Peer-reviewed articles
A collection of peer-reviewed scientific papers published in various journals with NCRI staff as authors or collaborators.
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Baili P, Di Salvo F, Marcos-Gragera R, et al. Age and case mix-standardised survival for all cancer patients in Europe 1999-2007: Results of EUROCARE-5, a population-based study. European Journal of Cancer. 2015;51(15):2120-2129. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2015.07.025
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Anderson LA, Tavilla A, Brenner H, et al. Survival for oesophageal, stomach and small intestine cancers in Europe 1999-2007: Results from EUROCARE-5. European Journal of Cancer. 2015;51(15):2144-2157. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2015.07.026
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O'Connor M, Waller J, Gallagher P, et al. Understanding Women's Differing Experiences of Distress after Colposcopy: A Qualitative Interview Study. Women's Health Issues. 2015;25(5):528-534. doi:10.1016/j.whi.2015.05.009
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Pearce AM, Ryan F, Drummond FJ, Thomas AA, Timmons A, Sharp L. Comparing the costs of three prostate cancer follow-up strategies: a cost minimisation analysis. Support Care Cancer. Published online August 6, 2015:1-8. doi:10.1007/s00520-015-2857-8
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Allemani C, Coleman MP. Cancer survival: the CONCORD-2 study - Authors' reply. The Lancet. 2015;386(9992):429-430. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61443-X
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Sharp L, Timmons A. Pre-diagnosis employment status and financial circumstances predict cancer-related financial stress and strain among breast and prostate cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer. Published online July 5, 2015:1-11. doi:10.1007/s00520-015-2832-4
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Sharp L, O'Leary E, Kinnear H, Gavin A, Drummond FJ. Cancer-related symptoms predict psychological wellbeing among prostate cancer survivors: results from the PiCTure study. Psycho-Oncology. 2015;25(3):282-291. doi:10.1002/pon.3909
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O'Connor M, Gallagher P, Waller J, et al. Adverse psychological outcomes following colposcopy and related procedures: a systematic review. BJOG: Int J Obstet Gy. 2015;123(1):24-38. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.13462
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Coebergh JW, van den Hurk C, Rosso S, et al. EUROCOURSE lessons learned from and for population-based cancer registries in Europe and their programme owners: Improving performance by research programming for public health and clinical evaluation. Eur J Cancer. 2015;51(9):997-1017. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2015.02.018
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Coebergh JW, van den Hurk C, Louwman M, et al. EUROCOURSE recipe for cancer surveillance by visible population-based cancer RegisTrees in Europe: From roots to fruits. Eur J Cancer. 2015;51(9):1050-1063. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2015.02.017
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Cahir C, Guinan E, Dombrowski SU, Sharp L, Bennett K. Identifying the determinants of adjuvant hormonal therapy medication taking behaviour in women with stages I-III breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Patient Educ Couns. Published online May 30, 2015:S0738-3991(15)00234-7. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2015.05.013
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Hanly P, Céilleachair AÓ, Skally M, O'Neill C, Sharp L. Direct costs of radiotherapy for rectal cancer: a microcosting study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015;15:184. doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0845-9
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O'Brien KM, Dwane F, Kelleher T, Sharp L, Comber H. Interval cancer rates in the Irish national breast screening programme. J Med Screen. Published online April 27, 2015. doi:10.1177/0969141315580386
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O'Leary E, Drummond FJ, Gavin A, Kinnear H, Sharp L. Psychometric evaluation of the EORTC QLQ-PR25 questionnaire in assessing health-related quality of life in prostate cancer survivors: a curate's egg. Qual Life Res. Published online March 20, 2015:1-12. doi:10.1007/s11136-015-0958-y
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Barron TI, Murphy LM, Brown C, Bennett K, Visvanathan K, Sharp L. De-novo post-diagnosis aspirin use and mortality in women with stage I-III breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. Published online March 19, 2015:cebp.1415.2014. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-1415
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Dee A, Callinan A, Doherty E, et al. Overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland: an estimation of costs. BMJ Open. 2015;5(3):e006189. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006189
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Allemani C, Weir HK, Carreira H, et al. Global surveillance of cancer survival 1995-2009: analysis of individual data for 25 676 887 patients from 279 population-based registries in 67 countries (CONCORD-2). The Lancet. 2015;385(9972):977-1010. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62038-9
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Pearce AM, Hanly P, Timmons A, et al. Productivity Losses Associated with Head and Neck Cancer Using the Human Capital and Friction Cost Approaches. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. Published online February 19, 2015:1-9. doi:10.1007/s40258-015-0155-8
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Traynor C, Conlon P, Phelan PJ, et al. Association of CYP3A variants with kidney transplant outcomes. Ren Fail. Published online February 3, 2015:1-5. doi:10.3109/0886022X.2015.1007013
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Drummond FJ, O'Leary E, Sharp L. Lottery ticket was more effective than a prize draw in increasing questionnaire response among cancer survivors. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2015;0(0). doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.01.013
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Drummond FJ, Kinnear H, O'Leary E, Donnelly, Gavin A, Sharp L. Long-term health-related quality of life of prostate cancer survivors varies by primary treatment. Results from the PiCTure (Prostate Cancer Treatment, your experience) study. J Cancer Surviv. Published online January 7, 2015:1-12. doi:10.1007/s11764-014-0419-6
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O'Connor M, Costello L, Murphy J, et al. Influences on human papillomavirus (HPV)-related information needs among women having HPV tests for follow-up of abnormal cervical cytology. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2015;41(2):134-141. doi:10.1136/jfprhc-2013-100750
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Kiderlen M, Walsh PM, Bastiaannet E, et al. Treatment strategies and survival of older breast cancer patients - an international comparison between the Netherlands and Ireland. PLoS One. 2015;10(2):e0118074. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118074
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Gavin AT, Drummond FJ, Donnelly C, O'Leary E, Sharp L, Kinnear HR. Patient reported "ever had" and "current" long term physical symptoms following prostate cancer treatments. BJU Int. 2015;116(3):397-406. doi:10.1111/bju.13036
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Drummond FJ, Kinnear H, Donnelly C, et al. Establishing a population-based patient-reported outcomes study (PROMs) using national cancer registries across two jurisdictions: the Prostate Cancer Treatment, your experience (PiCTure) study. BMJ Open. 2015;5(4):e006851. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006851
View article: Establishing a population-based patient-reported outcomes study (PROMs) using national cancer registries across two jurisdictions: the Prostate Cancer Treatment, your experience (PiCTure) study