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A qualitative study on the perceived impact of using an integrated community-based supportive cancer service (2019)
Journal Article
Young, J., & Snowden, A. (2019). A qualitative study on the perceived impact of using an integrated community-based supportive cancer service. European Journal of Cancer Care, 28(3), Article e13001. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13001

Objective
‘Improving the Cancer Journey’ (ICJ) is an original, community based, multidisciplinary service offering holistic support to people diagnosed with cancer in Scotland. It is the first service of its kind in the UK. The aim of this qualitati... Read More about A qualitative study on the perceived impact of using an integrated community-based supportive cancer service.

Effectiveness of Online Cancer Education for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals; a Systematic Review Using Kirkpatrick Evaluation Framework (2017)
Journal Article
Campbell, K., Taylor, V., & Douglas, S. (2017). Effectiveness of Online Cancer Education for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals; a Systematic Review Using Kirkpatrick Evaluation Framework. Journal of Cancer Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-017-1308-2

Embedding online learning within higher education can provide engaging, cost-effective, interactive and flexible education. By evaluating the impact, outcomes and pedagogical influence of online cancer and education, future curricula can be shaped an... Read More about Effectiveness of Online Cancer Education for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals; a Systematic Review Using Kirkpatrick Evaluation Framework.

Evaluation of Glasgow: Improving the Cancer journey programme (2016)
Report
Snowden, A., & Young, J. (2016). Evaluation of Glasgow: Improving the Cancer journey programme. Glasgow, Scotland: Glasgow City Council; Macmillan Cancer Support

This is the first report from a five-year evaluation of Glasgow’s ‘Improving the Cancer Journey’ programme. Improving the Cancer Journey (hereafter referred to as ICJ) was launched in 2014. ICJ is a community-based service supporting people affected... Read More about Evaluation of Glasgow: Improving the Cancer journey programme.

Development and feasibility of a Swallowing intervention Package (SiP) for patients receiving radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer—the SiP study protocol (2016)
Journal Article
Wells, M., King, E., Toft, K., MacAulay, F., Patterson, J., Dougall, N., Hulbert-Williams, N., Boa, S., Slaven, E., Cowie, J., McGarva, J., Niblock, P. G., Philp, J., & Roe, J. (2016). Development and feasibility of a Swallowing intervention Package (SiP) for patients receiving radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer—the SiP study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0079-6

Background

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, and the functional, psychological and social consequences of HNC cancer and its treatment can be severe and chronic. Dysphagia (swallowing problems) affects up to two... Read More about Development and feasibility of a Swallowing intervention Package (SiP) for patients receiving radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer—the SiP study protocol.

Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
France, E. F., Wells, M., Lang, H., & Williams, B. (2016). Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis. Systematic Reviews, 5, Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0218-4

Background: Meta-ethnography is a unique, systematic, qualitative synthesis approach widely used to provide robust evidence on patient and clinician beliefs and experiences and understandings of complex social phenomena. It can make important theore... Read More about Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis.

Psychological distress, optimism and general health in breast cancer survivors: a data linkage study using the Scottish Health Survey. (2015)
Journal Article
Leung, J., Atherton, I., Kyle, R. G., Hubbard, G., & McLaughlin, D. (2016). Psychological distress, optimism and general health in breast cancer survivors: a data linkage study using the Scottish Health Survey. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(4), 1755-1761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-015-2968-2

Purpose
The aim of this study is to examine the association between optimism and psychological distress in women with breast cancer after taking into account their self-rated general health.

Methods
Data were aggregated from the Scottish Health... Read More about Psychological distress, optimism and general health in breast cancer survivors: a data linkage study using the Scottish Health Survey..

33. Positive mental health in women living with breast cancer across geographic locations of residence: a data linkage study using the Scottish health survey. (2015)
Journal Article
Leung, J., Hubbard, G., Kyle, R., McLaughlin, D., Mullen, R., & Atherton, I. (2015). 33. Positive mental health in women living with breast cancer across geographic locations of residence: a data linkage study using the Scottish health survey. European journal of surgical oncology, 41(6), S27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2015.03.034

Aims: Breast cancer campaigns and support groups emphasize the importance for breast cancer patients to stay positive. However, existing research on mental well-being of breast cancer patients focuses on the negative aspects of mental health, such as... Read More about 33. Positive mental health in women living with breast cancer across geographic locations of residence: a data linkage study using the Scottish health survey..

Supporting ‘work-related goals’ rather than ‘return to work’ after cancer? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of 25 qualitative studies: Meta-synthesis of qualitative studies on return to work after cancer (2012)
Journal Article
Wells, M., Williams, B., Firnigl, D., Lang, H., Coyle, J., Kroll, T., & MacGillivray, S. (2013). Supporting ‘work-related goals’ rather than ‘return to work’ after cancer? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of 25 qualitative studies: Meta-synthesis of qualitative studies on return to work after cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 22(6), 1208-1219. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3148

Background: This study aimed to systematically review and synthesise qualitative studies of employment and cancer. Methods: A rigorous systematic review and meta-synthesis process was followed. A total of 13 233 papers were retrieved from eight datab... Read More about Supporting ‘work-related goals’ rather than ‘return to work’ after cancer? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of 25 qualitative studies: Meta-synthesis of qualitative studies on return to work after cancer.

Effect of aspirin and NSAIDs on risk and survival from colorectal cancer (2010)
Journal Article
Din, F. V. N., Theodoratou, E., Farrington, S. M., Tenesa, A., Barnetson, R. A., Cetnarskyj, R., Stark, L., Porteous, M. E., Campbell, H., & Dunlop, M. G. (2010). Effect of aspirin and NSAIDs on risk and survival from colorectal cancer. Gut, 59, 1670-1679. https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2009.203000

Background Previous studies have shown that aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) lower colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. However, the lowest effective NSAID dose, treatment duration, and effects on survival are not defined. In... Read More about Effect of aspirin and NSAIDs on risk and survival from colorectal cancer.

Modification of the associations between lifestyle, dietary factors and colorectal cancer risk by APC variants (2008)
Journal Article
Theodoratou, E., Campbell, H., Tenesa, A., McNeill, G., Cetnarskyj, R., Barnetson, R. A., Porteous, M. E., Dunlop, M. G., & Farrington, S. M. (2008). Modification of the associations between lifestyle, dietary factors and colorectal cancer risk by APC variants. Carcinogenesis, 29, 1774-1780. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgn082

In a large Scottish case–control study, we investigated the effects of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) Asp1822Val (rs459552) and APC Glu1317Gln substitutions on colorectal cancer (CRC) risk and whether these associations were influenced by lifestyle... Read More about Modification of the associations between lifestyle, dietary factors and colorectal cancer risk by APC variants.

Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on 11q23 and replicates risk loci at 8q24 and 18q21 (2008)
Journal Article
Tenesa, A., Farrington, S. M., Prendergast, J. G. D., Porteous, M. E., Walker, M., Haq, N., Barnetson, R. A., Theodoratou, E., Cetnarskyj, R., Cartwright, N., Semple, C., Clark, A. J., Reid, F. J. L., Smith, L. A., Kavoussanakis, K., Koessler, T., Pharoah, P. D. P., Buch, S., Schafmayer, C., Tepel, J., …Dunlop, M. G. (2008). Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on 11q23 and replicates risk loci at 8q24 and 18q21. Nature Genetics, 40, 631-637. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.133

In a genome-wide association study to identify loci associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, we genotyped 555,510 SNPs in 1,012 early-onset Scottish CRC cases and 1,012 controls (phase 1). In phase 2, we genotyped the 15,008 highest-ranked SNPs... Read More about Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on 11q23 and replicates risk loci at 8q24 and 18q21.

Short and long term physical and psychological benefits of a 12 week supervised group exercise programme during treatment for early stage breast cancer (2007)
Journal Article
Campbell, A., Mutrie, N., Whyte, F., Emslie, C., Lee, L., Ritchie, D., McConnachie, A., & Kearney, N. (2007). Short and long term physical and psychological benefits of a 12 week supervised group exercise programme during treatment for early stage breast cancer. EJC Supplements, 5(4), 452. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1359-6349%2807%2971653-1

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Randomized comparison of dry dressings versus hydrogel in management of radiation-induced moist desquamation. (2007)
Journal Article
MacMillan, M., Wells, M., MacBride, S., Raab, G., Munro, A., & MacDougall, H. (2007). Randomized comparison of dry dressings versus hydrogel in management of radiation-induced moist desquamation. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 68, 864-872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.049

Purpose: We present the results of a randomized controlled clinical trial that evaluated the effect of a hydrogel or dry dressing on the time to healing of moist desquamation after radiotherapy to the head-and-neck, breast, or anorectal areas.

Met... Read More about Randomized comparison of dry dressings versus hydrogel in management of radiation-induced moist desquamation..

The frequency and cause of anxiety and depression amongst patients with malignant brain tumours between surgery and radiotherapy. (2007)
Journal Article
Kilbride, L., Smith, G. D., & Grant, R. (2007). The frequency and cause of anxiety and depression amongst patients with malignant brain tumours between surgery and radiotherapy. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 84, 297-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-007-9374-7

Introduction Between surgery and radiotherapy patients with a malignant glioma may encounter a number of psychosocial issues that could invoke an anxious or depressive response. This study explored the frequency, severity and cause of anxiety and de... Read More about The frequency and cause of anxiety and depression amongst patients with malignant brain tumours between surgery and radiotherapy..

Identification and survival of carriers of mutations in DNA mis-match repair genes in colon cancer. (2006)
Journal Article
Barnetson, R. A., Tenesa, A., Farrington, S. M., Nicholl, I. D., Cetnarskyj, R., Porteous, M. E., Campbell, H., & Dunlop, M. G. (2006). Identification and survival of carriers of mutations in DNA mis-match repair genes in colon cancer. New England Journal of Medicine, 354, 2751-2763

Background The identification of mutations in germ-line DNA mismatch-repair genes at the time of diagnosis of colorectal cancer is important in the management of the disease.

Methods Without preselection and regardless of family history, we recru... Read More about Identification and survival of carriers of mutations in DNA mis-match repair genes in colon cancer..

Exploring the role of community palliative care nurse specialists as educators. (2006)
Journal Article
Husband, J., & Kennedy, C. (2006). Exploring the role of community palliative care nurse specialists as educators. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 12, 277-284

In the UK the clinical nurse specialist role (CNS) has evolved in an uncoordinated manner resulting in a broad job remit, with clinical, managerial, research and educational elements. CNSs working in specialist palliative care are expected to contrib... Read More about Exploring the role of community palliative care nurse specialists as educators..