2024

McGovern, J. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) Comment on “A promising prognostic grading system incorporating weight loss and inflammation in patients with advanced cancer” by Zhang et al. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13452) (PMID:38468144) (Early Online Publication)

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.

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)

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)

McGovern, J. et al. (2023) The relationship between micronutrient status, frailty, systemic inflammation, and clinical outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Journal of Translational Medicine, 21, 284. (doi: 10.1186/s12967-023-04138-y) (PMID:37118813) (PMCID:PMC10139911)

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

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

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)

Articles

McGovern, J. and McMillan, D. C. (2024) Comment on “A promising prognostic grading system incorporating weight loss and inflammation in patients with advanced cancer” by Zhang et al. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, (doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13452) (PMID:38468144) (Early Online Publication)

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.

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)

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)

McGovern, J. et al. (2023) The relationship between micronutrient status, frailty, systemic inflammation, and clinical outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Journal of Translational Medicine, 21, 284. (doi: 10.1186/s12967-023-04138-y) (PMID:37118813) (PMCID:PMC10139911)

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)

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)

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)