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List of works by Wendy Atkin

A genome-wide association scan of tag SNPs identifies a susceptibility variant for colorectal cancer at 8q24.21

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A national cluster-randomised controlled trial to examine the effect of enhanced reminders on the socioeconomic gradient in uptake in bowel cancer screening

scientific article published on 22 November 2016

Acceptability of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in older adults in the United Kingdom

scholarly article by T. Taylor published in March 2000

Adult guardianship reforms--reflections on the New Zealand model

scientific article published in January 1997

An ancestral Ashkenazi haplotype at the HMPS/CRAC1 locus on 15q13-q14 is associated with hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome

scientific article

Attitudes to Screening Measure

Attitudes to colorectal cancer screening among ethnic minority groups in the UK.

scientific article

COSTS OF FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

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CT colonography for diagnosis of symptomatic colorectal cancer: the SIGGAR trials and their implication for service delivery

scientific article published on 3 April 2013

CT colonography in the detection of colorectal polyps and cancer: systematic review, meta-analysis, and proposed minimum data set for study level reporting

scientific article

CT colonography interpretation times: effect of reader experience, fatigue, and scan findings in a multi-centre setting

scientific article

CT colonography: effect of experience and training on reader performance

scientific article

CT colonography: interpretative performance in a non-academic environment

scientific article published in May 2007

Cardiovascular effects at multi-detector row CT colonography compared with those at conventional endoscopy of the colon

scientific article published in December 2003

Choosing between CT colonography and colonoscopy in the diagnostic context: a qualitative study of influences on patient preferences

scientific article published on March 2009

Colorectal Cancer Prevention through Screening: Population Acceptance of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

Colorectal adenomas, surveillance, and cancer - Authors' reply

scientific article

Colorectal cancer screening: a comparison of 35 initiatives in 17 countries

scientific article published in March 2008

Computed tomographic colonography compared with colonoscopy or barium enema for diagnosis of colorectal cancer in older symptomatic patients: two multicentre randomised trials with economic evaluation (the SIGGAR trials).

scientific article published on July 2015

Computed tomographic colonography for colorectal cancer diagnosis - Authors' reply

scientific article published in July 2013

Computed tomographic colonography versus barium enema for diagnosis of colorectal cancer or large polyps in symptomatic patients (SIGGAR): a multicentre randomised trial

scientific article published on 14 February 2013

Computed tomographic colonography versus colonoscopy for investigation of patients with symptoms suggestive of colorectal cancer (SIGGAR): a multicentre randomised trial

scientific article published on 14 February 2013

Declining the offer of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for bowel cancer: a qualitative investigation of the decision-making process

scientific article published in September 2001

Design of a multicentre randomised trial to evaluate flexible sigmoidoscopy in colorectal cancer screening

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Design of a multicentre randomized trial to evaluate CT colonography versus colonoscopy or barium enema for diagnosis of colonic cancer in older symptomatic patients: the SIGGAR study

scientific article

Detection of malondialdehyde DNA adducts in human colorectal mucosa: relationship with diet and the presence of adenomas

scientific article published in March 2002

Development of a Video Assessment Scoring Method to Determine the Accuracy of Endoscopist Performance at Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

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Diagnostic endoscopy: 2020 vision

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Does publicity about cancer screening raise fear of cancer? Randomised trial of the psychological effect of information about cancer screening

scientific article published on October 1999

Double blind randomised controlled trial comparing carbon dioxide and air insufflation during unsedated flexible sigmoidoscopy; Assessing patient discomfort and satisfaction

Early diagnosis and prevention of sporadic colorectal cancer.

scientific article

Effect of hysterectomy status on polyp detection rates at screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

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Effective Screening for Bowel Cancer: A United Kingdom Perspective

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Estimating time and travel costs incurred in clinic based screening: flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer

scientific article published in January 1999

Ethnic differences in participation in flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in the UK.

scientific article published on January 2008

European Code against Cancer, 4th Edition: Cancer screening

scientific article published on 01 December 2015

European guidelines for quality assurance in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis. First Edition--Colonoscopic surveillance following adenoma removal

scientific article

European guidelines for quality assurance in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis. First Edition--Quality assurance in endoscopy in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis

scientific article

European guidelines for quality assurance in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis: overview and introduction to the full supplement publication

scientific article

Exon 3 beta-catenin mutations are specifically associated with colorectal carcinomas in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome

scientific article published on February 2005

FOXE1 and SYNE1 genes hypermethylation panel as promising biomarker in colitis-associated colorectal neoplasia.

scientific article

Flexible sigmoidoscopy and whole colonic imaging in the diagnosis of cancer in patients with colorectal symptoms

Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer: uptake in a population-based pilot programme

scientific article

Flexible sigmoidoscopy to prevent colorectal cancer – Authors' reply

scientific article published in The Lancet

Gender differences in utilization of colorectal cancer screening

History of negative colorectal endoscopy and risk of rectosigmoid neoplasms at screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

Identification of Extracolonic Pathologies by Computed Tomographic Colonography in Colorectal Cancer Symptomatic Patients

scientific article published on 18 March 2015

Impact of general practice endorsement on the social gradient in uptake in bowel cancer screening

scientific article published on 7 January 2016

Impending or pending? The national bowel cancer screening programme

scientific article published on 22 March 2006

Improving colorectal cancer screening outcomes: proceedings of the second meeting of the International Colorectal Cancer Screening Network, a global quality initiative

scientific article published in January 2010

Improving the Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

Increasing attendance at colorectal cancer screening: Testing the efficacy of a mailed, psychoeducational intervention in a community sample of older adults

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Inequalities in participation in an organized national colorectal cancer screening programme: results from the first 2.6 million invitations in England

scientific article

Intravenous antispasmodic and patient-controlled analgesia are of benefit for screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

scientific article published in August 1995

Is whole-colon investigation by colonoscopy, computerised tomography colonography or barium enema necessary for all patients with colorectal cancer symptoms, and for which patients would flexible sigmoidoscopy suffice? A retrospective cohort study

scientific article published in November 2017

Judgement of the Quality of Bowel Preparation at Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy is Associated with Variability in Adenoma Detection Rates

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Long term effects of once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening after 17 years of follow-up: the UK Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Long-term low-dosage co-trimoxazole in the management of urinary tract infection in children

scientific article

Long-term risk of colorectal cancer after excision of rectosigmoid adenomas

scientific article published in March 1992

MTHFR (C677T and A1298C) Polymorphisms and Risk of Sporadic Distal Colorectal Adenoma in the UK Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Trial (United Kingdom)

scientific article published on 01 August 2006

Microsatellite instability: application in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer.

scientific article

Molecular classification and genetic pathways in hyperplastic polyposis syndrome

Mucinous carcinoma of the rectum

scientific article

Multi-detector row CT colonography: effect of collimation, pitch, and orientation on polyp detection in a human colectomy specimen

scientific article published in October 2003

NCF1 (p47phox) and ncf1 pseudogenes are not associated with inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published in November 2004

No association between cytochrome P450 and glutathione S-transferase gene polymorphisms and risk of colorectal adenoma: results from the UK Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Trial

scientific article published in April 2005

Number of Adenomas Removed and Colorectal Cancers Prevented in Randomized Trials of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

OC-042 Sensitivity Of Annual Faecal Immunochemical Tests For Haemoglobin (fit) For Detecting Advanced Neoplasia In Patients Undergoing Three-yearly Surveillance Colonoscopy – The Fit For Follow-up Study

scholarly article by E MacRae et al published June 2014 in Gut

Observer Variation in the Detection of Colorectal Neoplasia on Double-contrast Barium Enema: Implications for Colorectal Cancer Screening and Training

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Once-Only Sigmoidoscopy in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Follow-up Findings of the Italian Randomized Controlled Trial--SCORE

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Once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in prevention of colorectal cancer: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Optimizing bowel preparation for multidetector row CT colonography: effect of Citramag and Picolax.

scientific article published in September 2003

Optimizing colonic distention for multi-detector row CT colonography: effect of hyoscine butylbromide and rectal balloon catheter

scientific article published on 27 August 2003

PWE-023 Could Faecal Immunochemical Tests for Haemoglobin (FIT) Change Surveillance of People with Intermediate Risk Adenomas?

scholarly article by I Kralj-Hans et al published June 2013 in Gut

PWE-034 Patient-reported Experience Of Comfort And Dignity In Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Data From The Nhs Bowel Scope Screening Pilot

Patient acceptability and psychologic consequences of CT colonography compared with those of colonoscopy: results from a multicenter randomized controlled trial of symptomatic patients

scientific article

Patient acceptability of CT colonography compared with double contrast barium enema: results from a multicentre randomised controlled trial of symptomatic patients

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Patient attitudes towards faecal immunochemical testing for haemoglobin as an alternative to colonoscopic surveillance of groups at increased risk of colorectal cancer

scientific article

Patient experiences of colonoscopy, barium enema and CT colonography: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 29 September 2008

Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening for Colorectal Cancer in a Demonstration Screening Programme in the Uk

Patient-reported outcomes following flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer in a demonstration screening programme in the UK.

scientific article published in December 2012

Perceived barriers to flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer among UK ethnic minority groups: a qualitative study.

scientific article

Polyp measurement and size categorisation by CT colonography: effect of observer experience in a multi-centre setting

scientific article published on 25 April 2006

Polyp measurement using CT colonography: agreement with colonoscopy and effect of viewing conditions on interobserver and intraobserver agreement

scientific article

Predicting the risk of metachronous colorectal cancer in patients with rectosigmoid adenomas using quantitative pathological features. A case-control study

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Predictive value of rectal bleeding for distal colonic neoplastic lesions in a screened population

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Predictors of attendance in the United Kingdom flexible sigmoidoscopy screening trial

scholarly article by S. Sutton published in June 2000

Prevention of colorectal cancer by once-only sigmoidoscopy

scientific article published in March 1993

Prolonged biologically active colonic tissue levels of curcumin achieved after oral administration--a clinical pilot study including assessment of patient acceptability

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Protagonist: population based endoscopic screening for colorectal cancer.

scientific article

Psychological impact of colorectal cancer screening

scientific article published in January 2003

Psychosocial influences on older adults' interest in participating in bowel cancer screening

scientific article published in October 2000

Quality in the technical performance of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy: recommendations of an international multi-society task group

scientific article published on June 2005

Randomised trials of flexible sigmoidoscopy

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Receiving a screen-detected diagnosis of cancer: the experience of participants in the UK flexible sigmoidoscopy trial

scientific article

Recommendations From the International Colorectal Cancer Screening Network on the Evaluation of the Cost of Screening Programs

scientific article published on September 2016

Rectal retroflexion

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Reducing the Social Gradient in Uptake of the NHS Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme Using a Narrative-Based Information Leaflet: A Cluster-Randomised Trial

scientific article

Reducing the socioeconomic gradient in uptake of the NHS bowel cancer screening Programme using a simplified supplementary information leaflet: a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Reply

Response to Van Rossum

Review article: Population screening for colorectal cancer

scientific article

Review article: balancing the ideal versus the practical-considerations of colorectal cancer prevention and screening.

scientific article published on February 2004

Role of NQO1C609T and EPHX1 gene polymorphisms in the association of smoking and alcohol with sporadic distal colorectal adenomas: results from the UKFSS Study

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Screening for colorectal cancer

scientific article published in The Lancet

Single flexible sigmoidoscopy screening to prevent colorectal cancer: baseline findings of a UK multicentre randomised trial

scientific article published in The Lancet

Socioeconomic differences in cancer screening participation: comparing cognitive and psychosocial explanations

scientific article published in July 2004

Socioeconomic variation in participation in colorectal cancer screening

Socioeconomic variation in uptake of colonoscopy following a positive faecal occult blood test result: a retrospective analysis of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

scientific article

Standardized colonoscopy reporting and data system: report of the Quality Assurance Task Group of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable

scientific article

Stool DNA-Based Colorectal Cancer Detection: Finding the Needle in the Haystack

scientific article published on 01 June 2001

Terminal digit preference biases polyp size measurements at endoscopy, computed tomographic colonography, and histopathology

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

Testing innovative strategies to reduce the social gradient in the uptake of bowel cancer screening: a programme of four qualitatively enhanced randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on 5 April 2017

The Psychological Impact of Being Offered Surveillance Colonoscopy following Attendance at Colorectal Screening Using Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

article published in 2009

The clinical effectiveness of different surveillance strategies to prevent colorectal cancer in people with intermediate-grade colorectal adenomas: a retrospective cohort analysis, and psychological and economic evaluations

scientific article published on April 2017

The effect of cigarette smoking use and cessation on serum insulin-like growth factors

scientific article (publication date: 18 October 2004)

The flexible sigmoidoscope

scientific article published in October 2000

The grading of rectal cancer: historical perspectives and a multivariate analysis of 447 cases

scientific article published in May 1986

The grading of rectal cancer: historical perspectives and a multivariate analysis of 447 cases

scientific article

The impact of illustrations on public understanding of the aim of cancer screening

scientific article published on 29 September 2006

The impact of individually-tailored lifestyle advice in the colorectal cancer screening context: a randomised pilot study in North-West London

scientific article published on 13 October 2010

Toward standardizing and reporting colorectal cancer screening indicators on an international level: The international colorectal cancer screening network

scientific article published on August 30, 2011

Unbiased studies are needed before virtual colonoscopy can be dismissed

scientific article

Understanding intentions and action in colorectal cancer screening

scientific article published on 25 June 2008

Uptake of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening

scientific article published in The Lancet

Uptake of population-based flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer: a nurse-led feasibility study

scientific article

Use of multidetector-row CT colonography for detection of colorectal neoplasia in patients referred via the Department of Health "2-Week-wait" initiative.

scientific article published in November 2003

Use of multidetector-row computed tomographic colonography before flexible sigmoidoscopy in the investigation of rectal bleeding

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Using a hypothetical scenario to assess public preferences for colorectal surveillance following screening-detected, intermediate-risk adenomas: annual home-based stool test vs. triennial colonoscopy

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Value of flow cytometric determination of ploidy as a guide to prognosis in operable rectal cancer: a multivariate analysis

scientific article published in February 1987

Variables associated with the risk of colorectal adenomas in asymptomatic patients with a family history of colorectal cancer

scientific article

Wide variation in adenoma detection rates at screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

scientific article published in May 2004

Workgroup III: facilitating screening for colorectal cancer: quality assurance and evaluation. UICC International Workshop on Facilitating Screening for Colorectal Cancer, Oslo, Norway (29 and 30 June 2002).

scientific article published in January 2005