A review of the literature was carried out covering the last 25 years (1970 to 1995) by
searching through the MEDLINE and manually. The review consists of two companion parts …

Objective: To assess the needs of patients with cancer for information about their condition.
Design: Cross sectional survey of patients' views by means of semistructured interview with …

Objective: To assess the relation between forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)
and subsequent mortality. Design: Prospective general population study. Setting: Renfrew …

Background Previous studies have reported an increased risk of cancer with calcium-
channel blockers in man. Other work in animals suggests that inhibitors of angiotensin-l …

Since the previous version of the European Code Against Cancer was created [1], the
European Union has expanded its number of Member States and next year (in 2004) will …

Objective: To investigate strength of associations between risk factors for cardiovascular
disease and socioeconomic position during childhood and adulthood. Design: Cross …

Given that lung cancer is one of the common cancers world-wide, the implications of
focusing on quality of life as well as survival require to be understood. We have carried out a …

Objective: To estimate trends between 1972–6 and 1996 in the prevalences of asthma and
hay fever in adults. Design: Two epidemiological surveys 20 years apart. Identical questions …

Objective: To compare survival outcome for patients with breast cancer cared for by
specialist and non-specialist surgeons in a geographically defined area. Design …

Differences in survival outcome for patients with ovarian cancer in Scotland led to an
investigation of whether these differences were due to variation in presenting prognostic …