Arginine deprivation with pegylated Arginine Deiminase in patients with Argininosuccinate Synthetase 1-Deficient Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Randomized Clinical Trial (2016)
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Szlosarek, P. W., Steele, J. P., Nolan, L., Gilligan, D., Taylor, P., Spicer, J., …Hackshaw, A. (2017). Arginine deprivation with pegylated Arginine Deiminase in patients with Argininosuccinate Synthetase 1-Deficient Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncology, 3(1), 58-66. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.3049

Importance: Preclinical studies show that arginine deprivation is synthetically lethal in argininosuccinate synthetase 1 (ASS1)-negative cancers, including mesothelioma. The role of the arginine-lowering agent pegylated arginine deiminase (ADI-PEG20)... Read More about Arginine deprivation with pegylated Arginine Deiminase in patients with Argininosuccinate Synthetase 1-Deficient Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

The effect of emergency presentation on surgery and survival in lung cancer patients in England, 2006–2008 (2015)
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Tataru, D., Jack, R. H., Lind, M. J., Møller, H., & Lüchtenborg, M. (2015). The effect of emergency presentation on surgery and survival in lung cancer patients in England, 2006–2008. Cancer epidemiology, 39(4), 612-616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2015.04.008

A large proportion of lung cancer patients in England are diagnosed through an emergency route, which is associated with poorer outcomes. Here, we investigated the association between emergency presentation and the odds of undergoing surgical resecti... Read More about The effect of emergency presentation on surgery and survival in lung cancer patients in England, 2006–2008.

Survival of patients with small cell lung cancer undergoing lung resection in England, 1998–2009 (2013)
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Lüchtenborg, M., Riaz, S. P., Lim, E., Page, R., Baldwin, D. R., Jakobsen, E., …Møller, H. (2014). Survival of patients with small cell lung cancer undergoing lung resection in England, 1998–2009. Thorax, 69(3), 269-273. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203884

Introduction: Chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy is the recommended treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC), except in stage I disease where clinical guidelines state there may be a role for surgery based on favourable outcomes in case series. Evi... Read More about Survival of patients with small cell lung cancer undergoing lung resection in England, 1998–2009.

PTEN protein expression in malignant pleural mesothelioma (2012)
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Agarwal, V., Campbell, A., Beaumont, K. L., Cawkwell, L., & Lind, M. J. (2013). PTEN protein expression in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Tumor Biology, 34(2), 847-851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13277-012-0615-9

Malignant pleural mesothelioma is associated with poor prognosis and despite recent advances in chemotherapy, the median survival is still approximately 12 months. Loss of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) protein expression may lead to constitut... Read More about PTEN protein expression in malignant pleural mesothelioma.

High procedure volume is strongly associated with improved survival after lung cancer surgery (2013)
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Lüchtenborg, M., Riaz, S. P., Coupland, V. H., Lim, E., Jakobsen, E., Krasnik, M., …Møller, H. (2013). High procedure volume is strongly associated with improved survival after lung cancer surgery. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 31(25), 3141-3146. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2013.49.0219

Purpose Studies have reported an association between hospital volume and survival for non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We explored this association in England, accounting for case mix and propensity to resect. Methods We analyzed data on 134,293... Read More about High procedure volume is strongly associated with improved survival after lung cancer surgery.

Inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: palliative interventions outcomes-mixed-methods systematic review (2022)
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Patterson, M., Greenley, S., Ma, Y., Bullock, A., Curry, J., Smithson, J., …Johnson, M. J. (2022). Inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: palliative interventions outcomes-mixed-methods systematic review. BMJ supportive & palliative care, Article 003492. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2021-003492

Background: Parenteral nutrition (PN) and palliative venting gastrostomies (PVG) are two interventions used clinically to manage inoperable malignant bowel obstruction (MBO); however, little is known about their role in clinical and quality-of-life o... Read More about Inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: palliative interventions outcomes-mixed-methods systematic review.

Exploring hypoxic biology to improve radiotherapy outcomes (2022)
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Li, C., Wiseman, L., Okoh, E., Lind, M., Roy, R., Beavis, A., & Monteiro dos Santos Pires, I. (2022). Exploring hypoxic biology to improve radiotherapy outcomes. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 24, Article E21. https://doi.org/10.1017/erm.2022.14

Ionising radiotherapy is a well-established, effective cancer treatment modality, whose efficacy has improved with the application of newer technological modalities. However, patient outcomes are governed and potentially limited by aspects of tumour... Read More about Exploring hypoxic biology to improve radiotherapy outcomes.

CANcer BEhavioural nutrition and exercise feasibility trial (CanBenefit); phase I qualitative interview findings (2020)
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Swan, F., Chen, H., Forbes, C. C., Johnson, M. J., & Lind, M. (in press). CANcer BEhavioural nutrition and exercise feasibility trial (CanBenefit); phase I qualitative interview findings. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2020.09.026

Background: Older people with lung cancer are often frail and unfit due to their cancer and co-morbidities and may tolerate cancer treatments poorly. Physical activity (PA) and a healthy diet offer quality of life benefit to people with cancer before... Read More about CANcer BEhavioural nutrition and exercise feasibility trial (CanBenefit); phase I qualitative interview findings.

The care of older cancer patients in the United Kingdom (2020)
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Gomes, F., Lewis, A., Morris, R., Parks, R., Kalsi, T., Babic-Illamn, G., …Simcock, R. (2020). The care of older cancer patients in the United Kingdom. ecancermedicalscience, 14, Article 1101. https://doi.org/10.3332/ECANCER.2020.1101

© 2020 the authors. The ageing population poses new challenges globally. Cancer care for older patients is one of these challenges, and it has a significant impact on societies. In the United Kingdom (UK), as the number of older cancer patients incre... Read More about The care of older cancer patients in the United Kingdom.

Implementation of geriatric assessment in oncology settings: A systematic realist review (2020)
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McKenzie, G. A., Bullock, A. F., Greenley, S. L., Lind, M. J., Johnson, M. J., & Pearson, M. (2021). Implementation of geriatric assessment in oncology settings: A systematic realist review. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 12(1), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2020.07.003

Older adults with cancer are more likely to have worse clinical outcomes than their younger counterparts, and shared decision-making can be difficult, due to both complexity from adverse ageing and under-representation in clinical trials. Geriatric a... Read More about Implementation of geriatric assessment in oncology settings: A systematic realist review.