Liam Bourke PhD
Professor of Cancer Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Summary
I am a scientist working in clinical trials of oncology outcomes, evidence synthesis and trials innovation.
Large projects include the NIHR funded STAMINA programme, the NIHR funded SURECAN programme and CRUK PANTERA trial.
I have sat on international clinical cancer guidelines committees (2016-2018 EAU prostate cancer panel), won national cancer research awards (2017 CRUK inaugural patient involvement research prize) and generated over £6million of research funding.
You can read my work in many of the world's leading clinical publications e.g. the BMJ, European Urology, NEJM, Cochrane database, Health Technology Assessment and International Journal of Epidemiology.
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CRUK PANTERA
NIHR STAMINA
NIHR SURECAN
Publications
Key Publications
Catto, J.W.F., Khetrapal, P., Ambler, G., Sarpong, R., Potyka, I., Khan, S., ... Kelly, J.D. (2018). Multidomain Quantitative Recovery Following Radical Cystectomy for Patients Within the Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy with Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion Versus Open Radical Cystectomy Randomised Controlled Trial: The First 30 Patients. European Urology, 74 (4), 531-534.
Turner, R., Steed, L., Quirk, H., Greasley, R.U., Saxton, J.M., Taylor, S.J.C., ... Bourke, L. (2018). . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (9).
Bourke, L., Stevenson, R., Turner, R., Hooper, R., Sasieni, P., Greasley, R., ... Rosario, D.J. (2018). . Scientific Reports, 8 (1), 8374.
Mottet, N., De Santis, M., Briers, E., Bourke, L., Gillessen, S., Grummet, J.P., ... Cornford, P. (2018). Updated Guidelines for Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer: Abiraterone Acetate Combined with Castration Is Another Standard. European urology, 73 (3), 316-321.
Lardas, M., Liew, M., van den Bergh, R.C., De Santis, M., Bellmunt, J., Van den Broeck, T., ... Bourke, L. (2017). . European Urology, 72 (6), 869-885.
Nyssen, O.P., Taylor, S.J.C., Wong, G., Steed, E., Bourke, L., Lord, J., ... Meads, C. (2016). . Health Technology Assessment, 20 (27), 1-368.
Gilbert, S.E., Tew, G.A., Fairhurst, C., Bourke, L., Saxton, J.M., Winter, E.M., & Rosario, D.J. (2016). . British journal of cancer, 114 (4), 401-408.
Bourke, L., Smith, D., Steed, L., Hooper, R., Carter, A., Catto, J., ... Rosario, D.J. (2015). . European Urology, 69 (4), 693-703.
Hooper, R., & Bourke, L. (2015). . British Medical Journal (BMJ), 350 (h2925), 1-5.
Bourke, L., Gilbert, S., Hooper, R., Steed, L.A., Joshi, M., Catto, J.W.F., ... Rosario, D.J. (2014). . European Urology, 65 (5), 865-872.
Bourke, L., Copeland, R., & Rosario, D. (2011). Weight loss and exercise in obese older adults. The New England journal of medicine, 364 (25), 2466-2467.
Journal articles
Moschopoulou, E., Donovan, S., Brewin, D., Taylor, S., Ridge, D., Bourke, L., ... Chalder, T. (2025). . Health Expectations, 28 (2).
Reale, S., Turner, R.R., Steed, L., Taylor, S.J.C., Rosario, D.J., Bourke, L., ... Sutton, E. (2024). . Implementation Science Communications, 5 (1).
McNaught, E., Reale, S., Bourke, L., Brown, J.E., Collinson, M., Day, F., ... Rosario, D.J. (2024). . Trials, 25 (1).
Khan, I., Taylor, S.J.C., Robinson, C., Moschopoulou, E., McCrone, P., Bourke, L., ... Chalder, T. (2024). . Trials, 25 (1).
Moschopoulou, E., Brewin, D., Ridge, D., Donovan, S., Taylor, S.J.C., Bourke, L., ... Chalder, T. (2022). . BMC Cancer, 22 (1).
Reale, S., Turner, R., Sutton, E., Steed, L., Taylor, S.J.C., Morrissey, D., ... Bourke, L. (2021). . Scientific Reports, 11 (1), 12470.
Moschopoulou, E., Deane, J., Duncan, M., Ismail, S.A., Moriarty, S., Sarker, S.J., ... Thaha, M. (2021). . Supportive Care in Cancer.
Turner, R., Arden, M., Reale, S., Sutton, E., Taylor, S.J.C., Bourke, L., ... Steed, L. (2021). . BMC Health Services Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 21, 273.
Ibeggazene, S., Turner, R., Rosario, D., & Bourke, L. (2021). . BMC Cancer, 21 (1).
Reale, S., Turner, R.R., Sutton, E., Taylor, S.J.C., Bourke, L., Morrissey, D., ... Steed, L. (2021). . BMC Health Services Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 21 (1).
Rosario, D.J., & Bourke, L. (2020). Cardiovascular Disease and the Androgen Receptor: Here We Go Again? European urology, 77 (2), 167-169.
Quirk, H., Rosario, D., & Bourke, L. (2018). . BMC Urology, 18, 71.
Bourke, L., Turner, R., Greasley, R., Sutton, E., Steed, L., Smith, D., ... Rosario, D.J. (2018). . PLOS ONE, 13 (7), e0197606.
Greasley, R.U., Turner, R., Collins, K., Brown, J., Bourke, L., & Rosario, D.J. (2018). . BMC Cancer, 18 (1), 667.
Duncan, M., Moschopoulou, E., Herrington, E., Deane, J., Roylance, R., Jones, L., ... Bhui, K. (2017). . BMJ Open, 7 (11), e015860.
Duncan, M., Deane, J., White, P.D., Ridge, D., Roylance, R., Korszun, A., ... Bourke, L. (2017). . BMC Cancer, 17, 186.
Ruddock, A., Robbins, B., Tew, G., Bourke, L., & Purvis, A. (2017). . Sports Medicine, 47 (3), 517-532.
Bourke, L., Bauld, L., Bullen, C., Cumberbatch, M., Giovannucci, E., Islami, F., ... Catto, J.W.F. (2017). . European Urology, 71 (6), 915-923.
Rosario, D.J., Greasley, R., & Bourke, L. (2016). . European Urology Focus, 2 (5), 472-475.
Bourke, L., Boorjian, S.A., Briganti, A., Klotz, L., Mucci, L., Resnick, M.J., ... Penson, D.F. (2015). . European Urology, 350, h2925.
Bourke, L., Rosario, D.J., Steed, L., & Taylor, S.J.C. (2014). Response to comment on 'Interventions to improve exercise behaviour in sedentary people living with and beyond cancer: a systematic review'. British journal of cancer, 111 (12), 2378-2379.
Bourke, L., Dahm, P.K., & Rosario, D.J. (2014). . Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32 (23), 2517-2518.
Rosario, D.J., Bourke, L., & Keating, N.L. (2014). Androgen deprivation therapy and cardiovascular harm: are all men created equal? European urology, 65 (3), 574-576.
Bourke, L., Homer, K.E., Thaha, M.A., Steed, L., Rosario, D.J., Robb, K.A., ... Taylor, S.J.C. (2014). Interventions to improve exercise behaviour in sedentary people living with and beyond cancer: a systematic review. British journal of cancer, 110 (4), 831-841.
Meads, C., Nyssen, O.P., Wong, G., Steed, L., Bourke, L., Ross, C.A., ... Taylor, S.J.C. (2014). Protocol for an HTA report: Does therapeutic writing help people with long-term conditions? Systematic review, realist synthesis and economic modelling. BMJ open, 4 (2), e004377.
Hooper, R., & Bourke, L. (2014). . International Journal of Epidemiology, 43 (3), 930-936.
Round, T., Steed, L., Shankleman, J., Bourke, L., & Risi, L. (2013). Primary care delays in diagnosing cancer: what is causing them and what can we do about them? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 106 (11), 437-440.
Gilbert, S.E., Gilbert, S.E., Tew, G.A., Bourke, L., Winter, E.M., & Rosario, D.J. (2013). Assessment of endothelial dysfunction by flow-mediated dilatation in men on long-term androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Experimental physiology, 98 (9), 1401-1410.
Bourke, L., Homer, K.E., Thaha, M.A., Steed, L., Rosario, D.J., Robb, K.A., ... Taylor, S.J.C. (2013). Interventions for promoting habitual exercise in people living with and beyond cancer. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, (9), CD010192.
Bourke, L., Rosario, D., Copeland, R., & Taylor, S. (2013). Republished editorial: Physical activity for cancer survivors: beneficial in the short term, but longer term outcomes are lacking. British journal of sports medicine, 47 (9), 568.
Rosario, D.J., & Bourke, L. (2013). Reply: Endocrine therapy in prostate cancer: time for reappraisal of risks, benefits and cost-effectiveness? British journal of cancer, 108 (10), 2194.
Bourke, L., Kirkbride, P., Hooper, R., Rosario, A.J., Chico, T.J.A., & Rosario, D.J. (2013). Endocrine therapy in prostate cancer: time for reappraisal of risks, benefits and cost-effectiveness? British journal of cancer, 108 (1), 9-13.
Selvanayagam, M., Thompson, C., Taylor, S.J.C., Cummins, S., & Bourke, L. (2012). How might the London 2012 Olympics influence health and the determinants of health? Local newspaper analysis of pre-Games pathways and impacts. BMJ Open, 2 (6), e001791.
Bourke, L., Sohanpal, R., Nanton, V., Crank, H., Rosario, D., & Saxton, J. (2012). . Trials, 13 (208).
Bourke, L., Chico, T.J.A., Albertsen, P.C., Hamdy, F.C., & Rosario, D.J. (2012). Cardiovascular risk in androgen suppression: underappreciated, under-researched and unresolved. Heart (British Cardiac Society), 98 (5), 345-348.
Bourke, L., Rosario, D., Copeland, R., & Taylor, S. (2012). . British Medical Journal (BMJ), 344, 8.
Bourke, L., Thompson, G., Gibson, D., Daley, A., Crank, H., Adam, I., ... Saxton, J. (2011). . Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92 (5), 749-755.
Bourke, L., Doll, H., Crank, H., Daley, A., Rosario, D., & Saxton, J. (2011). . Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers and prevention, 20 (5), 647-657.
Bourke, L., Tew, G., Milo, M., Crossman, D.C., Saxton, J.M., & Chico, T.J.A. (2010). . BMC Public Health, 10, 620.
Bourke, L., Smith, D., Steed, L., Hooper, R., Catto, J., Albertsen, P.C., ... Rosario, D.J. (n.d.). Exercise interventions for men with prostate cancer. .
Book chapters
Bourke, L., & Saxton, J.M. (2011). Colorectal, breast and prostate cancer. In Exercise and Chronic Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach. (pp. 364-379).
(n.d.). Exercise and Chronic Disease. Routledge:
Theses / Dissertations
Gilbert, S.E. (2013). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Tew, G., Bourke, L., Winter, E., & Rosario, D.
Other activities
Working with the European Association of Urology clinical guidelines board as methodology advisor.
Media
PANTERA trial media coverage
- Sky TV breakfast news
- Detroit News
- Womens Times
Other coverage