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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?.

Factors associated with timeliness of post-primary care referral, diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer: population-based, data-linkage study (2014)
Journal Article
Forrest, L., Adams, J., White, M., & Rubin, G. (2014). Factors associated with timeliness of post-primary care referral, diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer: population-based, data-linkage study. British Journal of Cancer, 111(9), 1843-1851. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.472

BACKGROUND: The NHS Cancer Plan for England set waiting time targets for cancer referral (14 days from GP referral to first hospital appointment) and treatment (31 days from diagnosis, 62 days from urgent GP referral). Interim diagnostic intervals ca... Read More about Factors associated with timeliness of post-primary care referral, diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer: population-based, data-linkage study.

Variation in promptness of presentation among 10,297 patients subsequently diagnosed with one of 18 cancers: Evidence from a National Audit of Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care (2014)
Journal Article
Keeble, S., Abel, G., Saunders, C., McPhail, S., Walter, F., Neal, R., …Lyratzopoulos, G. (2014). Variation in promptness of presentation among 10,297 patients subsequently diagnosed with one of 18 cancers: Evidence from a National Audit of Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care. International Journal of Cancer, 135(5), 1220-1228. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.28763

Cancer awareness public campaigns aim to shorten the interval between symptom onset and presentation to a doctor (the ‘patient interval’). Appreciating variation in promptness of presentation can help to better target awareness campaigns. We explored... Read More about Variation in promptness of presentation among 10,297 patients subsequently diagnosed with one of 18 cancers: Evidence from a National Audit of Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care.

How might healthcare systems influence speed of cancer diagnosis: a narrative review (2014)
Journal Article
Brown, S., Castelli, M., Hunter, D., Erskine, J., Vedsted, P., Foot, C., & Rubin, G. (2014). How might healthcare systems influence speed of cancer diagnosis: a narrative review. Social Science & Medicine, 116, 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.030

Striking differences exist in outcomes for cancer between developed countries with comparable healthcare systems. We compare the healthcare systems of 3 countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), 3 UK jurisdictions (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), 3... Read More about How might healthcare systems influence speed of cancer diagnosis: a narrative review.

Development of a survey instrument to investigate the primary care factors related to differences in cancer diagnosis between international jurisdictions (2014)
Journal Article
Rose, P. W., Hamilton, W., Aldersey, K., Barisic, A., Dawes, M., Foot, C., …Group, T. I. M. 3. W. (2014). Development of a survey instrument to investigate the primary care factors related to differences in cancer diagnosis between international jurisdictions. BMC Family Practice, 15, Article 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-122

Background: Survival rates following a diagnosis of cancer vary between countries. The International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP), a collaboration between six countries with primary care led health services, was set up in 2009 to investigat... Read More about Development of a survey instrument to investigate the primary care factors related to differences in cancer diagnosis between international jurisdictions.

The role of patient, tumour and system factors in socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: population-based study (2014)
Journal Article
Forrest, L., White, M., Rubin, G., & Adams, J. (2014). The role of patient, tumour and system factors in socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: population-based study. British Journal of Cancer, 111(3), 608-618. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.310

BACKGROUND: Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment may reduce survival inequalities. However, the reasons for treatment variation are unclear. methods: Northern and Yorkshire cancer registry, Hospital Episode Statistics and lung... Read More about The role of patient, tumour and system factors in socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: population-based study.

Socio-economic inequalities in patient, primary care, referral, diagnostic, and treatment intervals on the lung cancer care pathway: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Forrest, L., Sowden, S., Rubin, G., White, M., & Adams, J. (2014). Socio-economic inequalities in patient, primary care, referral, diagnostic, and treatment intervals on the lung cancer care pathway: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 3, Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-3-30

Background: Early diagnosis and treatment of cancer is thought to be important for improving survival. Longer time between the onset of cancer symptoms and receipt of treatment may help explain the poorer survival of UK cancer patients compared to th... Read More about Socio-economic inequalities in patient, primary care, referral, diagnostic, and treatment intervals on the lung cancer care pathway: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Comparison of cancer diagnostic intervals before and after implementation of NICE guidelines: analysis of data from the UK General Practice Research Database (2014)
Journal Article
Neal, R., Din, N., Hamilton, W., Ukoumunne, O., Carter, B., Stapley, S., & Rubin, G. (2014). Comparison of cancer diagnostic intervals before and after implementation of NICE guidelines: analysis of data from the UK General Practice Research Database. British Journal of Cancer, 110(3), 584-592. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.791

Background: The primary aim was to use routine data to compare cancer diagnostic intervals before and after implementation of the 2005 NICE Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer. The secondary aim was to compare change in diagnostic intervals acro... Read More about Comparison of cancer diagnostic intervals before and after implementation of NICE guidelines: analysis of data from the UK General Practice Research Database.