Dr Kieran Foley

2025

• Taylor, K. et al. 2025. A British society of gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology (BSGAR) multi-Centre audit of imaging investigations in inflammatory bowel disease. British Journal of Radiology 98(1169), pp. 734-743. (10.1093/bjr/tqaf050)
• Lowin, J., Sewell, B., Prettyjohns, M., Farr, A. and Foley, K. G. 2025. Cost-effectiveness of trans-abdominal ultrasound for gallbladder cancer surveillance in patients with gallbladder polyps less than 10mm in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Radiology 98(1169), pp. 693-700., article number: tqaf024. (10.1093/bjr/tqaf024)
• Foley, K. G. et al. 2025. Understanding the variation of modern endoscopic ultrasound use in patients with oesophageal cancer (VALUE): protocol for a multi-methods study. BJR Open 7(1), article number: tzaf012. (10.1093/bjro/tzaf012)

2024

• Molendowska, M. et al. 2024. Diffusion MRI in prostate cancer with ultra-strong whole body gradients. NMR in Biomedicine (10.1002/nbm.5229)
• di Pietro, M. et al. 2024. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on monitoring and management of Barrett's oesophagus and stage I oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Gut 73(6), pp. 897-909. (10.1136/gutjnl-2023-331557)
• Foley, K. et al. 2024. SMAD4 and KCNQ3 alterations are associated with lymph node metastases in oesophageal adenocarcinoma. BBA - Molecular Basis of Disease 1870(1), article number: 166867. (10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166867)

2023

• Riddell, Z. C., Corallo, C., Albazaz, R. and Foley, K. G. 2023. Gallbladder polyps and adenomyomatosis. British Journal of Radiology 96(1142), article number: 20220115. (10.1259/bjr.20220115)
• England, T., Harper, P., Crosby, T., Gartner, D., Arruda, E. F., Foley, K. and Williamson, I. 2023. Modelling lung cancer diagnostic pathways using discrete event simulation. Journal of Simulation 17(1), pp. 94-104. (10.1080/17477778.2021.1956866)

2022

• Unterrainer, M. et al. 2022. Imaging standardisation in metastatic colorectal cancer: A joint EORTC-ESOI-ESGAR expert consensus recommendation. European Journal of Cancer 176, pp. 193-206. (10.1016/j.ejca.2022.09.012)
• Foley, K. G., Coomer, W., Coles, B. and Bradley, K. M. 2022. The Impact of baseline 18F-FDG PET-CT on the management and outcome of patients with gastric cancer: a systematic review. British Journal of Radiology 85(1139), article number: 20220437. (10.1259/bjr.20220437)
• Withey, S. J., Goh, V. and Foley, K. G. 2022. State-of-the-art imaging in oesophago-gastric cancer. British Journal of Radiology 95(1137) (10.1259/bjr.20220410)
• Foley, K. G., Riddell, Z., Coles, B., Roberts, S. A. and Willis, B. H. 2022. Risk of developing gallbladder cancer in patients with gallbladder polyps detected on transabdominal ultrasound: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Radiology 95(1137), article number: 20220152. (10.1259/bjr.20220152)
• Foley, K. G., Franklin, J., Jones, C., Coles, B., Roberts, S. A., Underwood, T. and Crosby, T. 2022. The impact of endoscopic ultrasound on the management and outcome of patients with oesophageal cancer: an update of a systematic review. Clinical Radiology 77(5), pp. E346-E355. (10.1016/j.crad.2022.02.001)

2021

• Parkinson, C., Matthams, C., Foley, K. and Spezi, E. 2021. Artificial intelligence in radiation oncology: A review of its current status and potential application for the radiotherapy workforce. Radiography 27, pp. S63-S68. (10.1016/j.radi.2021.07.012)
• England, T., Harper, P., Crosby, T., Gartner, D., Arruda, E. F., Foley, K. and Williamson, I. J. 2021. Examining the diagnostic pathway for lung cancer patients in Wales using discrete event simulation. Translational Lung Cancer Research 10(3), pp. 1368-1382. (10.21037/tlcr-20-919)
• Brice, S. et al. 2021. Factors influencing the delivery of cancer pathways: a summary of the literature. Journal of Health Organization and Management 35(9), pp. 121-139. (10.1108/JHOM-05-2020-0192)
• Shi, Z. et al. 2021. Prediction of lymph node metastases using pre-treatment PET radiomics of the primary tumour in esophageal adenocarcinoma: an external validation study. British Journal of Radiology 94(1118), article number: 20201042. (10.1259/bjr.20201042)

2020

• Carder, C., Fielding, P., Roberts, A. and Foley, K. 2020. Discordant nodal staging identifies intermediate-risk group for overall survival in patients with cT3 oesophageal adenocarcinoma. European Radiology 30, pp. 3429-3437. (10.1007/s00330-019-06642-6)
• Parkinson, C. et al. 2020. Qualitative assessment of oesophageal cancer metabolic tumour volumes delineated by an artificial intelligence algorithm. Presented at: NCRI Virtual Showcase 2020, Virtual, 2-3 November 2020.

2019

• Shi, Z. et al. 2019. External validation of radiation-induced dyspnea models on esophageal cancer radiotherapy patients. Frontiers in Oncology 9, article number: 1411. (10.3389/fonc.2019.01411)
• Piazzese, C., Foley, K., Whybra, P., Hurt, C., Crosby, T. and Spezi, E. 2019. Discovery of stable and prognostic CT-based radiomic features independent of contrast administration and dimensionality in oesophageal cancer. PLoS ONE 14(11), article number: e0225550. (10.1371/journal.pone.0225550)
• Whybra, P., Parkinson, C., Foley, K., Staffurth, J. and Spezi, E. 2019. Assessing radiomic feature robustness to interpolation in 18F-FDG PET imaging. Scientific Reports 9(1), article number: 9649. (10.1038/s41598-019-46030-0)
• Foley, K., Christian, A., Peaker, J., Marshall, C., Spezi, E., Kynaston, H. and Roberts, S. A. 2019. Cyclo-oxygenase-2 expression is associated with mean standardised uptake value on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in oesophageal adenocarcinoma. British Journal of Radiology 92(1099), article number: 20180668. (10.1259/bjr.20180668)
• Foley, K. G. et al. 2019. External validation of a prognostic model incorporating quantitative PET image features in esophageal cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology 133, pp. 205-212. (10.1016/j.radonc.2018.10.033)
• Patel, N. et al. 2019. Propensity score analysis of 18-FDG PET/CT-enhanced staging in patients undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 46(4), pp. 801-809. (10.1007/s00259-018-4118-9)
• Whybra, P., Parkinson, C., Foley, K., Staffurth, J. and Spezi, E. 2019. A novel normalisation technique for voxel size dependent radiomic features in oesophageal cancer [Abstract]. Radiotherapy and Oncology 133, pp. S523-S524. (10.1016/S0167-8140(19)31383-0)
• Whybra, P., Parkinson, C., Foley, K., Staffurth, J. and Spezi, E. 2019. PO-0963 A novel normalisation technique for voxel size dependent radiomic features in oesophageal cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology 133(S1), pp. S523-S524. (10.1016/S0167-8140(19)31383-0)
• Piazzese, C., Whybra, P., Carrington, R., Crosby, T., Staffurth, J., Foley, K. and Spezi, E. 2019. PO-0964 Stability and prognostic significance of CT radiomic features from oesophageal cancer patients. Radiotherapy and Oncology 133(S1), pp. S524-S525. (10.1016/S0167-8140(19)31384-2)
• Piazzese, C., Whybra, P., Qasem, E., Harris, D., Gtaes, R., Foley, K. and Spezi, E. 2019. EP-1926 Radiomics in rectal cancer: prognostic significance of 3D features extracted from diagnostic MRI. Radiotherapy and Oncology 133(S1), pp. S1048. (10.1016/S0167-8140(19)32346-1)

2018

• Parkinson, C. et al. 2018. Dependency of patient risk stratification on PET target volume definition in oesophageal cancer. Presented at: ESTRO, Barcelona, Spain, 20-24 April 2018.
• Foley, K. G., Fielding, P., Lewis, W. G. and Roberts, S. A. 2018. Additional value of EUS in oesophageal cancer patients staged N0 on PET/CT: validation of a prognostic model. Surgical Endoscopy 32(12), pp. 4973-4979. (10.1007/s00464-018-6259-0)
• Foley, K., Findlay, J., Goh, V. and Miles, C. 2018. Novel imaging techniques in staging oesophageal cancer. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology 36-37, pp. 17-25. (10.1016/j.bpg.2018.11.009)
• Foley, K., Christian, A., Patel, N., Lewis, W. and Roberts, S. 2018. Radiological prediction of positive circumferential resection margin in oesophageal cancer. European Journal of Radiology 107, pp. 119-124. (10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.08.027)
• Parkinson, C. et al. 2018. Evaluation of prognostic models developed using standardised image features from different PET automated segmentation methods. EJNMMI Research 8, article number: 29. (10.1186/s13550-018-0379-3)
• Whybra, P., Foley, K., Parkinson, C., Staffurth, J. and Spezi, E. 2018. Effect of interpolation on 3D texture analysis of PET imaging in oesophageal cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology 127(S1), pp. S1164-S1165. (10.1016/S0167-8140(18)32426-5)
• Parkinson, C. et al. 2018. Dependency of patient risk stratification on PET target volume definition in Oesophageal cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology 127(S1), pp. S503-S504. (10.1016/S0167-8140(18)31241-6)
• Piazzese, C., Whybra, P., Carrington, R., Crosby, T., Staffurth, J., Foley, K. and Spezi, E. 2018. Evaluation of 2D and 3D radiomics features extracted from CT images of oesophageal cancer patients. Radiotherapy and Oncology 127, pp. S1180-S1181. (10.1016/S0167-8140(18)32450-2)
• Foley, K. G. et al. 2018. Development and validation of a prognostic model incorporating texture analysis derived from standardised segmentation of PET in patients with oesophageal cancer. European Radiology 28, pp. 428-436. (10.1007/s00330-017-4973-y)

2017

• Foley, K. G., Morgan, C., Roberts, S. A. and Crosby, T. 2017. Impact of positron emission tomography and endoscopic ultrasound length of disease difference on treatment planning in patients with oesophageal cancer. Clinical Oncology 29(11), pp. 760-766. (10.1016/j.clon.2017.07.014)
• Foley, K., Christian, A., Fielding, P., Lewis, W. G. and Roberts, S. A. 2017. Accuracy of contemporary oesophageal cancer lymph node staging with radiological-pathological correlation. Clinical Radiology 72(8), pp. 693e1-693.e7. (10.1016/j.crad.2017.02.022)
• Foley, K. 2017. Prognostic radiological variables derived from oesophageal cancer staging investigations. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

2016

• Foley, K., Powell, A., Lewis, W. G. and Roberts, S. A. 2016. The 100 most cited articles investigating the radiological staging of oesophageal and junctional cancer: a bibliometric analysis. Insights into Imaging 7(4), pp. 619-628. (10.1007/s13244-016-0505-6)