Publications: Dr Garth Funston

Bajwa A, Chidebe RCW, Adams T, Funston G, Soerjomataram I, Cohen R, Adel RS, Phan N et al. ( 2025 ) . Challenges and opportunities in ovarian cancer care: A qualitative study of clinician perspectives from 24 low- and middle-income countries . Journal of Cancer Policy vol. 44 ,

Reid F, Adams TS, Adel RS, Bolatbekova R, Cohen R, Kaidarova D, Lau I, Mukhopadhyay A et al. ( 2025 ) . Variations In Level Of Surgery And Optimal Cytoreduction Amongst 2,446 Women With Ovarian Cancer In 22 Low- And Middle-Income Countries: The Every Woman Study Cohort . International Journal of Gynecological Cancer vol. 35 , ( 2 )

Harvey-Sullivan A, Ali S, Dhesi P, Hart J, Painter H, Walter FM, Funston G, Zenner D ( 2024 ) . Comparing cancer stage at diagnosis between migrants and non-migrants: a meta-analysis . British Journal of Cancer vol. 132 , ( 2 ) 158 - 167 .

Reid F, Adams T, Adel R, Bolatbekova R, Chidebe R, Cohen R, Eiken M, Funston G et al. ( 2024 ) . EV309/#479  Identifying opportunities and challenges to improve survival and quality of life for women with ovarian cancer in low- and middle-income countries: the every woman study . International Journal of Gynecological Cancer . Conference: E-Poster Viewing Abstracts vol. 34 , a241 - a242 .

Dee EC, Todd R, Ng K, Aidoo-Micah G, Amen TB, Moon Z, Vince R, Muralidhar V et al. ( 2024 ) . Racial disparities in prostate cancer in the UK and the USA: similarities, differences and steps forwards . Nature Reviews Urology vol. 22 , ( 4 ) 223 - 234 .

Forbes H, Carreira H, Funston G, Andresen K, Bhatia U, Strongman H, Abrol E, Bowen L et al. ( 2024 ) . Early, medium and long-term mental health in cancer survivors compared with cancer-free comparators: matched cohort study using linked UK electronic health records . EClinicalMedicine vol. 76 ,

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 )

Reid F, Adams T, Adel RS, Andrade CE, Bajwa A, Bambury IG, Benhima N, Bolatbekova R et al. ( 2024 ) . The every woman study™ low- and middle-income countries edition protocol: A multi-country observational study to assess opportunities and challenges to improving survival and quality of life for women with ovarian cancer . PLOS ONE vol. 19 , ( 5 )

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 )

Reid F, Mackay C, Lau I, Noll F, Nasser S, Refky B, Mukhopadhyay A, Adams T et al. ( 2022 ) . O022/#296 The equity challenges of a large-scale ovarian cancer patient experience study in low- and middle-income countries: the every woman study™□ (2022) . International Journal of Gynecological Cancer . Conference: Focused Plenary Abstracts vol. 32 , a13 - a14 .

Bradley SH, Funston G, Jones D, Watson J ( 2022 ) . Authors’ reply to Booth and colleagues . The BMJ vol. 378 ,

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 .

Bradley SH, Funston G, Jones D, Watson J ( 2022 ) . Diagnosing prostate cancer in asymptomatic patients . The BMJ vol. 377 ,

Barr CE, Funston G, Jeevan D, Sundar S, Mounce LTA, Crosbie EJ ( 2022 ) . The Performance of HE4 Alone and in Combination with CA125 for the Detection of Ovarian Cancer in an Enriched Primary Care Population . Cancers vol. 14 , ( 9 )

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 )

Barr C, Funston G, Jeevan D, Sundar S, Mounce, Crosbie E ( 2021 ) . 238 The utility of biomarkers for ovarian cancer risk assessment in primary care: a pilot study . International Journal of Gynecological Cancer . Conference: Diagnostics vol. 31 , a67 - a67 .

Bradley SH, Nicholson BD, Funston G ( 2021 ) . Interpreting negative test results when assessing cancer risk in general practice . British Journal of General Practice vol. 71 , ( 708 ) 298 - 299 .

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 )

Barr CE, Funston G, Mounce LTA, Pemberton PW, Howe JD, Crosbie EJ ( 2021 ) . Comparison of two immunoassays for the measurement of serum HE4 for ovarian cancer . Practical Laboratory Medicine vol. 26 ,

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 )

Carreira H, Williams R, Funston G, Stanway S, Bhaskaran K ( 2021 ) . Associations between breast cancer survivorship and adverse mental health outcomes: A matched population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom . PLOS Medicine vol. 18 , ( 1 )

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 )

Carreira H, Williams R, Funston G, Stanway SJ, Bhaskaran K ( 2019 ) . Risk of anxiety and depression in breast cancer survivors compared to women who have never had cancer: A population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom . Journal of Clinical Oncology vol. 37 , ( 15_suppl ) 1564 - 1564 .

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 .

Merriel SWD, Funston G, Hamilton W ( 2018 ) . Prostate Cancer in Primary Care . Advances in Therapy vol. 35 , ( 9 ) 1285 - 1294 .

Funston G, O’Flynn H, Ryan NAJ, Hamilton W, Crosbie EJ ( 2018 ) . Correction to: Recognizing Gynecological Cancer in Primary Care: Risk Factors, Red Flags, and Referrals . Advances in Therapy vol. 35 , ( 4 ) 590 - 590 .

Funston G, O’Flynn H, Ryan NAJ, Hamilton W, Crosbie EJ ( 2018 ) . Recognizing Gynecological Cancer in Primary Care: Risk Factors, Red Flags, and Referrals . Advances in Therapy vol. 35 , ( 4 ) 577 - 589 .

Funston G, Piper RJ, Connell C, Foden P, Young AMH, O’Neill P ( 2016 ) . Medical student perceptions of research and research-orientated careers: An international questionnaire study . Medical Teacher vol. 38 , ( 10 ) 1041 - 1048 .

Funston G ( 2015 ) . The promotion of academic medicine through student-led initiatives . International Journal of Medical Education vol. 6 , 155 - 157 .

Funston G ( 2015 ) . The potential of student-led initiatives to revitalise general practice . British Journal of General Practice vol. 65 , ( 639 ) 531 - 531 .

Funston G, Cerra C, Kirkham D, Doherty G, O’Neill P ( 2015 ) . The road to a clinical academic career . The BMJ vol. 350 ,

Russell CD, Young AMH, Lomas DA, Funston GM ( 2014 ) . Evaluating the national student association of medical research . Medical Education vol. 48 , ( 11 ) 1105 - 1106 .

Sanderson B, Funston G ( 2014 ) . A novel international initiative to promote academic oncology amongst medical students . Medical Teacher vol. 37 , ( 1 ) 98 - 98 .

Funston G, Young A ( 2013 ) . UK medical students, debt, and career choices . The Lancet vol. 382 , ( 9896 )

Funston G, Goh W, Wei SJ, Tng QS, Brown C, Tong LJ, Verma C, Lane D et al. ( 2012 ) . Binding of Translationally Controlled Tumour Protein to the N-Terminal Domain of HDM2 Is Inhibited by Nutlin-3 . PLOS ONE vol. 7 , ( 8 )

Russell CD, McLean AL, MacGregor KE, Millar FR, Young AMH, Funston GM ( 2012 ) . Perceived barriers to research in undergraduate medicine . Medical Teacher vol. 34 , ( 9 ) 777 - 778 .

Russell C, Young A, Funston G ( 2012 ) . Promoting academic medicine to medical students . British Journal of Hospital Medicine vol. 73 , ( 6 ) 354 - 354 .

Young AMH, Funston GM, Agius M ( 2012 ) . The impact of social status on psychiatric disease susceptibility - an inflammatory model . Psychiatria Danubina vol. 24 , ( 2 ) 226 - 228 .

Funston GM, Young AMH ( 2012 ) . Action is required to safeguard the future of academic medicine in the UK . Nature Medicine vol. 18 , ( 2 ) 194 - 194 .

Ramoska EA, Saks M ( 2011 ) . Letters to the Editor . Medical Teacher vol. 33 , ( 10 ) 861 - 864 .

Funston GM, Young AMH, Lomas D ( 2011 ) . Cambridge University Clinical Research Society: promoting academic medicine . Medical Education vol. 45 , ( 11 ) 1134 - 1135 .

Funston GM, Kallioinen SE, de Felipe P, Ryan MD, Iggo RD ( 2008 ) . Expression of heterologous genes in oncolytic adenoviruses using picornaviral 2A sequences that trigger ribosome skipping . Journal of General Virology vol. 89 , ( 2 ) 389 - 396 .