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List of works by Jane M. Blazeby

'Overnight, things changed. Suddenly, we were in it': a qualitative study exploring how surgical teams mitigated risks of COVID-19

scientific article published on 16 June 2021

'Recruitment, recruitment, recruitment' - the need for more focus on retention: a qualitative study of five trials

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'The trial is owned by the team, not by an individual': a qualitative study exploring the role of teamwork in recruitment to randomised controlled trials in surgical oncology

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

'Theatre Comm' - optimising communication in surgical theatres during COVID-19

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

'Trial Exegesis': Methods for Synthesizing Clinical and Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) Data in Trials to Inform Clinical Practice. A Systematic Review

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A Comparison of Health Professionals' and Patients' Views of the Importance of Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery

scientific article published on 02 May 2016

A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project

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A Prospective Analysis of Implementation of Multi-Disciplinary Team Decisions in Breast Cancer

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A Systematic Review of Minimally Invasive Trans-thoracic Liver Resection to Examine Intervention Description, Governance, and Outcome Reporting of an Innovative Technique

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

A Systematic Review of Patient-reported Outcomes in Randomized Controlled Trials of Unplanned General Surgery

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A comparative study of survival after minimally invasive and open oesophagectomy

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A detailed analysis of outcome reporting from randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses of inguinal hernia repair

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A feasibility study investigating the acceptability and design of a multicentre randomised controlled trial of needle fasciotomy versus limited fasciectomy for the treatment of Dupuytren's contractures of the fingers (HAND-1): study protocol for a r

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

A good surgical death

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

A mixed methods approach to assess the reliability of a test for the success of blinding in a surgical randomised controlled trial (RCT).

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A mixed methods case study investigating how randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are reported, understood and interpreted in practice

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

A mixed-methods feasibility and external pilot study to inform a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effects of surgical wound dressing strategies on surgical site infections (Bluebelle Phase B): study protocol for a randomised contro

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A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: update of Medical Research Council guidance

scientific article published in 2021

A novel approach to understanding outcome selection and reporting during the evaluation of innovative surgery from first in human to pragmatic RCT: an evolution review.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

A prospective comparison of quality of life measures for patients with esophageal cancer.

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A prospective study of patient reported outcomes in pancreatic and peri-ampullary malignancy.

scientific article published in October 2013

A qualitative evaluation of patients’ experiences of an enhanced recovery programme for colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

A randomised feasibility trial comparing needle fasciotomy with limited fasciectomy treatment for Dupuytren's contractures

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

A review of current practice in the design and assessment of internal pilots in UK NIHR clinical trials

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

A review of the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register reveals inconsistency in the choice and measurement of SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes in prevention trials

scientific article published on 28 May 2021

A review of the description of patient withdrawal in trial protocols and patient information sheets (PIS).

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A simple technique to identify key recruitment issues in randomised controlled trials: Q-QAT - Quanti-Qualitative Appointment Timing.

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A simple technique to identify key recruitment issues in randomised controlled trials: Q-QAT - quanti-qualitative appointment timing.

scientific article published on 29 November 2013

A systematic review of core outcome set development studies demonstrates difficulties in defining unique outcomes

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

A systematic review of on-site monitoring methods for health-care randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on February 2013

A systematic review of outcome reporting in colorectal cancer surgery.

scientific article published on January 2013

Abstracts of the 4th Meeting of the Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) Initiative

Acceptability and accuracy of a non-endoscopic screening test for Barrett's oesophagus in primary care: cohort study

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Accounting for intervention complexity in rcts in surgery: new approaches for intervention definition and methods for monitoring fidelity

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Active monitoring, radical prostatectomy and radical radiotherapy in PSA-detected clinically localised prostate cancer: the ProtecT three-arm RCT

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Adaptation of the By-Band randomized clinical trial to By-Band-Sleeve to include a new intervention and maintain relevance of the study to practice.

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Adherence to best practice consensus guidelines for implant-based breast reconstruction: Results from the iBRA national practice questionnaire survey.

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Adverse event reporting in surgical trials and early phase studies: the need for new and joint perspectives

scientific article published on 5 April 2017

Agreement on what to measure in randomised controlled trials in burn care: study protocol for the development of a core outcome set.

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An evaluation of treatment decisions at a colorectal cancer multi-disciplinary team

scientific article published on 22 January 2008

An international prospective study of the EORTC cancer in-patient satisfaction with care measure (EORTC IN-PATSAT32)

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An observational study showed that explaining randomization using gambling-related metaphors and computer-agency descriptions impeded randomized clinical trial recruitment.

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Analysis of clinical decision-making in multi-disciplinary cancer teams

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Are multidisciplinary teams in secondary care cost-effective? A systematic review of the literature

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Assessing quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer: an update of the EORTC quality of life questionnaire.

scientific article published on 22 May 2007

Assessing the quality of written information provision for surgical procedures: a case study in oesophagectomy.

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Assessment of body image in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer

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Assessment of cosmesis after breast reconstruction surgery: a systematic review

scientific article published on 23 October 2010

Assessment of patient-reported adverse events after discharge from hospital in RCTs in gastrointestinal cancer surgery: is there sufficient coverage in existing EORTC questionnaires?

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Association between quality of life scores and short-term outcome after surgery for cancer of the oesophagus or gastric cardia

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

BOXIT-A Randomised Phase III Placebo-controlled Trial Evaluating the Addition of Celecoxib to Standard Treatment of Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder (CRUK/07/004)

scientific article published on 29 September 2018

Bluebelle pilot randomised controlled trial of three wound dressing strategies to reduce surgical site infection in primary surgical wounds

scientific article published on 12 January 2020

Bluebelle study (phase A): a mixed-methods feasibility study to inform an RCT of surgical wound dressing strategies.

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

CONTRACT Study - CONservative TReatment of Appendicitis in Children (feasibility): study protocol for a randomised controlled Trial.

scientific article published on 2 March 2018

COS-STAR: a reporting guideline for studies developing core outcome sets (protocol).

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COSUMO: study protocol for the development of a core outcome set for efficacy and effectiveness trials in posterior segment-involving uveitis

scientific article published in December 2017

Can surgical research improve health?

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation

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Chemoradiotherapy with or without cetuximab in patients with oesophageal cancer (SCOPE1): a multicentre, phase 2/3 randomised trial

scientific article published on 25 April 2013

Choice of a patient-reported outcome measure for patients with anal cancer for use in cancer clinical trials and routine clinical practice: a mixed methods approach

scientific article published on February 2015

Choosing Important Health Outcomes for Comparative Effectiveness Research: An Updated Review and User Survey

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Choosing important health outcomes for comparative effectiveness research: An updated systematic review and involvement of low and middle income countries

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Choosing important health outcomes for comparative effectiveness research: a systematic review

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Choosing outcomes for a core outcome set: does provision of feedback between delphi survey rounds help prioritise items?

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Clinical and patient-reported outcomes of SPARE - a randomised feasibility study of selective bladder preservation versus radical cystectomy

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Clinical and psychometric validation of a questionnaire module, the EORTC QLQ-OG25, to assess health-related quality of life in patients with cancer of the oesophagus, the oesophago-gastric junction and the stomach

scientific article published on 15 August 2007

Clinical and psychometric validation of a questionnaire module, the EORTC QLQ-STO 22, to assess quality of life in patients with gastric cancer

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Clinical and psychometric validation of the EORTC QLQ-CR29 questionnaire module to assess health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 16 September 2009

Clinical decision-making in a multidisciplinary gynaecological cancer team: a qualitative study

scientific article published in March 2009

Clinical validation of the EORTC QLQ‐OG25 questionnaire for the evaluation of health‐related quality of life in Mexican patients with esophagogastric cancers

scientific article published on May 2, 2011

Combined laparoscopic and endoscopic treatment of gallstones and bile duct stones: a prospective study

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Comment on: 12-year trajectory of health-related quality of life in gastric bypass patients versus comparison groups

scientific article published on 06 June 2018

Commentary: Randomised trials of surgical and non-surgical treatment: a role model for the future

scientific article published on 15 December 2008

Commentary: Talking to patients about surgical innovations

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Communicating the Results of Randomized Clinical Trials: Do Patients Understand Multidimensional Patient-Reported Outcomes?

scientific article published on 11 January 2010

Comparing open and minimally invasive surgical procedures for oesophagectomy in the treatment of cancer: the ROMIO (Randomised Oesophagectomy: Minimally Invasive or Open) feasibility study and pilot trial.

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Conceptualising Surgical Innovation: An Eliminativist Proposal

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Confusion about European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Prostate module (EORTC QLQ-PR25): a response

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Conservative management of mallet injuries: A national survey of current practice in the UK.

scientific article published on 23 April 2017

Considerations and methods for placebo controls in surgical trials (ASPIRE guidelines)

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Consistency in design and collaboration in delivery: key to successful randomised controlled trials in focal therapy for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 26 February 2014

Conveying Equipoise during Recruitment for Clinical Trials: Qualitative Synthesis of Clinicians' Practices across Six Randomised Controlled Trials.

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

Core Outcome Set-STAndardised Protocol Items: the COS-STAP Statement

Core Outcome Set-STAndards for Development: The COS-STAD recommendations

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Core Outcome Set-STAndards for Reporting: The COS-STAR Statement

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Core Outcomes for Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Consensus Study.

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Core information set for informed consent to surgery for oral or oropharyngeal cancer: A mixed-methods study.

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Core information sets for informed consent to surgical interventions: baseline information of importance to patients and clinicians.

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Core outcome set development: the effect of Delphi panel composition and feedback on prioritisation of outcomes

scientific article published on 29 November 2013

Core outcomes for randomized trials and core information for clinical decision-making: implications for outcome selection.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Correspondence: An update in the palliative management of malignant dysphagia

scientific article published on 01 April 2001

Decision-Making about PSA Testing and Prostate Biopsies: A Qualitative Study Embedded in a Primary Care Randomised Trial

scientific article published on 15 August 2007

Delivering successful randomized controlled trials in surgery: Methods to optimize collaboration and study design

scientific article published in January 2017

Demonstration of the IDEAL recommendations for evaluating and reporting surgical innovation in minimally invasive oesophagectomy.

scientific article published on 18 January 2011

Detailed evaluation of functional recovery following laparoscopic or open surgery for colorectal cancer within an enhanced recovery programme

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Detailed systematic analysis of recruitment strategies in randomised controlled trials in patients with an unscheduled admission to hospital

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

Determinants of global quality of life before and after major cancer surgery: an exploratory study

scientific article published on 10 September 2009

Determinants of patient satisfaction in oncology settings from European and Asian countries: preliminary results based on the EORTC IN-PATSAT32 questionnaire

scientific article published on 6 December 2006

Determinants of treatment plan implementation in multidisciplinary team meetings for patients with chronic diseases: a mixed-methods study

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Developing a real-time electronic symptom monitoring system for patients after discharge following cancer-related surgery

Developing core outcome sets for clinical trials: issues to consider

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Developing core outcomes sets: methods for identifying and including patient-reported outcomes (PROs).

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Development of a 'universal-reporter' outcome measure (UROM) for patient and healthcare professional completion: a mixed methods study demonstrating a novel concept for optimal questionnaire design

scientific article published on 24 August 2019

Development of a Core Outcome Set for Clinical Effectiveness Trials in Esophageal Cancer Resection Surgery

scientific article published on 10 March 2017

Development of a Reliable Surgical Quality Assurance System for 2-stage Esophagectomy in Randomized Controlled Trials

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Development of a core information set for colorectal cancer surgery: a consensus study

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Development of a core outcome set for research and audit studies in reconstructive breast surgery.

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Development of a core outcome set to determine the overall treatment success of acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children: a study protocol

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Development of a disease-specific Quality of Life questionnaire module for patients with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours.

scientific article published on 18 January 2006

Development of a framework to improve the process of recruitment to randomised controlled trials (RCTs): the SEAR (Screened, Eligible, Approached, Randomised) framework.

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Development of a questionnaire module to supplement the EORTC QLQ-C30 to assess quality of life in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, the EORTC QLQ-HCC18

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Development of a single, practical measure of surgical site infection (SSI) for patient report or observer completion

scientific article published on February 2017

Development of a single, practical measure of surgical site infection (SSI) for patient self-report and observer completion: a novel method of questionnaire design.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Development of an online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials to organise and map current literature

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

Development of reporting guidance and core outcome sets for seamless, standardised evaluation of innovative surgical procedures and devices: a study protocol for content generation and a Delphi consensus process (COHESIVE study)

scientific article published on 12 September 2019

Differences in Patient-Reported Outcomes That Are Most Frequently Detected in Randomized Controlled Trials in Patients With Solid Tumors: A Pooled Analysis of 229 Trials

scientific article published on 25 April 2020

Differences in health-related quality of life between European and Asian patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on April 2016

Do dressings prevent infection of closed primary wounds after surgery?

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Docetaxel versus active symptom control for refractory oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma (COUGAR-02): an open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial

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Does the addition of mesh improve outcomes in implant based breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer?

scientific article published on 06 July 2018

Dressing use issues in primary abdominal wounds: a qualitative study of health staff and patient views

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Dressings for the prevention of surgical site infection.

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Driving up the quality and relevance of research through the use of agreed core outcomes

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL: the new standard in the assessment of health-related quality of life in advanced cancer?

scientific article published in March 2006

EnROL: a multicentre randomised trial of conventional versus laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer within an enhanced recovery programme

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Enabling recruitment success in bariatric surgical trials: pilot phase of the By-Band-Sleeve study.

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Equipoise in action: a qualitative investigation across six pragmatic randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Erratum to: What Are the Real Procedural Costs of Bariatric Surgery? A Systematic Literature Review of Published Cost Analyses.

scientific article published on 9 June 2017

Establishment of a core outcome set for burn care research: development and international consensus

scientific article published in 2022

Evaluation and stages of surgical innovations

scientific article published in The Lancet

Evaluation of an early-stage innovation for full-thickness excision of benign colonic polyps using the IDEAL framework

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Evidence into practice: protocol for a new mixed-methods approach to explore the relationship between trials evidence and clinical practice through systematic identification and analysis of articles citing randomised controlled trials

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Exploring inequalities in access to care and the provision of choice to women seeking breast reconstruction surgery: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 08 August 2013

Exploring information provision in reconstructive breast surgery: A qualitative study

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Exploring methods the for selection and integration of stakeholder views in the development of core outcome sets: a case study in reconstructive breast surgery

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Feasibility RCT of definitive chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy and surgery for oesophageal squamous cell cancer

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Funders improved the management of learning and clustering effects through design and analysis of randomized trials involving surgery

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Gefitinib for oesophageal cancer progressing after chemotherapy (COG): a phase 3, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial.

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

Global health trials methodological research agenda: results from a priority setting exercise.

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Guidelines for Inclusion of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trial Protocols: The SPIRIT-PRO Extension

scientific article published in February 2018

Guidelines for the management of oesophageal and gastric cancer.

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Have We Made Progress in Identifying (Surgical) Innovation?

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Health related quality of life outcomes in cancer clinical trials

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Health-Related Quality of Life in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Health-Related Quality of Life in SCALOP, a Randomized Phase 2 Trial Comparing Chemoradiation Therapy Regimens in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

scientific article published on 24 August 2015

Health-related quality of life among colorectal cancer patients in Malaysia: a study protocol.

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Health-related quality of life among patients cured by surgery for esophageal cancer

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Health-related quality of life and survival in the 2 years after surgery for gastric cancer.

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Health-related quality of life as a valid outcome in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer

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Health-related quality of life during neoadjuvant treatment and surgery for localized esophageal carcinoma.

scientific article published in May 2005

Health-related quality of life in colorectal cancer patients

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Health-related quality of life measurement in randomized clinical trials in surgical oncology

scientific article published on July 2006

Health-related quality-of-life assessment in GI cancer randomized trials: improving the impact on clinical practice

scientific article published on December 2009

How can pilot work optimally inform surgical RCTs? A review of current evidence.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

How does surgery affect quality of life and symptoms for patients with esophageal cancer?

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

How pre-trial qualitative research can change proposed RCT design: a case study and implications for future research.

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IDEAL framework for surgical innovation 3: randomised controlled trials in the assessment stage and evaluations in the long term study stage

scientific article published on 18 June 2013

Identifying research priorities for effective retention strategies in clinical trials

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Impact of prostate cancer testing: an evaluation of the emotional consequences of a negative biopsy result.

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Impact of question order on prioritisation of outcomes in the development of a core outcome set: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 25 January 2018

Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Lung Cancer

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Improvement was needed in the standards of development for cancer core outcome sets

scientific article published on 19 April 2019

Improving the effectiveness of multidisciplinary team meetings for patients with chronic diseases: a prospective observational study

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Improving the relevance and consistency of outcomes in comparative effectiveness research

scientific article published on March 2016

In Defense of Randomized Clinical Trials in Surgery: Let Us Not Forget Archie Cochrane's Legacy

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

Incidence and survival of oesophageal and gastric cancer in England between 1998 and 2007, a population-based study

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Inclusion of older patients with cancer in randomised controlled trials with patient-reported outcomes: a systematic review

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Incorporating patient reported outcomes (PROs) in gastro-intestinal (GI) cancer randomised controlled trials (RCTs): the need for adequate rationale and integrated reporting.

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Increased population prevalence of reflux and obesity in the United Kingdom compared with Sweden: a potential explanation for the difference in incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma

scientific article published in February 2011

Informed Consent and the Reasonable-Patient Standard

scientific article published on 01 September 2016

Informed consent in randomised controlled trials: development and preliminary evaluation of a measure of Participatory and Informed Consent (PIC).

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Informing efficient randomised controlled trials: exploration of challenges in developing progression criteria for internal pilot studies

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Integrating health-related quality of life findings from randomized clinical trials into practice: an international study of oncologists' perspectives

scientific article published on 29 November 2014

International cross-cultural field validation of an European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer questionnaire module for patients with primary liver cancer, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality-of-lif

scientific article published in March 2012

International development and implementation of a core measurement set for research and audit studies in implant-based breast reconstruction: a study protocol

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Interventions in randomised controlled trials in surgery: issues to consider during trial design

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Interventions to promote informed consent for patients undergoing surgical and other invasive healthcare procedures

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Interventions to promote informed consent for patients undergoing surgical and other invasive healthcare procedures

scientific article (publication date: 9 November 2011)

Intra-Cavity Lavage and Wound Irrigation for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Intra-operative interventions for preventing surgical site infection: an overview of Cochrane reviews

Intraoperative interventions for preventing surgical site infection: an overview of Cochrane Reviews

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Introduction and adoption of innovative invasive procedures and devices in the NHS: an in-depth analysis of written policies and qualitative interviews (the INTRODUCE study protocol)

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

Investigating the collection and assessment of patient-reported outcome data amongst unplanned surgical hospital admissions: a feasibility study

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Is innovation in surgery less than ideal? A case study of acellular dermal matrix assisted prosthetic breast reconstruction

scientific article published on 29 November 2013

Item response theory was used to shorten EORTC QLQ-C30 scales for use in palliative care

scientific article published on 12 September 2005

Laparoscopically assisted versus open oesophagectomy for patients with oesophageal cancer-the Randomised Oesophagectomy: Minimally Invasive or Open (ROMIO) study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Letter to the Editor: Methodological advances in randomized trials

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Long-term Health-related Quality of Life Following Esophagectomy: A Nonrandomized Comparison of Thoracoscopically Assisted and Open Surgery

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Long-term health-related quality of life following surgery for oesophageal cancer.

scientific article published in September 2008

Long-term results and recurrence patterns from SCOPE-1: a phase II/III randomised trial of definitive chemoradiotherapy +/- cetuximab in oesophageal cancer.

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Managing clustering effects and learning effects in the design and analysis of multicentre randomised trials: a survey to establish current practice

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Managing surgical demand when needs outstrip resource: qualitative investigation of colorectal cancer surgery provision in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

scientific article published on 13 December 2022

Meta-analysis shows clinically relevant and long-lasting deterioration in health-related quality of life after esophageal cancer surgery

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Methodological issues in assessing health-related quality of life of colorectal cancer patients in randomised controlled trials.

scientific article published on January 2004

Methods for assessment of patient adherence to removable orthoses used after surgery or trauma to the appendicular skeleton: a systematic review

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Methods for evaluating innovative surgery: a nested ideal phase 2 study within an external randomised pilot (the ROMIO trial).

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Methods for selecting health concepts and domains from in-depth qualitative interviews for the development of patient reported outcome measures (PROMS): a case study.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Methods for standardising and monitoring surgical interventions in RCTs.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Multi-Centre Micro-Costing of Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy and Adjustable Gastric Banding Procedures for the Treatment of Severe, Complex Obesity

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Multicenter randomized controlled trial of conventional versus laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer within an enhanced recovery programme: EnROL.

scientific article published on 05 May 2014

Neoadjuvant cisplatin and fluorouracil versus epirubicin, cisplatin, and capecitabine followed by resection in patients with oesophageal adenocarcinoma (UK MRC OE05): an open-label, randomised phase 3 trial

scientific article published on 04 August 2017

No Surgical Innovation Without Evaluation: Evolution and Further Development of the IDEAL Framework and Recommendations.

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

No surgical innovation without evaluation: the IDEAL recommendations

scientific article published in September 2009

Novel ways to explore surgical interventions in randomised controlled trials: applying case study methodology in the operating theatre

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Optimising methods for communicating survival data to patients undergoing cancer surgery.

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Optimising recruitment and informed consent in randomised controlled trials: the development and implementation of the Quintet Recruitment Intervention (QRI).

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Optimising the design and evaluation of pilot work to inform the main trial: a review of current evidence and consideration of future practices.

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Optimising the design of internal pilot work to inform efficient randomised controlled trials: issues to consider when developing progression criteria.

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Optimizing the design of invasive placebo interventions in randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Outcome selection, measurement and reporting for new surgical procedures and devices: a systematic review of IDEAL/IDEAL-D studies to inform development of a core outcome set

scientific article published on 04 October 2020

Overcoming barriers to the implementation of patient-reported outcomes in cancer clinical trials: the PROMOTION Registry

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PANasta Trial; Cattell Warren versus Blumgart techniques of panreatico-jejunostomy following pancreato-duodenectomy: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

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Palliative radiotherapy in addition to self-expanding metal stent for improving dysphagia and survival in advanced oesophageal cancer (ROCS: Radiotherapy after Oesophageal Cancer Stenting): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Patient experiences of an electronic PRO tailored feedback system for symptom management following upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery

scientific article published on 13 June 2020

Patient experiences of outcomes of bariatric surgery: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis

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Patient perceptions regarding the likelihood of cure after surgical resection of lung and colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

Patient priorities in relation to surgery for gastric cancer: qualitative interviews with gastric cancer surgery patients to inform the development of a core outcome set

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Patient-Reported Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

Patient-centred healthcare outcome measures: towards a unified architecture

scientific article published in August 2014

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) assessment in clinical trials: a systematic review of guidance for trial protocol writers

scientific article

Patient-reported outcomes after hepatic resection of colorectal cancer metastases

scientific article published on 19 March 2012

Patient-reported outcomes during and after definitive chemoradiotherapy for oesophageal cancer.

scientific article published on 23 July 2015

Patient-reported outcomes in bariatric surgery: a systematic review of standards of reporting.

scientific article published on 03 May 2013

Patient-reported outcomes in randomised controlled trials of colorectal cancer: an analysis determining the availability of robust data to inform clinical decision-making

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Patient-reported outcomes in randomised controlled trials of gynaecological cancers: investigating methodological quality and impact on clinical decision-making

scientific article published on 10 May 2014

Patient-reported outcomes in randomised controlled trials of prostate cancer: methodological quality and impact on clinical decision making

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Patient-reported outcomes in randomized clinical trials: development of ISOQOL reporting standards

scientific article published on 18 September 2012

Patient-reported outcomes in the ProtecT randomized trial of clinically localized prostate cancer treatments: study design, and baseline urinary, bowel and sexual function and quality of life

scientific article published on 14 July 2016

Patient-reported outcomes to evaluate surgery

scientific article published on February 2008

Patients' experiences of life after bariatric surgery and follow-up care: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 06 February 2020

Peri-operative chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab in operable oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma (UK Medical Research Council ST03): primary analysis results of a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 2-3 trial.

scientific article published on 02 February 2017

Population-based study of surgical factors in relation to health-related quality of life after oesophageal cancer resection

scientific article published in May 2008

Pragmatic approaches to mitigating missing data and research priorities to assess the effectiveness of interventions.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Predictors of Attendance for Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening Tests and Prostate Biopsy

scientific article published on 10 January 2012

Predictors of postoperative quality of life after esophagectomy for cancer.

scientific article published on 16 March 2009

Proceedings of the 5th Meeting of the Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) Initiative

article published in 2015

Prognostic value of changes in health-related quality of life scores during curative treatment for esophagogastric cancer

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Progression from an internal pilot of a main trial including adaptation from a two to three group study - straightforward to do?

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Prostate-specific antigen testing and prostate biopsy: are self-reported lower urinary tract symptoms and health-related quality of life associated with the decision to undergo these investigations?

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Protocol for developing quality assurance measures to use in surgical trials: an example from the ROMIO study

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Protocol for the systematic review of the reporting of transoral robotic surgery

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Providing adequate and practical descriptions in surgical trials.

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Psychological impact of prostate biopsy: physical symptoms, anxiety, and depression

scientific article published on 21 October 2013

Qualitative documentary analysis of guidance on information provision and consent for the introduction of innovative invasive procedures including surgeries within NHS organisations’ policies in England and Wales

scientific article published in 2022

Quality assurance of surgery in the randomized ST03 trial of perioperative chemotherapy in carcinoma of the stomach and gastro-oesophageal junction

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Quality of Life in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer Receiving Surgery or Definitive Chemoradiotherapy

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Quality of life after bariatric surgery

scientific article published on 03 February 2014

Quality of life after surgery for colorectal cancer: clinical implications of results from randomised trials

scientific article

Quality of life and symptom assessment in randomized clinical trials of bladder cancer: A systematic review

scientific article published on 5 May 2015

Quality of life assessment in surgical oncology trials

scientific article published on July 2006

Quality of life changes in patients undergoing treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma.

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Quality of life during potentially curative treatment for locally advanced oesophageal cancer.

scientific article published in November 2007

Quality of life in patients with oesophageal and gastric cancer: an overview

scientific article published on January 2006

Quality of patient-reported outcome reporting across cancer randomized controlled trials according to the CONSORT patient-reported outcome extension: A pooled analysis of 557 trials

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

RE: Recommended patient-reported core set of symptoms to measure in adult cancer treatment trials

scientific article published on 6 February 2015

Randomized clinical trial comparing laparoscopic and open surgery for colorectal cancer within an enhanced recovery programme

scientific article published on March 2006

Randomized crossover study comparing efficacy of transnasal endoscopy with that of standard endoscopy to detect Barrett's esophagus

scientific article published on 14 March 2012

Randomized trials involving surgery did not routinely report considerations of learning and clustering effects

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

Recognising the importance of 'family time-out' in consultations: an exploratory qualitative study

scientific article published on 16 January 2013

Recommendations on the most suitable quality-of-life measurement instruments for bariatric and body contouring surgery: a systematic review

scientific article published on 08 June 2018

Recruiters to randomised trials can be trained to facilitate recruitment and informed consent by exploring patients’ treatment preferences

scientific article published on 29 November 2013

Reducing attrition within clinical trials: The communication of retention and withdrawal within patient information leaflets

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Registration and publication of emergency and elective randomised controlled trials in surgery: a cohort study from trial registries

scientific article published on 07 July 2018

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