School of Cancer Sciences

Dr Gordon Cowell

  • Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (School of Cancer Sciences)

email: Gordon.Cowell@glasgow.ac.uk

Deptartment of Imaging, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 4TF

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Biography

Gordon Cowell is an honorary clinical senior lecturer in the School of Cancer Sciences and a consultant radiologist with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.

Following training in Clinical Radiology, he was appointed as a consultant radiologist in 2012 with clinical commitments in thoracic, haematological and MR imaging.  His clinical sessions are divided between the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and New Victoria Hospital, Glasgow.

His research interests include thoracic and pleural imaging, with a particular focus on pleural malignancy, thoracic MRI and development of imaging biomarkers.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111

Publications

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Number of items: 15.

2026

Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Roche, Joshua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0891-3878, Noble, Colin, Stobo, David B., Papanastasiou, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-0633, Kidd, Andrew C., Tsim, Selina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2462-1488 and Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 (2026) Discordance in pleural mesothelioma response classification and modelling of impact on clinical trials. Lung Cancer, 221, 109624. (doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2026.109624)

Peng, Liam, Tsim, Selina, Friar, Matthew T., Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 and Cowell, Gordon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111 (2026) A decade of image-guided pleural biopsies: a multicentre retrospective study assessing diagnostic yield and complication rate. Clinical Radiology, (doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2026.107490) (Early Online Publication)

Cavers, D. et al. (2026) Pilot feasibility study to deliver low-dose CT lung cancer screening in Scotland: descriptive findings from the LungScot study. BMJ Open, 16(9), e120569. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-120569) (PMID:42744380) (PMCID:PMC13583738)

Tate, M. et al. (2026) Impact of a National Mesothelioma Network on outcomes including Survival. Thorax, (doi: 10.1136/thorax-2025-224074) (PMID:42103470) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Kidd, Andrew C., Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Martin, Geoffrey A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7533-8466, Ferguson, Jenny, Fennell, Dean A., Evison, Matt and Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 (2024) The prevalence and prognostic significance of sarcopenia and adipopenia in pleural mesothelioma. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 42, 100856. (doi: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2024.100856) (PMID:39662343)

2023

Ferguson, J. et al. (2023) Staging by Thoracoscopy in potentially radically treatable Lung Cancer associated with Minimal Pleural Effusion (STRATIFY): Protocol of a prospective, multicentre, observational study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 10, e001771. (doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001771) (PMID:37996118) (PMCID:PMC10668291)

2022

Kidd, Andrew C., Anderson, Owen, Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Weir, Alexander J., Voisey, Jeremy P., Evison, Matthew, Tsim, Selina, Goatman, Keith A. and Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 (2022) Fully automated volumetric measurement of malignant pleural mesothelioma by deep learning AI: validation and comparison with modified RECIST response criteria. Thorax, 77(12), pp. 1251-1259. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217808) (PMID:35110367)

2021

Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111 (2021) Editorial for: "3D oxygen-enhanced MR imaging at 3T MR system: comparison with thin-section CT of quantitative capability for pulmonary functional loss assessment and clinical stage classification of COPD in smokers". Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 53(4), pp. 1052-1053. (doi: 10.1002/jmri.27471) (PMID:33354851)

2020

Tsim, Selina, Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Kidd, Andrew, Woodward, Rosemary, Alexander, Laura, Kelly, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5330-7888, Foster, John E. and Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 (2020) A comparison between MRI and CT in the assessment of primary tumour volume in mesothelioma. Lung Cancer, 150, pp. 12-20. (doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2020.09.025) (PMID:33039775)

Ferguson, J. et al. (2020) Staging by Thoracoscopy in Potentially Radically Treatable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Associated with Minimal Pleural Effusion (STRATIFY) study: a prospective multicentre study. Lung Cancer, 139(1), S92. (doi: 10.1016/S0169-5002(20)30245-2)

2018

Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Blyth, Kevin G. and Bilancia, Rocco (2018) Advances in mesothelioma imaging and implications for surgical management. Shanghai Chest, 2(7), 58. (doi: 10.21037/shc.2018.07.01)

2016

Cowell, G.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, King, S.C., Reid, J.H., van Beek, E.J.R. and Murchison, J.T. (2016) Long-term adverse effects associated with isolated below-knee deep-vein thrombosis: a 10-year follow-up study. Clinical Radiology, 71(4), pp. 369-374. (doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2015.12.014) (PMID:26875620)

2012

Cowell, G.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Reid, A.W. and Roditi, G.H. (2012) Changing trends in a decade of vascular radiology-the impact of technical developments of non-invasive techniques on vascular imaging. Insights into Imaging, 3, pp. 495-504. (doi: 10.1007/s13244-012-0188-6) (PMID:22865510) (PMCID:PMC3443273)

2009

Akram, A.R., Cowell, G.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Logan, L.J.A., Macdougall, M., Reid, J.H., Murchison, J.T. and Simpson, A.J. (2009) Clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism: a comparison of presentation, radiological features and outcome in patients with and without PE. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 102(6), pp. 407-414. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp041) (PMID:19376792)

2007

Cowell, G.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Reid, J.H., Simpson, A.J. and Murchison, J.T. (2007) A profile of lower-limb deep-vein thrombosis: the hidden menace of below-knee DVT. Clinical Radiology, 62(9), pp. 858-863. (doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.027) (PMID:17662733)

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Number of items: 15.

Articles

Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Roche, Joshua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0891-3878, Noble, Colin, Stobo, David B., Papanastasiou, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-0633, Kidd, Andrew C., Tsim, Selina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2462-1488 and Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 (2026) Discordance in pleural mesothelioma response classification and modelling of impact on clinical trials. Lung Cancer, 221, 109624. (doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2026.109624)

Peng, Liam, Tsim, Selina, Friar, Matthew T., Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 and Cowell, Gordon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111 (2026) A decade of image-guided pleural biopsies: a multicentre retrospective study assessing diagnostic yield and complication rate. Clinical Radiology, (doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2026.107490) (Early Online Publication)

Cavers, D. et al. (2026) Pilot feasibility study to deliver low-dose CT lung cancer screening in Scotland: descriptive findings from the LungScot study. BMJ Open, 16(9), e120569. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-120569) (PMID:42744380) (PMCID:PMC13583738)

Tate, M. et al. (2026) Impact of a National Mesothelioma Network on outcomes including Survival. Thorax, (doi: 10.1136/thorax-2025-224074) (PMID:42103470) (Early Online Publication)

Kidd, Andrew C., Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Martin, Geoffrey A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7533-8466, Ferguson, Jenny, Fennell, Dean A., Evison, Matt and Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 (2024) The prevalence and prognostic significance of sarcopenia and adipopenia in pleural mesothelioma. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 42, 100856. (doi: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2024.100856) (PMID:39662343)

Ferguson, J. et al. (2023) Staging by Thoracoscopy in potentially radically treatable Lung Cancer associated with Minimal Pleural Effusion (STRATIFY): Protocol of a prospective, multicentre, observational study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 10, e001771. (doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001771) (PMID:37996118) (PMCID:PMC10668291)

Kidd, Andrew C., Anderson, Owen, Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Weir, Alexander J., Voisey, Jeremy P., Evison, Matthew, Tsim, Selina, Goatman, Keith A. and Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 (2022) Fully automated volumetric measurement of malignant pleural mesothelioma by deep learning AI: validation and comparison with modified RECIST response criteria. Thorax, 77(12), pp. 1251-1259. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217808) (PMID:35110367)

Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111 (2021) Editorial for: "3D oxygen-enhanced MR imaging at 3T MR system: comparison with thin-section CT of quantitative capability for pulmonary functional loss assessment and clinical stage classification of COPD in smokers". Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 53(4), pp. 1052-1053. (doi: 10.1002/jmri.27471) (PMID:33354851)

Tsim, Selina, Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Kidd, Andrew, Woodward, Rosemary, Alexander, Laura, Kelly, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5330-7888, Foster, John E. and Blyth, Kevin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641 (2020) A comparison between MRI and CT in the assessment of primary tumour volume in mesothelioma. Lung Cancer, 150, pp. 12-20. (doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2020.09.025) (PMID:33039775)

Ferguson, J. et al. (2020) Staging by Thoracoscopy in Potentially Radically Treatable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Associated with Minimal Pleural Effusion (STRATIFY) study: a prospective multicentre study. Lung Cancer, 139(1), S92. (doi: 10.1016/S0169-5002(20)30245-2)

Cowell, Gordon W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Blyth, Kevin G. and Bilancia, Rocco (2018) Advances in mesothelioma imaging and implications for surgical management. Shanghai Chest, 2(7), 58. (doi: 10.21037/shc.2018.07.01)

Cowell, G.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, King, S.C., Reid, J.H., van Beek, E.J.R. and Murchison, J.T. (2016) Long-term adverse effects associated with isolated below-knee deep-vein thrombosis: a 10-year follow-up study. Clinical Radiology, 71(4), pp. 369-374. (doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2015.12.014) (PMID:26875620)

Cowell, G.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Reid, A.W. and Roditi, G.H. (2012) Changing trends in a decade of vascular radiology-the impact of technical developments of non-invasive techniques on vascular imaging. Insights into Imaging, 3, pp. 495-504. (doi: 10.1007/s13244-012-0188-6) (PMID:22865510) (PMCID:PMC3443273)

Akram, A.R., Cowell, G.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Logan, L.J.A., Macdougall, M., Reid, J.H., Murchison, J.T. and Simpson, A.J. (2009) Clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism: a comparison of presentation, radiological features and outcome in patients with and without PE. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 102(6), pp. 407-414. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp041) (PMID:19376792)

Cowell, G.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-0111, Reid, J.H., Simpson, A.J. and Murchison, J.T. (2007) A profile of lower-limb deep-vein thrombosis: the hidden menace of below-knee DVT. Clinical Radiology, 62(9), pp. 858-863. (doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.027) (PMID:17662733)

This list was generated on Tue Oct 20 04:12:49 2026 BST.

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