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Symptoms and other factors associated with time to diagnosis and stage of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study (2015)
Journal Article
Walter, F., Rubin, G., Bankhead, C., Morris, H., Hall, N., Mills, K., …Emery, J. (2015). Symptoms and other factors associated with time to diagnosis and stage of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 112, S6-S13. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.30

Background: This prospective cohort study aimed to identify symptom and patient factors that influence time to lung cancer diagnosis and stage at diagnosis. Methods: Data relating to symptoms were collected from patients upon referral with symptoms s... Read More about Symptoms and other factors associated with time to diagnosis and stage of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study.

Patient delay in cancer diagnosis: what do we really mean and can we be more specific? (2014)
Journal Article
Dobson, C. M., Russell, A. J., & Rubin, G. P. (2014). Patient delay in cancer diagnosis: what do we really mean and can we be more specific?. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1), Article 387. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-387

Background: Early diagnosis is a key focus of cancer control because of its association with survival. Delays in diagnosis can occur throughout the diagnostic pathway, within any one of its three component intervals: the patient interval, the primary... Read More about Patient delay in cancer diagnosis: what do we really mean and can we be more specific?.

Attitudes and beliefs of non-participants in a population-based screening programme for colorectal cancer (2013)
Journal Article
Hall, N., Rubin, G., Dobson, C., Weller, D., Wardle, J., Ritchie, M., & Rees, C. (2015). Attitudes and beliefs of non-participants in a population-based screening programme for colorectal cancer. Health Expectations, 18(5), 1645-1657. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12157

Background Uptake of colorectal cancer screening programmes needs to be improved or at least maintained in order to achieve projected reductions in mortality and morbidity. Understanding the origins of non-participation in screening is therefore impo... Read More about Attitudes and beliefs of non-participants in a population-based screening programme for colorectal cancer.