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Publications: Dr Garth Funston

Barlow M, Down L, Mounce LTA, Funston G, Merriel SWD, Watson J, Abel G, Kirkland L et al. ( 2024 ) . The diagnostic performance of CA-125 for the detection of ovarian cancer in women from different ethnic groups: a cohort study of English primary care data . Journal of Ovarian Research vol. 17 , ( 1 )
Buzasi E, Carreira H, Funston G, Mansfield KE, Forbes H, Strongman H, Bhaskaran K ( 2024 ) . Risk of fractures in half a million survivors of 20 cancers: a population-based matched cohort study using linked English electronic health records . The Lancet Healthy Longevity vol. 5 , ( 3 ) e194 - e203 .
Johnston AJ, Sivakumar S, Zhou Y, Funston G, Bradley SH ( 2023 ) . Improving early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in symptomatic patients . British Journal of General Practice vol. 73 , ( 737 ) 534 - 535 .
Funston G, Moullet M, Mounce L, Lyratzopoulos G, Walter FM, Zhou Y ( 2023 ) . Pre-diagnostic prescription patterns in bladder and renal cancer: a longitudinal linked data study . British Journal of General Practice vol. 74 , ( 740 )
Funston G, Crosbie EJ, Hamilton W, Walter FM ( 2022 ) . Detecting ovarian cancer in primary care: can we do better? . British Journal of General Practice vol. 72 , ( 720 ) 312 - 313 .
Moullet M, Funston G, Mounce LT, Abel GA, de Wit N, Walter FM, Zhou Y ( 2022 ) . Pre-diagnostic clinical features and blood tests in patients with colorectal cancer: a retrospective linked data study . British Journal of General Practice vol. 72 , ( 721 )
Walter FM ( 2021 ) . Could ovarian cancer prediction models improve the triage of symptomatic women in primary care? A modelling study using routinely collected data . Cancers vol. 13 , ( 12 )
Druce P, Calanzani N, Snudden C, Milley K, Boscott R, Behiyat D, Martinez-Gutierrez J, Saji S et al. ( 2021 ) . Identifying Novel Biomarkers Ready for Evaluation in Low-Prevalence Populations for the Early Detection of Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . Advances in Therapy vol. 38 , ( 6 ) 3032 - 3065 .
Calanzani N, Chang A, Van Melle M, Pannebakker MM, Funston G, Walter FM ( 2021 ) . Recognising Colorectal Cancer in Primary Care . Advances in Therapy vol. 38 , ( 5 ) 2732 - 2746 .
Funston G, Mounce LT, Price S, Rous B, Crosbie EJ, Hamilton W, Walter FM ( 2021 ) . CA125 test result, test-to-diagnosis interval and stage in ovarian cancer: a cohort study using electronic health records . British Journal of General Practice vol. 71 , ( 707 )
Calanzani N, Druce PE, Snudden C, Milley KM, Boscott R, Behiyat D, Saji S, Martinez-Gutierrez J et al. ( 2020 ) . Identifying Novel Biomarkers Ready for Evaluation in Low-Prevalence Populations for the Early Detection of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Systematic Review . Advances in Therapy vol. 38 , ( 2 ) 793 - 834 .
Funston G, Hardy V, Abel G, Crosbie EJ, Emery J, Hamilton W, Walter FM ( 2020 ) . Identifying Ovarian Cancer in Symptomatic Women: A Systematic Review of Clinical Tools . Cancers vol. 12 , ( 12 )
Arendse KD, Walter FM, Pilling M, Zhou Y, Hamilton W, Funston G ( 2020 ) . Time from presentation to pre-diagnostic chest X-ray in symptomatic lung cancer patients: a cohort study using electronic patient records . British Journal of General Practice vol. 71 , ( 705 )
Funston G, Hamilton W, Abel G, Crosbie EJ, Rous B, Walter FM ( 2020 ) . The diagnostic performance of CA125 for the detection of ovarian and non-ovarian cancer in primary care: A population-based cohort study . PLOS Medicine vol. 17 , ( 10 )
Zhou Y, Funston G, Lyratzopoulos G, Walter FM ( 2020 ) . Correction to: Improving the Timely Detection of Bladder and Kidney Cancer in Primary Care . Advances in Therapy vol. 37 , ( 4 ) 1702 - 1702 .
Jones OT, Ranmuthu CKI, Hall PN, Funston G, Walter FM ( 2019 ) . Recognising Skin Cancer in Primary Care . Advances in Therapy vol. 37 , ( 1 ) 603 - 616 .
Funston G, Van Melle M, Baun M-LL, Jensen H, Helsper C, Emery J, Crosbie EJ, Thompson M et al. ( 2019 ) . Variation in the initial assessment and investigation for ovarian cancer in symptomatic women: a systematic review of international guidelines . BMC Cancer vol. 19 , ( 1 )
Zhou Y, Funston G, Lyratzopoulos G, Walter FM ( 2019 ) . Improving the Timely Detection of Bladder and Kidney Cancer in Primary Care . Advances in Therapy vol. 36 , ( 7 ) 1778 - 1785 .