Cancer cachexia definitions: influence on anthropometry, muscle function and post-operative survival (oral)
NA Stephens, AJ MacDonald, N Johns, CA Greig, KCH Fearon
International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, Apr/May 2014
Evaluating potential biomarkers of cachexia and survival in skeletal muscle of upper gastrointestinal cancer patients (oral)
NA Stephens, RJE Skipworth, IJ Gallagher, JA Ross, KCH Fearon
International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, Apr/May 2014
Lower limb muscle power output, functional ability and quality of life in patients with cancer cachexia (poster)
NA Stephens, CA Greig, KCH Fearon
International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, Apr/May 2014
Timely discharge detail in the continuity of patient care: an audit of vascular surgery patients (poster)
NA Stephens, K Daly, D Orr, P Teenan, G Treharne, G Welch, W Stuart
International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, Apr/May 2014
Also presented at The President’s Meeting and Audit Symposium, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, March 2014
The surgical abdominal examination: should we be teaching rebound tenderness and auscultation? (poster)
M Al-Hayali, S Whiteway, S Stallard, N Stephens
The President’s Meeting and Audit Symposium, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, March 2014
Gentamicin prescribing and monitoring amongst surgical patients (poster)
L Blackwood, F Yang, H Benyounes, NA Stephens
The President’s Meeting and Audit Symposium, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, March 2014
Distinct age-related muscle wasting pathways are activated in samples of human cancer cachexia patients (poster)
C Jacobi, S Degen, M Degen, S Hatakeyama, N Johns, NA Stephens, JA Ross, DJ Glass, R Roubenoff, KCH Fearon
7th Cachexia Conference, Kobe/Osaka, Japan, Dec 2013
Comparison of histology phenotypes and clinical classification of cancer cachexia (poster)
S Hatakeyama, N Johns, C Lambert, NA Stephens, W Frieauff, JA Ross, R Roubenoff, DJ Glass, C Jacobi, KCH Fearon
7th Cachexia Conference, Kobe/Osaka, Japan, Dec 2013
Percutaneous muscle biopsy technique (oral)
NA Stephens
School of Sport, University of Stirling
INVITED SEMINAR
Dual pathology and alternative diagnoses – when is appendicitis not just appendicitis? (poster)
NA Stephens, F Conway, M Thornton, A Macdonald
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress, Glasgow, May 2013
The normal appendix versus subacute and acute appendicitis – can inflammatory markers distinguish these entities pre-operatively? (poster)
NA Stephens, F Conway, M Thornton, A Macdonald
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress, Glasgow, May 2013
Physical functions and sexual dimorphism (oral)
NA Stephens
Cancer Cachexia Conference, Boston, USA, September 2012
INVITED LECTURE
Cancer cachexia: Evaluation of body composition using CT scans and identification of genetic markers (poster)
N Johns, BHL Tan, NA Stephens, TS Solheim, S Damaraju, JA Ross, S Kaasa, V Baracos, F Skorpen, KCH Fearon
Cancer Cachexia Conference, Boston, USA, September 2012
Defining and treating a positive circumferential resection margin in oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junctional cancer (poster)
JR O’Neill, N Stephens, V Save, H Phillips, H Kamel, A Robertson, P Driscoll, S Paterson-Brown
Digestive Disorders Federation Conference, Liverpool, June 2012
Colorectal cancer surgery: are we really obtaining informed consent from patients? (poster)
LS Gall, N Stephens, A Macdonald, T Sharma
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress, Liverpool, May 2012
Machiavelli and cancer cachexia (oral)
NA Stephens
Hospital Grand Rounds
Wishaw General Hospital, February 2012
Surgical resection relinquishes suppression of skeletal muscle turnover in cancer patients (oral)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, AJ MacDonald, RJE Skipworth, H Husi, CA Greig, JA Ross, JA Timmons, KCH Fearon
Society of Academic and Research Surgery meeting, Nottingham, Jan 2012
Skeletal muscle Akt in upper gastrointestinal cancer patients and its potential as a biomarker of cachexia (oral)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, JA Ross, KCH Fearon
Society of Academic and Research Surgery meeting, Nottingham, Jan 2012
Phase I/II trial of formoterol fumarate combined with megestrol acetate in patients with advanced malignancy (oral and poster – selected category)
CA Greig, C Gray, N Johns, A MacDonald, NA Stephens, L Wall, M Fallon, A Price, G Fox, KCH Fearon
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
An investigation of microRNAs in the skeletal muscle of cancer patients with cachexia (oral and poster)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, CA Greig, JA Ross, KCH Fearon, JA Timmons
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
Presented in YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD session
Suppression of skeletal muscle turnover in cancer cachexia: evidence from the transcriptome in sequential human muscle biopsies (poster)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, AJ MacDonald, RJE Skipworth, H Husi, CA Greig, JA Ross, JA Timmons, KCH Fearon
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
Association of lower limb power output and functional ability in cancer cachexia (poster)
NA Stephens, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
An investigation of potential skeletal muscle protein biomarkers of cancer cachexia (poster)
NA Stephens, RJE Skipworth, CA Greig, JA Ross, KCH Fearon
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
Habitual skeletal muscle protein fractional synthetic rate in healthy individuals as determined by a novel oral tracer technique (poster)
AJ MacDonald, CA Greig, H Husi, NA Stephens, J Ross, AC Small, KCH Fearon, T Preston
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
Impact of cancer-associated weight-loss on lower limb muscle mass and function (poster)
NA Stephens, C Gray, AJ MacDonald, BH Tan, IJ Gallagher, RJ Skipworth, JA Ross, KC Fearon, CA Greig
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Also presented at RCPSG 2nd Triennial Conference, Glasgow, November 2011
Intramyocellular lipid droplets increase with progression of cachexia in cancer patients (poster)
NA Stephens, RJ Skipworth, AJ MacDonald, CA Greig, JA Ross, KC Fearon
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Pre-operative weight loss influences recovery following potentially curative resection in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer (poster)
NA Stephens, AJ MacDonald, RJ Skipworth, CA Greig, KC Fearon
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Also presented at RCPSG 2nd Triennial Conference, Glasgow, November 2011
Upper and lower limb muscle mass in patients undergoing surgery for upper GI cancer (poster)
AJ MacDonald, M Esposito, C Gray, NA Stephens, C Greig, KC Fearon
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Loss of fat free mass occurs during neoadjuvant chemotherapy for upper GI cancer (poster)
AJ MacDonald, N Stephens, M Esposito, J Ross, L Wall, C Greig, V Baracos, KC Fearon
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Can baseline muscle mass be predicted in weight stable patients with cancer? (poster)
AJ MacDonald, N Stephens, C Greig, H Husi, KC Fearon, T Preston
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Sarcopenic muscle shows distinct sex differences at the transcriptional level (poster)
IJ Gallagher, AJ MacDonald, NA Stephens, C Gray, H Husi, JA Ross, A Joyson, A Ratkevicius, H Wackerhage, G Miele, I Beggs, KC Fearon, C Greig
Physiology 2011, Scientific Meeting, University of Oxford, July 2011
Supra-pubic catheterisation for colorectal surgery (video)
A MacDonald, N Stephens, RG Milligan
ACPGBI annual conference, Birmingham, June 2011
Intrahepatic choledochoscopy during transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (oral)
VM Gough, N Stephens, S Mahmud, Z Ahmed, AH Nassar
19th International conference of the EAES, Torino, Italy, June 2011
Transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration for large or numerous stones (oral)
VM Gough, N Stephens, S Mahmud, Z Ahmed, AH Nassar
19th International conference of the EAES, Torino, Italy, June 2011
Short-term follow up in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer undergoing potentially curative resection (oral)
NA Stephens, BH Tan, RJE Skipworth, AJ MacDonald, JA Ross, CA Greig, KCH Fearon
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, December 2010
Runner up in CLINICAL PRIZE session
Cancer cachexia (oral)
NA Stephens
Hospital Grand Rounds
Monklands hospital, Airdrie, September 2010
Reduced muscle quality is observed with progressive weight loss in patients with cancer (oral)
NA Stephens, C Gray, C White, BH Tan, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, December 2009
Cancer cachexia – pathway activation in human skeletal muscle (oral)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, BH Tan, O Rooyackers, RJE Skipworth, L Lundell, JA
Ross, DC Guttridge, JA Timmons, KCH Fearon
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, December 2009
Human cancer cachexia – pathway analysis and identification of novel biomarkers in skeletal muscle (oral)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, BH Tan, O Rooyackers, RJE Skipworth, L Lundell, JA
Ross, DC Guttridge, JA Timmons, KCH Fearon
Society of Academic and Research Surgery meeting, London, Jan 2010
Presented in PATEY PRIZE session
Presentation can be viewed on YouTube (http://youtu.be/F8L_X7uY4k4)
Zinc-alpha2-glycoprotein in adipose atrophy in human cancer cachexia (poster)
T Mracek, NA Stephens, D Gao, X Xiao, P Trayhurn, KCH Fearon, C Bing
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Intramyocellular lipid content in human cancer cachexia – an ultrastructural analysis (poster)
NA Stephens, RJE Skipworth, CA Greig, JA Ross, KCH Fearon
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Reduced muscle quality is observed with progressive weight loss in patients with cancer (poster)
NA Stephens, C Gray, C White, BH Tan, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Elucidating the role of the ubiquitin E3 ligases and autophagy pathway in human cancer cachexia (poster)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, RJE Skipworth, JA Ross, DC Guttridge, KCH Fearon
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Also presented at RCPSG 2nd Triennial Conference, Glasgow, November 2011
Changes in circulating leptin levels and leptin gene expression in patients with cancer cachexia (poster)
T Mracek, NA Stephens, P Trayhurn, KCH Fearon, C Bing
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Muscle quality is associated with longer and less fragmented sedentary time in healthy older men (poster)
E Ferriolli, SFM Chastin, NA Stephens, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
South-East Scotland Cancer Network data – Oesophago-gastric cancer 1994-2007 (oral)
NA Stephens
Scottish Cancer Network Upper GI National Meeting, RCPEd, November 2009
Survival after resection for oesophageal cancer – the importance of the circumferential margin (oral and poster of distinction)
NA Stephens, PJ Driscoll, BH Tan, V Save, GW Couper, AC de Beaux, H Kamel, S Paterson-Brown
AUGIS 13th Annual Scientific Meeting, Nottingham, September 2009
Winner of POSTER PRIZE
Muscle function in cancer cachexia: Influence of systemic inflammation (poster)
NA Stephens, CD Gray, KC Fearon, CA Greig
Physiology Society meeting (Human and Exercise Physiology), King’s College London, April 2009
CAM Kinase 2 Beta is a valid biomarker of human cancer cachexia (poster)
Stephens N, Gallagher IJ, Rooyackers O, Tan BH, Skipworth RJE, Ross JA, Guttridge DC, Timmons JA, Fearon KCH
14th International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, June 2009
Quantification and optimisation of muscle volume MR images (poster)
CD Gray, TJ MacGillivray, N Stephens, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
NHS Lothian Research Symposium, Spring 2009
The 4977BP deletion of mitochondrial DNA in the progression of Barrett’s oesophagus: a useful biomarker? (oral)
BHL Tan, RJE Skipworth, NA Stephens, AC de Beaux, S Paterson-Brown, KCH Fearon, JA Ross
Society of Academic and Research Surgery meeting, Bristol, Jan 2009
Muscle strength, volume and quality in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer (oral)
NA Stephens, C Gray, C Eeley, BH Tan, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, December 2008
Quality of life after potentially curative oesophagectomy (poster)
S McKay, NA Stephens, S Paterson-Brown
AUGIS 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, September 2008
Incidence of MRSA infection in patients undergoing oesophago-gastric resections (poster)
JE Pearce, J Spillane, NA Stephens, S Paterson-Brown, AP Gibb
AUGIS 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, September 2008
Frequency of the mitochondrial DNA 4977bp deletion in oesophageal mucosa during the progression of Barrett’s oesophagus (poster of distinction)
BHL Tan, RJE Skipworth, NA Stephens, AC de Beaux, S Paterson-Brown, JA Ross
AUGIS 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, September 2008
Myosin heavy chain in human muscle wasting – an early biomarker of cancer cachexia? (poster)
NA Stephens, W He, K Guttridge, BH Tan, RJE Skipworth, CA Greig, JA Ross, KCH Fearon, DC Guttridge
30th Congress of ESPEN, Florence, Italy, September 2008
Muscle volume and quality in weight-losing upper gastrointestinal cancer patients (poster)
NA Stephens, C Gray, C Eeley, BH Tan, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
30th Congress of ESPEN, Florence, Italy, September 2008
Systemic inflammation and muscle quality in cancer cachexia (poster)
Stephens NA, Greig CA, Skipworth RJE, Gray CD, Ross JA, Fearon KCH
4th Cachexia Conference, Tampa, Florida, USA, December 2007
An investigation into the role of Forkhead box class O (FOXO) transcription factors in pancreatic and gastro-oesophageal cancer cachexia (oral)
R.I. McMurray, N.A. Stephens, K.C.H. Fearon, J.A. Ross
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
RCSEd, Edinburgh, November 2007
The association between the acquisition of MRSA in hospital and postoperative wound infections (poster)
N.A. Stephens, R. Mofidi, J.A. Murie, R.T.A. Chalmers
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Annual Meeting, Manchester, April 2007
Targets and delays in the treatment of upper gastrointestinal cancer (poster)
N.A. Stephens, J.K. Apollos, C.D. Auld
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Annual Meeting, Manchester, April 2007
The rise and fall of MRSA colonisation and infection in Vascular Surgery (poster)
N.A. Stephens, R. Mofidi, J.A. Murie, R.T.A. Chalmers
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Annual Meeting, Manchester, April 2007
The 62 day waiting target in upper gastrointestinal cancers (oral)
N.A. Stephens, J.K. Apollos, C.D. Auld
RCSEd Annual Audit Symposium
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, March 2007
Presented at PLENARY session
The Treatment of Vascular Steal Syndrome (oral)
H Harunarashid, N Stephens, Z Raza
The 13th Scottish and Northern Vascular Meeting
Peebles, Scotland, April 2005
Pancreas Transplantation in the New Millennium (oral)
I.M. Pope, N.A. Stephens, J.J.Casey, K.K. Madhavan, S.J. Wigmore, J. Forsythe, H. Pleass and M. Akyol
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Annual meeting, Manchester, England, May 2003
Presented at SIX OF THE BEST session
Renal/Pancreas Transplant Audit (oral)
N.A.Stephens
RTU CLIP meeting
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, January 2003
The Mayo Table – a solution for positioning paediatric patients during tonsillectomy (poster)
F Ahsan, N Stephens
Scottish Otolaryngology Society summer meeting
Crieff, Scotland, June 2002
NA Stephens, AJ MacDonald, N Johns, CA Greig, KCH Fearon
International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, Apr/May 2014
Evaluating potential biomarkers of cachexia and survival in skeletal muscle of upper gastrointestinal cancer patients (oral)
NA Stephens, RJE Skipworth, IJ Gallagher, JA Ross, KCH Fearon
International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, Apr/May 2014
Lower limb muscle power output, functional ability and quality of life in patients with cancer cachexia (poster)
NA Stephens, CA Greig, KCH Fearon
International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, Apr/May 2014
Timely discharge detail in the continuity of patient care: an audit of vascular surgery patients (poster)
NA Stephens, K Daly, D Orr, P Teenan, G Treharne, G Welch, W Stuart
International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, Apr/May 2014
Also presented at The President’s Meeting and Audit Symposium, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, March 2014
The surgical abdominal examination: should we be teaching rebound tenderness and auscultation? (poster)
M Al-Hayali, S Whiteway, S Stallard, N Stephens
The President’s Meeting and Audit Symposium, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, March 2014
Gentamicin prescribing and monitoring amongst surgical patients (poster)
L Blackwood, F Yang, H Benyounes, NA Stephens
The President’s Meeting and Audit Symposium, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, March 2014
Distinct age-related muscle wasting pathways are activated in samples of human cancer cachexia patients (poster)
C Jacobi, S Degen, M Degen, S Hatakeyama, N Johns, NA Stephens, JA Ross, DJ Glass, R Roubenoff, KCH Fearon
7th Cachexia Conference, Kobe/Osaka, Japan, Dec 2013
Comparison of histology phenotypes and clinical classification of cancer cachexia (poster)
S Hatakeyama, N Johns, C Lambert, NA Stephens, W Frieauff, JA Ross, R Roubenoff, DJ Glass, C Jacobi, KCH Fearon
7th Cachexia Conference, Kobe/Osaka, Japan, Dec 2013
Percutaneous muscle biopsy technique (oral)
NA Stephens
School of Sport, University of Stirling
INVITED SEMINAR
Dual pathology and alternative diagnoses – when is appendicitis not just appendicitis? (poster)
NA Stephens, F Conway, M Thornton, A Macdonald
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress, Glasgow, May 2013
The normal appendix versus subacute and acute appendicitis – can inflammatory markers distinguish these entities pre-operatively? (poster)
NA Stephens, F Conway, M Thornton, A Macdonald
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress, Glasgow, May 2013
Physical functions and sexual dimorphism (oral)
NA Stephens
Cancer Cachexia Conference, Boston, USA, September 2012
INVITED LECTURE
Cancer cachexia: Evaluation of body composition using CT scans and identification of genetic markers (poster)
N Johns, BHL Tan, NA Stephens, TS Solheim, S Damaraju, JA Ross, S Kaasa, V Baracos, F Skorpen, KCH Fearon
Cancer Cachexia Conference, Boston, USA, September 2012
Defining and treating a positive circumferential resection margin in oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junctional cancer (poster)
JR O’Neill, N Stephens, V Save, H Phillips, H Kamel, A Robertson, P Driscoll, S Paterson-Brown
Digestive Disorders Federation Conference, Liverpool, June 2012
Colorectal cancer surgery: are we really obtaining informed consent from patients? (poster)
LS Gall, N Stephens, A Macdonald, T Sharma
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress, Liverpool, May 2012
Machiavelli and cancer cachexia (oral)
NA Stephens
Hospital Grand Rounds
Wishaw General Hospital, February 2012
Surgical resection relinquishes suppression of skeletal muscle turnover in cancer patients (oral)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, AJ MacDonald, RJE Skipworth, H Husi, CA Greig, JA Ross, JA Timmons, KCH Fearon
Society of Academic and Research Surgery meeting, Nottingham, Jan 2012
Skeletal muscle Akt in upper gastrointestinal cancer patients and its potential as a biomarker of cachexia (oral)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, JA Ross, KCH Fearon
Society of Academic and Research Surgery meeting, Nottingham, Jan 2012
Phase I/II trial of formoterol fumarate combined with megestrol acetate in patients with advanced malignancy (oral and poster – selected category)
CA Greig, C Gray, N Johns, A MacDonald, NA Stephens, L Wall, M Fallon, A Price, G Fox, KCH Fearon
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
An investigation of microRNAs in the skeletal muscle of cancer patients with cachexia (oral and poster)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, CA Greig, JA Ross, KCH Fearon, JA Timmons
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
Presented in YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD session
Suppression of skeletal muscle turnover in cancer cachexia: evidence from the transcriptome in sequential human muscle biopsies (poster)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, AJ MacDonald, RJE Skipworth, H Husi, CA Greig, JA Ross, JA Timmons, KCH Fearon
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
Association of lower limb power output and functional ability in cancer cachexia (poster)
NA Stephens, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
An investigation of potential skeletal muscle protein biomarkers of cancer cachexia (poster)
NA Stephens, RJE Skipworth, CA Greig, JA Ross, KCH Fearon
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
Habitual skeletal muscle protein fractional synthetic rate in healthy individuals as determined by a novel oral tracer technique (poster)
AJ MacDonald, CA Greig, H Husi, NA Stephens, J Ross, AC Small, KCH Fearon, T Preston
6th Cachexia Conference, Milan, Italy, Dec 2011
Impact of cancer-associated weight-loss on lower limb muscle mass and function (poster)
NA Stephens, C Gray, AJ MacDonald, BH Tan, IJ Gallagher, RJ Skipworth, JA Ross, KC Fearon, CA Greig
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Also presented at RCPSG 2nd Triennial Conference, Glasgow, November 2011
Intramyocellular lipid droplets increase with progression of cachexia in cancer patients (poster)
NA Stephens, RJ Skipworth, AJ MacDonald, CA Greig, JA Ross, KC Fearon
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Pre-operative weight loss influences recovery following potentially curative resection in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer (poster)
NA Stephens, AJ MacDonald, RJ Skipworth, CA Greig, KC Fearon
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Also presented at RCPSG 2nd Triennial Conference, Glasgow, November 2011
Upper and lower limb muscle mass in patients undergoing surgery for upper GI cancer (poster)
AJ MacDonald, M Esposito, C Gray, NA Stephens, C Greig, KC Fearon
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Loss of fat free mass occurs during neoadjuvant chemotherapy for upper GI cancer (poster)
AJ MacDonald, N Stephens, M Esposito, J Ross, L Wall, C Greig, V Baracos, KC Fearon
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Can baseline muscle mass be predicted in weight stable patients with cancer? (poster)
AJ MacDonald, N Stephens, C Greig, H Husi, KC Fearon, T Preston
33rd ESPEN Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2011
Sarcopenic muscle shows distinct sex differences at the transcriptional level (poster)
IJ Gallagher, AJ MacDonald, NA Stephens, C Gray, H Husi, JA Ross, A Joyson, A Ratkevicius, H Wackerhage, G Miele, I Beggs, KC Fearon, C Greig
Physiology 2011, Scientific Meeting, University of Oxford, July 2011
Supra-pubic catheterisation for colorectal surgery (video)
A MacDonald, N Stephens, RG Milligan
ACPGBI annual conference, Birmingham, June 2011
Intrahepatic choledochoscopy during transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (oral)
VM Gough, N Stephens, S Mahmud, Z Ahmed, AH Nassar
19th International conference of the EAES, Torino, Italy, June 2011
Transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration for large or numerous stones (oral)
VM Gough, N Stephens, S Mahmud, Z Ahmed, AH Nassar
19th International conference of the EAES, Torino, Italy, June 2011
Short-term follow up in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer undergoing potentially curative resection (oral)
NA Stephens, BH Tan, RJE Skipworth, AJ MacDonald, JA Ross, CA Greig, KCH Fearon
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, December 2010
Runner up in CLINICAL PRIZE session
Cancer cachexia (oral)
NA Stephens
Hospital Grand Rounds
Monklands hospital, Airdrie, September 2010
Reduced muscle quality is observed with progressive weight loss in patients with cancer (oral)
NA Stephens, C Gray, C White, BH Tan, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, December 2009
Cancer cachexia – pathway activation in human skeletal muscle (oral)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, BH Tan, O Rooyackers, RJE Skipworth, L Lundell, JA
Ross, DC Guttridge, JA Timmons, KCH Fearon
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, December 2009
Human cancer cachexia – pathway analysis and identification of novel biomarkers in skeletal muscle (oral)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, BH Tan, O Rooyackers, RJE Skipworth, L Lundell, JA
Ross, DC Guttridge, JA Timmons, KCH Fearon
Society of Academic and Research Surgery meeting, London, Jan 2010
Presented in PATEY PRIZE session
Presentation can be viewed on YouTube (http://youtu.be/F8L_X7uY4k4)
Zinc-alpha2-glycoprotein in adipose atrophy in human cancer cachexia (poster)
T Mracek, NA Stephens, D Gao, X Xiao, P Trayhurn, KCH Fearon, C Bing
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Intramyocellular lipid content in human cancer cachexia – an ultrastructural analysis (poster)
NA Stephens, RJE Skipworth, CA Greig, JA Ross, KCH Fearon
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Reduced muscle quality is observed with progressive weight loss in patients with cancer (poster)
NA Stephens, C Gray, C White, BH Tan, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Elucidating the role of the ubiquitin E3 ligases and autophagy pathway in human cancer cachexia (poster)
NA Stephens, IJ Gallagher, RJE Skipworth, JA Ross, DC Guttridge, KCH Fearon
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Also presented at RCPSG 2nd Triennial Conference, Glasgow, November 2011
Changes in circulating leptin levels and leptin gene expression in patients with cancer cachexia (poster)
T Mracek, NA Stephens, P Trayhurn, KCH Fearon, C Bing
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
Muscle quality is associated with longer and less fragmented sedentary time in healthy older men (poster)
E Ferriolli, SFM Chastin, NA Stephens, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain, December 2009
South-East Scotland Cancer Network data – Oesophago-gastric cancer 1994-2007 (oral)
NA Stephens
Scottish Cancer Network Upper GI National Meeting, RCPEd, November 2009
Survival after resection for oesophageal cancer – the importance of the circumferential margin (oral and poster of distinction)
NA Stephens, PJ Driscoll, BH Tan, V Save, GW Couper, AC de Beaux, H Kamel, S Paterson-Brown
AUGIS 13th Annual Scientific Meeting, Nottingham, September 2009
Winner of POSTER PRIZE
Muscle function in cancer cachexia: Influence of systemic inflammation (poster)
NA Stephens, CD Gray, KC Fearon, CA Greig
Physiology Society meeting (Human and Exercise Physiology), King’s College London, April 2009
CAM Kinase 2 Beta is a valid biomarker of human cancer cachexia (poster)
Stephens N, Gallagher IJ, Rooyackers O, Tan BH, Skipworth RJE, Ross JA, Guttridge DC, Timmons JA, Fearon KCH
14th International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, June 2009
Quantification and optimisation of muscle volume MR images (poster)
CD Gray, TJ MacGillivray, N Stephens, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
NHS Lothian Research Symposium, Spring 2009
The 4977BP deletion of mitochondrial DNA in the progression of Barrett’s oesophagus: a useful biomarker? (oral)
BHL Tan, RJE Skipworth, NA Stephens, AC de Beaux, S Paterson-Brown, KCH Fearon, JA Ross
Society of Academic and Research Surgery meeting, Bristol, Jan 2009
Muscle strength, volume and quality in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer (oral)
NA Stephens, C Gray, C Eeley, BH Tan, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, December 2008
Quality of life after potentially curative oesophagectomy (poster)
S McKay, NA Stephens, S Paterson-Brown
AUGIS 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, September 2008
Incidence of MRSA infection in patients undergoing oesophago-gastric resections (poster)
JE Pearce, J Spillane, NA Stephens, S Paterson-Brown, AP Gibb
AUGIS 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, September 2008
Frequency of the mitochondrial DNA 4977bp deletion in oesophageal mucosa during the progression of Barrett’s oesophagus (poster of distinction)
BHL Tan, RJE Skipworth, NA Stephens, AC de Beaux, S Paterson-Brown, JA Ross
AUGIS 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, September 2008
Myosin heavy chain in human muscle wasting – an early biomarker of cancer cachexia? (poster)
NA Stephens, W He, K Guttridge, BH Tan, RJE Skipworth, CA Greig, JA Ross, KCH Fearon, DC Guttridge
30th Congress of ESPEN, Florence, Italy, September 2008
Muscle volume and quality in weight-losing upper gastrointestinal cancer patients (poster)
NA Stephens, C Gray, C Eeley, BH Tan, KCH Fearon, CA Greig
30th Congress of ESPEN, Florence, Italy, September 2008
Systemic inflammation and muscle quality in cancer cachexia (poster)
Stephens NA, Greig CA, Skipworth RJE, Gray CD, Ross JA, Fearon KCH
4th Cachexia Conference, Tampa, Florida, USA, December 2007
An investigation into the role of Forkhead box class O (FOXO) transcription factors in pancreatic and gastro-oesophageal cancer cachexia (oral)
R.I. McMurray, N.A. Stephens, K.C.H. Fearon, J.A. Ross
School of Surgery Day, University of Edinburgh,
RCSEd, Edinburgh, November 2007
The association between the acquisition of MRSA in hospital and postoperative wound infections (poster)
N.A. Stephens, R. Mofidi, J.A. Murie, R.T.A. Chalmers
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Annual Meeting, Manchester, April 2007
Targets and delays in the treatment of upper gastrointestinal cancer (poster)
N.A. Stephens, J.K. Apollos, C.D. Auld
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Annual Meeting, Manchester, April 2007
The rise and fall of MRSA colonisation and infection in Vascular Surgery (poster)
N.A. Stephens, R. Mofidi, J.A. Murie, R.T.A. Chalmers
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Annual Meeting, Manchester, April 2007
The 62 day waiting target in upper gastrointestinal cancers (oral)
N.A. Stephens, J.K. Apollos, C.D. Auld
RCSEd Annual Audit Symposium
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, March 2007
Presented at PLENARY session
The Treatment of Vascular Steal Syndrome (oral)
H Harunarashid, N Stephens, Z Raza
The 13th Scottish and Northern Vascular Meeting
Peebles, Scotland, April 2005
Pancreas Transplantation in the New Millennium (oral)
I.M. Pope, N.A. Stephens, J.J.Casey, K.K. Madhavan, S.J. Wigmore, J. Forsythe, H. Pleass and M. Akyol
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Annual meeting, Manchester, England, May 2003
Presented at SIX OF THE BEST session
Renal/Pancreas Transplant Audit (oral)
N.A.Stephens
RTU CLIP meeting
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, January 2003
The Mayo Table – a solution for positioning paediatric patients during tonsillectomy (poster)
F Ahsan, N Stephens
Scottish Otolaryngology Society summer meeting
Crieff, Scotland, June 2002