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3. Incidence and thickness of primary tumours and survival of patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma in relation to socioeconomic status

Author

MacKie, Rona M. and Hole, David J.

Subjects
Social status -- Health aspects, Melanoma -- Demographic aspects -- Health aspects, Health, Demographic aspects, Health aspects
Abstract

Abstract Objective--To study incidence of and survival from cutaneous malignant melanoma in relation to socioeconomic status. Design--Application of Carstairs deprivation score to all malignant melanoma patients diagnosed in a geographically [...]

Published
1996

4. Survival outcome of care by specialist surgeons in breast cancer: a study of 3786 patients in the west of Scotland

Author

Gillis, Charles R. and Hole, David J.

Subjects
Medicine -- Specialties and specialists, Breast cancer, Surgery -- Evaluation, Health, Evaluation
Abstract

Introduction Accounting for variations in survival outcome in cancer treatment could lead to improvements in survival. The first stage is an accurate definition of the problem. Breast cancer affects one [...]

Published
1996

5. Relation between socioeconomic deprivation and pathological prognostic factors in women with breast cancer

Author

Carnon, Andrew G., Ssemwogerere, Asadu, Lamont, Douglas W., Hole, David J., Mallon, Elizabeth A., George, W. David, and Gillis, Charles R.

Subjects
Social status -- Health aspects, Breast cancer -- Prognosis, Health, Prognosis, Health aspects
Abstract

Objective--To investigate the relation between socioeconomic deprivation and pathological prognostic factors in women with breast cancer as a possible explanation for socioeconomic differences in survival. Design--Retrospective analysis of data from [...]

Published
1994

6. Asbestos and lung cancer in Glasgow and the west of Scotland

Author

De Vos Irvine, Helene, Lamont, Douglas W., Hole, David J., and Gillis, Charles R.

Subjects
Scotland -- Health aspects, Mesothelioma -- Causes of -- Health aspects, Asbestos -- Health aspects, Lung cancer -- Causes of -- Health aspects, Health, Health aspects, Causes of
Abstract

Abstract Objective--To quantify the relation between lung cancer and exposure to asbestos in men in west Scotland and to estimate the proportion of lung cancer which may be attributed to [...]

Published
1993

7. Melanoma in people aged 65 and over in Scotland, 1979-89

Author

McHenry, Pamela M., Hole, David J., and MacKie, Rona M.

Subjects
Aged -- Diseases -- Statistics, Melanoma -- Statistics, Health, Statistics, Diseases
Abstract

Introduction The incidence of cutaneous melanoma is rising steadily. Melanoma is a solid tumour that can affect all age groups, and the median age world wide at presentation is 48 [...]

Published
1992

8. Relation between socioeconomic status and tumour stage in patients with breast, colorectal, ovarian, and lung cancer: results from four national, population based studies

Author

Brewster, David H., Thomson, Catherine S., Hole, David J., Black, Roger J., Stroner, Paul L., and Gillis, Charles R.

Subjects
Cancer -- Care and treatment, Medical care -- Economic aspects, Health, Care and treatment, Economic aspects
Abstract

Although there is evidence that patients with cancer from deprived communities in Scotland might present with more advanced disease,[1-3] this finding has not been replicated in every study.[4] Using data [...]

Published
2001

9. Alcohol consumption and mortality

Author

Ashton-Key, Martin, Ashton-Key, Margaret, Gronbaek, Morten, Hart, Carole L., Davey, George, Hole, David J., and Hawthorne, Victor M.

Subjects
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Health aspects, Mortality -- Health aspects, Health, Health aspects
Abstract

Underestimates of consumption are possible EDITOR--Hart et al say that the mortality curve in relation to alcohol consumption may not be U shaped or J shaped once socioeconomic and confounding [...]

Published
1999

10. Alcohol consumption and mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and stroke: results from a prospective cohort study of Scottish men with 21 years of follow up

Author

Hart, Carole L., Smith, George Davey, Hole, David J., and Hawthorne, Victor M.

Subjects
Stroke (Disease) -- Patient outcomes, Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Statistics, Mortality -- Statistics, Health, Statistics, Patient outcomes
Abstract

Abstract Objectives To relate alcohol consumption to mortality. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting 27 workplaces in the west of Scotland. Participants 5766 men aged 35-64 when screened in 1970-3 who [...]

Published
1999

11. Observational study of type of surgical training and outcome of definitive surgery for primary malignant melanoma. (Papers)

Author

MacKie, Rona M., Bray, Caroline A., and Hole, David J.

Subjects
Medicine -- Specialties and specialists, Surgeons -- Evaluation -- Training, Melanoma -- Prognosis -- Care and treatment, Health, Evaluation, Care and treatment, Prognosis, Training
Abstract

The incidence of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma continues to rise, (1) coinciding with narrower excision margins of normal skin being recommended around primary melanomas.' (2 3) The bulk of surgery [...]

Published
2002

12. Reverse Causality and Confounding and the Associations of Overweight and Obesity with Mortality.

Author

Lawlor, Debbie A., Hart, Carole L., Hole, David J., and Smith, George Davey

Subjects
BODY mass index, MORTALITY, HEALTH, OVERWEIGHT persons, OBESITY, SMOKING
Abstract

The article discusses the results of a study on the impact of reverse causality and confounding on the association of Body Mass Index (BMI) with all-cause and cause-specific mortality. Confusion about the health impact of being overweight and obese is explained and a chart is presented that indicates the distribution of smoking by BMI category.

Published
2006
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13. Passive smoking and cardiorespiratory health in a general population in the west of Scotland.

Author

Hole, David J., Gillis, Charles R., Chopra, Carol, and Hawthorne, Victor M.

Subjects
*CARDIOPULMONARY system, *DISEASES, *SMOKING, *CHRONIC diseases, *HEALTH
Abstract

Examines the risk of cardiorespiratory symptoms and mortality in non-smokers exposed to environmental smoke in Scotland. Factors considered in the diagnosis of patients; Diagnosis of patients based on the amount smoked by cohabits; Detection of chronic diseases.

Published
1989
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14. The incidence of lung cancer and breast cancer in women in Glasgow

Author

Gillis, Charles R., Hole, David J., Lamont, Douglas W., Graham, Ann C., and Ramage, Stella

Subjects
Women -- Diseases -- Statistics, Lung cancer -- Statistics, Breast cancer -- Statistics, Health, Statistics, Diseases
Abstract

Death rates from lung cancer have been increasing steadily in women since the 1950s.[1] We report changes since 1975 in the incidence of breast and lung cancer in women in [...]

Published
1992

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