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Exploring the acceptability of and adherence to prehabilitation and rehabilitation in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
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Alsuwaylihi, A., Skořepa, P., Prado, C. M., Gomez, D., Lobo, D. N., & O'Connor, D. (2024). Exploring the acceptability of and adherence to prehabilitation and rehabilitation in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 63, 709-726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.07.1060

Background and aims: Prehabilitation combines exercise, nutritional, and psychological interventions administered before surgery to improve patient outcomes. This comprehensive review and meta-analysis examined the feasibility, adherence, and effecti... Read More about Exploring the acceptability of and adherence to prehabilitation and rehabilitation in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The impact of prehabilitation on outcomes in frail and high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
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Skořepa, P., Ford, K. L., Alsuwaylihi, A., O’Connor, D., Prado, C. M., Gomez, D., & Lobo, D. N. (2024). The impact of prehabilitation on outcomes in frail and high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition, 43(3), 629-648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2024.01.020

Background & aims: Prehabilitation comprises multidisciplinary preoperative interventions including exercise, nutritional optimisation and psychological preparation aimed at improving surgical outcomes. The aim of this systematic review and meta-anal... Read More about The impact of prehabilitation on outcomes in frail and high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on hospitalised adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2023)
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Alqurashi, H. B., Robinson, K., O’Connor, D., Piasecki, M., Gladman, J. R. F., Gordon, A. L., & Masud, T. (2023). The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on hospitalised adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Age and Ageing, 52(12), Article afad236. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad236

Introduction Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is a treatment to prevent or reverse acquired disability in hospitalised adults. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of its effectiveness. Method We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cum... Read More about The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on hospitalised adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Feasibility of delivering supervised exercise training following surgical resection and during adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PRECISE): a case series (2023)
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Brown, M., O’Connor, D., Turkington, R., Eatock, M., Vince, R., Hulme, C., …Prue, G. (2023). Feasibility of delivering supervised exercise training following surgical resection and during adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PRECISE): a case series. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 15(1), Article 116. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-023-00722-3

IntroductionPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive neoplasm, with surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy the only curative treatment. Treatment-related toxicities place a considerable burden on patients although exercise train... Read More about Feasibility of delivering supervised exercise training following surgical resection and during adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PRECISE): a case series.

Abstracts for MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting 2022 (2022)
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(2022). Abstracts for MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting 2022. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(S1), 1-207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-07099-y

Modulating Tumour Hypoxia in Prostate Cancer Through Exercise: The Impact of Redox Signalling on Radiosensitivity (2022)
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Brown, M., Rébillard, A., Hart, N. H., O’Connor, D., Prue, G., O’Sullivan, J. M., & Jain, S. (2022). Modulating Tumour Hypoxia in Prostate Cancer Through Exercise: The Impact of Redox Signalling on Radiosensitivity. Sports Medicine - Open, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-022-00436-9

Prostate cancer is a complex disease affecting millions of men globally. Radiotherapy (RT) is a common treatment modality although treatment efficacy is dependent upon several features within the tumour microenvironment (TME), especially hypoxia. A h... Read More about Modulating Tumour Hypoxia in Prostate Cancer Through Exercise: The Impact of Redox Signalling on Radiosensitivity.

Non‐pharmacological supportive‐care interventions in acute myeloid leukaemia: a review of randomised controlled trials (2021)
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O’Connor, D., Loke, J., Brown, M., Stanworth, S. J., Young, A., & Prue, G. (2021). Non‐pharmacological supportive‐care interventions in acute myeloid leukaemia: a review of randomised controlled trials. British Journal of Haematology, 195(1), e97-e113. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17625

Exploring patient experiences of cancer care in Northern Ireland: A thematic analysis of free-text responses to the 2018 Northern Ireland Patient Experience Survey (NICPES) (2021)
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Prue, G., O’Connor, D., Brown, M., & Santin, O. (2021). Exploring patient experiences of cancer care in Northern Ireland: A thematic analysis of free-text responses to the 2018 Northern Ireland Patient Experience Survey (NICPES). BMC Health Services Research, 21, Article 564. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06577-z

Background
Cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship is multifaceted, and the cancer patient experience can serve as a key indicator of healthcare performance and quality. The purpose of this paper was to analyse free-text responses from the seco... Read More about Exploring patient experiences of cancer care in Northern Ireland: A thematic analysis of free-text responses to the 2018 Northern Ireland Patient Experience Survey (NICPES).

Impact of COVID-19 on an established physical activity and behaviour change support programme for cancer survivors: An exploratory survey of the Macmillan Move More service for Northern Ireland (2021)
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Brown, M., O’Connor, D., Murphy, C., McClean, M., McMeekin, A., & Prue, G. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on an established physical activity and behaviour change support programme for cancer survivors: An exploratory survey of the Macmillan Move More service for Northern Ireland. Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(10), 6135-6143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06165-1

Purpose
The recent coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has affected the delivery of routine cancer care and supportive services. The Macmillan Move More Northern Ireland (MMNI) programme provides access to physical activity and behavioural change suppor... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 on an established physical activity and behaviour change support programme for cancer survivors: An exploratory survey of the Macmillan Move More service for Northern Ireland.

Exercise efficacy and prescription during treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review (2021)
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O’Connor, D., Brown, M., Eatock, M., Turkington, R. C., & Prue, G. (2021). Exercise efficacy and prescription during treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review. BMC Cancer, 21(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07733-0

Background: Surgical resection remains the only curative treatment for pancreatic cancer and is associated with significant post-operative morbidity and mortality. Patients eligible for surgery, increasingly receive neo-adjuvant therapy before surger... Read More about Exercise efficacy and prescription during treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review.

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) in the Management of Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Case Report (2019)
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O'Connor, D., Caulfield, B., Wright, S., & Lennon, O. (2021). Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) in the Management of Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Case Report. Rehabilitation Oncology, 39(2), E1-E8. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.REO.0000000000000189

Background and Purpose:
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is associated with debilitating physical and psychosocial side effects. Voluntary exercise recommended as an adjunct therapy is often limited by physical and neurological impairments. The potent... Read More about Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) in the Management of Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Case Report.

Fit for life after cancer: does exercise timing matter? (2018)
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O'Connor, D., Daly, A., Mulvin, C., & Lennon, O. (2022). Fit for life after cancer: does exercise timing matter?. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 12(e1), E1-E4. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001581

Objectives To assess the effects of a single exercise session per week for 6 weeks on quality of life (QoL), fatigue and exercise participation in male and female cancer survivors with follow-up at 6 months. A secondary aim was to identify if the tim... Read More about Fit for life after cancer: does exercise timing matter?.