Research groups
Alex Gordon-Weeks
MBChB, BSc, DPhil, FRCS
Consultant Liver and Pancreas Surgeon
- Clinical Lecturer in Cancer biology
- Co-lead, Advanced Cancer Models and Therapeutics Group
Research Interests
Spatial biology of primary and metastatic liver cancers.
Hemi-liver perfusion as a novel liver cancer model.
Radiomics for cancer prognostication.
Regulation of tumour immunity.
Clinical Interests
I work as an NHS surgeon within the University of Oxford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I chair the advanced liver cancer multidisciplinary team meeting held at the Churchill Hospital site. The focus of my practice is malignant and benign hepatobiliary pathology inclusive of:
Primary and metastatic liver cancers.
Pancreatic cancer.
Cholangiocarcinoma.
Awards
2025 CRUK Discovery Programme Award
2022 CRUK Cancer Development Fund
2022 Lee Placito Clinical Fellowship Award
Recent publications
Negative-pressure wound therapy in thoracic and abdominal surgery: meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Journal article
Lakha AS. et al, (2026), BJS Open, 10
Hepatobiliary surgical training in a changing educational landscape: An 18-year longitudinal analysis of a high-volume international fellowship programme.
Journal article
Wettstein D. et al, (2026), Eur J Surg Oncol, 52
Contemporary Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms.
Journal article
Lucocq J. et al, (2026), JAMA Netw Open, 9
Long-term Outcomes Following Resection of Adenocarcinoma Arising from Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (A-IPMN) Versus Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC): A Propensity-score Matched Analysis.
Journal article
Lucocq J. et al, (2025), Ann Surg, 282, 1034 - 1044

