The Daffodil Centre: Recent submissions
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Age, health, and education determine supportive care needs of men younger than 70 years with prostate cancer
Published 2007PURPOSE: It is important to meet the supportive care needs of cancer patients to ensure their satisfaction with their care. A population-wide sample of men younger than 70 years and newly diagnosed with prostate cancer was ...Article -
Socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer survival: relation to stage at diagnosis, treatment and race
Published 2009BACKGROUND: Previous studies have documented lower breast cancer survival among women with lower socioeconomic status (SES) in the United States. In this study, I examined the extent to which socioeconomic disparity in ...Article -
Large differences in patterns of breast cancer survival between Australia and England: a comparative study using cancer registry data
Published 2008Survival from breast cancer in the UK is lower than in other countries in Western Europe, the USA and Australia. However, these international differences have not yet been examined in relation to tumor characteristics, ...Article -
Cancer risk among 21st century blood transfusion recipients
Published 2017BACKGROUND: Some carcinogenic viruses are known to be transmissible by blood transfusion. Intensive viral screening of transfused blood now exists in most countries. In the UK, high-sensitivity nucleic acid amplification ...Article -
Validity over time of self-reported anthropometric variables during follow-up of a large cohort of UK women
Published 2015BACKGROUND: In prospective epidemiological studies, anthropometry is often self-reported and may be subject to reporting errors. Self-reported anthropometric data are reasonably accurate when compared with measurements ...Article