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Fundamental Scaling of Adiabatic Compression of Field Reversed Configuration Thermonuclear Fusion Plasmas by Kirtley, D., Milroy, R.

“…Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasmas are plasma devices that have demonstrated that through magnetic compression they can be heated to thermonuclear…”
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Staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A review by Tsim, S, O’Dowd, C.A, Milroy, R, Davidson, S

“…Summary Lung cancer remains the most common cause of cancer-related mortality in Scotland, accounting for 28.9% of all cancer deaths in 2007. Current…”
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Achieving a long-lived high-beta plasma state by energetic beam injection by Guo, H. Y., Binderbauer, M. W., Tajima, T., Milroy, R. D., Steinhauer, L. C., Yang, X., Garate, E. G., Gota, H., Korepanov, S., Necas, A., Roche, T., Smirnov, A., Trask, E.

“…Developing a stable plasma state with high-beta (ratio of plasma to magnetic pressures) is of critical importance for an economic magnetic fusion reactor. At…”
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Comorbidity in Lung Cancer: Important but Neglected. A Review of the Current Literature by Grose, Derek, Devereux, Graham, Milroy, R

“…Abstract Introduction Treatment and survival rates for patients with lung cancer in Scotland appear lower than in many other European countries. Five-year…”
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Chemotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: the surgical setting of the Big Lung Trial by Waller, D., Peake, M.D., Stephens, R.J., Gower, N.H., Milroy, R., Parmar, M.K.B., Rudd, R.M., Spiro, S.G.

“…Objectives: The non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) meta-analysis suggested a survival benefit for cisplatin-based chemotherapy when given in addition to…”
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The relationship between an inflammation-based prognostic score (Glasgow Prognostic Score) and changes in serum biochemical variables in patients with advanced lung and gastrointestinal cancer by Brown, D J F, Milroy, R, Preston, T, McMillan, D C

“…Background: The Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), an inflammation-based prognostic score formed from standard thresholds of C reactive protein (CRP) and albumin,…”
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The systemic inflammatory response, weight loss, performance status and survival in patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer by SCOTT, H. R, MCMILLAN, D. C, FORREST, L. M, BROWN, D. J. F, MCARDLE, C. S, MILROY, R

“…The relationship between the magnitude of systemic inflammatory response and the nutritional/functional parameters in patients with inoperable non-small cell…”
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Perceptions of anxiety in lung cancer patients and their support network by Buchanan, D., Milroy, R., Baker, L., Thompson, A. M., Levack, P. A.

“…Introduction Lung cancer is a disease of high symptom burden, major psychosocial impact and poor prognosis. Although diagnosis is individual, each patient…”
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Chemotherapy versus supportive care in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: improved survival without detriment to quality of life by Spiro, S G, Rudd, R M, Souhami, R L, Brown, J, Fairlamb, D J, Gower, N H, Maslove, L, Milroy, R, Napp, V, Parmar, M K B, Peake, M D, Stephens, R J, Thorpe, H, Waller, D A, West, P

“…Background: In 1995 a meta-analysis of randomised trials investigating the value of adding chemotherapy to primary treatment for non-small cell lung cancer…”
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185: The SPECIAL trial: exploring the place of early specialist palliative care in UK lung cancer management by Ahmedzai, S.H, Milroy, R, Billingham, C, Ryan, T, Young, T, Gath, J, Stubbs, C, Pope, A

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Assessment of Quality of Life in the Supportive Care Setting of the Big Lung Trial in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer by BROWN, J, THORPE, H, WALLER, D, WEST, P, PEAKE, M. D, NAPP, V, FAIRLAMB, D. J, GOWER, N. H, MILROY, R, PARMAR, M. K. B, RUDD, R. M, SPIRO, S. G, STEPHENS, R. J

“…The Big Lung Trial (BLT) was a large, pragmatic trial to evaluate the addition of chemotherapy to primary treatment (ie, surgery, radical radiotherapy, or…”
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Gemcitabine plus best supportive care (BSC) vs BSC in inoperable non-small cell lung cancer - a randomized trial with quality of life as the primary outcome by ANDERSON, H, HOPWOOD, P, BURT, P. A, CONNOLLY, C. K, MCILLMURRAY, M. B, CARMICHAEL, J, STEPHENS, R. J, THATCHER, N, COTTIER, B, NICHOLSON, M, MILROY, R, MAUGHAN, T. S, FALK, S. J, BOND, M. G

“…Three hundred patients with symptomatic, locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC not requiring immediate radiotherapy were enrolled into this randomized…”
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Stabilization of interchange modes by rotating magnetic fields by GUO, H. Y, HOFFMAN, A. L, MILROY, R. D, MILLER, K. E, VOTROUBEK, G. R

“…Interchange modes have been a key limiting instability for many magnetic confinement fusion configurations. In previous studies intended to deal with these…”
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Management and survival of patients with lung cancer in Scotland diagnosed in 1995: results of a national population based study by Gregor, A, Thomson, C S, Brewster, D H, Stroner, P L, Davidson, J, Fergusson, R J, Milroy, R

“…BACKGROUND The prognosis of patients with lung cancer in Scotland is poor and not improving. This study was designed to document factors influencing referral,…”
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Evidence of relaxation and spontaneous transition to a high-confinement state in high-beta steady-state plasmas sustained by rotating magnetic fields by Guo, H Y, Hoffman, A L, Steinhauer, L C, Miller, K E, Milroy, R D

“…Evidence of relaxation has appeared, for the first time, in the extremely high-beta, steady-state field-reversed configuration plasma states driven by rotating…”
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The relationship between weight loss and interleukin 6 in non-small-cell lung cancer by SCOTT, H. R, MCMILLAN, D. C, CRILLY, A, MCARDLE, C. S, MILROY, R

“…Markers of the inflammatory response, interleukin 6, C-reactive protein, albumin and full blood count, were measured in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)…”
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“Part of life's great tapestry” – patients' experiences of interval computerised tomography (CT) scanning to evaluate and monitor solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) by Downer, P, O'Neill, A, Milroy, R, Sarvesvaran, J, Davidson, S

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Why Compact Tori for Fusion? by Woodruff, S., Brown, M., Hooper, E. B., Milroy, R., Schaffer, M.

“…A compact torus (CT) has a toroidal magnetic and plasma geometry, but is contained within a simply-connected vacuum vessel such as a cylinder. Spheromaks and…”
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Internal Magnetic Field Measurements in the TCSU RMF Current Drive Experiment by Velas, K. M., Grossnickle, J. A., Hoffman, A. L., Miller, K. E., Milroy, R. D.

“…Detailed magnetic measurements of Field-reversed configurations (FRC) from the Translation Confinement Sustainment Upgrade (TCSU) experiment are presented. A…”
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Operation of TCSU with Internal Flux-Conserving Rings by Grossnickle, J. A., Brooks, R. D., Deards, C. L., Hoffman, A. L., Melnik, P. A., Miller, K. E., Milroy, R. D., Tankut, A., Velas, K. M., Vlases, G. C.

“…The Translation, Confinement, and Sustainment Upgrade (TCSU) device is a facility to form and sustain a field-reversed configuration (FRC) in quasi-steady…”
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