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Risk factors for delayed presentation and referral of symptomatic cancer: evidence for common cancers by Macleod, U, Mitchell, E D, Burgess, C, Macdonald, S, Ramirez, A J

“…Background: It has been suggested that the known poorer survival from cancer in the United Kingdom, compared with other European countries, can be attributed…”
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Is increased time to diagnosis and treatment in symptomatic cancer associated with poorer outcomes? Systematic review by Neal, R D, Tharmanathan, P, France, B, Din, N U, Cotton, S, Fallon-Ferguson, J, Hamilton, W, Hendry, A, Hendry, M, Lewis, R, Macleod, U, Mitchell, E D, Pickett, M, Rai, T, Shaw, K, Stuart, N, Tørring, M L, Wilkinson, C, Williams, B, Williams, N, Emery, J

“…Background: It is unclear whether more timely cancer diagnosis brings favourable outcomes, with much of the previous evidence, in some cancers, being…”
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Cancer detection in primary care: insights from general practitioners by Green, T, Atkin, K, Macleod, U

“…Background: General practitioners (GPs) have a key role in cancer detection as the usual first point of contact for patients with potential cancer symptoms…”
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Public awareness of cancer in Britain: a population-based survey of adults by Robb, K, Stubbings, S, Ramirez, A, Macleod, U, Austoker, J, Waller, J, Hiom, S, Wardle, J

“…Objective: To assess public awareness of cancer warning signs, anticipated delay and perceived barriers to seeking medical advice in the British population…”
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Do colorectal cancer patients diagnosed as an emergency differ from non-emergency patients in their consultation patterns and symptoms? A longitudinal data-linkage study in England by Renzi, C, Lyratzopoulos, G, Card, T, Chu, T P C, Macleod, U, Rachet, B

“…Background: More than 20% of colorectal cancers are diagnosed following an emergency presentation. We aimed to examine pre-diagnostic primary-care…”
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The role of primary care in cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation: qualitative synthesis of significant event reports by Mitchell, E D, Rubin, G, Merriman, L, Macleod, U

“…Background: Patients diagnosed with cancer in the context of an emergency presentation (EP) have poorer outcomes. It is often assumed that such patients…”
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Development of a measurement tool to assess public awareness of cancer by Stubbings, S, Robb, K, Waller, J, Ramirez, A, Austoker, J, Macleod, U, Hiom, S, Wardle, J

“…Objective: We aimed to develop and validate a measurement tool to assess cancer awareness in the general population: the cancer awareness measure (CAM)…”
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Influences on pre-hospital delay in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer: a systematic review by Mitchell, E, Macdonald, S, Campbell, N C, Weller, D, Macleod, U

“…Colorectal cancer is a major global health problem, with survival varying according to stage at diagnosis. Delayed diagnosis can result from patient,…”
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Systematic review of factors influencing patient and practitioner delay in diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal cancer by MACDONALD, S, MACLEOD, U, CAMPBELL, N. C, WELLER, D, MITCHELL, E

“…As knowledge on the causation of cancers advances and new treatments are developed, early recognition and accurate diagnosis becomes increasingly important…”
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Awareness of cancer symptoms and anticipated help seeking among ethnic minority groups in England by Waller, J, Robb, K, Stubbings, S, Ramirez, A, Macleod, U, Austoker, J, Hiom, S, Wardle, J

“…Objective: Little is known about ethnic differences in awareness of cancer-warning signs or help-seeking behaviour in Britain. As part of the National…”
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Modifiable and fixed factors predicting quality of life in people with colorectal cancer by Gray, N M, Hall, S J, Browne, S, Macleod, U, Mitchell, E, Lee, A J, Johnston, M, Wyke, S, Samuel, L, Weller, D, Campbell, N C

“…Background: People with colorectal cancer have impaired quality of life (QoL). We investigated what factors were most highly associated with it. Methods: Four…”
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Influences on pre-hospital delay in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer : a systematic review by MITCHELL, E, MACDONALD, S, CAMPBELL, N. C, WELLER, D, MACLEOD, U

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Early mortality from colorectal cancer in England: a retrospective observational study of the factors associated with death in the first year after diagnosis by Downing, A, Aravani, A, Macleod, U, Oliver, S, Finan, P J, Thomas, J D, Quirke, P, Wilkinson, J R, Morris, E J A

“…Background: The United Kingdom performs poorly in international comparisons of colorectal cancer survival with much of the deficit owing to high numbers of…”
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Factors contributing to the time taken to consult with symptoms of lung cancer: a cross-sectional study by Smith, S M, Campbell, N C, MacLeod, U, Lee, A J, Raja, A, Wyke, S, Ziebland, S B, Duff, E M, Ritchie, L D, Nicolson, M C

“…To determine what factors are associated with the time people take to consult with symptoms of lung cancer, with a focus on those from rural and socially…”
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Help-seeking behaviour in smokers and ex-smokers with symptoms of lung cancer. The application of an integrated model by Smith, S., Wyke, S., Macleod, U., Ziebland, S., Campbell, N.

“…Conclusions Models of illness behaviour from different social science disciplines can be integrated and used to frame understanding of reports of response to…”
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Anxiety and support in breast cancer: is this different for affluent and deprived women? A questionnaire study by MACLEOD, U, ROSS, S, FALLOWFIELD, L, WATT, G. C. M

“…A postal questionnaire was sent to affluent and deprived women with breast cancer in order to compare psychosocial aspects of care with the purpose of…”
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Socio-economic deprivation and stage of disease at presentation in women with breast cancer by Macleod, U., Ross, S., Gillis, C., McConnachie, A., Twelves, C., Watt, G.C.M.

“…Background: This study describes and compares the pathological prognostic factors and surgeon assessment of stage of breast cancer of women living in affluent…”
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1744P Socioeconomic inequalities in the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer: A population-based English cancer registry study by Pickwell-Smith, B.A., Paton, L., Soyiri, I., Lind, M., Macleod, U.

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P75 Exploring public awareness and understandings of cancer through qualitative Methods by Green, T, Bailey, L, Sinclair, H, Macdonald, S, Macleod, U

“…BackgroundIn terms of morbidity and mortality, cancer remains one of the UK’s biggest health problems. Because of this, there has been considerable focus from…”
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EXPLORING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF CANCER THROUGH QUALITATIVE METHODS by Green, T, Bailey, L, Sinclair, H, Macdonald, S, Macleod, U

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