All Outputs (4)

Where are the inequalities in colorectal cancer care in a country with universal healthcare? A systematic review and narrative synthesis (2024)
Journal Article
Pickwell-Smith, B. A., Spencer, K., Sadeghi, M. H., Greenley, S., Lind, M., & Macleod, U. (2024). Where are the inequalities in colorectal cancer care in a country with universal healthcare? A systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMJ open, 14(1), e080467. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080467

OBJECTIVE: Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer living in more deprived areas experience worse survival than those in more affluent areas. Those living in more deprived areas face barriers to accessing timely, quality healthcare. These barriers... Read More about Where are the inequalities in colorectal cancer care in a country with universal healthcare? A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Where are the inequalities in ovarian cancer care in a country with universal healthcare? A systematic review and narrative synthesis (2023)
Journal Article
Pickwell-Smith, B., Greenley, S., Lind, M., & Macleod, U. (2024). Where are the inequalities in ovarian cancer care in a country with universal healthcare? A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Journal of Cancer Policy, 39, Article 100458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2023.100458

Introduction: Patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer from more deprived areas may face barriers to accessing timely, quality healthcare. We evaluated the literature for any association between socioeconomic group, treatments received and hospital del... Read More about Where are the inequalities in ovarian cancer care in a country with universal healthcare? A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Parental death: a systematic review of support experiences and needs of children and parent survivors (2022)
Journal Article
Wray, A., Pickwell-Smith, B., Greenley, S., Pask, S., Bamidele, O., Wright, B., Murtagh, F., & Boland, J. W. (2022). Parental death: a systematic review of support experiences and needs of children and parent survivors. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2022-003793

Background: Bereaved people need a supportive response from those around them. Knowing children's and surviving parents' needs following parental death is the first step to ensuring a supportive response. However, no systematic review has reported on... Read More about Parental death: a systematic review of support experiences and needs of children and parent survivors.

Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: A systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Mitchell, E. D., Pickwell-Smith, B., & Macleod, U. (2015). Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: A systematic review. BMJ open, 5(4), Article e006965. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006965

© 2015, BMJ. All rights reserved. Objective: To identify patient and practitioner factors that influence cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation (EP). Design: Systematic review. Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, EBM Reviews, Science and Soci... Read More about Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: A systematic review.