Professor Gregory Rubin

Professor

Publications

Swann R, McPhail S, Witt J, Shand B, Abel GA, Hiom S, Rashbass J, Lyratzopoulos G, Rubin G. Diagnosing cancer in primary care: results from the National Cancer Diagnosis Audit. British Journal of General Practice 2018, 68, e63-e72.
Koo MM, Hamilton W, Walter FM, Rubin GP, Lyratzopoulos G. Symptom Signatures and Diagnostic Timeliness in Cancer Patients: A Review of Current Evidence. Neoplasia 2018, 20(2), 165-174.
Stapley SA, Rubin GP, Alsina D, Shephard EA, Rutter MD, Hamilton WT. Clinical features of bowel disease in patients aged <50 years in primary care: A large case-control study. British Journal of General Practice 2017, 67(658), e336-e344.
Tørring ML, Murchie P, Hamilton W, Vedsted P, Esteva M, Lautrup M, Rubin G. 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. British Journal of Cancer 2017, Epub ahead of print.
Koo MM, von Wagner C, Abel GA, McPhail S, Rubin GP, Lyratzopoulos G. Typical and atypical presenting symptoms of breast cancer and their associations with diagnostic intervals: Evidence from a national audit of cancer diagnosis. Cancer Epidemiology 2017, 48, 140-146.
Moore HJ, Nixon C, Tariq A, Emery J, Hamilton W, Hoare Z, Kershenbaum A, Neal RD, Ukoumunne OC, Usher-Smith J, Walter FM, Whyte S, Rubin G. Evaluating a computer aid for assessing stomach symptoms (ECASS): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 2016, 17, 184.
Hamilton W, Walter FM, Rubin G, Neal RD. Improving early diagnosis of symptomatic cancer. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2016, 13(12), 740-749.
Nicholson B, Mant D, Shinkins B, Rose P, Neal R, Hart N, Hamilton W, Rubin G. International variation in adherence to referral guidelines for suspected cancer: A secondary analysis of survey data. British Journal of General Practice 2016, 66(643), e106-e113.
Hughes DL, Neal RD, Lyratzopoulos G, Rubin G. Profiling for primary-care presentation, investigation and referral for liver cancers: Evidence from a national audit. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2016, 28(4), 428-432.
Forrest LF, Sowden S, Rubin G, White M, Adams J. 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. Thorax 2016, 72(5), 430-436.
Walter FM, Mills K, Mendonca SC, Abel GA, Basu B, Carroll N, Ballard S, Lancaster J, Hamilton W, Rubin GP, Emery JD. Symptoms and patient factors associated with diagnostic intervals for pancreatic cancer (SYMPTOM pancreatic study): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2016, 1(4), 298-306.
Walter FM, Emery JD, Mendonca S, Hall N, Morris HC, Mills K, Dobson C, Bankhead C, Johnson M, Abel GA, Rutter MD, Hamilton W, Rubin GP. Symptoms and patient factors associated with longer time to diagnosis for colorectal cancer: Results from a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Cancer 2016, 115(5), 533-541.
Din NU, Ukoumunne OC, Rubin G, Hamilton W, Carter B, Stapley S, Neal RD. Age and gender variations in cancer diagnostic intervals in 15 cancers: Analysis of data from the UK clinical practice research datalink. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(5), e0127717.
Rubin G, Gildea C, Shelton J, Ablett-Spence I. Assessing the impact of an English national initiative for early cancer diagnosis in primary care. British Journal of Cancer 2015, 112, S57-S64.
Hall NJ, Rubin GP, Dobson C, Weller D, Wardle J, Ritchie M, Rees CJ. Attitudes and beliefs of non-participants in a population-based screening programme for colorectal cancer. Health Expectations 2015, 18(5), 1645-1657.
Dobson CM, Brown SR, Russell AJ, Rubin GP. Explaining Discrepant Results from Questionnaires and Interviews Concering Help-Seeking: Are 'Public' and 'Private' Accounts the Key?. In: UCL Qualitative Health Research Symposium 2015. 2015, London, UK: BMJ Publishing.
Rose PW, Rubin G, Perera-Salazar R, Almberg SS, Barisic A, Dawes M, Grunfeld E, Hart N, Neal RD, Pirotta M, Sisler J, Konrad G, Toftegaard BS, Thulesius H, Vedsted P, Young J, Hamilton W. Explaining variation in cancer survival between 11 jurisdictions in the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership: a primary care vignette survey. BMJ Open 2015, 5(5), e007212.
Green T, Martins T, Hamilton W, Rubin G, Elliott K, Macleod U. Exploring GPs' experiences of using diagnostic tools for cancer: a qualitative study in primary care. Family Practice 2015, 32(1), 101-105.
Hamilton W, Stapley S, Campbell C, Lyratzopoulos G, Rubin G, Neal RD. For which cancers might patients benefit most from expedited symptomatic diagnosis? Construction of a ranking order by a modified Delphi technique. BMC Cancer 2015, 15(1), 820.
Rubin GP, Saunders CL, Abel GA, Mcphail S, Lyratzopoulos G, Neal RD. Impact of investigations in general practice on timeliness of referral for patients subsequently diagnosed with cancer: Analysis of national primary care audit data. British Journal of Cancer 2015, 112(4), 676-687.
Bevan R, Rubin G, Sofianopoulou E, Patnick J, Rees CJ. Implementing a national flexible sigmoidoscopy screening program: results of the English early pilot. Endoscopy 2015, 47(3), 225-231.
Hungin APS, Becher A, Cayley B, Heidelbaugh JJ, Muris JWM, Rubin G, Seifert B, Russell A, De Wit NJ. Irritable bowel syndrome: An integrated explanatory model for clinical practice. Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2015, 27(6), 750-763.
Brown S, Bevan R, Rubin G, Nixon C, Dunn S, Panter S, Rees CJ. Patient-derived measures of GI endoscopy: A meta-narrative review of the literature. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2015, 81(5), 1130-1140.e9.
Close H, Mason JM, Wilson DW, Hungin APS, Jones R, Rubin G. Risk of ischaemic heart disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Cohort study using the general practice research database. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(10), e0139745.
Hall N, Birt L, Banks J, Emery J, Mills K, Johnson M, Rubin GP, Hamilton W, Walter FM. Symptom appraisal and healthcare-seeking for symptoms suggestive of colorectal cancer: a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2015, 5(10), e008448.
Walter FM, Rubin G, Bankhead C, Morris HC, Hall N, Mills K, Dobson C, Rintoul RC, Hamilton W, Emery J. Symptoms and other factors associated with time to diagnosis and stage of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Cancer 2015, 112, S6-S13.
Henderson EJ, Ells LJ, Rubin GP, Hunter DJ. Systematic review of the use of data from national childhood obesity surveillance programmes in primary care: A conceptual synthesis. Obesity Reviews 2015, 16(11), 962-971.
Rubin G, Berendsen A, Crawford SM, Dommett R, Earle C, Emery J, Fahey T, Grassi L, Grunfeld E, Gupta S, Hamilton W, Hiom S, Hunter D, Lyratzopoulos G, Macleod U, Mason R, Mitchell G, Neal RD, Peake M, Roland M, Seifert B, Sisler J, Sussman J, Taplin S, Vedsted P, Voruganti T, Walter F, Wardle J, Watson E, Weller D, Wender R, Whelan J, Whitlock J, Wilkinson C, de Wit N, Zimmermann C. The expanding role of primary care in cancer control. The Lancet Oncology 2015, 16(12), 1231-1272.
Dumbleton JS, Avery AJ, Coupland C, Hobbs FDR, Kendrick D, Moore MV, Morris C, Rubin GP, Smith MD, Stevenson DJ, Hawkey CJ. The Helicobacter Eradication Aspirin Trial (HEAT): A Large Simple Randomised Controlled Trial Using Novel Methodology in Primary Care. EBioMedicine 2015, 2(9), 1200-1204.
Lyratzopoulos G, Saunders CL, Abel GA, McPhail S, Neal RD, Wardles J, Rubin GP. The relative length of the patient and the primary care interval in patients with 28 common and rarer cancers. British Journal of Cancer 2015, 112, S35-S40.
Mitchell ED, Rubin G, Merriman L, Macleod U. The role of primary care in cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation: qualitative synthesis of significant event reports. British Journal of Cancer 2015, 112, S50-S56.
Moller H, Gildea C, Meechan D, Rubin G, Round T, Vedsted P. Use of the English urgent referral pathway for suspected cancer and mortality in patients with cancer: cohort study. BMJ 2015, 351, h5102.
Henderson E, Rubin G. 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. British Dental Journal 2014, 216(5), 1-6.
Dobson C, Rubin G. Aestheticising Cancer. British Journal of General Practice 2014, 64(625), 415.
Neal RD, Din NU, Hamilton W, GBRoumunne OC, Carter B, Stapley S, Rubin G. Comparison of cancer diagnostic intervals before and after implementation of NICE guidelines: analysis of data from the UK General Practice Research Database. British Journal of Cancer 2014, 110(3), 584-592.
Rose PW, Hamilton W, Aldersey K, Barisic A, Dawes M, Foot C, Grunfeld E, Hart N, Neal RD, Pirotta M, Sisler J, Thulesius H, Vedsted P, Young J, Rubin G. Development of a survey instrument to investigate the primary care factors related to differences in cancer diagnosis between international jurisdictions. BMC Family Practice 2014, 15, 1-8.
Brown S, Castelli M, Hunter DJ, Erskine J, Vedsted P, Foot C, Rubin G. How might healthcare systems influence speed of cancer diagnosis: A narrative review. Social Science and Medicine 2014, 116, 56-63.
Bevan R, Lee TJW, Nickerson C, Rubin G, Rees CJ. Non-neoplastic findings at colonoscopy after positive faecal occult blood testing: Data from the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Journal of Medical Screening 2014, 21(2), 89-94.
Dobson CM, Russell AJ, Rubin GP. Patient delay in cancer diagnosis: what do we really mean and can we be more specific?. BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14, 1-6.
Rubin G, Walter F, Emery J, Neal R, Hamilton W, Wardle J. Research into practice: prompt diagnosis of cancer in primary care. British Journal of General Practice 2014, 64(625), 428-430.
Lyratzopoulos G, Wardle J, Rubin G. Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis?. BMJ 2014, 349, g7400.
Hungin APS, Molloy-Bland M, Claes R, Heidelbaugh J, Cayley WE, Muris J, Seifert B, Rubin G, De Wit N. Systematic review: The perceptions, diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome in primary care - A Rome Foundation Working Team Report. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2014, 40(10), 1133-1145.
Keeble S, Abel GA, Saunders CL, McPhail S, Walter FM, Neal RD, Rubin GP, Lyratzopoulos G. 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. International Journal of Cancer 2014, 135(5), 1220-1228.