Kieran McHugh

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Kieran McHugh is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Kieran McHugh has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 57 papers in Surgery and 28 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Kieran McHugh's work include Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (29 papers), Radiation Dose and Imaging (20 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (14 papers). Kieran McHugh is often cited by papers focused on Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (29 papers), Radiation Dose and Imaging (20 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (14 papers). Kieran McHugh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Kieran McHugh's co-authors include Mark S. Pearce, Amy Berrington de González, Jane A Salotti, Alan Craft, Louise Parker, Mark P. Little, Choonsik Lee, Preetha Rajaraman, Kwang Pyo Kim and Nicola Howe and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kieran McHugh

154 papers receiving 6.4k citations

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Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: a retrospective cohort study

2012 2.6k citations Mark S. Pearce, Jane A Salotti et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kieran McHugh United Kingdom	35	2.5k	1.8k	1.6k	1.2k	748	158	6.6k
Preetha Rajaraman United States	38	3.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	714 0.6×	949 1.3×	105	8.2k
Cécile M. Ronckers Netherlands	31	2.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	717 0.6×	835 1.1×	139	6.4k
Marilyn J. Siegel United States	46	1.5k 0.6×	3.0k 1.7×	1.6k 1.0×	566 0.5×	898 1.2×	310	7.0k
James H. Ellis United States	45	2.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	324 0.3×	712 1.0×	179	6.5k
Matthew S. Davenport United States	43	3.1k 1.3×	986 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	354 0.3×	704 0.9×	250	6.5k
Richard H. Cohan United States	54	3.1k 1.3×	3.3k 1.8×	3.0k 1.9×	457 0.4×	1.2k 1.6×	225	9.0k
Michele Bertolotto Italy	38	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	243 0.2×	754 1.0×	209	5.5k
Sue C. Kaste United States	49	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	868 0.7×	389 0.5×	283	8.1k
Jonathan R. Dillman United States	43	2.1k 0.8×	2.6k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	370 0.3×	779 1.0×	326	7.2k
Emanuel Kanal United States	40	3.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	844 0.5×	847 0.7×	638 0.9×	121	6.4k

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Morosi, Carlo, Véronique Minard-Colin, Ilaria Zanetti, et al.. (2025). Early radiologic tumour volume response in non-metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma is not predictive for survival. Pediatric Radiology. 55(10). 2160–2170.

Shelmerdine, Susan C., Owen J. Arthurs, Kieran McHugh, et al.. (2021). Abdominal US in Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS). Radiology. 303(1). 173–181. 6 indexed citations

Glosli, Heidi, Gianni Bisogno, Anna Kelsey, et al.. (2021). Non-parameningeal head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma in children, adolescents, and young adults: Experience of the European paediatric Soft tissue sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG) – RMS2005 study. European Journal of Cancer. 151. 84–93. 22 indexed citations

Poon, Evon, Matthew Clarke, Neil P. Jerome, et al.. (2020). Noninvasive MRI Native T1 Mapping Detects Response to MYCN -targeted Therapies in the Th- MYCN Model of Neuroblastoma. Cancer Research. 80(16). 3424–3435. 21 indexed citations

Burnand, Katherine, Giuseppe Barone, Kieran McHugh, & Kate Cross. (2019). Preoperative computed tomography scanning for abdominal neuroblastomas is superior to magnetic resonance imaging for safe surgical planning. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 66(11). e27955–e27955. 13 indexed citations

Noesel, Max M. van, Daniel Orbach, Bernadette Brennan, et al.. (2019). Outcome and prognostic factors in pediatric malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: An analysis of the European Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Group (EpSSG) NRSTS‐2005 prospective study. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 66(10). e27833–e27833. 42 indexed citations

McHugh, Kieran, et al.. (2019). The new international neuroblastoma response criteria. Pediatric Radiology. 49(11). 1433–1440. 18 indexed citations

Muthialu, Nagarajan, Kieran McHugh, & Olga Slater. (2018). Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Child—Known but Rare Entity. Indian Journal of Surgery. 80(3). 288–289. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Johanna H. van der, Willemijn B. Breunis, Daniel Orbach, et al.. (2017). Prognostic relevance of early radiologic response to induction chemotherapy in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma: A report from the International Society of Pediatric Oncology Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor 95 study. Cancer. 124(5). 1016–1024. 24 indexed citations

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McHugh, Kieran & Derek Roebuck. (2013). Pediatric oncology surveillance imaging: Two recommendations. Abandon CT scanning, and randomize to imaging or solely clinical follow‐up. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 61(1). 3–6. 21 indexed citations

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Pearce, Mark S., Jane A Salotti, Kieran McHugh, et al.. (2011). CT scans in young people in Northern England: trends and patterns 1993–2002. Pediatric Radiology. 41(7). 832–838. 35 indexed citations

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Sebire, Neil J., et al.. (2009). Extrarenal rhabdoid tumours outside the central nervous system in infancy. Pediatric Radiology. 39(8). 817–822. 27 indexed citations

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McHugh, Kieran, et al.. (2009). Tracheomegaly: a complication of fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion in the treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatric Radiology. 40(5). 674–680. 28 indexed citations

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McHugh, Kieran, et al.. (2007). Investigating hip pain in a well child. BMJ. 334(7605). 1216–1217. 4 indexed citations

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Maas, Mario, T. N. Hangartner, Giuliano Mariani, et al.. (2007). Recommendations for the assessment and monitoring of skeletal manifestations in children with Gaucher disease. Skeletal Radiology. 37(3). 185–188. 41 indexed citations

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McHugh, Kieran, Edward M. Kiely, & Lewis Spitz. (2006). Imaging of conjoined twins. Pediatric Radiology. 36(9). 899–910. 61 indexed citations

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McHugh, Kieran. (2005). Bronchial artery to bronchial vein fistula secondary to lung nodule resection. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 90(4). 384–384. 3 indexed citations

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Hosalkar, Harish S., et al.. (2004). Hip Pain in a 6-Year-Old Girl. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 419(419). 311–315. 2 indexed citations

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Aviv, Richard I., et al.. (2001). Angiomatosis of Bone and Soft Tissue: A Spectrum of Disease from Diffuse Lymphangiomatosis to Vanishing Bone Disease in Young Patients. Clinical Radiology. 56(3). 184–190. 49 indexed citations

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McHugh, Kieran, et al.. (1999). Survey of intussusception reduction in England, Scotland and Wales: How and why we could do better. Clinical Radiology. 54(7). 452–458. 35 indexed citations

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