Scientific papers

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Association between smoking at diagnosis and cause-specific survival in patients with rectal cancer: Results from a population-based analysis of 10,794 cases

Sharp L, McDevitt J, Brown C, Carsin AE, Comber H.

Cancer. 2017;123(13):2543-2550.
Smoking at diagnosis significantly decreases 5-year cancer-specific survival in a population-based cohort of 18,166 colon cancer patients

Sharp L, McDevitt J, Brown C, Comber H.

Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2017 Feb 13. [Epub ahead of print].
Generalisability of pharmacoepidemiological studies using restricted prescription data

Brown C, Barron T I, Bennett K, MacDonald D, Dwane F, Sharp L.

Ir J Med Sci. 2015 Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print].
De-novo post-diagnosis aspirin use and mortality in women with stage I-III breast cancer

Barron TI, Murphy LM, Brown C, Bennett K, Visvanathan K, Sharp L.

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015;24(6):898-904.
Treatment strategies and survival of older breast cancer patients - an international comparison between the Netherlands and Ireland

Kiderlen M, Walsh PM, Bastiaannet E, Kelly MB, Audisio RA, Boelens PG, Brown C, Dekkers OM, de Craen JM, van de Velde CJH, Liefers GJ..

PLOS ONE. 2015;10(2):e0118074.
Smoking at diagnosis is an independent prognostic factor for cancer-specific survival in head and neck cancer: findings from a large, population-based, study

Sharp L, McDevitt J, Carsin AE, Brown C, Comber H.

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014;23(11):2579-90.

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