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Species | J MeliaSummaryAffiliation: Institute of Cancer Research Country: UK Publications
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A UK-based investigation of inter- and intra-observer reproducibility of Gleason grading of prostatic biopsiesJ Melia
Department of Histopathology, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Histopathology 48:644-54. 2006..Gleason score has important implications for patient management but morphological reproducibility data for British practice are limited. Using literature-based criteria nine uropathologists took part in a reproducibility study...
Effects of a prostate awareness pilot on GP consultations and PSA requestsJane Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK
Fam Pract 27:69-76. 2010..Qualitative evaluation showed a wide distribution of materials...
Urological referral of asymptomatic men in general practice in EnglandJ Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, Sir Richard Doll Building, Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5NG, UK
Br J Cancer 98:1176-81. 2008..At the time of data collection, 56% (112 out of 200) of GP partners reported that they were aware of receiving the PCRMP pack. To ensure future, effective implementation of guidelines requires evaluation...- The feasibility and results of a population-based approach to evaluating prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer in men with a raised familial riskJ Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Brookes Lawley Building, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5NG, UK
Br J Cancer 94:499-506. 2006..To study further the effects of screening, patients with a raised familial risk should be counselled in clinic about screening of relatives and data routinely recorded so that the effects of screening on high-risk groups can be studied... - Rates of prostate-specific antigen testing in general practice in England and Wales in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients: a cross-sectional studyJane Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
BJU Int 94:51-6. 2004..To assess the rate of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer in general practice in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients... - Feasibility of familial PSA screening: psychosocial issues and screening adherenceJ Sweetman
Academic Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
Br J Cancer 94:507-12. 2006..05). First-degree relatives entering the linked familial PSA screening programme do not, in general, have high levels of psychological morbidity. However, a small number of men exhibited psychological distress... - Evaluation of primary prevention initiatives for skin cancer: a review from a UK perspectiveJ Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Section of Epidemiology, D Block, Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5NG, UK
Br J Dermatol 143:701-8. 2000.... - Problems with registration of cutaneous malignant melanoma in EnglandJ Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
Br J Cancer 72:224-8. 1995..As the skin cancer target for Health of the Nation depends on monitoring trends in the incidence of malignant melanoma, future improved ascertainment of cases and changes in the type of cases being registered must be taken into account... - Evaluation of bowel cancer registration data in England, 1996-2004A M Jones
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
Br J Cancer 101:1269-73. 2009.... - Feasibility of targeted early detection for melanoma: a population-based screening studyJ Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Section of Epidemiology, Sutton, Surrey, UK
Br J Cancer 82:1605-9. 2000..Targeted screening for melanoma in the UK will be hampered by difficulties in accurately identifying the target population. Strategies to improve skin self-awareness rather than screening should be developed and evaluated... - The relation between mortality from malignant melanoma and early detection in the Cancer Research Campaign Mole Watcher StudyJ Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Section of Epidemiology, D Block, Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5NG, UK
Br J Cancer 85:803-7. 2001..9-1.7) in men, 0.9 (95% Cl 0.7-1.3) in females. The lack of a significant reduction in melanoma mortality associated with the intervention raises questions about this approach to early detection and emphasises the need for new strategies... - Part 1: The burden of prostate cancer, its natural history, information on the outcome of screening and estimates of ad hoc screening with particular reference to England and WalesJane Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
BJU Int 95:4-15. 2005 - Performance measures in three rounds of the English bowel cancer screening pilotS M Moss
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, SRD Building, Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5NG, UK
Gut 61:101-7. 2012..To compare performance measures across all three rounds of the English bowel cancer screening faecal occult blood test pilot and their relation to social deprivation and ethnicity... - Survey of the rate of PSA testing in general practiceJ Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Section of Epidemiology, D Block, Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5NG, UK
Br J Cancer 85:656-7. 2001..5% out of 160 015 men aged > 45 on a GP database, who had no previous record of prostate cancer, had a PSA test. Of the tested men, 21.3% had a PSA > 4 ng/ml. Future data need to distinguish between men with and without symptoms... - A practical application of analysing weighted kappa for panels of experts and EQA schemes in pathologyKaren C Wright
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, UK
J Clin Pathol 64:257-60. 2011..Weighted kappa can be used to adjust for this when comparing a small number of readers, but this has not as yet been applied to the large number of readers typical of a national EQA scheme... - Introduction: Review of screening for prostate cancerJane Melia
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
BJU Int 95:1-3. 2005 - Impact of skin cancer education on medical students' diagnostic skillsS Cliff
Department of Dermatology, St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, UK
Clin Exp Dermatol 28:214-7. 2003..The methods of evaluation, such as ours, can be simple and inexpensive... - Targeted prostate cancer screening in men with mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 detects aggressive prostate cancer: preliminary analysis of the results of the IMPACT studyAnita V Mitra
The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
BJU Int 107:28-39. 2011..This is the first multicentre screening study targeted at men with a known genetic predisposition to prostate cancer. A preliminary analysis of the data is reported...