Dr Claire Paterson
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (School of Cancer Sciences)
Publications
2025
Hurley, Rhona, Osbourne, James, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Conway, David I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Paterson, Claire and Douglas, Catriona
(2025)
Pre-treatment serum prognostic scores and survival in curatively treated laryngeal cancer.
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology,
(Accepted for Publication)
Creaney, G. et al. (2025) Advanced stage head and neck cancer diagnosis: HEADSpAcE consortium health systems benchmarking survey. Head and Neck, (doi: 10.1002/hed.28094) (PMID:39994901) (Early Online Publication)
Hurley, Rhona, Paterson, Claire, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Inman, Gareth J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253 and Douglas, Catriona M.
(2025)
Laryngeal cancer in the West of Scotland 2014–2020: trends and survival in a cohort of 867 patients.
Laryngoscope,
(doi: 10.1002/lary.31992)
(PMID:39757891)
(Early Online Publication)
2024
Clements, Kelten, McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Bhatti, Lesley, Smith, Craig, Paterson, Claire, Douglas, Catriona M. and Conway, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063
(2024)
Incidence trends in head and neck cancer subsites: a national population-based study (2001-2020).
Clinical Otolaryngology,
(Accepted for Publication)
Smith, Craig D.L., McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Purkayastha, Mitana, Creaney, Grant
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, Clements, Kelten, Inman, Gareth J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Bhatti, Lesley A., Douglas, Catriona M., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063
(2024)
Head and neck cancer incidence is rising but the sociodemographic profile is unchanging: a population epidemiological study (2001-2020).
BJC Reports, 2,
71.
(doi: 10.1038/s44276-024-00089-z)
(PMID:39301277)
(PMCID:PMC11408244)
Clements, Kelten, Thapa, Alekh, Cowell, Anna, Conway, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Douglas, Catriona M. and Paterson, Claire
(2024)
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stage and incidence of head and neck cancer: a rapid review and meta-analysis.
Clinical Otolaryngology, 49(4),
pp. 363-375.
(doi: 10.1111/coa.14152)
(PMID:38514776)
Thapa, A. et al. (2024) The UK Divide: Does having a Pembrolizumab-Chemotherapy option in head and neck cancer matter? Real-world experience of first-line palliative pembrolizumab monotherapy and pembrolizumab-chemotherapy combination in Scotland. Clinical Oncology, 36(5), pp. 287-299. (doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2024.02.004) (PMID:38395634)
2023
Clements, Kelten, Cowell, Anna, White, Gillian, Flynn, Willian, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Douglas, Catriona M. and Paterson, Claire
(2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed stage at presentation nor treatment patterns of head and neck cancer: a retrospective cohort study.
Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(4),
pp. 587-594.
(doi: 10.1111/coa.14048)
(PMID:36929626)
Hay, Lisa K., McLoone, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Borgaonkar, Saurabh, Schipani, Stefano, Wilson, Christina, Grose, Derek, James, Allan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-7095, Lamb, Carolynn and Paterson, Claire
(2023)
Can elderly patients be safely selected for head and neck radiotherapy without formal geriatric or frailty assessment: a retrospective cohort study.
Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(2),
pp. 240-244.
(doi: 10.1111/coa.14005)
(PMID:36366954)
Poon, Wai-Yan, Paterson, Claire, McLoone, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Grose, Derek, Schipani, Stefano, Lamb, Carolynn, James, Allan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-7095 and Wilson, Christina
(2023)
Survival outcomes in hypopharyngeal cancer in the West of Scotland Cancer Network.
Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(2),
pp. 235-239.
(doi: 10.1111/coa.14003)
(PMID:36344424)
2022
Creaney, Grant ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, McMahon, Alex D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Ross, Alastair J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-3182, Bhatti, Lesley A., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063
(2022)
Head and neck cancer in the UK: what was the stage before COVID-19? UK cancer registries analysis (2011-2018).
British Dental Journal, 233(9),
pp. 787-793.
(doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5151-4)
(PMID:36369569)
(PMCID:PMC9650177)
Zhou, S. et al. (2022) Long term survival in patients with human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer and equivocal response on 12-week PET-CT is not compromised by the omission of neck dissection. Oral Oncology, 128, 105870. (doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2022.105870) (PMID:35447564)
Grocutt, Laura, Paterson, Claire and Valentine, Ronan M. (2022) Adaptive dose escalated radiotherapy in oropharyngeal cancers: a treatment planning feasibility study. Radiation Oncology, 17, 24. (doi: 10.1186/s13014-022-01991-x) (PMID:35123516) (PMCID:PMC8817487)
2020
Poon, W.-Y. et al. (2020) Comparative cohort study of volumetric modulated arc therapy for squamous cell cancer of unknown primary in the head and neck-involved neck only versus mucosal irradiation. Clinical Otolaryngology, 45(6), pp. 847-852. (doi: 10.1111/coa.13593) (PMID:32501648)
Hay, L. K. et al. (2020) Analysis of dose using CBCT and synthetic CT during head and neck radiotherapy: A single centre feasibility study. Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 14, pp. 21-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2020.02.004) (PMID:32226833) (PMCID:PMC7093804)
2019
Paterson, C. et al. (2019) Radiotherapy-induced xerostomia: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial of Visco-ease™ oral spray compared with placebo in patients with cancer of the head and neck. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 57(10), pp. 1119-1125. (doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.10.300) (PMID:31672256)
Articles
Hurley, Rhona, Osbourne, James, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Conway, David I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Paterson, Claire and Douglas, Catriona
(2025)
Pre-treatment serum prognostic scores and survival in curatively treated laryngeal cancer.
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology,
(Accepted for Publication)
Creaney, G. et al. (2025) Advanced stage head and neck cancer diagnosis: HEADSpAcE consortium health systems benchmarking survey. Head and Neck, (doi: 10.1002/hed.28094) (PMID:39994901) (Early Online Publication)
Hurley, Rhona, Paterson, Claire, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Inman, Gareth J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253 and Douglas, Catriona M.
(2025)
Laryngeal cancer in the West of Scotland 2014–2020: trends and survival in a cohort of 867 patients.
Laryngoscope,
(doi: 10.1002/lary.31992)
(PMID:39757891)
(Early Online Publication)
Clements, Kelten, McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Bhatti, Lesley, Smith, Craig, Paterson, Claire, Douglas, Catriona M. and Conway, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063
(2024)
Incidence trends in head and neck cancer subsites: a national population-based study (2001-2020).
Clinical Otolaryngology,
(Accepted for Publication)
Smith, Craig D.L., McMahon, Alex D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Purkayastha, Mitana, Creaney, Grant
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, Clements, Kelten, Inman, Gareth J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Bhatti, Lesley A., Douglas, Catriona M., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063
(2024)
Head and neck cancer incidence is rising but the sociodemographic profile is unchanging: a population epidemiological study (2001-2020).
BJC Reports, 2,
71.
(doi: 10.1038/s44276-024-00089-z)
(PMID:39301277)
(PMCID:PMC11408244)
Clements, Kelten, Thapa, Alekh, Cowell, Anna, Conway, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Douglas, Catriona M. and Paterson, Claire
(2024)
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stage and incidence of head and neck cancer: a rapid review and meta-analysis.
Clinical Otolaryngology, 49(4),
pp. 363-375.
(doi: 10.1111/coa.14152)
(PMID:38514776)
Thapa, A. et al. (2024) The UK Divide: Does having a Pembrolizumab-Chemotherapy option in head and neck cancer matter? Real-world experience of first-line palliative pembrolizumab monotherapy and pembrolizumab-chemotherapy combination in Scotland. Clinical Oncology, 36(5), pp. 287-299. (doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2024.02.004) (PMID:38395634)
Clements, Kelten, Cowell, Anna, White, Gillian, Flynn, Willian, Conway, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063, Douglas, Catriona M. and Paterson, Claire
(2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed stage at presentation nor treatment patterns of head and neck cancer: a retrospective cohort study.
Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(4),
pp. 587-594.
(doi: 10.1111/coa.14048)
(PMID:36929626)
Hay, Lisa K., McLoone, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Borgaonkar, Saurabh, Schipani, Stefano, Wilson, Christina, Grose, Derek, James, Allan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-7095, Lamb, Carolynn and Paterson, Claire
(2023)
Can elderly patients be safely selected for head and neck radiotherapy without formal geriatric or frailty assessment: a retrospective cohort study.
Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(2),
pp. 240-244.
(doi: 10.1111/coa.14005)
(PMID:36366954)
Poon, Wai-Yan, Paterson, Claire, McLoone, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Grose, Derek, Schipani, Stefano, Lamb, Carolynn, James, Allan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-7095 and Wilson, Christina
(2023)
Survival outcomes in hypopharyngeal cancer in the West of Scotland Cancer Network.
Clinical Otolaryngology, 48(2),
pp. 235-239.
(doi: 10.1111/coa.14003)
(PMID:36344424)
Creaney, Grant ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, McMahon, Alex D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Ross, Alastair J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-3182, Bhatti, Lesley A., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063
(2022)
Head and neck cancer in the UK: what was the stage before COVID-19? UK cancer registries analysis (2011-2018).
British Dental Journal, 233(9),
pp. 787-793.
(doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5151-4)
(PMID:36369569)
(PMCID:PMC9650177)
Zhou, S. et al. (2022) Long term survival in patients with human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer and equivocal response on 12-week PET-CT is not compromised by the omission of neck dissection. Oral Oncology, 128, 105870. (doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2022.105870) (PMID:35447564)
Grocutt, Laura, Paterson, Claire and Valentine, Ronan M. (2022) Adaptive dose escalated radiotherapy in oropharyngeal cancers: a treatment planning feasibility study. Radiation Oncology, 17, 24. (doi: 10.1186/s13014-022-01991-x) (PMID:35123516) (PMCID:PMC8817487)
Poon, W.-Y. et al. (2020) Comparative cohort study of volumetric modulated arc therapy for squamous cell cancer of unknown primary in the head and neck-involved neck only versus mucosal irradiation. Clinical Otolaryngology, 45(6), pp. 847-852. (doi: 10.1111/coa.13593) (PMID:32501648)
Hay, L. K. et al. (2020) Analysis of dose using CBCT and synthetic CT during head and neck radiotherapy: A single centre feasibility study. Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 14, pp. 21-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2020.02.004) (PMID:32226833) (PMCID:PMC7093804)
Paterson, C. et al. (2019) Radiotherapy-induced xerostomia: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial of Visco-ease™ oral spray compared with placebo in patients with cancer of the head and neck. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 57(10), pp. 1119-1125. (doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.10.300) (PMID:31672256)