Peer-reviewed articles

Barron TI, Flahavan EM, Sharp L, Bennett K, Visvanathan K. Recent Prediagnostic Aspirin Use, Lymph Node Involvement, and 5-Year Mortality in Women with Stage I–III Breast Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study. Cancer Res. 2014;74(15):4065-4077. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-2679

Sharp L, Donnelly D, Hegarty A, et al. Risk of Several Cancers is Higher in Urban Areas after Adjusting for Socioeconomic Status. Results from a Two-Country Population-Based Study of 18 Common Cancers. Journal of Urban Health. Published online January 29, 2014. doi:10.1007/s11524-013-9846-3

Steliarova-Foucher E, O’Callaghan M, Ferlay J, et al. The European Cancer Observatory: A new data resource. European Journal of Cancer. Published online February 2014. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2014.01.027

Wells M, Amir Z, Cox T, et al. Time to act: the challenges of working during and after cancer, initiatives in research and practice. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2014;18(1):1-2. doi:10.1016/j.ejon.2014.01.001

Deady S, Sharp L, Comber H. Increasing skin cancer incidence in young, affluent, urban populations: a challenge for prevention. Br J Dermatol. Published online March 26, 2014. doi:10.1111/bjd.12988

Hanly PA, Sharp L. The cost of lost productivity due to premature cancer-related mortality: an economic measure of the cancer burden. BMC Cancer. 2014;14(1):224. doi:10.1186/1471-2407-14-224

Sharp L, Cotton S, Cruickshank M, et al. The unintended consequences of cervical screening: distress in women undergoing cytologic surveillance. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2014;18(2):142-150. doi:10.1097/LGT.0b013e31829c97d8

O’Connor M, Costello L, Murphy J, et al. “I don’t care whether it’s HPV or ABC, I just want to know if I have cancer.” Factors influencing women’s emotional responses to undergoing human papillomavirus testing in routine management in cervical screening: a qualitative study. BJOG. Published online April 1, 2014. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.12741

Dee A, Kearns K, O’Neill C, et al. The direct and indirect costs of both overweight and obesity: a systematic review. BMC Research Notes. 2014;7(1):242. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-7-242

Bannon FJ, McCaughan JA, Traynor C, et al. Surveillance of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Incidence Rates in Kidney Transplant Recipients in Ireland. Transplantation. Published online May 3, 2014. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000000115

Sheridan J, Walsh P, Kevans D, et al. Determinants of short- and long-term survival from colorectal cancer in very elderly patients. J Geriatr Oncol. Published online May 18, 2014. doi:10.1016/j.jgo.2014.04.005

Lonergan BJ, Meaney S, Perry IJ, et al. Smokers Still Underestimate the Risks Posed by Secondhand Smoke: A Repeated Cross-sectional Study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2014;16(8):1121-1128. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntu046

Hanly P, Pearce A, Sharp L. The cost of premature cancer-related mortality: a review and assessment of the evidence. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research. 2014;14(3):355-377. doi:10.1586/14737167.2014.909287

O’Connor M, Murphy J, Martin C, O’Leary J, Sharp L. Motivators for women to attend cervical screening: the influential role of GPs. Family Practice. Published online June 12, 2014:cmu029. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmu029

Flahavan EM, Drummond FJ, Bennett K, Barron TI, Sharp L. Prostate specific antigen testing is associated with men’s psychological and physical health and their healthcare utilisation in a nationally representative sample: a cross-sectional study. BMC Fam Pract. 2014;15:121. doi:10.1186/1471-2296-15-121

Cruickshank M, Cotton S, Sharp L, et al. Management of women with low grade cytology: how reassuring is a normal colposcopy examination? BJOG. Published online June 20, 2014. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.12932

O’Toole A, Walsh P, Keegan D, et al. Mortality in inflammatory bowel disease patients under 65 years of age. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2014;49(7):814-819. doi:10.3109/00365521.2014.907824

Thomas AA, Timmons A, Molcho M, et al. Quality of life in urban and rural settings: A study of head and neck cancer survivors. Oral Oncology. 2014;50(7):676-682. doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.03.007

Hanly P, Soerjomataram I, Sharp L. Measuring the societal burden of cancer: The cost of lost productivity due to premature cancer-related mortality in Europe. Int J Cancer. 2014;136(4):E136-45. doi:10.1002/ijc.29105

Pearce A, Timmons A, O’Sullivan E, et al. Long-term workforce participation patterns following head and neck cancer. J Cancer Surviv. Published online July 25, 2014:1-10. doi:10.1007/s11764-014-0382-2

Cotton SC, Sharp L, Little J, et al. A normal colposcopy examination fails to provide psychological reassurance for women who have had low-grade abnormal cervical cytology. Cytopathology. Published online August 1, 2014:178-187. doi:10.1111/cyt.12173

Siesling S, Louwman WJ, Kwast A, et al. Uses of cancer registries for public health and clinical research in Europe: Results of the European Network of Cancer Registries survey among 161 population-based cancer registries during 2010–2012. European Journal of Cancer. 2014;0(0). doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2014.07.016

Sharp L, McDevitt J, Carsin AE, Brown C, Comber H. Smoking at diagnosis is an independent prognostic factor for cancer-specific survival in head and neck cancer: findings from a large, population-based, study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. Published online August 15, 2014:cebp.0311.2014. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0311

Thomas AA, Gallagher P, O’Céilleachair A, Pearce A, Sharp L, Molcho M. Distance from treating hospital and colorectal cancer survivors’ quality of life: a gendered analysis. Support Care Cancer. Published online September 2, 2014:1-11. doi:10.1007/s00520-014-2407-9

Burns RM, Sharp L, Sullivan FJ, Deady SE, Drummond FJ, O′Neill C. Factors Driving Inequality in Prostate Cancer Survival: A Population Based Study. PLoS ONE. 2014;9(9):e106456. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106456