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Professor Gerry Hanna
Professor / Consultant Radiation Oncolog, Radiation Therapy

Biography

Professor Gerry Hanna is the Marie Curie Professor of Clinical Oncology at Trinity College Dublin and a Consultant in Radiation Oncology at the St Lukes Radiation Oncology Network and at the Trinity St James Cancer Institute. Gerry also holds honorary appointments at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, the University of Melbourne and Queen"s University Belfast.

Prof Hanna completed his undergraduate training at Queen"s University Belfast and his post graduate training at the Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital. Following his PhD fellowship, Prof Hanna was awarded the Royal College of Radiologists" Keith Durrant Memorial Travelling Fellowship to undertake a fellowship at the Vrije University Medical Centre in Amsterdam. Prior to taking up his current post, Prof Hanna was Chair of Division for Cancer and Specialist Medicine at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and prior to this was the Director of Radiation Oncology at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne.

His Research interests include the use of PET/CT in radiotherapy planning for lung cancer, mechanisms of radiotherapy resistance, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and systemic therapy and immunotherapy combinations with radiotherapy.

He was the chief investigator of the Peter Mac ACRF Radiation Immuno-oncology Program and the International Atomic Energy Agency's PERTAIN study. He is a TMG member for the UK's HALT, SARON, CONFIRM, ISOTOXIC IMRT and CONCORDE studies and continues to provide research support to Belfast Trust.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Walls GM, McMahon M, Moore N, Nicol P, Bradley G, Whitten G, Young L, O'Hare JM, Lindsay J, Connolly R, Dermot Linden, Ball PA, Hanna GG, McAleese J, Clinicoradiological outcomes after radical radiotherapy for lung cancer in patients with interstitial lung disease., BJR open, 2023 Journal Article, 2023 DOI TARA - Full Text

Walls, G.M., Osman, S.O.S., Brown, K.H., Butterworth, K.T., Hanna, G.G., Hounsell, A.R., McGarry, C.K., Leijenaar, R.T.H., Lambin, P., Cole, A.J., Jain, S., Radiomics for Predicting Lung Cancer Outcomes Following Radiotherapy: A Systematic Review, Clinical Oncology, 34, (3), 2022, pe107-e122 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Walls, G.M., Giacometti, V., Apte, A., Thor, M., McCann, C., Hanna, G.G., O'Connor, J., Deasy, J.O., Hounsell, A.R., Butterworth, K.T., Cole, A.J., Jain, S., McGarry, C.K., Validation of an established deep learning auto-segmentation tool for cardiac substructures in 4D radiotherapy planning scans, Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 23, 2022, p118-126 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Wee Loon Ong, Norah Finn, Luc Te Marvelde, Colin Hornby, Roger L Milne, Gerard G Hanna, Graham Pitson, Hany Elsaleh, Jeremy L Millar, Farshad Foroudi, Disparities in radiation therapy utilization for cancer patients in Victoria, Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Fiona Hegi-Johnson, Stacey Rudd, Rodney J. Hicks, Dirk De Ruysscher, Joseph A. Trapani, Thomas John, Paul Donnelly, Benjamin Blyth, Gerard Hanna, Sarah Everitt, Peter Roselt, Michael P. MacManus, Imaging immunity in patients with cancer using positron emission tomography, npj Precision Oncology, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Thippu Jayaprakash, K., Hanna, G.G., Hatton, M.Q., Lung Cancer in 2022 and Beyond!, Clinical Oncology, 34, (11), 2022, p695-697 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Bucknell, N.W., Belderbos, J., Palma, D.A., Iyengar, P., Samson, P., Chua, K., Gomez, D., McDonald, F., Louie, A.V., Faivre-Finn, C., Hanna, G.G., Siva, S., Avoiding Toxicity With Lung Radiation Therapy: An IASLC Perspective, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 17, (8), 2022, p961-973 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Lee, K., Le, T., Hau, E., Hanna, G.G., Gee, H., Vinod, S., Dammak, S., Palma, D., Ong, A., Yeghiaian-Alvandi, R., Buck, J., Lim, R., A Systematic Review Into the Radiologic Features Predicting Local Recurrence After Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 113, (1), 2022, p40-59 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Fennell, D.A., Griffiths, G., Ottensmeier, C., Hanna, G.G., Danson, S., Szlosarek, P., Nye, M., CONFIRM trial: what is the real efficacy of second-line immunotherapy in mesothelioma? " Authors' reply, The Lancet Oncology, 23, (1), 2022, pe14-e15 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Diez, P., Hanna, G.G., Aitken, K.L., van As, N., Carver, A., Colaco, R.J., Conibear, J., Dunne, E.M., Eaton, D.J., Franks, K.N., Good, J.S., Harrow, S., Hatfield, P., Hawkins, M.A., Jain, S., McDonald, F., Patel, R., Rackley, T., Sanghera, P., Tree, A., Murray, L., UK 2022 Consensus on Normal Tissue Dose-Volume Constraints for Oligometastatic, Primary Lung and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy, Clinical Oncology, 34, (5), 2022, p288-300 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Gaudreault, M., Chang, D., Hardcastle, N., Jackson, P., Kron, T., Hanna, G.G., Hofman, M.S., Siva, S., Utility of Biology-Guided Radiotherapy to De Novo Metastases Diagnosed During Staging of High-Risk Biopsy-Proven Prostate Cancer, Frontiers in Oncology, 12, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Hegi-Johnson, F., Rudd, S.E., Wichmann, C., Akhurst, T., Roselt, P., Trinh, J., John, T., Devereux, L., Donnelly, P.S., Hicks, R., Scott, A.M., Steinfort, D., Fox, S., Blyth, B., Parakh, S., Hanna, G.G., Callahan, J., Burbury, K., MacManus, M., ImmunoPET: IMaging of cancer imMUNOtherapy targets with positron Emission Tomography: a phase 0/1 study characterising PD-L1 with 89 Zr-durvalumab (MEDI4736) PET/CT in stage III NSCLC patients receiving chemoradiation study protocol, BMJ Open, 12, (11), 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Kothari, G., Woon, B., Patrick, C.J., Korte, J., Wee, L., Hanna, G.G., Kron, T., Hardcastle, N., Siva, S., The impact of inter-observer variation in delineation on robustness of radiomics features in non-small cell lung cancer, Scientific Reports, 12, (1), 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Salem, A., Franks, K., Greystoke, A., Hanna, G.G., Harrow, S., Hatton, M., Hiley, C., McDonald, F., Faivre-Finn, C., Unaccounted Confounders Limit the Ability to Draw Conclusions From Big Data Analysis Comparing Radiotherapy Fractionation Regimens in NSCLC, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 17, (6), 2022, pe55-e56 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Gaudreault, M., Yeo, A., Kron, T., Hanna, G.G., Siva, S., Hardcastle, N., Treatment Time Optimization in Single Fraction Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy: A 10-Year Institutional Experience, Advances in Radiation Oncology, 7, (5), 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Siva, S., Jones, G., Bressel, M., Shaw, M., Chander, S., Chu, J., Plumridge, N., Byrne, K., Kothari, G., Hardcastle, N., Gaudreault, M., Kron, T., Wheeler, G., MacManus, M., Hanna, G.G., Ball, D.L., David, S., Impact of Medical Operability and Total Metastatic Ablation on Outcomes After SABR for Oligometastases, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 114, (5), 2022, p862-870 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Juneja, M., Solomon, B., Hanna, G.G., Nuclear protein in testis carcinoma: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, Internal Medicine Journal, 51, (7), 2021, p1191-1192 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Rulach, R., Ball, D., Chua, K.L.M., Dahele, M., De Ruysscher, D., Franks, K., Gomez, D., Guckenberger, M., Hanna, G.G., Louie, A.V., Moghanaki, D., Palma, D.A., Peedell, C., Salem, A., Siva, S., Videtic, G.M.M., Chalmers, A.J., Harrow, S., An International Expert Survey on the Indications and Practice of Radical Thoracic Reirradiation for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Advances in Radiation Oncology, 6, (2), 2021 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Haslett, K., Bayman, N., Franks, K., Groom, N., Harden, S.V., Harris, C., Hanna, G., Harrow, S., Hatton, M., McCloskey, P., McDonald, F., Ryder, W.D., Faivre-Finn, C., Isotoxic Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Feasibility Study, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 109, (5), 2021, p1341-1348 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Fennell, D.A., Ewings, S., Ottensmeier, C., Califano, R., Hanna, G.G., Hill, K., Danson, S., Steele, N., Nye, M., Johnson, L., Lord, J., Middleton, C., Szlosarek, P., Chan, S., Gaba, A., Darlison, L., Wells-Jordan, P., Richards, C., Poile, C., Lester, J.F., Griffiths, G., Price, G., Shaw, P., Cave, J., Naik, J., Ford, A., Geldhart, T., Dancey, G., Papadatos, D., Polychronis, A., Jankowska, P., Scott, A., Gardiner, J., Cominos, M., Campbell, L., MacGregor, C., Mullholand, L., Chitnis, M., Dougherty, G., Nivolumab versus placebo in patients with relapsed malignant mesothelioma (CONFIRM): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial, The Lancet Oncology, 22, (11), 2021, p1530-1540 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Steven David, Gwo Ho, Daphne Day, Marion Harris, Jennifer Tan, Shom Goel, Gerard G. Hanna, Ranjana Srivastava, Gill Kruss, Lachlan McDowell, Michelle White, Enhanced toxicity with CDK 4/6 inhibitors and palliative radiotherapy: Non-consecutive case series and review of the literature, Translational Oncology, 14, (1), 2021, p100939 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Alomran, R., White, M., Bruce, M., Bressel, M., Roache, S., Karroum, L., Hanna, G.G., Siva, S., Goel, S., David, S., Stereotactic radiotherapy for oligoprogressive ER-positive breast cancer (AVATAR), BMC Cancer, 21, (1), 2021 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Akanda, Z.Z., Neeson, P.J., John, T., Barnett, S., Hanna, G.G., Miller, A., Jennens, R., Siva, S., A narrative review of combined stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and immunotherapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, Translational Lung Cancer Research, 10, (6), 2021, p2766-2778 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Hanna, G.G., John, T., Ball, D.L., Controversies in the role of radiotherapy in pleural mesothelioma, Translational Lung Cancer Research, 10, (4), 2021, p2079-2087 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Walls, G.M., Cole, A.J., Hanna, G.G., McAleer, J.J., Local Control: Also a Strength of Radiotherapy Training?, Clinical Oncology, 33, (10), 2021, p676-679 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Walls, G.M., Cole, A.J., McAleer, J.J., Hanna, G.G., A Qualitative Assessment of Radiotherapy Training at a UK Regional Cancer Centre, Clinical Oncology, 33, (4), 2021, p261-269 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Storey, C.L., Hanna, G.G., Greystoke, A., Practical implications to contemplate when considering radical therapy for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer, British Journal of Cancer, 123, 2020, p28-35 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Bucknell, N., Hardcastle, N., Jackson, P., Hofman, M., Callahan, J., Eu, P., Iravani, A., Lawrence, R., Martin, O., Bressel, M., Woon, B., Blyth, B., MacManus, M., Byrne, K., Steinfort, D., Kron, T., Hanna, G., Ball, D., Siva, S., Single-arm prospective interventional study assessing feasibility of using gallium-68 ventilation and perfusion PET/CT to avoid functional lung in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer, BMJ Open, 10, (12), 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

G. M. Walls and L. McConnell and J. McAleese and P. Murray and T. B. Lynch and K. Savage and G. G. Hanna and D. Gonzalez de Castro, Early circulating tumour DNA kinetics measured by ultra-deep next-generation sequencing during radical radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer: a feasibility study, Radiation Oncology, 15, (1), 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

J. Dhont and S.V. Harden and L.Y.S. Chee and K. Aitken and G.G. Hanna and J. Bertholet, Image-guided Radiotherapy to Manage Respiratory Motion: Lung and Liver, Clinical Oncology, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Gerard Walls and James J McAleer and Gerard G Hanna, Perception of modern radiotherapy learning: study protocol for a mixed-methods analysis of trainees and trainers at a UK cancer centre, BMJ Open, 10, (5), 2020, pe037171 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

C.R. Hanna and D.M. Lynskey and J. Wadsley and S.E. Appleyard and S. Anwar and E. Miles and J. Gower and E. Hall and C.E. Coles and G.G. Hanna, Radiotherapy Trial Set-up in the UK: Identifying Inefficiencies and Potential Solutions, Clinical Oncology, 32, (4), 2020, p266--275 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Hwang, E.J., Gorayski, P., Le, H., Hanna, G.G., Kenny, L., Penniment, M., Buck, J., Thwaites, D., Ahern, V., Particle therapy toxicity outcomes: A systematic review, Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 64, (5), 2020, p725-737 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Gerard M. Walls, Gerard G. Hanna, James J. McAleer, Learning radiotherapy: the state of the art, BMC Medical Education, 20, (1), 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Gerard M. Walls and Jamie B. Oughton and Anthony J. Chalmers and Sarah Brown and Fiona Collinson and Martin D. Forster and Kevin N. Franks and Alexandra Gilbert and Gerard G. Hanna and Nicola Hannaway and Stephen Harrow and Tom Haswell and Crispin T. Hiley and Samantha Hinsley and Matthew Krebs and Geraldine Murden and Rachel Phillip and Anderson J. Ryan and Ahmed Salem and David Sebag-Montefoire and Paul Shaw and Chris J. Twelves and Katrina Walker and Robin J. Young and Corinne Faivre-Finn and Alastair Greystoke, CONCORDE: A phase I platform study of novel agents in combination with conventional radiotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer, Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 25, 2020, p61--66 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Paolo Sogono and Mathias Bressel and Steven David and Mark Shaw and Sarat Chander and Julie Chu and Nikki Plumridge and Keelan Byrne and Nick Hardcastle and Tomas Kron and Greg Wheeler and Gerard G. Hanna and Michael MacManus and David Ball and Shankar Siva, Safety, efficacy and patterns of failure after single fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for oligometastases, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

C.E. Coles and C. Aristei and J. Bliss and L. Boersma and A.M. Brunt and S. Chatterjee and G. Hanna and R. Jagsi and O. Kaidar Person and A. Kirby and I. Mjaaland and I. Meattini and A.M. Luis and G.N. Marta and B. Offersen and P. Poortmans and S. Rivera, International Guidelines on Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Clinical Oncology, 32, (5), 2020, p279--281 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

S. Newman and N. Bucknell and M. Bressel and P. Tran and B.A. Campbell and S. David and N. Haghighi and G.G. Hanna and D. Kok and M. MacManus and C. Phillips and N. Plumridge and M. Shaw and A. Wirth and G. Wheeler and D. Ball and S. Siva, Long-term Survival with 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-directed Therapy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer with Synchronous Solitary Brain Metastasis, Clinical Oncology, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

G.M. Walls and G.G. Hanna and R.L. Eakin and L. Young and J. McAleese, Re: Mercieca et al. Implementing the Royal College of Radiologists' Radiotherapy Target Volume Definition and Peer Review Guidelines: More Still to Do?, Clinical Oncology, 32, (5), 2020, p343 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

G.M. Walls and J. O{\textquotesingle, Re: Lewis et al. Palliative Lung Radiotherapy: Higher Dose Leads to Improved Survival?, Clinical Oncology, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Chia, B.S.H., Landau, D., Hanna, G., Conibear, J., Thoracic intervention and surgery to cure lung cancer: an overview of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in early and oligometastatic lung cancer, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 112, (8), 2019, p334-340 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

T. Konert and W. V. Vogel and D. Paez and A. Polo and E. Fidarova and H. Carvalho and P. S. Duarte and A. C. Zuliani and A. O. Santos and D. Altuhhova and L. Karusoo and R. Kapoor and A. Sood and J. Khader and A. Al-Ibraheem and Y. Numair and S. Abubaker and C. Soydal and T. Kütük and T. A. Le and N. X. Canh and B. Q. Bieu and L. N. Ha and J. S. A. Belderbos and M. P. MacManus and D. Thorwarth and G. G. Hanna, Introducing FDG PET/CT-guided chemoradiotherapy for stage III NSCLC in low- and middle-income countries: preliminary results from the IAEA PERTAIN trial, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 46, (11), 2019, p2235--2243 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

J. McAleese and C.M. Rooney and S. Baluch and K.J. Drinkwater and G.G. Hanna, Curative Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer in the UK: International Benchmarking, Clinical Oncology, 31, (10), 2019, p731 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Mihaela Ghita and Victoria Dunne and Gerard G Hanna and Kevin M Prise and Jaqueline P Williams and Karl T Butterworth, Preclinical models of radiation-induced lung damage: challenges and opportunities for small animal radiotherapy, The British Journal of Radiology, 92, (1095), 2019, p20180473 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

D. Xing, S. Siva, G.G. Hanna, The Abscopal Effect of Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy: Fool's Gold or El Dorado?, Clinical Oncology, 31, (7), 2019, p432--443 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Chan-Kyung Jane Cho and Balamurugan A. Vellayappan and Emma M. Dunne and Shankar Siva and Mitchell Liu and Alexander V. Louie and Gerard G. Hanna and Simon S. Lo, What is synchronous oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer?, Journal of Thoracic Disease, 11, (12), 2019, p5666--5669 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Walls, G.M., Hanna, G.G., Qi, F., Zhao, S., Xia, J., Ansari, M.T., Landau, D., Corrigendum: Predicting outcomes from radical radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review of the existing literature (Frontiers Media S.A. (2018) 8 (433) DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00433), Frontiers in Oncology, 9, (MAR), 2019 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

J. McAleese, A. Taylor, G.M. Walls, G.G. Hanna, Differential Relapse Patterns for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Subtypes Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Implications for Radiation Oncology, Clinical Oncology, 31, (10), 2019, p711--719 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Mihaela Ghita and Victoria L. Dunne and Stephen J. McMahon and Sarah O. Osman and Donna M. Small and Sinead Weldon and Clifford C. Taggart and Conor K. McGarry and Alan R. Hounsell and Edward E. Graves and Kevin M. Prise and Gerard G. Hanna and Karl T. Butterworth, Preclinical Evaluation of Dose-Volume Effects and Lung Toxicity Occurring In and Out-of-Field, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 103, (5), 2019, p1231--1240 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

G.G. Hanna, L. Murray, R. Patel, S. Jain, K.L. Aitken, K.N. Franks, N. van As, A. Tree, P. Hatfield, S. Harrow, F. McDonald, M. Ahmed, F.H. Saran, G.J. Webster, V. Khoo, D. Landau, D.J. Eaton, M.A. Hawkins, UK Consensus on Normal Tissue Dose Constraints for Stereotactic Radiotherapy, Clinical Oncology, 30, (1), 2018, p5--14 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Conibear, J., Chia, B., Ngai, Y., Bates, A.T., Counsell, N., Patel, R., Eaton, D., Faivre-Finn, C., Fenwick, J., Forster, M., Hanna, G.G., Harden, S., Mayles, P., Moinuddin, S., Landau, D., Study protocol for the SARON trial: A multicentre, randomised controlled phase III trial comparing the addition of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and radical radiotherapy with standard chemotherapy alone for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer, BMJ Open, 8, (4), 2018 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Brown, J.M.C., Hanna, G.G., Lampe, N., Villagomez-Bernabe, B., Nicol, J.R., Coulter, J.A., Currell, F.J., Towards photon radiotherapy treatment planning with high Z nanoparticle radiosensitisation agents: The Relative Biological Effective Dose (RBED) framework, Cancer Nanotechnology, 9, (1), 2018 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Rulach, R., Hanna, G.G., Franks, K., McAleese, J., Harrow, S., Re-irradiation for Locally Recurrent Lung Cancer: Evidence, Risks and Benefits, Clinical Oncology, 30, (2), 2018, p101-109 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

McDonald, F., Hanna, G.G., Oligoprogressive Oncogene-addicted Lung Tumours: Does Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Have a Role? Introducing the HALT Trial, Clinical Oncology, 30, (1), 2018, p1-4 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Walls, G.M., Hanna, G.G., Qi, F., Zhao, S., Xia, J., Ansari, M.T., Landau, D., Predicting outcomes from radical radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review of the existing literature, Frontiers in Oncology, 8, (OCT), 2018 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

G.M. Walls, J. McAleese, G.G. Hanna, Referrals Patterns to an Oncology Clinical Advice Service, Clinical Oncology, 30, (6), 2018, p395--396 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Sarah Barrett, Gerard G. Hanna, Laure Marignol, An overview on personalisation of radiotherapy prescriptions in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Are we there yet?, Radiotherapy and Oncology, 128, (3), 2018, p520 - 533 Review Article, 2018 DOI

McAleese, J., Mooney, L., Walls, G.M., Eakin, R.L., Harney, J., Hanna, G.G., Risk of Death from Pneumocystis jirovecii after Curative-intent Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer, Clinical Oncology, 30, (12), 2018, pe81-e82 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

G.G. Hanna, F. McDonald, L. Murray, S. Harrow, D. Landau, M. Ahmed, K.N. Franks, UK Consensus on Normal Tissue Dose Constraints for Stereotactic Radiotherapy: Reply to Ghafoor et al., Clinical Oncology, 30, (7), 2018, p456 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

O'Neill, A., McAleer, S., McCarty, H., Clarke, J., Drake, A., Hurwitz, J., Clayton, A., Shaw, E., Vennard, H., Gray, S., Robinson, J., Simpson, B., Stevenson, M., Hanna, G.G., O'Sullivan, J.M., Semi-permanent tattoos in breast radiotherapy (STaBRad) study: A randomised-controlled clinical trial comparing the 'Precision Plus Micropigmentation System' to permanent skin tattoos in radical breast radiotherapy patients, Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 17, (1), 2018, p12-19 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Fennell, D.A., Kirkpatrick, E., Cozens, K., Nye, M., Lester, J., Hanna, G., Steele, N., Szlosarek, P., Danson, S., Lord, J., Ottensmeier, C., Barnes, D., Hill, S., Kalevras, M., Maishman, T., Griffiths, G., CONFIRM: A double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III clinical trial investigating the effect of nivolumab in patients with relapsed mesothelioma: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, Trials, 19, (1), 2018 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

McDonald, F., Hanna, G.G., Do protons have a role in the treatment of locally advanced NSCLC with radiotherapy?, Lung Cancer, 110, 2017, p71-73 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Dunne, V., Ghita, M., Small, D.M., Coffey, C.B.M., Weldon, S., Taggart, C.C., Osman, S.O., McGarry, C.K., Prise, K.M., Hanna, G.G., Butterworth, K.T., Inhibition of ataxia telangiectasia related-3 (ATR) improves therapeutic index in preclinical models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) radiotherapy, Radiotherapy and Oncology, 124, (3), 2017, p475-481 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Walls, G.M., Lyon, A.R., Harbinson, M.T., Hanna, G.G., Cardiotoxicity following cancer treatment, Ulster Medical Journal, 86, (1), 2017, p3-9 Journal Article, 2017

Murray, P., Franks, K., Hanna, G.G., A systematic review of outcomes following stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in the treatment of early-stage primary lung cancer, British Journal of Radiology, 90, (1071), 2017 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Walls, G.M., Hanna, G.G., Immunotherapy for lung cancer " A gamechanger!, Ulster Medical Journal, 86, (3), 2017, p213-214 Journal Article, 2017

McAleese, J., Baluch, S., Drinkwater, K., Bassett, P., Hanna, G.G., The Elderly are Less Likely to Receive Recommended Radical Radiotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Clinical Oncology, 29, (9), 2017, p593-600 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Konert, T., Vogel, W.V., Everitt, S., MacManus, M.P., Thorwarth, D., Fidarova, E., Paez, D., Sonke, J.-J., Hanna, G.G., Multiple training interventions significantly improve reproducibility of PET/CT-based lung cancer radiotherapy target volume delineation using an IAEA study protocol, Radiotherapy and Oncology, 121, (1), 2016, p39-45 Journal Article, 2016 DOI

G.G. Hanna, T. Illidge, Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy Combinations in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Promising Future?, Clinical Oncology, 28, (11), 2016, p726--731 Journal Article, 2016 DOI

Harrow, S., Hanna, G.G., Faivre-Finn, C., McDonald, F., Chalmers, A.J., The Challenges Faced in Developing Novel Drug Radiation Combinations in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Clinical Oncology, 28, (11), 2016, p720-725 Journal Article, 2016 DOI

McLaughlin, K.A., Nemeth, Z., Bradley, C.A., Humphreys, L., Stasik, I., Fenning, C., Majkut, J., Higgins, C., Crawford, N., Holohan, C., Johnston, P.G., Harrison, T., Hanna, G.G., Butterworth, K.T., Prise, K.M., Longley, D.B., FLIP: A targetable mediator of resistance to radiation in non-small cell lung cancer, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 15, (10), 2016, p2432-2441 Journal Article, 2016 DOI

Cole, A., Hanna, G.G., Stereotactic radiotherapy for early stage lung cancer, Ulster Medical Journal, 84, (1), 2015, p69-70 Journal Article, 2015

Anna Kirby, Gerard Hanna, Maggie Wilcox, Mairead MacKenzie, In Regard to Vaidya et al, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 92, (5), 2015, p957--958 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Hanna, G.G., Landau, D., Re: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Oligometastatic Disease, Clinical Oncology, 27, (9), 2015, p543-544 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Hanna GG, Coyle VM, Prise KM., Immune modulation in advanced radiotherapies: Targeting out-of-field effects., Cancer letters, 368, (2), 2015, p246-251 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Rooney, K.P., McAleese, J., Crockett, C., Harney, J., Eakin, R.L., Young, V.A.L., Dunn, M.A., Johnston, R.E., Hanna, G.G., The Impact of Colleague Peer Review on the Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Process in the Radical Treatment of Lung Cancer, Clinical Oncology, 27, (9), 2015, p514-518 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Konert T, Vogel W, MacManus MP, Nestle U, Belderbos J, Grégoire V, Thorwarth D, Fidarova E, Paez D, Chiti A, Hanna GG., PET/CT imaging for target volume delineation in curative intent radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer: IAEA consensus report 2014., Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 116, (1), 2015, p27-34 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Hanna GG, Kirby AM., Intraoperative radiotherapy in early stage breast cancer: potential indications and evidence to date., The British journal of radiology, 88, (1049), 2015, p20140686 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Hanna GG, Landau D., Stereotactic body radiotherapy for oligometastatic disease., Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)), 27, (5), 2015, p290-297 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

O'Connell, B.F., Irvine, D.M., Cole, A.J., Hanna, G.G., McGarry, C.K., Optimizing geometric accuracy of four-dimensional CT scans acquired using the wall- and couch-mounted Varian® real-time position management" camera systems, British Journal of Radiology, 88, (1046), 2015 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Cole, A.J., O'Hare, J.M., McMahon, S.J., McGarry, C.K., Butterworth, K.T., McAleese, J., Jain, S., Hounsell, A.R., Prise, K.M., Hanna, G.G., O'Sullivan, J.M., Investigating the potential impact of four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) on toxicity, outcomes and dose escalation for radical lung cancer radiotherapy, Clinical Oncology, 26, (3), 2014, p142-150 Journal Article, 2014 DOI

Hanna, G.G., Siva, S., Plumridge, N., Solomon, B., Ball, D.L., Preoperative chemotherapy for nonsmall-cell lung cancer, The Lancet, 384, (9939), 2014, p232-233 Journal Article, 2014 DOI

Cole, A.J., Hanna, G.G., Jain, S., O'Sullivan, J.M., Motion management for radical radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer, Clinical Oncology, 26, (2), 2014, p67-80 Journal Article, 2014 DOI

Hanna G., So you want to be an oncologist?, The Ulster medical journal, 82, (1), 2013, p65 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Goody, R.B., O'Hare, J., McKenna, K., Earey, L.D., Robinson, J., Bell, P., Clarke, J., McAleer, J.J.A., O'Sullivan, J.M., Hanna, G.G., Unintended cardiac irradiation during left-sided breast cancer radiotherapy, British Journal of Radiology, 86, (1022), 2013 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Khan K, Hanna GG, Campbell L, Scullin P, Hussain A, Eakin RL, McAleese J., Re-challenge chemotherapy with gemcitabine plus carboplatin in patients with non-small cell lung cancer., Chinese journal of cancer, 32, (10), 2013, p539-545 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Hanna, G., So you want to be an: Oncologist?, Ulster Medical Journal, 82, (1), 2013, p65 Journal Article, 2013

Booth, K., Hanna, G.G., McGonigle, N., McManus, K.G., McGuigan, J., O'Sullivan, J., Lynch, T., McAleese, J., The mediastinal staging accuracy of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglycose positron emission tomography / computed tomography in non-small cell lung cancer with variable time intervals to surgery, Ulster Medical Journal, 82, (2), 2013, p75-81 Journal Article, 2013

Booth K, Hanna GG, McGonigle N, McManus KG, McGuigan J, O'Sullivan J, Lynch T, McAleese J., The mediastinal staging accuracy of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglycose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in non-small cell lung cancer with variable time intervals to surgery., The Ulster medical journal, 82, (2), 2013, p75-81 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Hanna, G.G., Van Sörnsen de Koste, J.R., Dahele, M.R., Carson, K.J., Haasbeek, C.J.A., Migchielsen, R., Hounsell, A.R., Senan, S., Defining Target Volumes for Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy of Early-stage Lung Tumours: A Comparison of Three-dimensional 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Four-dimensional Computed Tomography, Clinical Oncology, 24, (6), 2012 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Carson, K.J., Hanna, G.G., Hounsell, A.R., Target volume definition with 18F-FDG PET-CT in radiotherapy treatment planning,Wykorzystanie 18F-FDG PET-CT do planowania leczenia napromienianiem, Nowotwory, 61, (4), 2011, p326-331 Journal Article, 2011

Hanna, G.G., Van Sor"nsen De Koste, J.R., Carson, K.J., O'Sullivan, J.M., Hounsell, A.R., Senan, S., Conventional 3D staging PET/CT in CT simulation for lung cancer: Impact of rigid and deformable target volume alignments for radiotherapy treatment planning, British Journal of Radiology, 84, (1006), 2011, p919-929 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Hanna GG, McAleese J, Carson KJ, Stewart DP, Cosgrove VP, Eakin RL, Zatari A, Lynch T, Jarritt PH, Young VA, O'Sullivan JM, Hounsell AR., (18)F-FDG PET-CT simulation for non-small-cell lung cancer: effect in patients already staged by PET-CT., International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 77, (1), 2010, p24-30 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Hanna, G.G., Hounsell, A.R., O'Sullivan, J.M., Geometrical Analysis of Radiotherapy Target Volume Delineation: A Systematic Review of Reported Comparison Methods, Clinical Oncology, 22, (7), 2010, p515-525 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Hanna GG, Carson KJ, Lynch T, McAleese J, Cosgrove VP, Eakin RL, Stewart DP, Zatari A, O'Sullivan JM, Hounsell AR., 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography-based radiotherapy target volume definition in non-small-cell lung cancer: delineation by radiation oncologists vs. joint outlining with a PET radiologist?, International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 78, (4), 2010, p1040-1051 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

van Dam IE, van Sörnsen de Koste JR, Hanna GG, Muirhead R, Slotman BJ, Senan S., Improving target delineation on 4-dimensional CT scans in stage I NSCLC using a deformable registration tool., Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 96, (1), 2010, p67-72 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Goody, R.B., Choong, E.S., Calderwood, J., Law, S.J.M., Mazdai, G., Hanna, G.G., McAleer, J.J.A., Mortality within 30 days for patients older than 70 years receiving chemotherapy: A single-institution retrospective analysis, Journal of the Hong Kong College of Radiologists, 12, (3), 2009, p95-102 Journal Article, 2009

Hanna GG, McAleese J, Lynch TB, O'Sullivan JM., Standardization of scanning for [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography., Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 27, (5), 2009, p831-2; author reply 832 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Gribben, H., Miller, P., Hanna, G.G., Carson, K.J., Hounsell, A.R., Map-Mrf Segmentation of lung tumours in pet/ct images, Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2009, 2009, p290-293 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Hanna, G.G., Edgar, D., Clarke, J.E.M., A Case of Prolonged Type 1 Hypersensitivity Reaction to Pegfilgrastim, Clinical Oncology, 20, (4), 2008, p315-316 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Hanna, G.G., McDonnell, G.V., A bed bound patient, Postgraduate Medical Journal, 79, (933), 2003 Journal Article, 2003

Research Expertise

Description

- Use of PET/CT in radiotherapy planning for lung cancer - Mechanisms of radiotherapy resistance - Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR/SBRT) - Systemic therapy and immunotherapy combinations with radiotherapy. - Chief investigator of International Atomic Energy Agency"s "PERTAIN" study. - Former chief investigator of the Peter Mac ACRF Radiation Immuno-oncology Program - Former chief investigator of the UK's CONCORDE Study. - TMG member for the UK"s HALT, SARON, CONFIRM, ISOTOXIC IMRT and CONCORDE studies

Keywords

Breast cancer; CANCER; CHEMO-RADIOTHERAPY; Lung Cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer; PET CT; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy, Biological response modifiers and chemoprevention

Recognition

Awards and Honours

Winner of the St. Luke's Medal September 2007

Winner of Royal College of Radiologists, Keith Durrant Memorial Travelling Fellowship May 2009

Winner of Pearl Ewing Travelling Fellowship, Friends of the Cancer Centre, Belfast, N. Ireland. 2009

Winner of Best Post-Graduate Research, Faculty of Medicine, Annual Celebration of Excellence, Queen's University Belfast 2011

UK National Quality in Care Oncology Award 2016

Robert Campbell Oration Medal - Ulster Medical Society October 2011

Winner of the NI Healthcare Oncology Team Award April 2024

Memberships

Founding Board Member of the Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia. April 2019 – Jully 2021

Supporting Ambassador of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) January 2010

Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists June 2020 – July 2024

Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London November 2021

Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, London May 2006

Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Radiation Oncology and Radiology, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland September 2023

Fellow Ulster Medical Society August 2010

Member of International Society for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) June 2009

Member of British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) April 2008

Vice-Clinical Lead of Cancer Trials Ireland November 2024

Member of the British Medical Association September 1993

Member of American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) August 2010