Sally Barrington is a professor of

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(PET) Imaging and

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(NIHR) research professor at King's College London (KCL),

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. She joined KCL in 1993.

Biography

Barrington obtained her

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training at the Guy's and St Thomas’ Hospital London, where she was later appointed as a

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in 1998. Her research is focused on the study of

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and

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planning using PET imaging. She has been involved in numerous multicentre

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. She has also work experience in other clinical areas, including, but not limited to,

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and

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. She co-leads the UK PET Research Network. In 2019, Barrington was awarded the

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(BNMS) Roll of Honour. Barrington sits on the

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; she is the chair of the National Institute for Health Research Academy Involvement Group and the Radiation Safety Committee of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. She is a member of various professional organisations, including the Scientific Committee for international workshops on PET in lymphoma, European Lymphoma Institute, Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC), CRUK Expert Review Panel, Oncology Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, and

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(NCRI) Clinical Studies Group in Lymphoma.

Selected publications

Scientific journal papers

* 1980 citations: Recommendations for initial evaluation, staging, and response assessment of Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the Lugano classification. * 1133 citations: FDG PET/CT: EANM procedure guidelines for tumour imaging: version 2.0. * 926 citations: Role of imaging in the staging and response assessment of lymphoma: consensus of the International Conference on Malignant Lymphomas Imaging Working Group.

Books edited

* 1999: Atlas of Clinical Positron Emission Tomography: By R. Wahl, S. Barrington, M. Maisey. CRC Press. * 2005: Atlas of Clinical Positron Emission Tomography 2nd Edition: By R. Wahl, S. Barrington, M. Maisey. Hodder Education.

Book chapters

* Chapter 20 in PET/MRI in Oncology: Current Clinical Applications edited by Andrei Iagaru, Thomas Hope, Patrick Veit-Haibach. * Chapter 8 in Radiotherapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma edited by Lena Specht, Joachim Yahalom.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Academics of King's College London British oncologists Women oncologists NIHR Research Professors {{med-bio-stub