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    Preference For Cervical Cancer Education: A Multisite Cross-Sectional Survey of Female Senior High School Students in Ghana

    Cervical cancer incidence continues to rise in Ghana. To enhance knowledge and prevention of cervical cancer among young people in Ghana, there is a need to better understand their education preferences. The s...

    Ama Gyamfua Ampofo, Allison W. Boyes, Lisa J. Mackenzie in Journal of Cancer Education (2023)

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    Prevalence and correlates of modifiable risk factors for cervical cancer and HPV infection among senior high school students in Ghana: a latent class analysis

    While health risk behaviours are likely to co-occur, there is dearth of studies exploring the clustering of cervical cancer and HPV infection risk factors among adolescents. This study aimed to determine: 1) t...

    Ama Gyamfua Ampofo, Allison W. Boyes, Shadrack Osei Asibey in BMC Public Health (2023)

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    Continued smoking after a cancer diagnosis: a longitudinal study of intentions and attempts to quit

    Continued smoking after a cancer diagnosis is associated with poor treatment outcomes and reduced life expectancy. We aimed to identify the stability of smoking status after diagnosis including quit attempts a...

    Christine L. Paul, Flora Tzelepis, Allison W. Boyes in Journal of Cancer Survivorship (2019)

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    Access to clinical trials among oncology patients: results of a cross sectional survey

    Clinical trials are necessary for the advancement of cancer treatment and care, however low rates of participation in such trials limit the generalisability of findings. The objective of this study was to exam...

    Mariko Carey, Allison W. Boyes, Rochelle Smits, Jamie Bryant, Amy Waller in BMC Cancer (2017)

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    Erratum to: Prevalence and factors related to smoking and smoking cessation 6 months following a cancer diagnosis: a population-based study

    Jamie Bryant, Allison W. Boyes, Alix Hall, Afaf Girgis in Journal of Cancer Survivorship (2016)

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    Prevalence and factors related to smoking and smoking cessation 6 months following a cancer diagnosis: a population-based study

    Limited research has examined smoking amongst recent cancer survivors or the relative contribution of factors on smoking behaviour. This study aimed to describe amongst recent Australian cancer survivors (i) p...

    Jamie Bryant, Allison W. Boyes, Alix Hall, Afaf Girgis in Journal of Cancer Survivorship (2016)

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    Rasch analysis of the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (mini-MAC) among a heterogeneous sample of long-term cancer survivors: A cross-sectional study

    The mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (mini-MAC) is a well-recognised, popular measure of co** in psycho-oncology and assesses five cancer-specific co** strategies. It has been suggested that these fi...

    Alison Zucca, Sylvie D Lambert, Allison W Boyes in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2012)

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    Prevalence and correlates of cancer survivors’ supportive care needs 6 months after diagnosis: a population-based cross-sectional study

    An understanding of the nature and magnitude of the impact of cancer is critical to planning how best to deliver supportive care to the growing population of cancer survivors whose need for care may span many ...

    Allison W Boyes, Afaf Girgis, Catherine D’Este, Alison C Zucca in BMC Cancer (2012)