107 abstracts found.



Better Conversations – Better Care : Evaluation of Training within the Serious Illness Care Programme UK

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Anita Roberts1,Alison Coakley2,Helen Bonwick3,Andrew Khodabukus4,Susan Block5,Justin Sanders5,Francine Maloney5,Jo Paladino5,Tamsin McGlinchey1,Maria Maguire2,Stephen Mason1,Peter Kirkbride2,John Ellershaw1
1University of Liverpool,2Clatterbridge Cancer Centre,3Marie Curie Cancer Care,44Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust,5Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA

Describing the Three Cancer Groups

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Rachel White1,Jane Maher1
1Macmillan Cancer Support

Open to change – a success story: the north manchester macmillan palliative care support service

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Niamh Lyons1,Kelly Singh2
1Macmillan Cancer Support,2ICF Consulting

LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 2017 Exposure to chemotherapy induces epigenetic damage in normal cells in childhood cancer survivors

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Jill McKay1,Linda Sharp1,John Casement1,Gordon Strathdee1
1Newcastle University

Electronic data capture of QoL PROMS: an exploratory study in patients commencing palliative treatment for Prostate Cancer.

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Sally Appleyard1,Duncan Gilbert2
1Brighton & Sussex Medical Schools,2Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals

MAMMO-50: Mammographic surveillance in early breast cancer patients over 50 years of age at diagnosis.

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Janet Dunn1,Peter K. Donnelly2,Andy J. Evans3,Andy J. Maxwell4,Andrea Marshall5,Annie Young6,Eila Watson7,Maggie Wilcox8,Pankaj Mistry5,Sue Hartup9,Maria Ramirez5
1University of Warwick,2SOUTH DEVON HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST,3Ninewells Medical School,4University Hospital South Manchester NHS,5Warwick Clinical Trials Unit,6Warwick Medical School,7Oxford Brookes University,8Independent Cancer Patient Voices,9St James's University Hospital

The Study of Hydration status and Complex Symptoms in Advanced Cancer: The Development of a Research Process to Facilitate Research in the Hospice Setting

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Alexandra McDougall1,Sarah Stanley1,Amara Nwosu2,Laura Chapman1,Catriona Mayland3,Stephen Mason3,Trevor Cox4,Katherine Armour5,Sarah Fradsham1,Andrea Varro6,John Ellershaw3
1Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool,2,3Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool,4Department of Statistics, Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit, University of Liverpool,5Marie Curie Hospice, West Midlands,6School of Physiological Sciences, University of Liverpool

Understanding decision making at end of life

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Georgina Smerald1,Nicolas Lee1,Catriona Hay2,Jenny Holland2,Becky Rowe2
1Macmillan Cancer Support,2Revealing Reality

Cognitive function in colorectal cancer: preliminary baseline data from a longitudinal study exploring chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment

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Marie-Rose Dwek1,Lucy Piggin1,Michael Machesney2,David Propper2,Lorna Rixon1,Stanton Newman1,Catherine Hurt1,Shashi Hirani1
1City University London,2Barts Health NHS Trust

Perceived cognitive impairment and quality of life during adjuvant chemotherapy: a preliminary report from a longitudinal study in colorectal cancer

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Lucy Helen Piggin1
1City, University of London

Is GCSF prescribed Appropriately in Neutropenic Sepsis?

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Thomas Coventry1,Dr Faisal Azam2
1Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board,2King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammaam

A multisite cancer survivorship clinical placement program for primary care practitioners

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Michael Jefford1,Georgina Wiley1,Amanda Piper1,Judy Evans1,Linda Nolte2,Allison Drosdowsky1,Liz Simkiss3,Kathryn Whitfield3,Julie Cairns2,Giovanna Raco2,Bruce Mann4,Kerry Shanahan5,Meron Pitcher6,Bianca Bell6
1Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,2Austin Health,3Department of Health and Human Services,4Royal Melbourne and Royal Women's Hospitals,5Royal Melbourne Hospital,6Western Health

A parenteral nutrition referral pathway to help meet the complex nutritional needs of cancer patients.

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Sarah Slater1,Emma Bean2,Ros Glasspol3,Doherty Graeme4,Alison Mitchell1
1Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre,2University of Glasgow,3Beatson west of Scotland Cancer Centre,4NHS Scotland

Bridging the impact of cancer on relationships: the role of help in the long-term support of the patient.

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Lynda Appleton1,Elizabeth Perkins2
1The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust,2University of Liverpool

West Midlands Model of Supportive & Palliative Care Research

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Marion Evans1,Supportive and Palliative Care Research Team West Midlands2
1NIHR CRN,2CRN West Midlands

Serious Illness Care Programme UK: Implementation of a communication model for patients with advanced cancer, a feasibility study.

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Tamsin McGlinchey1,Stephen Mason1,Alison Coackley2,Maria Maguire2,Anita Roberts1,Francine Maloney3,Justin Sanders3,Joanna Paladino3,Susan Block3,Peter Kirkbride2,John E Ellershaw1
1Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute in Liverpool, University of Liverpool,2Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust,3Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Self-efficacy for managing illness-related problems; results from the ColoREctal Wellbeing (CREW) study

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Chloe Grimmett1,Joanne Haviland2,Jane Winter3,Lynn Calman4,Amy Din4,Alison Richardson5,Peter W.F Smith6,Claire Foster4
1University of Southampton,2The Insitute of Cancer Research,3Macmillan Survivorship Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton & University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust,4Macmillan Survivorship Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton,5University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust & Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton,6Social Statistics and Demography, Social Sciences, University of Southampton

Impact of a prostate cancer diagnosis on existing diabetes treatment

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Danielle Crawley1,Hans Garmo1,Sarah Rudman2,Par Stattin3,Bjorn Zhetelius3,Jo Armes1,Lars Holmberg1,Jan Adolfsson4,Mieke Van Hemelrijck1
1King's College London,2Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust,3Uppsala University,4Karolinska Institute

Weight loss in patients with Metastatic Renal Cell carcinoma treated with Axitinib

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Alice Extance1,Dr Agniescka Michael1
1Royal Surrey County Hospital

Identifying and preventing delays in the fast-track discharge process

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Elinor Gatfield1,Siobhan Cleary1,Gary Doherty1,Sarah Smith1
1Addenbrooke's Hospital

Decisions made by surrogates for patients versus oneself in an irreversible coma: A study to determine the importance of advance directives in the event of an irreversible coma

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Keshinie Samarasekara1
1National hospital of Sri Lanka

Knowledge and attitudes of Sri Lankan medical students regarding palliative care : A study to determine the need for incorporating palliative care education to undergraduate medical curriculum

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Keshinie Samarasekara1
1National hospital of Sri Lanka

Making sense of Living With and Beyond Cancer: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

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Clair Le Boutillier1,Stephanie Archer2,Claire Barry3,Louise Mansfield4,Catherine Urch3
1,2Imperial College London,3Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust,4Brunel University

Hidden costs: the mental health impact of cancer on teenagers and young adults

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Anna Christina Carnegie1,Caroline Weston1
1CLIC Sargent

A double blind, randomised trial of a natural nail bed balm profoundly reduces chemotherapy-induced onycholysis – The UK PolyBalm Study

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Robert Thomas1
1Bedford Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge University NHS Trust

Quality of life of elderly women with early breast cancer following surgery

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Anne Shrestha1,Charlene Martin1,Karen Collins2,Maria Burton2,Riccardo Audisio3,Tim Chater1,Kirsty Pemberton1,Kl Cheung4,Sue Ward1,Stephen Walters1,Reed Malcolm5,Tg Robinson6,T Green1,Dierdre Revell7,Jaqui Gath8,Lynda Wyld1
1University of Sheffield,2Hallam University,3St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust,4Nottingham University,5Brighton and Sussex Medical School,6University of Leicester,7Patient Advocate,8Patient advocate

Patients and families urge palliative care to prioritise the financial cost of caregiving; reporting from the Palliative and End of life care Priority Setting Partnership (PeolcPSP); a national survey

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Despina Anagnostou1,Jordan VanGodwin1,Anthony Byrne1,Annmarie Nelson1
1Cardiff University

REPORT-UK (Real-time Electronic Patient Outcome ReporTing of adverse events in UK cancer trials) – a feasibility pilot study in a UK oncology setting

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Fiona Kennedy1,Beverly Clayton1,Kate Absolom1,Elaine O’Connell Francischetto2,Louise Flintoff3,Kathryn Gordon1,Will Crocombe1,Victoria Hiley1,Julia Brown1,Jane M Blazeby4,Galina Velikova5
1University of Leeds,2University of Birmingham,3University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust,4University of Bristol / University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust,5University of Leeds / Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The impact of co-morbidities on recovery from colorectal cancer within first 2 years after surgery: results from the UK Colorectal Wellbeing (CREW) cohort study

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Joanne Haviland1,Amanda Cummings1,Jane Winter1,Chloe Grimmett1,Lynn Calman1,Jessica Corner1,Amy Din1,Deborah Fenlon1,Christine M. May1,Alison Richardson1,Peter W. Smith1,Claire Foster1
1University of Southampton

Weight gain in patients receiving adjuvant first line treatment for ovarian cancer

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Jessica Hale1,Tony Fordham2,Rosemary Lord1
1Clatterbridge Cancer Centre,2Liverpool Medical School

Outcome of Patients with Solid Tumours Admitted to Intensive Care

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Sarah Stewart1,Miriam Hopwood1,Rowan Miller1,Pericao Ana1,Kai-Keen Shiu1,David Walker1,Laura Sellers2
1University College Hospital,2University College `Hospital

What is the evidence for holistic cancer rehabilitation programmes?

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Laura Vail1,Joanne Fisher1,Andrea Marshall1,Gill Furze2,Morna Woods1,Annie Young1
1The University of Warwick,2Coventry University

The impact of tyrosine kinase inhibitors on the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs): The Velindre Cancer Centre experience

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Thomas Ashdown1,Carys Morgan2
1Cardiff University School of Medicine,2Velindre Cancer centre

Smoking After Cancer: A Qualitative Study Of The Challenges In Quitting Smoking After A Diagnosis Of, And Treatment For, Head And Neck Cancer

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Ameera Abdelrahim1,Claire Balmer1,Hisham Mehanna2,June Jones2,Janet Dunn1
1Warwick Clinical Trails Unit,2InHANSE

Quality of life outcomes in children and adolescents previously treated for medulloblastoma

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Joanna Stone1,Lynley Marshall1
1Royal Marsden NHS Trust

Managed local follow-up of long term lymphoma survivors – the ADAPT programme

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John Radford1,Valerie Goode2,Ellie White2,Rachel Monkhouse2,Richard Cowan3
1The University of Manchester and the Christie NHS Foundation Trust,2The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester,3The University of Manchester and the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester

Endoscopic management of gastrointestinal bleeding in cancer patients with severe thrombocytopenia

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Paul Hampel1,Guilherme Piovezani Ramos2,Moritz Binder2,Manuel Braga Neto2,Dharma Sunjaya2,Badr Al Bawardy2,Elizabeth Rajan2
1Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education,2Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

A multicentre survey of teenage and young adult cancer patients: fatigue is prevalent, poorly managed and perpetuates long term

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Anna Spathis1,Helen Hatcher1,Sara Booth2,Faith Gibson3,Patrick Stone4,Laura Abbas1,James Brimicombe2,Pia Thiemann2,Martin McCabe5,Rachel Campsey6,Louise Hooker7,Wendy Moss1,Jane Robson1,Stephen Barclay2
1Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,2University of Cambridge,3Great Ormond Street Hospital,4University College London,5University of Manchester,6Christie NHS Foundation Trust,7University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

COAST (Cisplatin Ototoxicity Attenuated by Aspirin Trial): A phase II double blind, randomised controlled trial to establish if aspirin reduces cisplatin induced hearing loss

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Emma King1,Simon Crabb1,Karen Martin1,Julia Abab1,Ian Ratcliffe1,Roger Thornton1,Ben Lineton1,Mary Ellis1,Ron Moody2,Louise Stanton1,Tom Geldart3,Mike Bayne4,Joe Davies5,Carolynn Lamb6,Sanjay Popat7,Christopher Nutting7,John Chester8,Andrew Hartley9,Gareth Thomas1,Christian Ottensmeier1,Robert Huddart10,Keith Pugh11
1University of Southampton,2Patient representative,3Royal Bournemouth Hospital Trust,4Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,5Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Tru,6University of Glasgow,7Royal Marsden Hospital,8University of Cardiff,9University of Birmingham,10Royal marsden hospital,11Southampton Clinical Trials Unit

The current evidence base for the feasibility of 48-hour Continuous Subcutaneous Infusions (CSCIs): a systematically-structured review.

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James Baker1,Andrew Dickman2,Stephen Mason2,John Ellershaw2
1Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust,2Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool

Follow up after cancer treatment: Improving access to supported self-management through testing of a GP led Active Inclusion Pathway

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Lucy Johnston1,Dr Sineaid Bradshaw2,Rossi Durie3,Karen Campbell1
1Edinburgh Napier University,2Wester Hailes Health Centre, Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre,3Westerhaven Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre

Decision-making of Treatment in Advanced Lung Cancer; the PACT Study: An Intervention to Support Advanced Lung Cancer Patients and Their Clinicians When Considering Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy

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Despina Anagnostou1,Catherine Sampson1,Stephanie Sivell1,Simon Noble1,Anthony Byrne1,Annmarie Nelson1
1Cardiff University

Quantifying long-term morbidity following cervical cancer treatment: A retrospective comparison of the Royal College of Radiologist’s (RCR) Morbidity Audit and routine population-based cancer datasets

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Katie Spencer1,Amy Downing2,Jane Maher3,Louise Whitehouse2,James Thomas4,Eva Morris2
1University of Leeds/Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust,2University of Leeds,3Macmillan Cancer Support/Mount Vernon Cancer Centre,4NHS England

A Dietary and Physical Activity Interventions for Colorectal Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Judy Ho1,Daniel Fong2,Chun-fan Lee3,Duncan Macfarlane3,Ester Cerin4,Antoinette Lee5,Leung Sharron6,Wynnie Chan7,Ivy Leung8,Sharon Lam1,Aliki Taylor9,Weijie Gong10,Kar-keung Cheng9
1Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong,2School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong,3School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong,4Institute of Health and Ageing, Australian Catholic University,5Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong,6School of Nursing, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital,7School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong,8Department of Dietetics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital,9Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham,10

Enterosorption as a supportive treatment during external radiotherapy in patients with uterine and cervical cancer

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Visnja Matkovic1,Kristina Katic2,Ante Corusic2,Robert Likic3
1University clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology, KBC Zagreb,Department of Gynecologic Oncology,2Department of gynaecologic oncology, Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb,3Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb

Outcome of patients with solid malignancies and suspected Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP)

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Juliet Carmichael1,Melissa Balcorta1,Unell Riley1,Timothy Wigmore1,Alicia Okines1,Nadia Yousaf1
1The Royal Marsden Hospital

Working together: providing better information, advice and support on work engagement and cancer.

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Sara MacLennan1,Tom Cox2,Sarah Murdoch3
1University of Aberdeen,2Centre for Sustainable Working Life, Birkbeck University of London,3Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen

Research to support the development of a national metric for Quality of Life

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Rebecca Nash1,Jon Ardill1,Georgina Smerald1,Robyn Casey1,Anna Baranski2,Rafael Goriwoda2
1Macmillan Cancer Support,2NHS England

Using acupuncture to treat hot flashes and night sweating for patients with breast cancer

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Visweswaran Ramasamy1,Visweswaran Ramasamy1
1John Taylor hospice

How common is fraility in the radiotherapy department outpatient population?

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Alison Stillie1,Angus Boyd2,Emma Megary2,Harriet Dulson2,Denisa Stroncekova2,Luke Thompson2,Adam Wild2
1NHS Lothian,2College of Medicine, Univeristy of Edinburgh