Publications by Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin - ePrints

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Newcastle Authors	Title	Year
Dr Christina Dobson Jennifer Deane Christina Ellwood Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Barriers to Early Presentation amongst Rural Residents Experiencing Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer: A Qualitative Interview Study.	2023
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Stephen Attwood	Predictors of the experience of a Cytosponge test: analysis of patient survey data from the BEST3 trial	2023
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Primary care blood tests before cancer diagnosis: National Cancer Diagnosis Audit data	2023
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Helicobacter pylori eradication for primary prevention of peptic ulcer bleeding in older patients prescribed aspirin in primary care (HEAT): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	2022
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Morbidity and measures of the diagnostic process in primary care for patients subsequently diagnosed with cancer	2022
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Patient-reported experiences and views on the Cytosponge test: a mixed-methods analysis from the BEST3 trial	2022
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Recruitment to a large scale randomised controlled clinical trial in primary care: the Helicobacter Eradication Aspirin Trial (HEAT)	2022
Dr Christina Dobson Dr Andrew Russell Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Risk and the importance of absent symptoms in constructions of the ‘cancer candidate’	2022
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Conceptual framework to guide early diagnos programs for symptomatic cancer as part of global cancer control	2021
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Jen Howse Dr Catherine Nixon	Electronic clinical decision support tool for assessing stomach symptoms in primary care (ECASS): A feasibility study	2021
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Cancer has not gone away: a primary care perspective to support a balanced approach to timely cancer diagnosis during COVID-19	2020
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Cross-sectional study using primary care and cancer registration data to investigate patients with cancer presenting with non-specific symptoms	2020
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Cytosponge-trefoil factor 3 versus usual care to identify Barrett's oesophagus in a primary care setting: a multicentre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial	2020
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Cytosponge-trefoil factor 3 versus usual care to identify Barrett's oesophagus in a primary care setting: a multicentre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial	2020
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	First results from five multi-disciplinary diagnostic centre (MDC) projects for non-specific but concerning symptoms, possibly indicative of cancer	2020
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Patient symptom experience prior to a diagnosis of oesophageal or gastric cancer: a multi-methods study	2020
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Presenting symptoms of cancer and stage at diagnosis: evidence from a cross-sectional, population-based study	2020
Dr Christina Dobson Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Linda Sharp	Reconceptualising rural cancer inequalities: Time for a new research agenda	2020
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The prevalence of chronic conditions in patients diagnosed with one of 29 common and rarer cancers: A cross-sectional study using primary care data	2020
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Associations between general practice characteristics with use of urgent referrals for suspected cancer and endoscopies: a cross-sectional ecological study	2019
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Comorbid chronic diseases and cancer diagnosis: disease specific effects and underlying mechanisms	2019
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Evaluating diagnostic strategies for early detection of cancer: the CanTest framework	2019
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Incidentally diagnosed cancer and common preceding clinical scenarios: a cross-sectional descriptive analysis of english audit data	2019
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The frequency, nature and impact of GP-assessed avoidable delays in a population-based cohort of cancer patients	2019
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The influence of health literacy on the timely diagnosis of symptomatic cancer: a systematic review	2019
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Associations between diagnostic activity and measures of patient experience in primary care	2018
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Barrett's oESophagus trial 3 (BEST3): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing the Cytosponge-TFF3 test with usual care to facilitate the diagnosis of oesophageal pre-cancer in primary care patients with chronic acid reflux	2018
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Development of an intervention to expedite cancer diagnosis through primary care: A protocol	2018
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Diagnosing cancer in primary care: results from the National Cancer Diagnosis Audit	2018
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Reimagining the diagnostic pathway for gastrointestinal cancer	2018
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Symptom Signatures and Diagnostic Timeliness in Cancer Patients: A Review of Current Evidence	2018
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The Aarhus statement on cancer diagnostic research: turning recommendations into new survey instruments	2018
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The nature and frequency of abdominal symptoms in cancer patients and their associations with time to help-seeking: evidence from a national audit of cancer diagnosis	2018
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The role of social context in symptom appraisal and help‐seeking among people with lung or colorectal symptoms: A qualitative interview study	2018
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Clinical features of bowel disease in patients aged <50 years in primary care: A large case-control study	2017
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Evidence of advanced stage colorectal cancer with longer diagnostic intervals: a pooled analysis of seven primary care cohorts comprising 11 720 patients in five countries	2017
Dr Nicola Hall Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The researchers' role in knowledge translation: a realist evaluation of the development and implementation of diagnostic pathways for cancer in two United Kingdom localities	2017
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Typical and atypical presenting symptoms of breast cancer and their associations with diagnostic intervals: Evidence from a national audit of cancer diagnosis	2017
Dr Nicola Hall Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Understanding symptom appraisal and help-seeking in people with symptoms suggestive of pancreatic cancer: A qualitative study	2017
Dr Nicola Hall Professor Colin Rees Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Concerns, perceived need and competing priorities: a qualitative exploration of decision-making and non-participation in a population-based flexible sigmoidoscopy screening programme to prevent colorectal cancer	2016
Dr Catherine Nixon Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Evaluating a computer aid for assessing stomach symptoms (ECASS): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial	2016
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Improving early diagnosis of symptomatic cancer	2016
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	International variation in adherence to referral guidelines for suspected cancer: A secondary analysis of survey data	2016
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Profiling for primary-care presentation, investigation and referral for liver cancers: Evidence from a national audit	2016
Dr Lynne Forrest Dr Sarah Sowden Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Martin White Dr Jean Adams et al.	Socio-economic inequalities in stage at diagnosis, and in time intervals on the lung cancer pathway from first symptom to treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis	2016
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Symptoms and patient factors associated with diagnostic intervals for pancreatic cancer (SYMPTOM pancreatic study): a prospective cohort study	2016
Dr Nicola Hall Dr Christina Dobson Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Symptoms and patient factors associated with longer time to diagnosis for colorectal cancer: Results from a prospective cohort study	2016
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Age and gender variations in cancer diagnostic intervals in 15 cancers: Analysis of data from the UK clinical practice research datalink	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Ingrid Ablett Spence	Assessing the impact of an English national initiative for early cancer diagnosis in primary care	2015
Dr Nicola Hall Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Christina Dobson Professor Colin Rees	Attitudes and beliefs of non-participants in a population-based screening programme for colorectal cancer	2015
Dr Christina Dobson Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Explaining Discrepant Results from Questionnaires and Interviews Concering Help-Seeking: Are 'Public' and 'Private' Accounts the Key?	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Explaining variation in cancer survival between 11 jurisdictions in the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership: a primary care vignette survey	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Exploring GPs' experiences of using diagnostic tools for cancer: a qualitative study in primary care	2015
Sally Stapley Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	For which cancers might patients benefit most from expedited symptomatic diagnosis? Construction of a ranking order by a modified Delphi technique	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Impact of investigations in general practice on timeliness of referral for patients subsequently diagnosed with cancer: Analysis of national primary care audit data	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Eleni Sofianopoulou Professor Colin Rees	Implementing a national flexible sigmoidoscopy screening program: results of the English early pilot	2015
Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Andrew Russell	Irritable bowel syndrome: An integrated explanatory model for clinical practice	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Catherine Nixon Professor Colin Rees	Patient-derived measures of GI endoscopy: A meta-narrative review of the literature	2015
Dr Helen Close Professor James Mason Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Risk of ischaemic heart disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Cohort study using the general practice research database	2015
Dr Nicola Hall Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Symptom appraisal and healthcare-seeking for symptoms suggestive of colorectal cancer: a qualitative study	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Nicola Hall Dr Christina Dobson	Symptoms and other factors associated with time to diagnosis and stage of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study	2015
Dr Emily Henderson Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Emeritus Prof David Hunter	Systematic review of the use of data from national childhood obesity surveillance programmes in primary care: A conceptual synthesis	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Emeritus Prof David Hunter	The expanding role of primary care in cancer control	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The Helicobacter Eradication Aspirin Trial (HEAT): A Large Simple Randomised Controlled Trial Using Novel Methodology in Primary Care	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The relative length of the patient and the primary care interval in patients with 28 common and rarer cancers	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	The role of primary care in cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation: qualitative synthesis of significant event reports	2015
Dr Lynne Forrest Dr Jean Adams Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Martin White	The role of receipt and timeliness of treatment in socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer survival: population-based, data-linkage study	2015
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Use of the English urgent referral pathway for suspected cancer and mortality in patients with cancer: cohort study	2015
Dr Emily Henderson Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	A model of roles and responsibilities in oral health promotion based on perspectives of a community-based initiative for pre-school children in the UK	2014
Dr Christina Dobson Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Aestheticising Cancer	2014
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Comparison of cancer diagnostic intervals before and after implementation of NICE guidelines: analysis of data from the UK General Practice Research Database	2014
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Development of a survey instrument to investigate the primary care factors related to differences in cancer diagnosis between international jurisdictions	2014
Dr Lynne Forrest Dr Jean Adams Professor Martin White Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Factors associated with timeliness of post-primary care referral, diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer: population-based, data-linkage study	2014
Dr Lynne Forrest Professor Martin White Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Jean Adams	Factors associated with timely referral, diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer: cohort study using linked cancer registry, Hospital Episode Statistics, and audit data	2014
Dr Michele Castelli Emeritus Prof David Hunter Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	How might healthcare systems influence speed of cancer diagnosis: A narrative review	2014
Dr Lynne Forrest Professor Martin White Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Jean Adams	Intervention-generated inequalities in lung cancer care: cohort study using linked cancer registry, Hospital Episode Statistics, and audit data	2014
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Colin Rees	Non-neoplastic findings at colonoscopy after positive faecal occult blood testing: Data from the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme	2014
Dr Christina Dobson Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Patient delay in cancer diagnosis: what do we really mean and can we be more specific?	2014
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Research into practice: prompt diagnosis of cancer in primary care	2014
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis?	2014
Dr Lynne Forrest Dr Sarah Sowden Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Martin White Dr Jean Adams et al.	Socio-economic inequalities in patient, primary care, referral, diagnostic, and treatment intervals on the lung cancer care pathway: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	2014
Dr Lynne Forrest Dr Sarah Sowden Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Martin White Dr Jean Adams et al.	Socio-economic inequalities in stage at diagnosis, and in time from first symptom to treatment, for lung cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis	2014
Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Systematic review: The perceptions, diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome in primary care - A Rome Foundation Working Team Report	2014
Dr Lynne Forrest Professor Martin White Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Jean Adams	The role of patient, tumour and system factors in socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: population-based study	2014
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Variation in promptness of presentation among 10,297 patients subsequently diagnosed with one of 18 cancers: Evidence from a National Audit of Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care	2014
Dr Nicola Hall Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Intentional and inadvertent non-adherence in adult coeliac disease. A cross-sectional survey	2013
Dr Lynne Forrest Dr Jean Adams Dr Helen Wareham Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Martin White et al.	Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis	2013
Dr Lynne Forrest Professor Martin White Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Jean Adams	The effect of socioeconomic inequalities in receipt of, and time to, treatment on socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer survival: an observational, data-linkage study	2013
Eleni Sofianopoulou Professor Stephen Rushton Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Tanja Pless-Mulloli	Defining GP practice areas based on true service utilisation	2012
Elena Parmelli Dr Gerd Flodgren Scott Fraser Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Martin Eccles et al.	Interventions to increase clinical incident reporting in health care	2012
Dr Lynne Forrest Dr Jean Adams Dr Helen Wareham Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Martin White et al.	Socio-economic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis	2012
Dr Katie Haighton Professor Suzanne Moffatt Denise Howel Emerita Professor Elaine McColl Emeritus Professor Eugene Milne et al.	The Do-Well study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial, economic and qualitative process evaluations of domiciliary welfare rights advice for socio-economically disadvantaged older people recruited via primary health care	2012
Dr Scott Wilkes Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Experience of fertility preservation among younger people diagnosed with cancer.	2010
Chris Speed Dr Ben Heaven Professor Ashley Adamson Professor John Bond Dr Sally Corbett et al.	LIFELAX - diet and LIFEstyle versus LAXatives in the management of chronic constipation in older people: randomised controlled trial	2010
Dr Scott Wilkes Dr David Chinn Professor Alison Murdoch Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Epidemiology and management of infertility: a population-based study in UK primary care	2009
Dr Scott Wilkes Professor Alison Murdoch Dr Nick Steen Dr John Wilsdon Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin et al.	Open Access Tubal aSsessment for the initial management of infertility in general practice (the OATS trial): a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial	2009
Dr Scott Wilkes Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Nicola Hall Professor Alison Murdoch	Patient and professional views of open access hysterosalpingography for the initial management of infertility in primary care	2009
Dr Scott Wilkes Dr Nicola Hall Professor Alison Murdoch Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Patient experience of infertility management in primary care: an in-depth interview study	2009
Dr Scott Wilkes Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Process evaluation of infertility management in primary care: has open access HSG been normalized?	2009
Dr Nicola Hall Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Systematic review: Adherence to a gluten-free diet in adult patients with coeliac disease	2009
Dr Svetozar Mihaylov Dr Catherine Stark Emerita Professor Elaine McColl Dr Nick Steen Alessandra Vanoli et al.	Stepped treatment of older adults on laxatives. The STOOL trial	2008
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Nicola Hall	The management of common gastrointestinal disorders in general practice. A survey by the European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology (ESPCG) in six European countries	2008
Dr Scott Wilkes Dr Nicola Hall Professor Alison Murdoch Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	General practitioners' perceptions and attitudes to infertility management in primary care: Focus group study	2007
Dr Nicola Hall Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin	Medication beliefs among patients with inflammatory bowel disease who report low quality of life: A qualitative study	2007
Dr Scott Wilkes Professor Alison Murdoch Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr David Chinn Dr John Wilsdon et al.	Investigation of infertility management in primary care with open access hysterosalpingography (HSG): A pilot study	2006
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Angela Bate Dr Philip Shackley Dr Nicola Hall	Preference for access to the GP: A discrete choice experiment	2006
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr Nicola Hall	The diagnosis of IBS in primary care: consensus development using nominal group technique	2006
Dr Nicolette Rousseau Emerita Professor Elaine McColl Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Professor Carl May Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin et al.	Identifying patients with irritable bowel syndrome via a population survey	2005
Dr Nicola Hall Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin Dr Joanne Neely	The Fight for 'Health-related Normality': A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Individuals Living with Established Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)	2005
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin Dr David Chinn	Quality of life in patients with established inflammatory bowel disease: a UK general practice survey	2004
Dr David Chinn Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Timing of Simvastatin (author’s reply).	2004
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr David Chinn	Errors in general practice: development and pilot study of a method of detecting errors	2003
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Dr David Chinn	Taking simvastatin in the morning compared with in the evening: randomised controlled trial	2003
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin Dr David Chinn	Long term aminosalicylate therapy is underused in patients with ulcerative colitis: a cross-sectional survey	2002
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin Jane Greenaway Dr Michael Bramble Dr David Parkin et al.	Evaluation of guidelines for the use of an open access flexible sigmoidoscopy service: A randomised controlled trial	2001
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin Jane Greenaway Dr Michael Bramble Dr David Parkin et al.	The effects of an open access flexible sigmoidoscopy service on the management of patients with rectal bleeding	2001
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin Emeritus Professor Amritpal Hungin	Inflammatory bowel disease: Epidemiology and management in an English general practice population	2000
Dr Andrew Russell Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Rethinking patient satisfaction: patient experiences of an open access flexible sigmoidoscopy service	2000
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Factors influencing compliance in long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy in general practice	1999
Emeritus Professor Greg Rubin	Long-term prescribing of proton pump inhibitors in general practice	1999