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Optimizing mood prior to influenza vaccination in older adults: A three-arm randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Ayling, K., Brown, M., Carlisle, S., Bennett, R., Buchanan, H., Dumbleton, J., …Vedhara, K. (2023). Optimizing mood prior to influenza vaccination in older adults: A three-arm randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology, 43(2), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001267

Objective: This trial explored the psychological and immunological effects of two brief interventions, targeting improving positive mood, administered to older adults immediately prior to influenza vaccination. The primary aim was to examine whether... Read More about Optimizing mood prior to influenza vaccination in older adults: A three-arm randomized controlled trial.

Association between mirtazapine use and serious self-harm in people with depression: an active comparator cohort study using UK electronic health records (2022)
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Joseph, R. M., Jack, R. H., Morriss, R., Knaggs, R. D., Butler, D., Hollis, C., …Coupland, C. (2022). Association between mirtazapine use and serious self-harm in people with depression: an active comparator cohort study using UK electronic health records. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 25(4), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2021-300355

BACKGROUND: Studies report an increased risk of self-harm or suicide in people prescribed mirtazapine compared with other antidepressants. OBJECTIVES: To compare the risk of serious self-harm in people prescribed mirtazapine versus other antidepressa... Read More about Association between mirtazapine use and serious self-harm in people with depression: an active comparator cohort study using UK electronic health records.

The risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in people prescribed mirtazapine: an active comparator cohort study using electronic health records (2022)
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Joseph, R. M., Jack, R. H., Morriss, R., Knaggs, R. D., Butler, D., Hollis, C., …Coupland, C. (2022). The risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in people prescribed mirtazapine: an active comparator cohort study using electronic health records. BMC Medicine, 20(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02247-x

Background Studies have reported an increased risk of mortality among people prescribed mirtazapine compared to other antidepressants. The study aimed to compare all-cause and cause-specific mortality between adults prescribed mirtazapine or other s... Read More about The risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in people prescribed mirtazapine: an active comparator cohort study using electronic health records.

Impact on survival of modelling increased surgical resection rates in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and cardiovascular comorbidities: a VICORI study (2020)
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Welch, C. A., Sweeting, M. J., Lambert, P. C., Rutherford, M. J., Jack, R. H., West, D., …Peake, M. (2020). Impact on survival of modelling increased surgical resection rates in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and cardiovascular comorbidities: a VICORI study. British Journal of Cancer, 123, 471–479. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-0869-8

©2020, The Author(s). Background: The impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) comorbidity on resection rates and survival for patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unclear. We explored if CVD comorbidity explained surgical re... Read More about Impact on survival of modelling increased surgical resection rates in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and cardiovascular comorbidities: a VICORI study.

Trends in antidepressant prescriptions in children and young people in England, 1998-2017: protocol of a cohort study using linked primary care and secondary care datasets (2019)
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Jack, R. H., Hollis, C., Coupland, C., Morriss, R., Knaggs, R. D., Cipriani, A., …Hippisley-Cox, J. (2019). Trends in antidepressant prescriptions in children and young people in England, 1998-2017: protocol of a cohort study using linked primary care and secondary care datasets. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 22(3), 129-133. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2019-300097

Introduction Increasing numbers of children and young people (CYP) are receiving prescriptions for antidepressants. This is the protocol of a study aiming to describe the trends and variation in antidepressant prescriptions in CYP in England, and t... Read More about Trends in antidepressant prescriptions in children and young people in England, 1998-2017: protocol of a cohort study using linked primary care and secondary care datasets.

Lung cancer stage-shift following a symptom awareness campaign (2018)
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Kennedy, M., Cheyne, L., Darby, M., Plant, P., Milton, R., Robson, J., …Callister, M. E. (2018). Lung cancer stage-shift following a symptom awareness campaign. Thorax, 73(12), 1128-1136. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-211842

Background: Lung cancer outcomes in the UK are worse than in many other developed nations. Symptom awareness campaigns aim to diagnose patients at an earlier stage to improve cancer outcomes. Methods: An early diagnosis campaign for lung cancer co... Read More about Lung cancer stage-shift following a symptom awareness campaign.

Short-term breast cancer survival in relation to ethnicity, stage, grade and receptor status: National cohort study in England (2016)
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Møller, H., Henson, K., Lüchtenborg, M., Broggio, J., Charman, J., Coupland, V. H., …Purushotham, A. (2016). Short-term breast cancer survival in relation to ethnicity, stage, grade and receptor status: National cohort study in England. British Journal of Cancer, 115(11), 1408-1415. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.335

Background:In the re-organisation of cancer registration in England in 2012, a high priority was given to the recording of cancer stage and other prognostic clinical data items.Methods:We extracted 86 852 breast cancer records for women resident in E... Read More about Short-term breast cancer survival in relation to ethnicity, stage, grade and receptor status: National cohort study in England.

Comparing the case mix and survival of women receiving breast cancer care from one private provider with other London women with breast cancer: Pilot data exchange and analyses (2016)
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Davies, E. A., Coupland, V. H., Dixon, S., Mokbel, K., & Jack, R. H. (2016). Comparing the case mix and survival of women receiving breast cancer care from one private provider with other London women with breast cancer: Pilot data exchange and analyses. BMC Cancer, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2439-2

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Data from providers of private cancer care are not yet formally included in English cancer registration data. This study aimed to test the exchange of breast cancer data from one Hospital Corporation of America Inter... Read More about Comparing the case mix and survival of women receiving breast cancer care from one private provider with other London women with breast cancer: Pilot data exchange and analyses.

The association of mood disorders with breast cancer survival: An investigation of linked cancer registration and hospital admission data for South East England (2015)
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Kanani, R., Davies, E. A., Hanchett, N., & Jack, R. H. (2016). The association of mood disorders with breast cancer survival: An investigation of linked cancer registration and hospital admission data for South East England. Psycho-Oncology, 25(1), 19-27. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4037

Background: Data linkage studies find that depression before or after a breast cancer diagnosis predicts reduced survival. This study aimed to determine whether depression or bipolar recorded in routine hospital admission data independently predicts... Read More about The association of mood disorders with breast cancer survival: An investigation of linked cancer registration and hospital admission data for South East England.

Resection rate, hospital procedure volume and survival in pancreatic cancer patients in England: Population-based study, 2005-2009 (2015)
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Coupland, V. H., Konfortion, J., Jack, R. H., Allum, W., Kocher, H. M., Riaz, S. P., …Møller, H. (2016). Resection rate, hospital procedure volume and survival in pancreatic cancer patients in England: Population-based study, 2005-2009. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 42(2), 190-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2015.11.003

Copyright © 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Objective We assessed the association between population resection rates, hospital procedure volume and death rates in pancreatic cancer patients in England. Design Patients diagnosed w... Read More about Resection rate, hospital procedure volume and survival in pancreatic cancer patients in England: Population-based study, 2005-2009.

The effect of emergency presentation on surgery and survival in lung cancer patients in England, 2006-2008 (2015)
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Tataru, D., Jack, R. H., Lind, M. J., Møller, H., & Lüchtenborg, M. (2015). The effect of emergency presentation on surgery and survival in lung cancer patients in England, 2006-2008. Cancer Epidemiology, 39(4), 612-616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2015.04.008

© 2015. A large proportion of lung cancer patients in England are diagnosed through an emergency route, which is associated with poorer outcomes. Here, we investigated the association between emergency presentation and the odds of undergoing surgical... Read More about The effect of emergency presentation on surgery and survival in lung cancer patients in England, 2006-2008.

The varying influence of socioeconomic deprivation on breast cancer screening uptake in London (2015)
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Jack, R. H., Robson, T., & Davies, E. A. (2016). The varying influence of socioeconomic deprivation on breast cancer screening uptake in London. Journal of Public Health, 38(2), 330-334. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdv038

Background We assessed the relationship between screening uptake and socioeconomic deprivation for London women aged 50-52 invited to their first routine screening appointment between 2006 and 2009. Methods We examined uptake for London overall and w... Read More about The varying influence of socioeconomic deprivation on breast cancer screening uptake in London.

Barriers to early diagnosis of symptomatic breast cancer: A qualitative study of Black African, Black Caribbean and White British women living in the UK (2015)
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Jones, C. E., Maben, J., Lucas, G., Davies, E. A., Jack, R. H., & Ream, E. (2015). Barriers to early diagnosis of symptomatic breast cancer: A qualitative study of Black African, Black Caribbean and White British women living in the UK. BMJ Open, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006944

© 2015, BMJ. All rights reserved. Objectives: Understanding barriers to early diagnosis of symptomatic breast cancer among Black African, Black Caribbean and White British women in the UK. Design: In-depth qualitative interviews using grounded theory... Read More about Barriers to early diagnosis of symptomatic breast cancer: A qualitative study of Black African, Black Caribbean and White British women living in the UK.

Breast cancer screening uptake among women from different ethnic groups in London: A population-based cohort study (2014)
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Jack, R. H., Møller, H., Robson, T., & Davies, E. A. (2014). Breast cancer screening uptake among women from different ethnic groups in London: A population-based cohort study. BMJ Open, 4(10), Article e005586. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005586

Objective: To use newly available self-assigned ethnicity information to investigate variation in breast cancer screening uptake for women from the 16 specific ethnic groups within the broad Asian, Black and White groups that previous studies report.... Read More about Breast cancer screening uptake among women from different ethnic groups in London: A population-based cohort study.

The treatment and survival of patients with triple negative breast cancer in a London population (2014)
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Pal, S., Lüchtenborg, M., Davies, E. A., & Jack, R. H. (2014). The treatment and survival of patients with triple negative breast cancer in a London population. SpringerPlus, 3(1), Article 553. https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-553

© 2014, Pal et al.; licensee Springer. Purpose: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) constitutes 10-15% of female breast cancers, and clinical guidelines recommend treatment with chemotherapy and surgery. We examined the recorded treatment and surviv... Read More about The treatment and survival of patients with triple negative breast cancer in a London population.

The survival of patients with high grade glioma from different ethnic groups in South East England (2014)
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Ratneswaren, T., Jack, R. M., Tataru, D., & Davies, E. A. (2014). The survival of patients with high grade glioma from different ethnic groups in South East England. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 120(3), 531-536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-014-1582-3

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Studies in the United States (US) have reported varying treatment and survival for patients with high grade glioma from different ethnic groups. This study investigates for the first time whether diff... Read More about The survival of patients with high grade glioma from different ethnic groups in South East England.

Coverage of common cancer types in UK national newspapers: A content analysis (2014)
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Konfortion, J., Jack, R. H., & Davies, E. A. (2014). Coverage of common cancer types in UK national newspapers: A content analysis. BMJ Open, 4(7), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004677

Objective: To determine whether recent newspaper coverage of the four most common cancer types relates to their relative burden and national awareness months, and to identify the subject focus during highcoverage periods. Design: Content analysis usi... Read More about Coverage of common cancer types in UK national newspapers: A content analysis.

Hospital volume, proportion resected and mortality from oesophageal and gastric cancer: A population-based study in England, 2004-2008 (2013)
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Coupland, V. H., Lagergren, J., Lüchtenborg, M., Jack, R. H., Allum, W., Holmberg, L., …Møller, H. (2013). Hospital volume, proportion resected and mortality from oesophageal and gastric cancer: A population-based study in England, 2004-2008. Gut, 62(7), 961-966. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303008

Objective: This study assessed the associations between hospital volume, resection rate and survival of oesophageal and gastric cancer patients in England. Design: 62 811 patients diagnosed with oesophageal or gastric cancer between 2004 and 2008... Read More about Hospital volume, proportion resected and mortality from oesophageal and gastric cancer: A population-based study in England, 2004-2008.

Primary liver cancer incidence and survival in ethnic groups in England, 2001-2007 (2012)
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Jack, R. H., Konfortion, J., Coupland, V. H., Kocher, H. M., Berry, D. P., Allum, W., …Møller, H. (2013). Primary liver cancer incidence and survival in ethnic groups in England, 2001-2007. Cancer Epidemiology, 37(1), 34-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2012.10.008

Background: The patterns of primary liver cancer incidence and survival are not known for detailed ethnic groups within the UK. Methods: Data on patients resident in England diagnosed with primary liver cancer (ICD-10 C22) between 2001 and 2007 w... Read More about Primary liver cancer incidence and survival in ethnic groups in England, 2001-2007.

Ethnicity in relation to incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer in England (2012)
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Coupland, V. H., Lagergren, J., Konfortion, J., Allum, W., Mendall, M. A., Hardwick, R. H., …Jack, R. H. (2012). Ethnicity in relation to incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer in England. British Journal of Cancer, 107(11), 1908-1914. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.465

Background:This study investigated the variation in incidence of all, and six subgroups of, oesophageal and gastric cancer between ethnic groups.Methods:Data on all oesophageal and gastric cancer patients diagnosed between 2001 and 2007 in England we... Read More about Ethnicity in relation to incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer in England.