Exploring GP referral behavior for serious non-specific symptoms where cancer is suspected Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
This is project will be funded through money from the York and Scarborough Trust. To look at the referral behaviour of GPs when faced with a patient with vague symptoms that could be cancer.
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Projects (7)
Measuring the travel burden from attending radiotherapy treatment. Testing a bespoke mobile phone application with cancer patients Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2023
People with cancer have to travel to specialist hospitals to access treatments such as radiotherapy. Living further away has been associated with being less likely to receive radiotherapy. For those who do travel, difficult journeys to and from hospi...
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TRANSFORM: The development of a mobile phone app to capture the journey time and patient experience throughout a day in the life of cancer patient attending hospital. Oct 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
People with cancer have to travel to specialist cancer hospitals to access treatments such as radiotherapy. A number of studies have identified an association between patients living further away from a cancer centre and being less likely to be treat...
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Evaluating the effectiveness and acceptability of free door to door transport to increase the uptake of breast screening appointments in Yorkshire: A cluster randomised GP pilot trial Jun 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2025
Breast screening is one of the key tools in identifying breast cancer at an early stage. It is currently offered to women between the ages of 50 and 70 on a three yearly cycle. Whilst nationally breast screening uptake is 70% this leaves 30% of wom...
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PPI Application: The target is 45 minutes. A mixed methods evaluation of the experiences and choices of cancer patients accessing radiotherapy services. Sep 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
This application is to the NIHR PPI call for funds to support PPI activities
Endoscopic vein harvesting - Research Support Funding Aug 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2023
The long saphenous vein remains the most frequently used conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting. Traditionally, the harvesting of this conduit has been by open incision extending upwards from the ankle in the inner side of the leg up to the groi...
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