All Outputs (6)

Selection of eligible participants for screening for lung cancer using primary care data (2021)
Journal Article

Lung cancer screening is effective if offered to people at increased risk of the disease. Currently, direct contact with potential participants is required for evaluating risk. A way to reduce the number of ineligible people contacted might be to app... Read More about Selection of eligible participants for screening for lung cancer using primary care data.

COVID-19 infection, admission and death among people with rare autoimmune rheumatic disease in England: results from the RECORDER project (2021)
Journal Article

Objectives: To calculate the rates of COVID-19 infection and COVID-19-related death among people with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RAIRD) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in England compared to the general population. Methods... Read More about COVID-19 infection, admission and death among people with rare autoimmune rheumatic disease in England: results from the RECORDER project.

36-month evaluation of a weight management programme in Chinese overweight and obese adults (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Few comprehensive lifestyle intervention programmes have been investigated on overweight and obese adults in China. This study was to evaluate the effect of a 36-month weight management programme on weight loss and its maintenance among o... Read More about 36-month evaluation of a weight management programme in Chinese overweight and obese adults.

What is the Definition of Cure in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer? (2021)
Journal Article

The concept of cure from cancer is important to patients, but can be difficult to communicate in terms that are meaningful. This is because there are a number of definitions of cure that are applied by clinicians, patients and the public, and by poli... Read More about What is the Definition of Cure in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?.

Factors associated with survival in small cell lung cancer: an analysis of real-world national audit, chemotherapy and radiotherapy data (2021)
Journal Article

Background: The mainstay of treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) involves platinum doublet chemotherapy but the optimal duration, 4 vs. 6 cycles, is not known. Concurrent thoracic radiotherapy followed by prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI)... Read More about Factors associated with survival in small cell lung cancer: an analysis of real-world national audit, chemotherapy and radiotherapy data.

Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article

Objective and design: People living with HIV (PLH) suffer disproportionately from the chronic diseases exacerbated by smoking tobacco. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to establish the relative prevalence of smoking among PLH. M... Read More about Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.