Peer-reviewed articles

Coyle C, Morgan E, Drummond FJ, Sharp L, Gavin A. Do men regret prostate biopsy: Results from the PiCTure study. BMC Urol. 2017;17(1):11. doi:10.1186/s12894-016-0194-y

Gaynor C, Iqbal M, Comber H, Deady S, McCormick PA. Improving prognosis for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Ireland 1994-2008. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017;29(2):221-224. doi:10.1097/MEG.0000000000000756

Gogarty DS, Lennon P, Deady S, et al. Variation in treatment and outcome in the early stage oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2017;274(2):953-960. doi:10.1007/s00405-016-4267-z

Gomez-Rubio P, Zock JP, Rava M, et al. Reduced risk of pancreatic cancer associated with asthma and nasal allergies. Gut. 2017;66(2):314-322. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2015-310442

Lennon P, Deady S, White N, et al. Aggressive medullary thyroid cancer, an analysis of the Irish National Cancer Registry. Ir J Med Sci. 2017;186(1):89-95. doi:10.1007/s11845-016-1455-1

Matz M, Coleman MP, Carreira H, et al. Worldwide comparison of ovarian cancer survival: Histological group and stage at diagnosis (CONCORD-2). Gynecologic Oncology. 2017;144(2):396-404. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.11.019

Matz M, Coleman MP, Sant M, et al. The histology of ovarian cancer: worldwide distribution and implications for international survival comparisons (CONCORD-2). Gynecologic Oncology. 2017;144(2):405-413. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.10.019

McDevitt J, Comber H, Walsh PM. Colorectal cancer incidence and survival by sub-site and stage of diagnosis: a population-based study at the advent of national screening. Ir J Med Sci. 2017;186(1):113-121. doi:10.1007/s11845-016-1513-8

O’Brien KM, Timmons A, Butow P, et al. Associations between neighbourhood support and financial burden with unmet needs of head and neck cancer survivors. Oral Oncol. 2017;65:57-64. doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2016.12.019

Cahir C, Barron TI, Sharp L, Bennett K. Can demographic, clinical and treatment-related factors available at hormonal therapy initiation predict non-persistence in women with stage I-III breast cancer? Cancer Causes Control. 2017;28(3):215-225. doi:10.1007/s10552-017-0851-9

OʼRegan JA, Prendeville S, McCaughan JA, et al. Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Irish Renal Transplant Recipients: Insights From a National Observational Study. Transplantation. 2017;101(3):657-663. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000001201

Sharp L, McDevitt J, Brown C, Comber H. Smoking at diagnosis significantly decreases 5-year cancer-specific survival in a population-based cohort of 18 166 colon cancer patients. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2017;45(6):788-800. doi:10.1111/apt.13944

Bonaventure A, Harewood R, Stiller CA, et al. Worldwide comparison of survival from childhood leukaemia for 1995–2009, by subtype, age, and sex (CONCORD-2): a population-based study of individual data for 89 828 children from 198 registries in 53 countries. The Lancet Haematology. 2017;4(5):e202-e217. doi:10.1016/S2352-3026(17)30052-2

Dal Maso L, Tavilla A, Pacini F, et al. Survival of 86,690 patients with thyroid cancer: A population-based study in 29 European countries from EUROCARE-5. European Journal of Cancer. 2017;77:140-152. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2017.02.023

Thomas AA, Pearce A, O’Neill C, Molcho M, Sharp L. Urban-rural differences in cancer-directed surgery and survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017;71(5):468-474. doi:10.1136/jech-2016-208113

Clowry J, Sheridan J, Healy R, et al. Increased non-melanoma skin cancer risk in young patients with inflammatory bowel disease on immunomodulatory therapy: a retrospective single-centre cohort study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2017;31(6):978-985. doi:10.1111/jdv.14105

Steliarova-Foucher E, Colombet M, Ries LAG, et al. International incidence of childhood cancer, 2001–10: a population-based registry study. The Lancet Oncology. 2017;18(6):719-731. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30186-9

Gomez-Rubio P, Rosato V, Márquez M, et al. A systems approach identifies time-dependent associations of multimorbidities with pancreatic cancer risk. Ann Oncol. 2017;28(7):1618-1624. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdx167

Sharp L, McDevitt J, Brown C, Carsin AE, Comber H. Association between smoking at diagnosis and cause-specific survival in patients with rectal cancer: Results from a population-based analysis of 10,794 cases. Cancer. 2017;123(13):2543-2550. doi:10.1002/cncr.30583

Gatta G, Capocaccia R, Botta L, et al. Burden and centralised treatment in Europe of rare tumours: results of RARECAREnet-a population-based study. Lancet Oncol. 2017;18(8):1022-1039. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30445-X

Maguire R, Hanly P, Balfe M, et al. Worry in Head and Neck Cancer Caregivers: The Role of Survivor Factors, Care-Related Stressors, and Loneliness in Predicting Fear of Recurrence. Nurs Res. 2017;66(4):295-303. doi:10.1097/NNR.0000000000000223

O’Connor M, O’Brien K, Waller J, et al. Physical after-effects of colposcopy and related procedures, and their inter-relationship with psychological distress: a longitudinal survey. BJOG: Int J Obstet Gy. 2017;124(9):1402-1410. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.14671

Gatta G, Peris-Bonet R, Visser O, et al. Geographical variability in survival of European children with central nervous system tumours. Eur J Cancer. 2017;82:137-148. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2017.05.028

Ó Céilleachair A, Hanly P, Skally M, et al. Counting the cost of cancer: out-of-pocket payments made by colorectal cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer. 2017;25(9):2733-2741. doi:10.1007/s00520-017-3683-y

Keinan-Boker L, Silverman BG, Walsh PM, Gavin AT, Hayes C. Time Trends in the Incidence and Mortality of Ovarian Cancer in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Israel, 1994-2013. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2017;27(8):1628-1636. doi:10.1097/IGC.0000000000001079