Mr Ross Dolan
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing)
email:
Ross.Dolan@glasgow.ac.uk
Academic Department of Surgery, New Lister Building, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, G31 2ER
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5272-5906Publications
2025
Pumtako, C., Dolan, R. D. , Fallon, M., Sullivan, E. S., Simmons, C. P., Ryan, A. M., McGovern, J., Power, D., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2025) The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) inflammation criteria to predict survival in patients with advanced cancer: a prospective cohort study. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 67, pp. 344-352. (doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.03.027)
Pumtako, C. , Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2025) Prevalence and prognostic value of global leadership initiative on malnutrition (GLIM) phenotypic cachexia criteria in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 67, pp. 387-397. (doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.03.044)
Thompson, J. J., MacLeod, N., Will, S., O'Rourke, F., McGovern, J., Roxburgh, C. , Edwards, J. , Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2025) The prognostic value of a laboratory cachexia score (LCAS) defined by LDH, CRP and albumin in patients with advanced lung cancer. BMC Cancer, 25, 543. (doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-13426-3) (PMID:40133911) (PMCID:PMC11938618)
Dolan, R. D. et al. (2025) The relationship between tumour necrosis, systemic inflammation, body composition and survival in patients with colon cancer. BJC Reports, 3(1), 7. (doi: 10.1038/s44276-024-00119-w) (PMID:39910331)
2024
Pumtako, C. , Dolan, R. D. , McGovern, J. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) Routine assessment of nutritional, functional and inflammatory criteria in patients with cancer: a systematic review. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 63, pp. 294-303. (doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.06.052) (PMID:38980797)
Abbass, T. , Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G., MacLeod, N., Skipworth, R. J., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) CT derived measurement of body composition: Observations from a comparative analysis of patients with colorectal and lung cancer. Nutrition and Cancer, (doi: 10.1080/01635581.2024.2392913) (PMID:39180189) (Early Online Publication)
McGovern, J. et al. (2024) The prevalence and prognostic value of systemic inflammation in good performance status patients with advanced, inoperable non-small cell lung cancer receiving palliative radiotherapy: comparison of composite ratios and cumulative scores. Cancer Medicine, 13(16), e70139. (doi: 10.1002/cam4.70139) (PMCID:PMC11335809)
Golder, A. M. , Ferguson, M., McMillan, P., Mansouri, D. , Horgan, P. G. , Roxburgh, C. S. , Dolan, R. D. , McGovern, J. and McMillan, D. (2024) CT-derived body composition and differential association with age, TNM stage and systemic inflammation in patients with colon cancer. Scientific Reports, 14, 15673. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65871-y) (PMID:38977870) (PMCID:PMC11231341)
Thompson, J., McGovern, J., Roxburgh, C. , Edwards, J. , Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) The relationship between LDH and GLIM criteria for cancer cachexia: systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 199, 104378. (doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2024.104378) (PMID:38754770)
Hjermstad, M. J. et al. (2024) Quality of life endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: systematic review 3 of the cachexia endpoints series. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 15(3), pp. 794-815. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13453) (PMID:38553255) (PMCID:PMC11154790)
Yule, M. S. et al. (2024) Biomarker endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 5 of the cachexia endpoint series. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 15(3), pp. 853-867. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13491) (PMID:38783477) (PMCID:PMC11154797)
Brown, L. R. et al. (2024) Cachexia index for prognostication in surgical patients with locally advanced oesophageal or gastric cancer: multicentre cohort study. British Journal of Surgery, 111(4), znae098. (doi: 10.1093/bjs/znae098) (PMID:38593042) (PMCID:PMC11003541)
Bradley, N. A., McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Golder, A. M. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Guthrie, G. J.K. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) CT-derived body composition: Differential association with disease, age and inflammation in a retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE, 19(3), e0300038. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300038) (PMID:38512880) (PMCID:PMC10956827)
McGovern, J., Mackay, C., Freireich, R., Golder, A. M. , Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. , Holroyd, D., Jamieson, N. B. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) The relationship between liver volume, clinicopathological characteristics and survival in patients undergoing resection with curative intent for non-metastatic colonic cancer. Tomography, 10(3), pp. 349-359. (doi: 10.3390/tomography10030027) (PMID:38535769) (PMCID:PMC10974240)
Bryce, A. , Dreyer, S., Dolan, R. , Froeling, F. and Chang, D. (2024) Host phenotypic adversity independently predicts progression to resection in neoadjuvantly-treated pancreatic cancer. 42nd Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, Florence, Italy, 25-27 Oct 2023. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2023.107753)
Vagnildhaug, O. M. et al. (2024) Appetite and dietary intake endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 2 of the cachexia endpoints series. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 15(2), pp. 513-535. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13434) (PMID:38343065) (PMCID:PMC10995275)
2023
Saeed, R., McGovern, J., Bench, H., Dolan, R. D. , McMillan, D. C. and Cascales, A. (2023) The relationship between clinicopathological variables, systemic inflammation, and CT-derived body composition with survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer receiving nivolumab as a second-line treatment. Cancer Medicine, 12(24), pp. 22062-22070. (doi: 10.1002/cam4.6805) (PMID:38088761) (PMCID:PMC10757089)
Bradley, N. A., Walter, A., Dolan, R. , Wilson, A., Siddiqui, T., Roxburgh, C. S.D. , McMillan, D. C. and Guthrie, G. J.K. (2023) Evaluation of the prognostic value of computed tomography-derived body composition in patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 14(4), pp. 1836-1847. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13262) (PMID:37221439) (PMCID:PMC10401537)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) Assessment and prognostic value of inflammatory biomarkers in patients with colon cancer. JAMA Oncology, 9(8), pp. 1152-1153. (doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.1529) (PMID:37318817)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Simmons, C., Daly, L. E., Ryan, A. M., Power, D. G., Fallon, M. T., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) Are CT-Derived Muscle Measurements Prognostic, Independent of Systemic Inflammation, in Good Performance Status Patients with Advanced Cancer? Cancers, 15(13), 3497. (doi: 10.3390/cancers15133497) (PMID:37444607) (PMCID:PMC10340321)
McGovern, J., Leadbitter, S., Miller, G., Hounat, A., Kamande, I., Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. , Chang, D. K. , Jamieson, N. B. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) The relationship between heart rate variability and TNM stage, co-morbidity, systemic inflammation and survival in patients with primary operable colorectal cancer. Scientific Reports, 13, 8157. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35396-x) (PMID:37208421) (PMCID:PMC10198985)
Brown, L. R. et al. (2023) The impact of acute systemic inflammation secondary to oesophagectomy and anastomotic leak on computed tomography body composition analyses. Cancers, 15(9), 2577. (doi: 10.3390/cancers15092577) (PMID:37174044) (PMCID:PMC10177546)
Rocha, B. M.M., Dolan, R. D. , Paiva, C. E., McGovern, J., Paiva, B. S. R., Preto, D. D., McMillan, D. C. , Maia, Y. C. P. and Laird, B. J. (2023) Inflammation and performance status: the cornerstones of prognosis in advanced cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 65(4), pp. 348-357. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.11.021) (PMID:36493981)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Simmons, C. P.L., Daly, L. E., Ryan, A. M., Power, D. G., Maguire, D., Fallon, M. T., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) Lactate dehydrogenase: relationship with the diagnostic GLIM criterion for cachexia in patients with advanced cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 128(5), pp. 760-765. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-02099-5) (PMID:36517550) (PMCID:PMC9977728)
McGovern, J., Grayston, A., Coates, D., Leadbitter, S., Hounat, A., Horgan, P. G. , Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) The relationship between the modified frailty index score (mFI-5), malnutrition, body composition, systemic inflammation and short-term clinical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer. BMC Geriatrics, 23, 9. (doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03703-2) (PMID:36609242) (PMCID:PMC9817261)
McGovern, J. et al. (2023) The relationship between computed tomography-derived sarcopenia, cardiopulmonary exercise testing performance, systemic inflammation, and survival in good performance status patients with oesophago-gastric cancer undergoing neoadjuvant treatment. JCSM Clinical Reports, 8(1), pp. 3-11. (doi: 10.1002/crt2.57)
2022
Golder, A. M. , Sin, L. K. E., Alani, F., Dolan, R. , Mansouri, D. , Horgan, P. G. , McMillan, D. C. and Roxburgh, C. S. (2022) The relationship between the mode of presentation, CT-derived body composition, systemic inflammatory grade and survival in colon cancer. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 13(6), pp. 2863-2874. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13097) (PMID:36218135) (PMCID:PMC9745485)
Savioli, F., Morrow, E. S., Dolan, R. D. , Romics, L., Lannigan, A., Edwards, J. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) Prognostic role of preoperative circulating systemic inflammatory response markers in primary breast cancer: meta-analysis. British Journal of Surgery, 109(12), pp. 1206-1215. (doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac319) (PMID:36130112)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Maguire, D., Horgan, P. , Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) A comparison of CT-body composition measurements in non-cancer and cancer patients from a single UK centre. Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls, 7(3), pp. 117-122. (doi: 10.22540/JFSF-07-117) (PMID:36119551) (PMCID:PMC9433946)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Skipworth, R. J., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) Cancer cachexia: a nutritional or a systemic inflammatory syndrome? British Journal of Cancer, 127, pp. 379-382. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-01826-2) (PMID:35523879) (PMCID:PMC9073809)
Di Rollo, D. G., McGovern, J., Morton, C., Miller, G., Dolan, R. , Horgan, P. G. , McMillan, D. C. and Mansouri, D. (2022) Relationship between BMI, CT-derived body composition and colorectal neoplasia in a bowel screening population. Scottish Medical Journal, 67(3), pp. 93-102. (doi: 10.1177/00369330221102237) (PMID:35603880)
McGovern, J., Golder, A. M. , Dolan, R. D. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) The combination of computed tomography-derived muscle mass and muscle density and relationship with clinicopathological characteristics and survival in patients undergoing potentially curative surgery for colorectal cancer. JCSM Clinical Reports, 7(3), pp. 65-76. (doi: 10.1002/crt2.54)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) The prevalence and prognostic value of frailty screening measures in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer: observations from a systematic review. BMC Geriatrics, 22, 260. (doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02928-5) (PMID:35351011) (PMCID:PMC8962494)
McGovern, J., Al-Azzawi, Y., Kemp, O., Moffitt, P., Richards, C., Dolan, R. D. , Laird, B. J., McMillan, D. C. and Maguire, D. (2022) The relationship between frailty, nutritional status, co-morbidity, CT-body composition and systemic inflammation in patients with COVID-19. Journal of Translational Medicine, 20, 98. (doi: 10.1186/s12967-022-03300-2) (PMID:35189900) (PMCID:PMC8860274)
2021
Norton, L. et al. (2021) Clinical and radiological characteristics of acute pulmonary embolus in relation to 28-day and 6-month mortality. PLoS ONE, 16(12), e0258843. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258843) (PMID:34962922) (PMCID:PMC8714121)
Patton, R., Cook, J., Haraldsdottir, E., Brown, D., Dolan, R. D. , McMillan, D. C. , Skipworth, R. J. E., Fallon, M. and Laird, B. J.A. (2021) REVOLUTION (Routine EValuatiOn of people LivIng with caNcer)—protocol for a prospective characterisation study of patients with incurable cancer. PLoS ONE, 16(12), e0261175. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261175) (PMID:34914733) (PMCID:PMC8675681)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2021) Computed tomography-defined low skeletal muscle index and density in cancer patients: observations from a systematic review. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 12(6), pp. 1408-1417. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12831) (PMID:34664431) (PMCID:PMC8718024)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. , Richards, C., Laird, B. J., McMillan, D. C. and Maguire, D. (2021) Relation between body composition, systemic inflammatory response, and clinical outcomes in patients admitted to an urban teaching hospital with COVID-19. Journal of Nutrition, 151(8), pp. 2236-2244. (doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab142) (PMID:34159388) (PMCID:PMC8195217)
Maguire, D. et al. (2021) The systemic inflammatory response and clinicopathological characteristics in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 infection: comparison of 2 consecutive cohorts. PLoS ONE, 16(5), e0251924. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251924) (PMID:34043668) (PMCID:PMC8159002)
2020
Dolan, R. D. , Maclay, J. D., Abbass, T., Colville, D., Buali, F., MacLeod, N., McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) The relationship between 18F-FDG-PETCT-derived tumour metabolic activity, nutritional risk, body composition, systemic inflammation and survival in patients with lung cancer. Scientific Reports, 10, 20819. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77269-7) (PMID:33257741) (PMCID:PMC7705735)
Dolan, R. D. , Alwahid, M., McSorley, S. T. , Park, J. H. , Stevenson, R. P., Roxburgh, C. S. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) A comparison of the prognostic value of composite ratios and cumulative scores in patients with operable rectal cancer. Scientific Reports, 10, 17965. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73909-0) (PMID:33087753) (PMCID:PMC7578034)
Abbass, T. , Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) The relationship between systemic inflammation, body composition and clinical outcomes in patients with operable colorectal cancer at low and medium to high nutritional risk. JCSM Clinical Reports, 5(4), pp. 99-107. (doi: 10.1002/crt2.25)
Maguire, D. et al. (2020) Prognostic factors in patients admitted to an urban teaching hospital with COVID-19 infection. Journal of Translational Medicine, 18, 354. (doi: 10.1186/s12967-020-02524-4) (PMID:32933530) (PMCID:PMC7491021)
Dolan, R. D. , Daly, L., Sim, W. M.J., Fallon, M., Ryan, A., McMillan, D. C. and Laird, B. J. (2020) Comparison of the prognostic value of ECOG-PS, mGPS and BMI/WL: implications for a clinically important framework in the assessment and treatment of advanced cancer. Clinical Nutrition, 39(9), pp. 2889-2895. (doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.12.024) (PMID:31926762)
Almasaudi, A. S., Dolan, R. D. , Edwards, C. A. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) Hypoalbuminemia reflects nutritional risk, body composition and systemic inflammation and is independently associated with survival in patients with colorectal cancer. Cancers, 12(7), 1986. (doi: 10.3390/cancers12071986)
Dolan, R. D. , Tien, Y.-T., Horgan, P. G. , Edwards, C. A. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) The relationship between computed tomography‐derived body composition and survival in colorectal cancer: the effect of image software. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle: Rapid Communications, 3(2), pp. 81-90. (doi: 10.1002/rco2.15)
Daly, L. E. et al. (2020) Determinants of quality of life in patients with incurable cancer. Cancer, 126(12), pp. 2872-2882. (doi: 10.1002/cncr.32824) (PMID:32267548)
Dolan, R. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) The prevalence of cancer associated systemic inflammation: Implications of prognostic studies using the Glasgow Prognostic Score. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 150, 102962. (doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.102962) (PMID:32344318)
Dolan, R. D. et al. (2020) The relationship between ECOG-PS, mGPS, BMI/WL grade and body composition and physical function in patients with advanced cancer. Cancers, 12(5), 1187. (doi: 10.3390/cancers12051187) (PMID:32397102) (PMCID:PMC7281405)
Daly, L. et al. (2020) The relationship between the BMI-adjusted weight loss grading system and quality of life in patients with incurable cancer. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 11(1), pp. 160-168. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12499) (PMID:31692296) (PMCID:PMC7015235)
McSorley, S. T. , Tham, A. , Dolan, R. D. , Steele, C. W. , Ramsingh, J., Roxburgh, C. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with the postoperative systemic inflammatory response and poorer outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 27, pp. 833-843. (doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07984-7) (PMID:31664621) (PMCID:PMC7000540)
2019
Almasaudi, A. S., McSorley, S. T. , Dolan, R. D. , Edwards, C. A. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) The relation between Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), computed tomography-derived body composition, systemic inflammation, and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 110(6), pp. 1327-1334. (doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz230) (PMID:31529042)
Almasaudi, A. S., Dolan, R. D. , McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. , Edwards, C. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) Relationship between computed tomography-derived body composition, sex, and post-operative complications in patients with colorectal cancer. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 73(11), pp. 1450-1457. (doi: 10.1038/s41430-019-0414-0) (PMID:30858540)
Abbass, T. , Dolan, R. D. , Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) The relationship between imaging-based body composition analysis and the systemic inflammatory response in patients with cancer: a systematic review. Cancers, 11, 1304. (doi: 10.3390/cancers11091304) (PMID:31487957)
Dolan, R. , Laird, B. J.A., Klepstad, P., Kaasa, S., Horgan, P. G. , Paulsen, Ø. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) An exploratory study examining the relationship between performance status and systemic inflammation frameworks and cytokine profiles in patients with advanced cancer. Medicine, 98(37), e17019. (doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000017019) (PMID:31517821) (PMCID:PMC6750290)
McSorley, S. T. , Dolan, R. D. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Horgan, P. G. , MacKay, G. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) Possible dose dependent effect of perioperative dexamethasone and laparoscopic surgery on the postoperative systemic inflammatory response and complications following surgery for colon cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 45(9), pp. 1613-1618. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.05.020) (PMID:31130339)
McSorley, S. T. , Tham, A. , Steele, C. W. , Dolan, R. D. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) Quantitative data on red cell measures of iron status and their relation to the magnitude of the systemic inflammatory response and survival in patients with colorectal cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 45(7), pp. 1205-1211. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.02.027) (PMID:30850153)
Morrow, E. S., Dolan, R. D. , Doughty, J., Stallard, S., Lannigan, A. and Romics, L. (2019) Variation in the management of elderly patients in two neighboring breast units is due to preferences and attitudes of health professionals. Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy, 11, pp. 179-188. (doi: 10.2147/BCTT.S194124)
Dolan, R. D. , McLees, N. G., Irfan, A., McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. , Colville, D. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) The relationship between tumour glucose metabolism and host systemic inflammatory responses in patients with cancer: a systematic review. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 60(4), pp. 467-471. (doi: 10.2967/jnumed.118.216697) (PMID:30166353)
Dolan, R. , Almasaudi, A. S., Dieu, L. B., Horgan, P. G. , McSorley, S. T. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) The relationship between computed tomography‐derived body composition, systemic inflammatory response, and survival in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 10(1), pp. 111-122. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12357) (PMID:30460764) (PMCID:PMC6438413)
Daly, L.E. et al. (2019) Clinical & Nutritional Determinants of Quality of Life in Patients with Incurable Cancer. 44th ESMO Congress (ESMO 2019), Barcelona, Spain, 27 Sep - 1 Oct 2019.
Sullivan, E.S., Daly, L.E., Dolan, R. , Ní Bhuachalla, É.B., Fallon, M., Simmons, C., McMillan, D.C. , Laird, B., Ryan, A.M. and Power, D.G. (2019) Predictors of Survival in Patients with Incurable Cancer. 44th ESMO Congress (ESMO 2019), Barcelona, Spain, 27 Sep - 1 Oct 2019.
2018
Dolan, R. D. , Laird, B., Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) The prognostic value of the systemic inflammatory response in randomised clinical trials in cancer: A systematic review. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 132, pp. 130-137. (doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2018.09.016)
Dolan, R. D. , McSorley, S. T. , Park, J. H. , Watt, D. G. , Roxburgh, C. S. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) The prognostic value of systemic inflammation in patients undergoing surgery for colon cancer: comparison of composite ratios and cumulative scores. British Journal of Cancer, 119(1), pp. 40-51. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-018-0095-9) (PMID:29789606)
Dolan, R. , McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) Determinants of lymph node count and positivity in patients undergoing surgery for colon cancer. Medicine, 97(13), e0185. (doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010185) (PMID:29595652) (PMCID:29595652)
Dolan, R. , McSorley, S. T. , Park, J. H. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) The Prognostic Value of Systemic Inflammation in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Rectal Cancer: Comparison of Composite Ratios and Cumulative Scores. Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 18-20 Jan 2018. (doi: 10.1200/JCO.2018.36.4_suppl.579)
Dolan, R. , Tilling, E., Kong, C. Y. , MacLeod, N. J., McSorley, S. T. , Park, J. H. , Glen, P., Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) Evaluation of Systemic Inflammation Based Prognostic Scores in Patients with Advanced Oesophageal Cancer Receiving Palliative Radiotherapy. Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 18-20 Jan 2018.
2017
Dolan, R. D. , Lim, J., Mcsorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2017) The role of the systemic inflammatory response in predicting outcomes in patients with operable cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 7, 16717. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16955-5) (PMID:29196718) (PMCID:PMC5711862)
Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2017) Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a bladder cancer biomarker: assessing prognostic and predictive value in SWOG 8710. Cancer, 123(19), p. 3855. (doi: 10.1002/cncr.30872) (PMID:28665479)
Dolan, R. D. , McSorley, S. T. , McMillan, D. C. and Horgan, P. G. (2017) Attitudes of surgeons to the use of postoperative markers of the systemic inflammatory response following elective surgery. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 21, pp. 14-19. (doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.07.046) (PMID:28761641) (PMCID:PMC5524306)
Dolan, R. D. , McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. and McMillan, D. C. (2017) The role of the systemic inflammatory response in predicting outcomes in patients with advanced inoperable cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 116, pp. 134-146. (doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.06.002) (PMID:28693795)
Reid, J., Dolan, R. , Patel, M., Fleming, R., Young, D. and Hair, A. (2017) Size of common bile duct stones on MRCP predicts likelihood of positive findings at ERCP. Surgeon, 15(3), pp. 119-122. (doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2015.11.001) (PMID:26688059)
Dolan, R. , MacLeod, N. J., McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. and McMillan, D. C. (2017) Evaluation of Systemic Inflammation-based Prognostic Scores in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Receiving Palliative Pelvic Radiotherapy (RT). 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19-21 Jan 2017. (doi: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.4_suppl.558)
Dolan, R. , McSorley, S. T. , McMillan, D. C. and Horgan, P. G. (2017) Association of Ongoing Systemic Inflammatory Response (SIR) at Diagnosis With Lymph Node Retrieval and Node Positivity in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colonic Cancer. 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19-21 Jan 2017. (doi: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.4_suppl.550)
Dolan, R. , McLeod, N., McSorley, S. , McMillan, D. and Horgan, P. (2017) Evaluation of Systemic Inflammation Based Prognostic Scoresin Patients with Advanced Rectal Cancer Receiving Palliative Pelvicradiotherapy. International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Glasgow, UK, 03-05 May 2017.
Dolan, R. , McSorley, S. , McMillan, D. and Horgan, P. (2017) Ongoing Systemic Inflammatory Response at Diagnosis is Notassociated with Lower Lymph Node Retrieval and Higher Node Positivityin Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colonic Cancer. International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Glasgow, UK, 03-05 May 2017.
McSorley, S. T. , Dolan, R. D. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , McMillan, D. C. and Horgan, P. G. (2017) How and why systemic inflammation worsens quality of life in patients with advanced cancer. Expert Review of Quality of Life in Cancer Care, 2(3), pp. 167-175. (doi: 10.1080/23809000.2017.1331705)
Morrow, E.S., Dolan, R.D. , Blackhall, V. and Romics, L. (2017) Immediate Breast Reconstruction versus Delayed Breast Reconstruction: An Analysis of Oncological Outcomes. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, USA, 05-09 Dec 2017. P4-13-09-P4-13-09.
2016
Argenti, F., Luhmann, A., Dolan, R. , Wilson, M., Podda, M., Patil, P., Shimi, S. and Alijani, A. (2016) Diaphragmatic hernia following oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer – Are we too radical? Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 6, pp. 30-35. (doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.12.064) (PMID:27158485) (PMCID:PMC4843099)
Dolan, R. , Huh, J., Tiwari, N., Sproat, T. and Camilleri-Brennan, J. (2016) A prospective analysis of sleep deprivation and disturbance in surgical patients. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 6, pp. 1-5. (doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.12.046) (PMID:26909151) (PMCID:PMC4735557)
Dolan, R. and Broadbent, P. (2016) A quality improvement project using a problem based post take ward round proforma based on the SOAP acronym to improve documentation in acute surgical receiving. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 5, pp. 45-48. (doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.11.011) (PMID:26858834) (PMCID:PMC4706565)
2015
Reid, J., Patel, M., Fleming, R., Dolan, R. and Hair, A. (2015) Size of common bile duct stones on MRCP predicts likelihood of positive findings at ERCP. International Journal of Surgery, 23(S1), S63. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.07.271)
Dolan, R. , Patel, M., Weiler-Mithoff, E.-M., Mansell, J., Stallard, S., Doughty, J. C. and Romics Jr., L. (2015) Imaging results following oncoplastic and standard breast conserving surgery. Breast Care, 10(5), pp. 325-329. (doi: 10.1159/000437105) (PMID:26688680) (PMCID:PMC4677719)
Dolan, R. and Paterson, B. (2015) The relationship between deprivation and alcohol-related presentation at Accident and Emergency (A&E) over a three-month period. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(2), pp. 75-78. (doi: 10.1177/0036933014565584) (PMID:25588383)
Dolan, R. , Morton, S. and Granitsiotis, P. (2015) Presentation of a benign fibroepithelial polyp with frank haematuria: an unusual diagnosis. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(1), e24-e26. (doi: 10.1177/0036933014563891) (PMID:25504475)
2014
Dolan, R. D. and Zino, S. (2014) A ruptured left common iliac aneurysm presenting as testicular pain in a 56-year-old man. BMJ Case Reports, 2014(oct10), (doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006568) (PMID:25304673) (PMCID:PMC4195169)
2013
Dolan, R. , Linden, D., Johnston, T., Paterson, G., Rossi, J., Lynch, N., Arbuckle, S., MacLean, A. and Davey, P. (2013) Learning safe practice by improving care: student-led intervention on oxygen prescribing in a respiratory ward. Scottish Medical Journal, 58(4), pp. 204-208. (doi: 10.1177/0036933013508062) (PMID:24215037)
2012
Dolan, R. , Tiwari, N., Huh, J., Sproat, T. and Camilleri-Brennan, J. (2012) A prospective analysis of sleep deprivation in surgical patients. International Journal of Surgery, 10(8), S46. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.06.244)
2010
Dolan, R. , Watson, S. and Bathgate, D. (2010) Behcet's disease presenting as new onset of confusion in a male patient of North African origin in the UK. BMJ Case Reports, 2010(dec17), bcr0520102. (doi: 10.1136/bcr.05.2010.2982) (PMID:22802367) (PMCID:PMC3029152)
Dolan, R. , Thomas, R. and O'Riordan, J. I. (2010) Paraneoplastic ataxia and dystonia secondary to a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. BMJ Case Reports, 2010(nov11), bcr0520102. (doi: 10.1136/bcr.05.2010.2983) (PMID:22798441) (PMCID:PMC3029154)
Dunleavy, M., Shinoda, S., Schindler, C., Ewart, C., Dolan, R. , Gobbo, O. L., Kerskens, C. M. and Henshall, D. C. (2010) Experimental neonatal status epilepticus and the development of temporal lobe epilepsy with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis. American Journal of Pathology, 176(1), pp. 330-342. (doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090119) (PMID:19948825) (PMCID:PMC2797894)
Dolan, R.D. and Sproat, T.D.R. (2010) Discitis with vertebral body destruction in a 28-year-old intravenous drug user. BMJ Case Reports, 2010(nov26), bcr1020103. (doi: 10.1136/bcr.10.2010.3417) (PMID:22798102) (PMCID:PMC3027317)
2009
Dolan, R. , Houston, G. and O'Riordan, J. (2009) Brown-Séquard syndrome due to noncompressive disc prolapse and spinal cord infarction. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 102(3), pp. 225-227. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn126) (PMID:18835880)
Articles
Pumtako, C., Dolan, R. D. , Fallon, M., Sullivan, E. S., Simmons, C. P., Ryan, A. M., McGovern, J., Power, D., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2025) The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) inflammation criteria to predict survival in patients with advanced cancer: a prospective cohort study. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 67, pp. 344-352. (doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.03.027)
Pumtako, C. , Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2025) Prevalence and prognostic value of global leadership initiative on malnutrition (GLIM) phenotypic cachexia criteria in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 67, pp. 387-397. (doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.03.044)
Thompson, J. J., MacLeod, N., Will, S., O'Rourke, F., McGovern, J., Roxburgh, C. , Edwards, J. , Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2025) The prognostic value of a laboratory cachexia score (LCAS) defined by LDH, CRP and albumin in patients with advanced lung cancer. BMC Cancer, 25, 543. (doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-13426-3) (PMID:40133911) (PMCID:PMC11938618)
Dolan, R. D. et al. (2025) The relationship between tumour necrosis, systemic inflammation, body composition and survival in patients with colon cancer. BJC Reports, 3(1), 7. (doi: 10.1038/s44276-024-00119-w) (PMID:39910331)
Pumtako, C. , Dolan, R. D. , McGovern, J. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) Routine assessment of nutritional, functional and inflammatory criteria in patients with cancer: a systematic review. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 63, pp. 294-303. (doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.06.052) (PMID:38980797)
Abbass, T. , Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G., MacLeod, N., Skipworth, R. J., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) CT derived measurement of body composition: Observations from a comparative analysis of patients with colorectal and lung cancer. Nutrition and Cancer, (doi: 10.1080/01635581.2024.2392913) (PMID:39180189) (Early Online Publication)
McGovern, J. et al. (2024) The prevalence and prognostic value of systemic inflammation in good performance status patients with advanced, inoperable non-small cell lung cancer receiving palliative radiotherapy: comparison of composite ratios and cumulative scores. Cancer Medicine, 13(16), e70139. (doi: 10.1002/cam4.70139) (PMCID:PMC11335809)
Golder, A. M. , Ferguson, M., McMillan, P., Mansouri, D. , Horgan, P. G. , Roxburgh, C. S. , Dolan, R. D. , McGovern, J. and McMillan, D. (2024) CT-derived body composition and differential association with age, TNM stage and systemic inflammation in patients with colon cancer. Scientific Reports, 14, 15673. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65871-y) (PMID:38977870) (PMCID:PMC11231341)
Thompson, J., McGovern, J., Roxburgh, C. , Edwards, J. , Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) The relationship between LDH and GLIM criteria for cancer cachexia: systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 199, 104378. (doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2024.104378) (PMID:38754770)
Hjermstad, M. J. et al. (2024) Quality of life endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: systematic review 3 of the cachexia endpoints series. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 15(3), pp. 794-815. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13453) (PMID:38553255) (PMCID:PMC11154790)
Yule, M. S. et al. (2024) Biomarker endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 5 of the cachexia endpoint series. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 15(3), pp. 853-867. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13491) (PMID:38783477) (PMCID:PMC11154797)
Brown, L. R. et al. (2024) Cachexia index for prognostication in surgical patients with locally advanced oesophageal or gastric cancer: multicentre cohort study. British Journal of Surgery, 111(4), znae098. (doi: 10.1093/bjs/znae098) (PMID:38593042) (PMCID:PMC11003541)
Bradley, N. A., McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Golder, A. M. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Guthrie, G. J.K. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) CT-derived body composition: Differential association with disease, age and inflammation in a retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE, 19(3), e0300038. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300038) (PMID:38512880) (PMCID:PMC10956827)
McGovern, J., Mackay, C., Freireich, R., Golder, A. M. , Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. , Holroyd, D., Jamieson, N. B. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) The relationship between liver volume, clinicopathological characteristics and survival in patients undergoing resection with curative intent for non-metastatic colonic cancer. Tomography, 10(3), pp. 349-359. (doi: 10.3390/tomography10030027) (PMID:38535769) (PMCID:PMC10974240)
Vagnildhaug, O. M. et al. (2024) Appetite and dietary intake endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 2 of the cachexia endpoints series. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 15(2), pp. 513-535. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13434) (PMID:38343065) (PMCID:PMC10995275)
Saeed, R., McGovern, J., Bench, H., Dolan, R. D. , McMillan, D. C. and Cascales, A. (2023) The relationship between clinicopathological variables, systemic inflammation, and CT-derived body composition with survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer receiving nivolumab as a second-line treatment. Cancer Medicine, 12(24), pp. 22062-22070. (doi: 10.1002/cam4.6805) (PMID:38088761) (PMCID:PMC10757089)
Bradley, N. A., Walter, A., Dolan, R. , Wilson, A., Siddiqui, T., Roxburgh, C. S.D. , McMillan, D. C. and Guthrie, G. J.K. (2023) Evaluation of the prognostic value of computed tomography-derived body composition in patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 14(4), pp. 1836-1847. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13262) (PMID:37221439) (PMCID:PMC10401537)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) Assessment and prognostic value of inflammatory biomarkers in patients with colon cancer. JAMA Oncology, 9(8), pp. 1152-1153. (doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.1529) (PMID:37318817)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Simmons, C., Daly, L. E., Ryan, A. M., Power, D. G., Fallon, M. T., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) Are CT-Derived Muscle Measurements Prognostic, Independent of Systemic Inflammation, in Good Performance Status Patients with Advanced Cancer? Cancers, 15(13), 3497. (doi: 10.3390/cancers15133497) (PMID:37444607) (PMCID:PMC10340321)
McGovern, J., Leadbitter, S., Miller, G., Hounat, A., Kamande, I., Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. , Chang, D. K. , Jamieson, N. B. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) The relationship between heart rate variability and TNM stage, co-morbidity, systemic inflammation and survival in patients with primary operable colorectal cancer. Scientific Reports, 13, 8157. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35396-x) (PMID:37208421) (PMCID:PMC10198985)
Brown, L. R. et al. (2023) The impact of acute systemic inflammation secondary to oesophagectomy and anastomotic leak on computed tomography body composition analyses. Cancers, 15(9), 2577. (doi: 10.3390/cancers15092577) (PMID:37174044) (PMCID:PMC10177546)
Rocha, B. M.M., Dolan, R. D. , Paiva, C. E., McGovern, J., Paiva, B. S. R., Preto, D. D., McMillan, D. C. , Maia, Y. C. P. and Laird, B. J. (2023) Inflammation and performance status: the cornerstones of prognosis in advanced cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 65(4), pp. 348-357. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.11.021) (PMID:36493981)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Simmons, C. P.L., Daly, L. E., Ryan, A. M., Power, D. G., Maguire, D., Fallon, M. T., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) Lactate dehydrogenase: relationship with the diagnostic GLIM criterion for cachexia in patients with advanced cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 128(5), pp. 760-765. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-02099-5) (PMID:36517550) (PMCID:PMC9977728)
McGovern, J., Grayston, A., Coates, D., Leadbitter, S., Hounat, A., Horgan, P. G. , Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2023) The relationship between the modified frailty index score (mFI-5), malnutrition, body composition, systemic inflammation and short-term clinical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer. BMC Geriatrics, 23, 9. (doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03703-2) (PMID:36609242) (PMCID:PMC9817261)
McGovern, J. et al. (2023) The relationship between computed tomography-derived sarcopenia, cardiopulmonary exercise testing performance, systemic inflammation, and survival in good performance status patients with oesophago-gastric cancer undergoing neoadjuvant treatment. JCSM Clinical Reports, 8(1), pp. 3-11. (doi: 10.1002/crt2.57)
Golder, A. M. , Sin, L. K. E., Alani, F., Dolan, R. , Mansouri, D. , Horgan, P. G. , McMillan, D. C. and Roxburgh, C. S. (2022) The relationship between the mode of presentation, CT-derived body composition, systemic inflammatory grade and survival in colon cancer. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 13(6), pp. 2863-2874. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13097) (PMID:36218135) (PMCID:PMC9745485)
Savioli, F., Morrow, E. S., Dolan, R. D. , Romics, L., Lannigan, A., Edwards, J. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) Prognostic role of preoperative circulating systemic inflammatory response markers in primary breast cancer: meta-analysis. British Journal of Surgery, 109(12), pp. 1206-1215. (doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac319) (PMID:36130112)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Maguire, D., Horgan, P. , Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) A comparison of CT-body composition measurements in non-cancer and cancer patients from a single UK centre. Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls, 7(3), pp. 117-122. (doi: 10.22540/JFSF-07-117) (PMID:36119551) (PMCID:PMC9433946)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Skipworth, R. J., Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) Cancer cachexia: a nutritional or a systemic inflammatory syndrome? British Journal of Cancer, 127, pp. 379-382. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-01826-2) (PMID:35523879) (PMCID:PMC9073809)
Di Rollo, D. G., McGovern, J., Morton, C., Miller, G., Dolan, R. , Horgan, P. G. , McMillan, D. C. and Mansouri, D. (2022) Relationship between BMI, CT-derived body composition and colorectal neoplasia in a bowel screening population. Scottish Medical Journal, 67(3), pp. 93-102. (doi: 10.1177/00369330221102237) (PMID:35603880)
McGovern, J., Golder, A. M. , Dolan, R. D. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) The combination of computed tomography-derived muscle mass and muscle density and relationship with clinicopathological characteristics and survival in patients undergoing potentially curative surgery for colorectal cancer. JCSM Clinical Reports, 7(3), pp. 65-76. (doi: 10.1002/crt2.54)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2022) The prevalence and prognostic value of frailty screening measures in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer: observations from a systematic review. BMC Geriatrics, 22, 260. (doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02928-5) (PMID:35351011) (PMCID:PMC8962494)
McGovern, J., Al-Azzawi, Y., Kemp, O., Moffitt, P., Richards, C., Dolan, R. D. , Laird, B. J., McMillan, D. C. and Maguire, D. (2022) The relationship between frailty, nutritional status, co-morbidity, CT-body composition and systemic inflammation in patients with COVID-19. Journal of Translational Medicine, 20, 98. (doi: 10.1186/s12967-022-03300-2) (PMID:35189900) (PMCID:PMC8860274)
Norton, L. et al. (2021) Clinical and radiological characteristics of acute pulmonary embolus in relation to 28-day and 6-month mortality. PLoS ONE, 16(12), e0258843. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258843) (PMID:34962922) (PMCID:PMC8714121)
Patton, R., Cook, J., Haraldsdottir, E., Brown, D., Dolan, R. D. , McMillan, D. C. , Skipworth, R. J. E., Fallon, M. and Laird, B. J.A. (2021) REVOLUTION (Routine EValuatiOn of people LivIng with caNcer)—protocol for a prospective characterisation study of patients with incurable cancer. PLoS ONE, 16(12), e0261175. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261175) (PMID:34914733) (PMCID:PMC8675681)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2021) Computed tomography-defined low skeletal muscle index and density in cancer patients: observations from a systematic review. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 12(6), pp. 1408-1417. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12831) (PMID:34664431) (PMCID:PMC8718024)
McGovern, J., Dolan, R. , Richards, C., Laird, B. J., McMillan, D. C. and Maguire, D. (2021) Relation between body composition, systemic inflammatory response, and clinical outcomes in patients admitted to an urban teaching hospital with COVID-19. Journal of Nutrition, 151(8), pp. 2236-2244. (doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab142) (PMID:34159388) (PMCID:PMC8195217)
Maguire, D. et al. (2021) The systemic inflammatory response and clinicopathological characteristics in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 infection: comparison of 2 consecutive cohorts. PLoS ONE, 16(5), e0251924. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251924) (PMID:34043668) (PMCID:PMC8159002)
Dolan, R. D. , Maclay, J. D., Abbass, T., Colville, D., Buali, F., MacLeod, N., McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) The relationship between 18F-FDG-PETCT-derived tumour metabolic activity, nutritional risk, body composition, systemic inflammation and survival in patients with lung cancer. Scientific Reports, 10, 20819. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77269-7) (PMID:33257741) (PMCID:PMC7705735)
Dolan, R. D. , Alwahid, M., McSorley, S. T. , Park, J. H. , Stevenson, R. P., Roxburgh, C. S. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) A comparison of the prognostic value of composite ratios and cumulative scores in patients with operable rectal cancer. Scientific Reports, 10, 17965. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73909-0) (PMID:33087753) (PMCID:PMC7578034)
Abbass, T. , Dolan, R. D. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) The relationship between systemic inflammation, body composition and clinical outcomes in patients with operable colorectal cancer at low and medium to high nutritional risk. JCSM Clinical Reports, 5(4), pp. 99-107. (doi: 10.1002/crt2.25)
Maguire, D. et al. (2020) Prognostic factors in patients admitted to an urban teaching hospital with COVID-19 infection. Journal of Translational Medicine, 18, 354. (doi: 10.1186/s12967-020-02524-4) (PMID:32933530) (PMCID:PMC7491021)
Dolan, R. D. , Daly, L., Sim, W. M.J., Fallon, M., Ryan, A., McMillan, D. C. and Laird, B. J. (2020) Comparison of the prognostic value of ECOG-PS, mGPS and BMI/WL: implications for a clinically important framework in the assessment and treatment of advanced cancer. Clinical Nutrition, 39(9), pp. 2889-2895. (doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.12.024) (PMID:31926762)
Almasaudi, A. S., Dolan, R. D. , Edwards, C. A. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) Hypoalbuminemia reflects nutritional risk, body composition and systemic inflammation and is independently associated with survival in patients with colorectal cancer. Cancers, 12(7), 1986. (doi: 10.3390/cancers12071986)
Dolan, R. D. , Tien, Y.-T., Horgan, P. G. , Edwards, C. A. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) The relationship between computed tomography‐derived body composition and survival in colorectal cancer: the effect of image software. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle: Rapid Communications, 3(2), pp. 81-90. (doi: 10.1002/rco2.15)
Daly, L. E. et al. (2020) Determinants of quality of life in patients with incurable cancer. Cancer, 126(12), pp. 2872-2882. (doi: 10.1002/cncr.32824) (PMID:32267548)
Dolan, R. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) The prevalence of cancer associated systemic inflammation: Implications of prognostic studies using the Glasgow Prognostic Score. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 150, 102962. (doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.102962) (PMID:32344318)
Dolan, R. D. et al. (2020) The relationship between ECOG-PS, mGPS, BMI/WL grade and body composition and physical function in patients with advanced cancer. Cancers, 12(5), 1187. (doi: 10.3390/cancers12051187) (PMID:32397102) (PMCID:PMC7281405)
Daly, L. et al. (2020) The relationship between the BMI-adjusted weight loss grading system and quality of life in patients with incurable cancer. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 11(1), pp. 160-168. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12499) (PMID:31692296) (PMCID:PMC7015235)
McSorley, S. T. , Tham, A. , Dolan, R. D. , Steele, C. W. , Ramsingh, J., Roxburgh, C. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2020) Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with the postoperative systemic inflammatory response and poorer outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 27, pp. 833-843. (doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07984-7) (PMID:31664621) (PMCID:PMC7000540)
Almasaudi, A. S., McSorley, S. T. , Dolan, R. D. , Edwards, C. A. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) The relation between Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), computed tomography-derived body composition, systemic inflammation, and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 110(6), pp. 1327-1334. (doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz230) (PMID:31529042)
Almasaudi, A. S., Dolan, R. D. , McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. , Edwards, C. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) Relationship between computed tomography-derived body composition, sex, and post-operative complications in patients with colorectal cancer. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 73(11), pp. 1450-1457. (doi: 10.1038/s41430-019-0414-0) (PMID:30858540)
Abbass, T. , Dolan, R. D. , Laird, B. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) The relationship between imaging-based body composition analysis and the systemic inflammatory response in patients with cancer: a systematic review. Cancers, 11, 1304. (doi: 10.3390/cancers11091304) (PMID:31487957)
Dolan, R. , Laird, B. J.A., Klepstad, P., Kaasa, S., Horgan, P. G. , Paulsen, Ø. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) An exploratory study examining the relationship between performance status and systemic inflammation frameworks and cytokine profiles in patients with advanced cancer. Medicine, 98(37), e17019. (doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000017019) (PMID:31517821) (PMCID:PMC6750290)
McSorley, S. T. , Dolan, R. D. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Horgan, P. G. , MacKay, G. J. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) Possible dose dependent effect of perioperative dexamethasone and laparoscopic surgery on the postoperative systemic inflammatory response and complications following surgery for colon cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 45(9), pp. 1613-1618. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.05.020) (PMID:31130339)
McSorley, S. T. , Tham, A. , Steele, C. W. , Dolan, R. D. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) Quantitative data on red cell measures of iron status and their relation to the magnitude of the systemic inflammatory response and survival in patients with colorectal cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 45(7), pp. 1205-1211. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.02.027) (PMID:30850153)
Morrow, E. S., Dolan, R. D. , Doughty, J., Stallard, S., Lannigan, A. and Romics, L. (2019) Variation in the management of elderly patients in two neighboring breast units is due to preferences and attitudes of health professionals. Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy, 11, pp. 179-188. (doi: 10.2147/BCTT.S194124)
Dolan, R. D. , McLees, N. G., Irfan, A., McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. , Colville, D. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) The relationship between tumour glucose metabolism and host systemic inflammatory responses in patients with cancer: a systematic review. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 60(4), pp. 467-471. (doi: 10.2967/jnumed.118.216697) (PMID:30166353)
Dolan, R. , Almasaudi, A. S., Dieu, L. B., Horgan, P. G. , McSorley, S. T. and McMillan, D. C. (2019) The relationship between computed tomography‐derived body composition, systemic inflammatory response, and survival in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 10(1), pp. 111-122. (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12357) (PMID:30460764) (PMCID:PMC6438413)
Dolan, R. D. , Laird, B., Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) The prognostic value of the systemic inflammatory response in randomised clinical trials in cancer: A systematic review. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 132, pp. 130-137. (doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2018.09.016)
Dolan, R. D. , McSorley, S. T. , Park, J. H. , Watt, D. G. , Roxburgh, C. S. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) The prognostic value of systemic inflammation in patients undergoing surgery for colon cancer: comparison of composite ratios and cumulative scores. British Journal of Cancer, 119(1), pp. 40-51. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-018-0095-9) (PMID:29789606)
Dolan, R. , McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) Determinants of lymph node count and positivity in patients undergoing surgery for colon cancer. Medicine, 97(13), e0185. (doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010185) (PMID:29595652) (PMCID:29595652)
Dolan, R. D. , Lim, J., Mcsorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2017) The role of the systemic inflammatory response in predicting outcomes in patients with operable cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 7, 16717. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16955-5) (PMID:29196718) (PMCID:PMC5711862)
Dolan, R. D. and McMillan, D. C. (2017) Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a bladder cancer biomarker: assessing prognostic and predictive value in SWOG 8710. Cancer, 123(19), p. 3855. (doi: 10.1002/cncr.30872) (PMID:28665479)
Dolan, R. D. , McSorley, S. T. , McMillan, D. C. and Horgan, P. G. (2017) Attitudes of surgeons to the use of postoperative markers of the systemic inflammatory response following elective surgery. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 21, pp. 14-19. (doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.07.046) (PMID:28761641) (PMCID:PMC5524306)
Dolan, R. D. , McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. and McMillan, D. C. (2017) The role of the systemic inflammatory response in predicting outcomes in patients with advanced inoperable cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 116, pp. 134-146. (doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.06.002) (PMID:28693795)
Reid, J., Dolan, R. , Patel, M., Fleming, R., Young, D. and Hair, A. (2017) Size of common bile duct stones on MRCP predicts likelihood of positive findings at ERCP. Surgeon, 15(3), pp. 119-122. (doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2015.11.001) (PMID:26688059)
McSorley, S. T. , Dolan, R. D. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , McMillan, D. C. and Horgan, P. G. (2017) How and why systemic inflammation worsens quality of life in patients with advanced cancer. Expert Review of Quality of Life in Cancer Care, 2(3), pp. 167-175. (doi: 10.1080/23809000.2017.1331705)
Argenti, F., Luhmann, A., Dolan, R. , Wilson, M., Podda, M., Patil, P., Shimi, S. and Alijani, A. (2016) Diaphragmatic hernia following oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer – Are we too radical? Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 6, pp. 30-35. (doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.12.064) (PMID:27158485) (PMCID:PMC4843099)
Dolan, R. , Huh, J., Tiwari, N., Sproat, T. and Camilleri-Brennan, J. (2016) A prospective analysis of sleep deprivation and disturbance in surgical patients. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 6, pp. 1-5. (doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.12.046) (PMID:26909151) (PMCID:PMC4735557)
Dolan, R. and Broadbent, P. (2016) A quality improvement project using a problem based post take ward round proforma based on the SOAP acronym to improve documentation in acute surgical receiving. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 5, pp. 45-48. (doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.11.011) (PMID:26858834) (PMCID:PMC4706565)
Reid, J., Patel, M., Fleming, R., Dolan, R. and Hair, A. (2015) Size of common bile duct stones on MRCP predicts likelihood of positive findings at ERCP. International Journal of Surgery, 23(S1), S63. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.07.271)
Dolan, R. , Patel, M., Weiler-Mithoff, E.-M., Mansell, J., Stallard, S., Doughty, J. C. and Romics Jr., L. (2015) Imaging results following oncoplastic and standard breast conserving surgery. Breast Care, 10(5), pp. 325-329. (doi: 10.1159/000437105) (PMID:26688680) (PMCID:PMC4677719)
Dolan, R. and Paterson, B. (2015) The relationship between deprivation and alcohol-related presentation at Accident and Emergency (A&E) over a three-month period. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(2), pp. 75-78. (doi: 10.1177/0036933014565584) (PMID:25588383)
Dolan, R. , Morton, S. and Granitsiotis, P. (2015) Presentation of a benign fibroepithelial polyp with frank haematuria: an unusual diagnosis. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(1), e24-e26. (doi: 10.1177/0036933014563891) (PMID:25504475)
Dolan, R. D. and Zino, S. (2014) A ruptured left common iliac aneurysm presenting as testicular pain in a 56-year-old man. BMJ Case Reports, 2014(oct10), (doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006568) (PMID:25304673) (PMCID:PMC4195169)
Dolan, R. , Linden, D., Johnston, T., Paterson, G., Rossi, J., Lynch, N., Arbuckle, S., MacLean, A. and Davey, P. (2013) Learning safe practice by improving care: student-led intervention on oxygen prescribing in a respiratory ward. Scottish Medical Journal, 58(4), pp. 204-208. (doi: 10.1177/0036933013508062) (PMID:24215037)
Dolan, R. , Tiwari, N., Huh, J., Sproat, T. and Camilleri-Brennan, J. (2012) A prospective analysis of sleep deprivation in surgical patients. International Journal of Surgery, 10(8), S46. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.06.244)
Dolan, R. , Watson, S. and Bathgate, D. (2010) Behcet's disease presenting as new onset of confusion in a male patient of North African origin in the UK. BMJ Case Reports, 2010(dec17), bcr0520102. (doi: 10.1136/bcr.05.2010.2982) (PMID:22802367) (PMCID:PMC3029152)
Dolan, R. , Thomas, R. and O'Riordan, J. I. (2010) Paraneoplastic ataxia and dystonia secondary to a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. BMJ Case Reports, 2010(nov11), bcr0520102. (doi: 10.1136/bcr.05.2010.2983) (PMID:22798441) (PMCID:PMC3029154)
Dunleavy, M., Shinoda, S., Schindler, C., Ewart, C., Dolan, R. , Gobbo, O. L., Kerskens, C. M. and Henshall, D. C. (2010) Experimental neonatal status epilepticus and the development of temporal lobe epilepsy with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis. American Journal of Pathology, 176(1), pp. 330-342. (doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090119) (PMID:19948825) (PMCID:PMC2797894)
Dolan, R.D. and Sproat, T.D.R. (2010) Discitis with vertebral body destruction in a 28-year-old intravenous drug user. BMJ Case Reports, 2010(nov26), bcr1020103. (doi: 10.1136/bcr.10.2010.3417) (PMID:22798102) (PMCID:PMC3027317)
Dolan, R. , Houston, G. and O'Riordan, J. (2009) Brown-Séquard syndrome due to noncompressive disc prolapse and spinal cord infarction. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 102(3), pp. 225-227. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn126) (PMID:18835880)
Conference or Workshop Item
Bryce, A. , Dreyer, S., Dolan, R. , Froeling, F. and Chang, D. (2024) Host phenotypic adversity independently predicts progression to resection in neoadjuvantly-treated pancreatic cancer. 42nd Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, Florence, Italy, 25-27 Oct 2023. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2023.107753)
Daly, L.E. et al. (2019) Clinical & Nutritional Determinants of Quality of Life in Patients with Incurable Cancer. 44th ESMO Congress (ESMO 2019), Barcelona, Spain, 27 Sep - 1 Oct 2019.
Sullivan, E.S., Daly, L.E., Dolan, R. , Ní Bhuachalla, É.B., Fallon, M., Simmons, C., McMillan, D.C. , Laird, B., Ryan, A.M. and Power, D.G. (2019) Predictors of Survival in Patients with Incurable Cancer. 44th ESMO Congress (ESMO 2019), Barcelona, Spain, 27 Sep - 1 Oct 2019.
Dolan, R. , McSorley, S. T. , Park, J. H. , Roxburgh, C. S.D. , Horgan, P. G. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) The Prognostic Value of Systemic Inflammation in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Rectal Cancer: Comparison of Composite Ratios and Cumulative Scores. Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 18-20 Jan 2018. (doi: 10.1200/JCO.2018.36.4_suppl.579)
Dolan, R. , Tilling, E., Kong, C. Y. , MacLeod, N. J., McSorley, S. T. , Park, J. H. , Glen, P., Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. and McMillan, D. C. (2018) Evaluation of Systemic Inflammation Based Prognostic Scores in Patients with Advanced Oesophageal Cancer Receiving Palliative Radiotherapy. Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 18-20 Jan 2018.
Dolan, R. , MacLeod, N. J., McSorley, S. T. , Horgan, P. G. , Laird, B. and McMillan, D. C. (2017) Evaluation of Systemic Inflammation-based Prognostic Scores in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Receiving Palliative Pelvic Radiotherapy (RT). 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19-21 Jan 2017. (doi: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.4_suppl.558)
Dolan, R. , McSorley, S. T. , McMillan, D. C. and Horgan, P. G. (2017) Association of Ongoing Systemic Inflammatory Response (SIR) at Diagnosis With Lymph Node Retrieval and Node Positivity in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colonic Cancer. 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19-21 Jan 2017. (doi: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.4_suppl.550)
Dolan, R. , McLeod, N., McSorley, S. , McMillan, D. and Horgan, P. (2017) Evaluation of Systemic Inflammation Based Prognostic Scoresin Patients with Advanced Rectal Cancer Receiving Palliative Pelvicradiotherapy. International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Glasgow, UK, 03-05 May 2017.
Dolan, R. , McSorley, S. , McMillan, D. and Horgan, P. (2017) Ongoing Systemic Inflammatory Response at Diagnosis is Notassociated with Lower Lymph Node Retrieval and Higher Node Positivityin Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colonic Cancer. International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Glasgow, UK, 03-05 May 2017.
Morrow, E.S., Dolan, R.D. , Blackhall, V. and Romics, L. (2017) Immediate Breast Reconstruction versus Delayed Breast Reconstruction: An Analysis of Oncological Outcomes. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, USA, 05-09 Dec 2017. P4-13-09-P4-13-09.