Professor Maria Kyrgiou

Professor Maria Kyrgiou is head of section in gynaecological oncology at Imperial College London and a consultant gynaecologist and gynaecologic oncologist. She has trained in obstetrics and gynaecology and subsequently specialised in advanced minimal access surgery (laparoscopy and hysteroscopy) and gynaecologic oncology at the West London Gynaecological Cancer Centre at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She completed a master's of science (MSc) in advanced gynaecological endoscopy at the University of Surrey and a doctorate thesis in ovarian cancer chemotherapy.

Piek, J.M., Schauwaert, J., Ellis, L.B., Zapardiel, I., Planchamp, F., Koblos, K., Kacperczyk-Bartnik, J., Bowden, S.J., El Hajj, H., Grigore, M., Steenbeek, M.P., Bizzarri, N., Kyrgiou, M., Gültekin, M., 2026. Opportunistic Salpingectomy for Prevention of Tubo-Ovarian Carcinoma. JAMA.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.24510

Kyrgiou M, Bowden SJ, Ellis LB, Hammer A, Lyons D, Freeman-Wang T, Kechagias KS, Kalliala I, Preti M, Kesic V, Zapardiel I, Cruickshank M, Gultekin M, Martin-Hirsch P. Active surveillance of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2: 2025 British Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology and European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology consensus statement. Lancet Oncol. 2025 Mar;26(3):e140-e151. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00524-2. PMID: 40049205.

Kyrgiou, M., Bowden, S., Denny, L., Fagotti, A., Abu-Rustum, N.R., Ramirez, P.T., Querleu, D., 2024. Innovation in gynaecological cancer: highlighting global disparities. The Lancet Oncology 25, 425–430.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(24)00137-2

Mitra, A., Gultekin, M., Burney Ellis, L., Bizzarri, N., Bowden, S., Taumberger, N., Bracic, T., Vieira-Baptista, P., Sehouli, J., Kyrgiou, M., 2024. Genital tract microbiota composition profiles and use of prebiotics and probiotics in gynaecological cancer prevention: review of the current evidence, the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology prevention committee statement. The Lancet Microbe 5, e291–e300..
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00257-4

Athanasiou, A., Veroniki, A.A., Efthimiou, O., Kalliala, I., Naci, H., Bowden, S., Paraskevaidi, M., Arbyn, M., Lyons, D., Martin-Hirsch, P., Bennett, P., Paraskevaidis, E., Salanti, G., Kyrgiou, M., 2022. Comparative effectiveness and risk of preterm birth of local treatments for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and stage IA1 cervical cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. The Lancet Oncology 23, 1097–1108..
https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(22)00334-5

Kechagias, K.S., Kalliala, I., Bowden, S.J., Athanasiou, A., Paraskevaidi, M., Paraskevaidis, E., Dillner, J., Nieminen, P., Strander, B., Sasieni, P., Veroniki, A.A., Kyrgiou, M., 2022. Role of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on HPV infection and recurrence of HPV related disease after local surgical treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 378, e070135..
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-070135

Bowden, S.J., Bodinier, B., Kalliala, I., Zuber, V., Vuckovic, D., Doulgeraki, T., Whitaker, M.D., Wielscher, M., Cartwright, R., Tsilidis, K.K., Bennett, P., Jarvelin, M.-R., Flanagan, J.M., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Kyrgiou, M., 2021. Genetic variation in cervical preinvasive and invasive disease: a genome-wide association study. The Lancet Oncology 22, 548–557.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(21)00028-0

Kyrgiou M, Mitra A, Arbyn M, Stasinou SM, Martin-Hirsch P, Bennett P, Paraskevaidis E, 2014, Fertility and early pregnancy outcomes after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: systematic review and meta-analysis, British Medical Journal, Vol:349, ISSN:1756-1833

Kyrgiou M, Salanti G, Pavlidis N, Paraskevaidis E, Ioannidis JPA , 2006, Survival benefits with diverse chemotherapy regimens for ovarian cancer: Meta-analysis of multiple treatments, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol:98, ISSN:0027-8874, Pages:1655-1663

Kyrgiou M, Koliopoulos G, Martin-Hirsch P, Arbyn M, Prendiville W, Paraskevaidis E, 2006, Obstetric outcomes after conservative treatment for intraepithelial or early invasive cervical lesions: Systematic review and meta-analysis, The Lancet, Vol:367, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:489-498