exercise Therapy Guided Self-Help Trial for Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (GETSET): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Interview Study . JMIR Protocols vol. 5 , ( 2 ) Article e70 ,

CLARK LV, White PD ( 2016 ) . Graded Exercise Therapy guided Self-hElp Treatment (GETSET) for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomised controlled trial in secondary care . Journal of Psychosomatic Research . Conference: EAPM 2016 ( Lulea, Sweden ) from: 16/06/2016 to: 18/06/2016 , vol. 85 , 59 - 59 .

Freidl M, Pesola F, Konrad J, Puschner B, Kovacs AI, De Rosa C, Fiorillo A, Krogsgaard Bording M et al. ( 2016 ) . Effects of Clinical Decision Topic on Patients’ Involvement in and Satisfaction With Decisions and Their Subsequent Implementation . Psychiatric Services vol. 67 , ( 6 ) 658 - 663 .

Pesola F, Williams J, Bird V, Freidl M, Le Boutillier C, Leamy M, Macpherson R, Slade M ( 2015 ) . Development and evaluation of an Individualized Outcome Measure (IOM) for randomized controlled trials in mental health . International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research vol. 24 , ( 4 ) 257 - 265 .

Slade M, Bird V, Clarke E, Le Boutillier C, McCrone P, Macpherson R, Pesola F, Wallace G et al. ( 2015 ) . Supporting recovery in patients with psychosis through care by community-based adult mental health teams (REFOCUS): a multisite, cluster, randomised, controlled trial . The Lancet Psychiatry vol. 2 , ( 6 ) 503 - 514 .

van der Krieke L, Bird V, Leamy M, Bacon F, Dunn R, Pesola F, Janosik M, Le Boutillier C et al. ( 2015 ) . The feasibility of implementing recovery, psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for psychosis: comparison study . Implementation Science vol. 10 , ( 1 )

Pesola F, Shelton KH, Heron J, Munafò M, Hickman M, van den Bree MBM ( 2015 ) . The Developmental Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence and Harmful Drinking in Emerging Adulthood: The Role of Peers and Parents . Journal of Youth and Adolescence vol. 44 , ( 9 ) 1752 - 1766 .

Schrank B, Brownell T, Jakaite Z, Larkin C, Pesola F, Riches S, Tylee A, Slade M ( 2015 ) . Evaluation of a positive psychotherapy group intervention for people with psychosis: pilot randomised controlled trial . Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences vol. 25 , ( 3 ) 235 - 246 .

Pesola F, Shelton KH, Heron J, Munafò M, Maughan B, Hickman M, van den Bree MBM ( 2015 ) . The Mediating Role of Deviant Peers on the Link Between Depressed Mood and Harmful Drinking . Journal of Adolescent Health vol. 56 , ( 2 ) 153 - 159 .

Landy R, Castanon A, Sasieni P, Pesola F ( 2015 ) . Stage-based mortality impact of cervical screening . EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE . vol. 24 , 4 - 4 .

Williams J, Leamy M, Bird V, Le Boutillier C, Norton S, Pesola F, Slade M ( 2014 ) . Development and evaluation of the INSPIRE measure of staff support for personal recovery . Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology vol. 50 , ( 5 ) 777 - 786 .

Pickering AD, Pesola F ( 2014 ) . Modeling dopaminergic and other processes involved in learning from reward prediction error: contributions from an individual differences perspective . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience vol. 8 ,

Pesola F, Shelton KH, van den Bree MBM ( 2014 ) . Sexual orientation and alcohol problem use among UK adolescents: an indirect link through depressed mood . Addiction vol. 109 , ( 7 ) 1072 - 1080 .