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List of works by Afaf Girgis

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Evaluation of an instrument to assess the needs of patients with cancer. Supportive Care Review Group.

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Brief assessment of adult cancer patients' perceived needs: development and validation of the 34-item Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS-SF34).

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

How to recognize and manage psychological distress in cancer patients.

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Supportive care needs: are patients with lung cancer a neglected population?

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Does routine assessment and real-time feedback improve cancer patients' psychosocial well-being?

scientific article published on May 2006

Increasing oncologists' skills in eliciting and responding to emotional cues: evaluation of a communication skills training program

scientific article published in March 2008

Prevalence and determinants of Australian adolescents' and adults' weekend sun protection and sunburn, summer 2003-2004

scientific article published on 8 August 2008

The supportive care needs survey for partners and caregivers of cancer survivors: development and psychometric evaluation.

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Cancer specialists' palliative care referral practices and perceptions: results of a national survey

scientific article published on January 2008

Are Australian oncology health professionals burning out? A view from the trenches

scientific article published on 14 November 2008

Evaluation of Interventions to Improve Solar Protection in Primary Schools

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

From inside the bubble: migrants' perceptions of communication with the cancer team

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Accuracy of patients' recall of Pap and cholesterol screening

scientific article published in September 2000

Impact of two supportive care interventions on anxiety, depression, quality of life, and unmet needs in patients with nonlocalized breast and colorectal cancers

scientific article published on 16 November 2009

Development of the Palliative Care Needs Assessment Tool (PC-NAT) for use by multi-disciplinary health professionals

Cross-sectional relationships between dyadic coping and anxiety, depression, and relationship satisfaction for patients with prostate cancer and their spouses

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Compliance to exercise-oncology guidelines in prostate cancer survivors and associations with psychological distress, unmet supportive care needs, and quality of life.

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

A randomised controlled trial of proactive telephone counselling on cold-called smokers' cessation rates

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Life is precious and I'm making the best of it: coping strategies of long-term cancer survivors

scientific article published in December 2010

Are Touchscreen Computer Surveys Acceptable to Medical Oncology Patients?

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Increasing smoking cessation care provision in hospitals: a meta-analysis of intervention effect.

scientific article published on 07 May 2009

Increasing hospital-wide delivery of smoking cessation care for nicotine-dependent in-patients: a multi-strategic intervention trial.

scientific article published on 13 March 2009

A workplace intervention for increasing outdoor workers' use of solar protection

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Validity, reliability and clinical feasibility of a Needs Assessment Tool for people with progressive cancer

scientific article published in July 2010

Exercise and nutrition routine improving cancer health (ENRICH): the protocol for a randomized efficacy trial of a nutrition and physical activity program for adult cancer survivors and carers.

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Telephone recruitment into a randomized controlled trial of quitline support

scientific article published in October 2009

Anywhere, anytime: retail access to tobacco in New South Wales and its potential impact on consumption and quitting.

scientific article published on 25 May 2010

Australian General Practitioners' and Oncology Specialists' Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators of Access to Specialist Palliative Care Services

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Direct telemarketing of smoking cessation interventions: will smokers take the call?

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Rapid assessment of psychosocial well-being: are computers the way forward in a clinical setting?

scientific article published in February 2002

Pilot of a theoretically grounded psychologist-delivered intervention for fear of cancer recurrence (Conquer Fear).

scientific article published in March 2015

Improving patient emotional functioning and psychological morbidity: evaluation of a consultation skills training program for oncologists

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Beyond scientific rigour: funding cancer research of public value

scientific article published on 15 June 2007

Can a single question effectively screen for burnout in Australian cancer care workers?

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RCT of a client-centred, caseworker-delivered smoking cessation intervention for a socially disadvantaged population

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Rasch analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale among caregivers of cancer survivors: implications for its use in psycho-oncology

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A Community Study of Delay in Presenting With Signs of Melanoma to Medical Practitioners

scientific article published on 01 March 1991

Migrant health in cancer: outcome disparities and the determinant role of migrant-specific variables

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Living with prostate cancer: randomised controlled trial of a multimodal supportive care intervention for men with prostate cancer.

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Needs assessment of rural and remote women travelling to the city for breast cancer treatment

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

COMMUNICATING WITH PATIENTS: SURGEONS' PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR SKILLS AND NEED FOR TRAINING

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Priorities for women with lymphoedema after treatment for breast cancer: population based cohort study.

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Nicotine replacement therapy products over the counter: real-life use in the Australian community

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Acute hospital-based services used by adults during the last year of life in New South Wales, Australia: a population-based retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 4 December 2015

The effect of a community action intervention on adolescent smoking rates in rural australian towns: the CART project. Cancer Action in Rural Towns

scientific article published in April 2001

The use and acceptability of a one-on-one peer support program for Australian women with early breast cancer

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A GP Caregiver Needs Toolkit versus usual care in the management of the needs of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: a randomized controlled trial.

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How Valid Is Adolescents' Self-Report as a Way of Assessing Sun Protection Practices?

eHealth System for Collecting and Utilizing Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Personalized Treatment and Care (PROMPT-Care) Among Cancer Patients: Mixed Methods Approach to Evaluate Feasibility and Acceptability

scientific article published on 2 October 2017

Solarium use in Australia, recent trends and context

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