Peer-reviewed articles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

O?Regan 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hanley JA, Hannigan A, O’Brien KM. Mortality reductions due to mammography screening: Contemporary population-based data. PLOS ONE. 2017;12(12):e0188947. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188947

Ali H, Sinnott SJ, Corcoran P, Deady S, Sharp L, Kabir Z. Oral cancer incidence and survival rates in the Republic of Ireland, 1994-2009. BMC Cancer. 2016;16(1):950. doi:10.1186/s12885-016-2839-3

Cardwell CR, Pottegård A, Vaes E, et al. Propranolol and survival from breast cancer: a pooled analysis of European breast cancer cohorts. Breast Cancer Res. 2016;18(1):119. doi:10.1186/s13058-016-0782-5

O’Connor M, Waller J, Gallagher P, et al. Exploring women’s sensory experiences of undergoing colposcopy and related procedures: implications for preparatory sensory information provision. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2016;37(4):137-146. doi:10.1080/0167482X.2016.1197905

De Camargo Cancela M, Comber H, Sharp L. HR+/Her2- breast cancer in pre-menopausal women: The impact of younger age on clinical characteristics at diagnosis, disease management and survival. Cancer Epidemiol. 2016;45:162-168. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2016.10.019

Coffey L, Mooney O, Dunne S, et al. Cancer survivors’ perspectives on adjustment-focused self-management interventions: a qualitative meta-synthesis. J Cancer Surviv. 2016;10(6):1012-1034. doi:10.1007/s11764-016-0546-3

Clarke N, McNamara D, Kearney PM, O’Morain CA, Shearer N, Sharp L. The role of area-level deprivation and gender in participation in population-based faecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer screening. Prev Med. 2016;93:198-203. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.10.012