Contact

• workRoom C214 Biodiscovery Institute
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Ruth.Parks2@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Miss Parks is a graduate from the University of Nottingham and has completed her postgraduate medical training in the East Midlands to date. She is currently a General Surgery registrar in the region and commenced a PhD in August 2019. Her PhD is focused on the unique biology of primary breast cancer in older women, supervised by Professor KL Cheung, who is the lead of the whole research programme on the topic and Dr A Green. Following her PhD, Miss Parks will return to the General Surgery training programme and aspires to be a Consultant Clinical Academic breast surgeon in the future. Miss Parks is a member of the organising committee of the 6th Symposium on Primary Breast Cancer in Older Women, to be held at the University of Nottingham in March 2021 (www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/breastmeetings)

Research Summary

Primary breast cancer in older women: (i) biology and clinical outcome; (ii) geriatric assessment, decision making, psychosocial and quality of life issues

Recent Publications

• PARKS RM and CHEUNG KL, 2020. Personalising Care in the Older Woman with Primary Breast Cancer. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 48(11), 370-375
• JOHNSTON SJ, SYED BM, PARKS RM, MONTEIRO CJ, CARUSO JA, GREEN AR, ELLIS IO, HUNT KK, KARAKAS C, KEYOMARSI K and CHEUNG KL, 2020. Cytoplasmic Cyclin E Is an Independent Marker of Aggressive Tumor Biology and Breast Cancer-Specific Mortality in Women over 70 Years of Age. Cancers. 12(3),
• BLACKBURN SA, PARKS RM and CHEUNG KL, 2018. Fulvestrant for the treatment of advanced breast cancer. Expert review of anticancer therapy. 1-10 (In Press.)
• PARKS RM and CHEUNG KL, 2017. Axillary reverse mapping in N0 patients requiring sentinel lymph node biopsy - A systematic review of the literature and necessity of a randomised study. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 33, 57-70 (In Press.)

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• PARKS RM and CHEUNG KL, 2020. Personalising Care in the Older Woman with Primary Breast Cancer. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 48(11), 370-375
• JOHNSTON SJ, SYED BM, PARKS RM, MONTEIRO CJ, CARUSO JA, GREEN AR, ELLIS IO, HUNT KK, KARAKAS C, KEYOMARSI K and CHEUNG KL, 2020. Cytoplasmic Cyclin E Is an Independent Marker of Aggressive Tumor Biology and Breast Cancer-Specific Mortality in Women over 70 Years of Age. Cancers. 12(3),
• BLACKBURN SA, PARKS RM and CHEUNG KL, 2018. Fulvestrant for the treatment of advanced breast cancer. Expert review of anticancer therapy. 1-10 (In Press.)
• PARKS RM and CHEUNG KL, 2017. Axillary reverse mapping in N0 patients requiring sentinel lymph node biopsy - A systematic review of the literature and necessity of a randomised study. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 33, 57-70 (In Press.)
• PARKS RM and CHEUNG K, 2015. Patient pathway for breast cancer: turning points and future aspirations. Future oncology (London, England). 11(7), 1059-70
• PARKS RM, ROSTOFT S, OMMUNDSEN N and CHEUNG K, 2015. Peri-Operative Management of Older Adults with Cancer-The Roles of the Surgeon and Geriatrician. Cancers. 7(3), 1605-21
• PARKS RM, BEHRBALK E, MOSHARRAF S, MÜLLER RM and BOSZCZYK BM, 2015. Is Hydronephrosis a Complication after Anterior Lumbar Surgery? Global spine journal. 5(6), 466-70
• MUQUIT S, PARKS R and BASU S, 2015. Socio-economic characteristics of patients with glioblastoma multiforme. Journal of neuro-oncology. 125(2), 325-9
• BEHRBALK E, HALPERN P, BOSZCZYK BM, PARKS RM, CHECHIK O, ROSEN N, SHAPIRA A, MEROSE O and URI O, 2014. Anxiolytic medication as an adjunct to morphine analgesia for acute low back pain management in the emergency department: a prospective randomized trial. Spine. 39(1), 17-22
• PARKS RM, HALL L, TANG SW, HOWARD P, LAKSHMANAN R, WINTERBOTTOM L, MORGAN DA, POROCK D, COX K and CHEUNG KL, 2014. The potential value of comprehensive geriatric assessment in evaluating older women with primary operable breast cancer undergoing surgery or non-operative treatment - A pilot study. Journal of geriatric oncology. (In Press.)
• SYED BM, PARKS RM and CHEUNG K, 2014. Management of operable primary breast cancer in older women. Women's health (London, England). 10(4), 405-22
• BEHRBALK E, URI O, PARKS RM, GREVITT MP, RICKERT M and BOSZCZYK BM, 2014. Posterior-only correction of Scheuermann kyphosis using pedicle screws: economical optimization through screw density reduction. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 23(10), 2203-10
• BEHRBALK E, URI O, PARKS RM, MUSSON R, SOH RCC and BOSZCZYK BM, 2013. Fusion and subsidence rate of stand alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion using PEEK cage with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2. European Spine Journal. 22(12), 2869-75
• PARKS RM, LAKSHMANAN R, WINTERBOTTOM L, MORGAN DA, COX K and CHEUNG K, 2012. Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older women with early breast cancer - a systematic review of literature. World journal of surgical oncology. 10(1), 88