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1st International consensus guidelines for advanced breast cancer (ABC 1).

scientific article published on 16 March 2012

A Rasch and confirmatory factor analysis of the general health questionnaire (GHQ)--12.

scientific article

A UK-wide survey of follow-up practices for patients with high-grade glioma treated with radical intent.

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A new paradigm or a misrepresentation of current communication research and teaching?

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

A qualitative study looking at the psychosocial implications of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

A randomized trial of exemestane after two to three years of tamoxifen therapy in postmenopausal women with primary breast cancer

scientific article published in March 2004

A systematic review of communication interventions to help healthcare professionals discuss genetic testing for breast cancer

scientific article published on 23 June 2020

ARIX: a randomised trial of acupuncture v oral care sessions in patients with chronic xerostomia following treatment of head and neck cancer

scientific article published on 25 October 2012

Acceptance of adjuvant therapy and quality of life issues

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Acceptance of transvaginal sonography by postmenopausal women participating in the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening.

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Acronymic trials: the good, the bad, and the coercive

scientific article published in The Lancet

Addressing overtreatment of screen detected DCIS; the LORIS trial

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly women with breast cancer (AChEW): an observational study identifying MDT perceptions and barriers to decision making

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Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly women with breast cancer: patients' perspectives on information giving and decision making

scientific article published on 27 June 2013

Adjuvant chemotherapy in older women (ACTION) study - what did we learn from the pilot phase?

scientific article published on 11 October 2011

After going through chemotherapy I can't see another needle

scientific article published on 7 July 2006

Anastrozole and letrozole: an investigation and comparison of quality of life and tolerability

scientific article published on 7 September 2010

Anxiety and support in breast cancer: is this different for affluent and deprived women? A questionnaire study.

scientific article published on August 2004

Are members of multidisciplinary teams in breast cancer aware of each other's informational roles?

scientific article published on June 2001

Are we using appropriate self-report questionnaires for detecting anxiety and depression in women with early breast cancer?

scientific article published in January 1999

Assessment of quality of life in breast cancer

scientific article published on January 1995

Attitudes of patients to randomised clinical trials of cancer therapy

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Awareness of ovarian cancer risk factors, beliefs and attitudes towards screening: baseline survey of 21,715 women participating in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening

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Blurring of boundaries in the doctor-patient relationship.

scientific article published on 24 November 2014

Bone-related complications and quality of life in advanced breast cancer: results from a randomized phase III trial of denosumab versus zoledronic acid

scientific article published on 14 August 2012

Can communication skills training alter physicians' beliefs and behavior in clinics?

article by Valerie Jenkins & Lesley Fallowfield published 1 February 2002 in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Challenges, solutions and future directions in the evaluation of service innovations in health care and public health

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Clinical benefit in patients with metastatic bone disease: results of a phase 3 study of denosumab versus zoledronic acid

journal article published in 2012

Clinical trials to real life: the relevance of quality of life

Clinicians' attitudes to clinical trials of cancer therapy

scientific article published in November 1997

Clinicians' attitudes towards clinical trials of cancer therapy

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Communicating sad, bad, and difficult news in medicine

scientific article published on January 2004

Communicating the oncotype DX® test results: A novel educational workshop for specialist breast care nurses

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Communication about sexual problems and sexual concerns in ovarian cancer: a qualitative study

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Communication and informed consent in phase 1 trials: a review of the literature from January 2005 to July 2009.

scientific article published on 04 March 2010

Communication and informed consent in phase 1 trials: a review of the literature.

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Communication skills training for breast cancer teams talking about trials

scientific article published on 15 December 2013

Communication skills training in oncology: a position paper based on a consensus meeting among European experts in 2009.

scientific article published on 21 December 2009

Communication with Patients after Errors

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Comparison of psychological aspects and patient satisfaction following breast conserving surgery, simple mastectomy and breast reconstruction

scientific article published in October 2000

Compliance issues in quality of life assessment: experiences of two Cancer Research Campaign sponsored groups

scientific article published on April 15, 1998

Confusion Over Differences in Registration and Randomization Criteria for the LORIS (Low-Risk DCIS) Trial

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

Corrigendum to “The effects of hormone therapy on cognition in breast cancer” [J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 86 (2003) 405–412]

scholarly article published in The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Cost-effectiveness analysis of anastrozole vs tamoxifen in adjuvant therapy for early stage breast cancer in the United Kingdom: the 5-year completed treatment analysis of the ATAC ('Arimidex', Tamoxifen alone or in combination) trial

scientific article published on 10 July 2007

Describing randomisation: patients' and the public's preferences compared with clinicians' practice

scientific article published on October 2002

Development and validation of the caregiver roles and responsibilities scale in cancer caregivers.

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Development and validation of the patient roles and responsibilities scale in cancer patients

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Discussing randomised clinical trials of cancer therapy: evaluation of a Cancer Research UK training programme

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Doctor-patient interactions in oncology

scientific article published in June 1996

Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: details of paper were incorrect

scientific article published in May 2004

Does cosmetic outcome from treatment of primary breast cancer influence psychosocial morbidity?

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Does endocrine therapy for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer affect memory and cognition?

scientific article published on 17 May 2007

Does hormone therapy for the treatment of breast cancer have a detrimental effect on memory and cognition? A pilot study

scientific article published in January 2004

Drivers and barriers to patient participation in RCTs

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

Effect of breast conservation on psychological morbidity associated with diagnosis and treatment of early breast cancer

Effective communication skills are the key to good cancer care

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Effects of anastrozole on cognitive performance in postmenopausal women: a randomised, double-blind chemoprevention trial (IBIS II).

scientific article published on September 2008

Efficacy of a Cancer Research UK communication skills training model for oncologists: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Endocrine Therapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline

scientific article published on 23 May 2016

Enduring impact of communication skills training: results of a 12-month follow-up

scientific article published on October 2003

Enhancing decision-making about adjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer following EndoPredict testing.

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Epoetin alfa improves quality of life in patients with cancer: results of metaanalysis

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Erratum to: Pain and health-related quality of life in patients with advanced solid tumours and bone metastases: integrated results from three randomized, double-blind studies of denosumab and zoledronic acid

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Evaluation of an educational program to improve communication with patients about early-phase trial participation

scientific article published in March 2012

Evolution of breast cancer treatments: current options and quality-of-life considerations

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Factors affecting patient and clinician satisfaction with the clinical consultation: can communication skills training for clinicians improve satisfaction?

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Fallowfield's Sexual Activity Questionnaire in women with without and at risk of cancer

scientific article published on September 2007

For the Benefit of Others: Reasons Why Women with Breast Cancer Participate in RCTs

scientific article published on April 2015

Giving sad and bad news

scientific article published in The Lancet

Group acupuncture to relieve radiation induced xerostomia: a feasibility study

scientific article published in September 2009

Group recruitment sessions enhance patient understanding in a small multi-centre phase III clinical trial

scientific article published on 11 November 2011

Health-related quality of life in patients undergoing drug therapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

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How do doctors explain randomised clinical trials to their patients?

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Impact on mortality and cancer incidence rates of using random invitation from population registers for recruitment to trials

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Implementing the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) RT01 trial (ISRCTN 47772397): methods and practicalities of a randomised controlled trial of conformal radiotherapy in men with localised prostate cancer

scientific article published in August 2004

Information needs and experiences: an audit of UK cancer patients

scientific article published on 22 December 2005

Information needs of patients with cancer: results from a large study in UK cancer centres

scientific article published on January 2001

Information provision for patients by breast cancer teams about the side-effects of hormone treatments

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Intentional and non-intentional non-adherence to medication amongst breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 27 April 2006

International guidelines for management of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) from the European School of Oncology (ESO)-MBC Task Force: Surveillance, staging, and evaluation of patients with early-stage and metastatic breast cancer

scientific article published on 17 April 2013

International guidelines for management of metastatic breast cancer: combination vs sequential single-agent chemotherapy

scientific article published on 05 August 2009

Introduction to the sessions on 'Debate: extended follow-up of breast cancer patients in clinic wastes time for both patients and doctors'.

scientific article published on 18 December 2008

Lack of communication between healthcare professionals and women with ovarian cancer about sexual issues

scientific article published on March 2003

Lay understanding of terms used in cancer consultations

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Learning how to communicate in cancer settings.

scientific article published on 11 March 2005

Long-Term Follow-Up of the Intergroup Exemestane Study ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 May 2017

Long-term assessment of quality of life in the Intergroup Exemestane Study: 5 years post-randomisation

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Low grade Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS): how best to describe it?

scientific article published on 27 June 2014

Measurement of quality of life in advanced breast cancer

scientific article published on January 1990

Missing quality of life data in cancer clinical trials: serious problems and challenges ⬇️

scientific article published on April 15, 1998

Multidisciplinary teams in cancer care: are they effective in the UK?

scientific article published on November 2006

Multivariate regression analyses of data from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study confirm quality of life benefit of epoetin alfa in patients receiving non-platinum chemotherapy

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No news is not good news: Information preferences of patients with cancer

scientific article published on 01 October 1995

Offering Choice of treatment to patients with cancers. A review based on a symposium held at the 10th annual conference of the British psychosocial oncology group, December 1993 ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1995

Offering choice of surgical treatment to women with breast cancer

scientific article published on March 1997

Ovarian cancer

scientific article published on 25 August 2016

Ovarian cancer screening and mortality in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

Ovarian cancer symptoms, routes to diagnosis and survival - Population cohort study in the 'no screen' arm of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)

scientific article published on 16 June 2020

Pain and analgesic use associated with skeletal-related events in patients with advanced cancer and bone metastases

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Pain and health-related quality of life in patients with advanced solid tumours and bone metastases: integrated results from three randomized, double-blind studies of denosumab and zoledronic acid

journal article published in 2013

Pain outcomes in patients with advanced breast cancer and bone metastases: results from a randomized, double-blind study of denosumab and zoledronic acid

journal article published in 2013

Pain outcomes in patients with bone metastases from advanced cancer: assessment and management with bone-targeting agents

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Participation of patients in decisions about treatment for cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on November 17, 2001

Patient evaluation of cosmetic outcome after conserving surgery for treatment of primary breast cancer

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Patient-reported outcome instruments used to assess pain and functioning in studies of bisphosphonate treatment for bone metastases ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Patient-reported outcome measures for cancer caregivers: a systematic review

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Patient-reported outcome measures of the impact of cancer on patients' everyday lives: a systematic review.

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Patient-reported outcomes in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Patients' and oncologists' views on the treatment and care of advanced ovarian cancer in the U.K.: results from the ADVOCATE study

scientific article published on 07 May 2013

Patients' decision-making in a UK specialist centre with high mastectomy rates

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Patients' preference for administration of endocrine treatments by injection or tablets: results from a study of women with breast cancer

scientific article published on 20 October 2005

Patients' preferences for adjuvant endocrine therapy in early breast cancer: what makes it worthwhile?

scientific article published on December 2005

Patient–physician interactions during early breast-cancer treatment: results from an international online survey

scientific article published on 27 May 2008

Post-operative arm morbidity and quality of life. Results of the ALMANAC randomised trial comparing sentinel node biopsy with standard axillary treatment in the management of patients with early breast cancer

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Postmenopausal women undergoing transvaginal ultrasound screening prefer not to have chaperones.

scientific article published on 7 July 2006

Preference for subcutaneous or intravenous administration of trastuzumab in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer (PrefHer): an open-label randomised study

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

Preferences of healthy men for two different endocrine treatment options offered for locally advanced prostate cancer

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Psychiatric morbidity and its recognition by doctors in patients with cancer

scientific article published on April 2001

Psychological morbidity associated with ovarian cancer screening: results from more than 23,000 women in the randomised trial of ovarian cancer screening (UKCTOCS).

scientific article published on 28 May 2014

Psychological morbidity in newly referred patients with cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

Psychosexual function and impact of gynaecological cancer

scientific article published on 27 December 2006

Psychosocial Factors Associated With Withdrawal From the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening After 1 Episode of Repeat Screening.

scientific article published on 28 July 2015

Psychosocial and supportive-care needs in high-grade glioma

scientific article published on September 2008

Psychosocial aspects of risk appraisal

scientific article published on 18 December 2008

Psychosocial controversies in breast cancer

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Psychosocial/survivorship issues in breast cancer: are we doing better?

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Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer: The PulMiCC Trial

article by Tom Treasure et al published June 2010 in Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal cancer: the PulMiCC trial

scientific article published on 10 May 2011

Pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal cancer: time for a trial

scientific article published on 18 January 2009

Quality of life and patient-reported outcomes in the older breast cancer patient

scientific article published on 03 December 2008

Quality of life assessments may help some patients ⬇️

scientific article published on July 11, 1998

Quality of life in the intergroup exemestane study: a randomized trial of exemestane versus continued tamoxifen after 2 to 3 years of tamoxifen in postmenopausal women with primary breast cancer

scientific article published in February 2006

Quality of life issues during adjuvant endocrine therapy

scientific article published on January 2009

Quality of life issues in relation to the aromatase inhibitor.

scientific article published on 24 May 2007

Quality of life of postmenopausal women in the ATAC ("Arimidex", tamoxifen, alone or in combination) trial after completion of 5 years' adjuvant treatment for early breast cancer

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Quality of life of postmenopausal women in the Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination (ATAC) Adjuvant Breast Cancer Trial

scientific article published in November 2004

Quality of life: a new perspective for cancer patients

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RAZOR: A Phase II Open Randomized Trial of Screening Plus Goserelin and Raloxifene Versus Screening Alone in Premenopausal Women at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

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Randomized Multicenter Trial of Sentinel Node Biopsy Versus Standard Axillary Treatment in Operable Breast Cancer: The ALMANAC Trial

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Randomized controlled trial of pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal cancer: PulMiCC International is open in Italy

scientific article published on 26 April 2013

Rasch fit statistics and sample size considerations for polytomous data

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Reasons given by patients for participating, or not, in Phase 1 cancer trials

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Recognition and management of treatment-related side effects for breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy

scientific article published on 18 September 2007

Recruitment to multicentre trials--lessons from UKCTOCS: descriptive study

scientific article published on 13 November 2008

Reply to 'Comment on "The myth of pulmonary metastasectomy'"

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

Reply to P.F. Pinsky, C.P. Crum, and M.W. McIntosh et al

scientific article published on 10 January 2016

Results of an intervention study to improve communication about randomised clinical trials of cancer therapy

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Risk Algorithm Using Serial Biomarker Measurements Doubles the Number of Screen-Detected Cancers Compared With a Single-Threshold Rule in the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening.

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Same gain, less pain: potential patient preferences for adjuvant treatment in premenopausal women with early breast cancer

scientific article published on November 2004

Second international consensus guidelines for breast cancer in young women (BCY2).

scientific article published on 06 February 2016

Self-reported sexual health: Breast cancer survivors compared to women from the general population - an observational study

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

Sensitivity and Specificity of Multimodal and Ultrasound Screening for Ovarian Cancer, and Stage Distribution of Detected Cancers: Results of the Prevalence Screen of the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening

scholarly article by Usha Menon et al published September 2009 in Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Sensitivity and specificity of multimodal and ultrasound screening for ovarian cancer, and stage distribution of detected cancers: results of the prevalence screen of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS).

scientific article published on 11 March 2009

Sensitivity of transvaginal ultrasound screening for endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women: a case-control study within the UKCTOCS cohort.

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Sexual Dysfunction in Breast Cancer Survivors: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Sexual Activity Questionnaire for Use in Portugal.

scientific article published on 30 September 2016

Sexual functioning in 4,418 postmenopausal women participating in UKCTOCS: a qualitative free-text analysis

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Sexuality in women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Specialist breast care and research nurses’ attitudes to adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with breast cancer

scientific article published on 07 May 2011

Sun-Protective Behaviors in Families at Increased Risk of Melanoma

scientific article published on 08 March 2007

Supportive follow-up in patients treated with radical intent for high-grade glioma.

scientific article published in September 2012

Switching between intravenous and subcutaneous trastuzumab: Safety results from the PrefHer trial.

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Systematic review of supportive care needs in patients with primary malignant brain tumors

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Talking about risk in the context of genomic tests (TARGET): development and evaluation of an educational program for clinicians

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Teams Talking Trials: results of an RCT to improve the communication of cancer teams about treatment trials

scientific article published on 9 February 2013

The Medical Interaction Process System (MIPS): an instrument for analysing interviews of oncologists and patients with cancer

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

The Sexual Activity Questionnaire: a measure of women's sexual functioning.

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The attitudes of 1066 patients with cancer towards participation in randomised clinical trials

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The authors reply

scientific article published in October 1986

The challenge of interacting with patients in oncology

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The cost-effectiveness of screening for ovarian cancer: results from the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS).

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

The design of advanced breast cancer trials. New approaches

scientific article published on January 1990

The effect of ovarian cancer screening on sexual activity and functioning: results from the UK collaborative trial of ovarian cancer screening RCT.

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

The effects of hormone therapy on cognition in breast cancer

scientific article published in September 2003

The effects of oestrogens and anti-oestrogens on cognition

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

The impact of endocrine therapy on patients with breast cancer: a review of the literature

scientific article published on February 2002

The informational roles and psychological health of members of 10 oncology multidisciplinary teams in the UK.

scientific article published on November 2005

The myth of pulmonary metastasectomy

scientific article published on 16 June 2020

The need to determine whether lung metastasectomy improves survival in advanced colorectal cancer

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The pervasive nature of uncertainty-a qualitative study of patients with advanced cancer and their informal caregivers

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The preferences and experiences of different bisphosphonate treatments in women with breast cancer

scientific article published on 24 May 2010

The preferences of 600 patients for different descriptions of randomisation

scientific article published on March 2005

The psychological impact of immediate rather than delayed breast reconstruction

scientific article published in February 2000

The psychological impact of post-operative arm morbidity following axillary surgery for breast cancer: a critical review

scientific article published on February 2002

The quality of life of men with locally advanced prostate cancer during neoadjuvant hormone therapy: data from the Medical Research Council RT01 trial (ISRCTN 47772397).

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The treatment of early breast cancer in women over the age of 70

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The use of denial in an ethnically diverse British cancer population: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on April 2005

The validation of a quality of life scale to assess the impact of arm morbidity in breast cancer patients post-operatively

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The value of progression-free survival to patients with advanced-stage cancer

scientific article published on 18 October 2011

The views of patients and the general public about expensive anti-cancer drugs in the NHS: a questionnaire-based study

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There's many a slip twixt cup and lip: adherence issues in cancer therapy

scientific article published in March 2008

Time for a low-risk DCIS trial: harnessing public and patient involvement

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Tolerability of hormone therapies for breast cancer: how informative are documented symptom profiles in medical notes for 'well-tolerated' treatments?

scientific article published in March 2001

Treatment Experiences, Information Needs, Pain and Quality of Life in Men with Metastatic Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer: Results from the EXTREQOL Study

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Treatment decision-making in breast cancer: the patient–doctor relationship

scientific article published on 11 June 2008

Treatment-emergent endocrine symptoms and the risk of breast cancer recurrence: a retrospective analysis of the ATAC trial

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Truth may hurt but deceit hurts more: communication in palliative care

scientific article published in July 2002

Tumor boards: optimizing the structure and improving efficiency of multidisciplinary management of patients with cancer worldwide

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Using patient perspectives to inform communication training materials for health care professionals discussing BRCA mutation testing

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

What is newsworthy? Bad news from research really is headline news

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What non-prescription treatments do UK women with breast cancer use?

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

What oncologists believe they said and what patients believe they heard: an analysis of phase I trial discussions

scientific article published on 22 November 2010

What should women do in the meantime? ⬇️

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Which bisphosphonates do oncologists prescribe for women with metastatic breast cancer and why? Results of a UK survey

scientific article published on 5 May 2008

Why patient recorded outcomes should be mandatory in and outside clinical trials to guide management of patients with metastatic breast cancer

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Words matter: distinguishing "personalized medicine" and "biologically personalized therapeutics"

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