Peer-reviewed articles

Breugom AJ, Bastiaannet E, Boelens PG, et al. Oncologic treatment strategies and relative survival of patients with stage I–III rectal cancer - A EURECCA international comparison between the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, England, Ireland, Spain, and Lithuania. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2018;44(9):1338-1343. doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2018.05.025

Bastiaannet E, Charman J, Johannesen TB, et al. A European, Observational Study of Endocrine Therapy Administration in Patients With an Initial Diagnosis of Hormone Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer. Clinical Breast Cancer. 2018;18(4):e613-e619. doi:10.1016/j.clbc.2017.11.019

DuMontier C, Clough-Gorr KM, Silliman RA, Stuck AE, Moser A. Health-Related Quality of Life in a Predictive Model for Mortality in Older Breast Cancer Survivors. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018;66(6):1115-1122. doi:10.1111/jgs.15340

Derks MGM, Bastiaannet E, Kiderlen M, et al. Variation in treatment and survival of older patients with non-metastatic breast cancer in five European countries: a population-based cohort study from the EURECCA Breast Cancer Group. Br J Cancer. 2018;119(1):121-129. doi:10.1038/s41416-018-0090-1

Sharp L, Redfearn D, Timmons A, Balfe M, Patterson J. Posttraumatic growth in head and neck cancer survivors: Is it possible and what are the correlates? Psychooncology. 2018;27(6):1517-1523. doi:10.1002/pon.4682

Molina-Montes E, Gomez-Rubio P, Márquez M, et al. Risk of pancreatic cancer associated with family history of cancer and other medical conditions by accounting for smoking among relatives. Int J Epidemiol. 2018;47(2):473-483. doi:10.1093/ije/dyx269

Pearce A, Sharp L, Hanly P, et al. Productivity losses due to premature mortality from cancer in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS): A population-based comparison. Cancer Epidemiol. 2018;53:27-34. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2017.12.013

Minicozzi P, Walsh PM, Sánchez MJ, et al. Is low survival for cancer in Eastern Europe due principally to late stage at diagnosis? Eur J Cancer. 2018;93:127-137. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2018.01.084

Maguire R, Hanly P, Drummond FJ, Gavin A, Sharp L. Expecting the worst? The relationship between retrospective and prospective appraisals of illness on quality of life in prostate cancer survivors. Psychooncology. 2018;27(4):1237-1243. doi:10.1002/pon.4660

Feller A, Schmidlin K, Bordoni A, et al. Socioeconomic and demographic inequalities in stage at diagnosis and survival among colorectal cancer patients: evidence from a Swiss population-based study. Cancer Med. 2018;7(4):1498-1510. doi:10.1002/cam4.1385

Allemani C, Matsuda T, Di Carlo V, et al. Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37?513?025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries. Lancet. 2018;391(10125):1023-1075. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33326-3

Sacchetto L, Zanetti R, Comber H, et al. Trends in incidence of thick, thin and in situ melanoma in Europe. Eur J Cancer. 2018;92:108-118. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2017.12.024

Balfe M, O’Brien KM, Timmons A, et al. Informal caregiving in head and neck cancer: caregiving activities and psychological well-being. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2018;27(2):e12520. doi:10.1111/ecc.12520

Kelly M, O’Brien KM, Lucey M, Clough-Gorr K, Hannigan A. Indicators for early assessment of palliative care in lung cancer patients: a population study using linked health data. BMC Palliative Care. 2018;17(1):37. doi:10.1186/s12904-018-0285-5

Sharp L, O’Leary E, O’Ceilleachair A, Skally M, Hanly P. Financial Impact of Colorectal Cancer and Its Consequences: Associations Between Cancer-Related Financial Stress and Strain and Health-Related Quality of Life. Dis Colon Rectum. 2018;61(1):27-35. doi:10.1097/DCR.0000000000000923

Matz M, Coleman MP, Sant M, et al. Erratum to “The histology of ovarian cancer: Worldwide distribution and implications for international survival comparisons (CONCORD-2)” [Gynecol. Oncol. 144 (2017) 405–413]. Gynecologic Oncology. 2017;147(3):726. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.06.032

Matz M, Coleman MP, Carreira H, et al. Erratum to “Worldwide comparison of ovarian cancer survival: Histological group and stage at diagnosis (CONCORD-2)” [Gynecol. Oncol. 144 (2017) 396–404]. Gynecologic Oncology. 2017;147(3):725. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.06.033

Dunne S, Mooney O, Coffey L, et al. Self-management strategies used by head and neck cancer survivors following completion of primary treatment: A directed content analysis. Psychooncology. 2017;26(12):2194-2200. doi:10.1002/pon.4447

Ó Céilleachair A, O’Mahony JF, O’Connor M, et al. Health-related quality of life as measured by the EQ-5D in the prevention, screening and management of cervical disease: A systematic review. Qual Life Res. 2017;26(11):2885-2897. doi:10.1007/s11136-017-1628-z

Mullooly M, Murphy J, Gierach GL, et al. Divergent oestrogen receptor-specific breast cancer trends in Ireland (2004-2013): Amassing data from independent Western populations provide etiologic clues. Eur J Cancer. 2017;86:326-333. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2017.08.031

Balfe M, Keohane K, O’Brien K, Sharp L. Social networks, social support and social negativity: A qualitative study of head and neck cancer caregivers’ experiences. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2017;26(6). doi:10.1111/ecc.12619

Balfe M, Keohane K, Brien KO, et al. In a bad place: Carers of patients with head and neck cancer experiences of travelling for cancer treatment. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2017;30:29-34. doi:10.1016/j.ejon.2017.07.001

Solon JG, O’Neill M, Chang KH, et al. An 18 year population-based study on site of origin and outcome of patients with peritoneal malignancy in Ireland. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2017;43(10):1924-1931. doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2017.05.010

Minicozzi P, Innos K, Sánchez MJ, et al. Quality analysis of population-based information on cancer stage at diagnosis across Europe, with presentation of stage-specific cancer survival estimates: A EUROCARE-5 study. Eur J Cancer. 2017;84:335-353. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2017.07.015

Keinan-Boker L, Silverman BG, Walsh PM, Gavin AT, Hayes C. Time Trends in the Incidence and Mortality of Ovarian Cancer in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Israel, 1994-2013. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2017;27(8):1628-1636. doi:10.1097/IGC.0000000000001079