Bibliography

Research using CPRD data has informed drug safety guidance and clinical practice and resulted in over 2,800 peer-reviewed publications. The CPRD bibliography is updated on a monthly basis (last updated 5 July 2021) and papers are listed below and in the PDF below.

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2021
G. Funston, Mounce, L. T., Price, S., Rous, B., Crosbie, E. J., Hamilton, W., and Walter, F. M., “CA125 test result, test-to-diagnosis interval, and stage in ovarian cancer at diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records”, Br J Gen Pract, 2021.
S. Price, Abel, G. A., and Hamilton, W., “Guideline interval: A new time interval in the diagnostic pathway for symptomatic cancer”, Cancer Epidemiol, vol. 73, p. 101969, 2021.
L. R. Rodgers, Streeter, A. J., Lin, N., Hamilton, W., and Henley, W. E., “Impact of influenza vaccination on amoxicillin prescriptions in older adults: A retrospective cohort study using primary care data”, PLoS One, vol. 16, p. e0246156, 2021.
Y. Zhou, Walter, F. M., Singh, H., Hamilton, W., Abel, G. A., and Lyratzopoulos, G., “Prolonged Diagnostic Intervals as Marker of Missed Diagnostic Opportunities in Bladder and Kidney Cancer Patients with Alarm Features: A Longitudinal Linked Data Study”, Cancers (Basel), vol. 13, 2021.
2020
B. D. Nicholson, Hamilton, W., Koshiaris, C., Oke, J. L., Hobbs, F. D. R., and Aveyard, P., “The association between unexpected weight loss and cancer diagnosis in primary care: a matched cohort analysis of 65,000 presentations”, Br J Cancer, 2020.
C. Clarke, Hamilton, W., Price, S., and Bailey, S. E., “Association of non-malignant diseases with thrombocytosis: a prospective cohort study in general practice”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 70, pp. e852-e857, 2020.
L. T. Mounce, Hamilton, W., and Bailey, S. E., “Cancer incidence following a high-normal platelet count: cohort study using electronic healthcare records from English primary care”, Br J Gen Pract, 2020.
S. Chowienczyk, Price, S., and Hamilton, W., “Changes in the presenting symptoms of lung cancer from 2000-2017: a serial cross-sectional study of observational records in UK primary care”, Br J Gen Pract, 2020.
G. Funston, Hamilton, W., Abel, G., Crosbie, E. J., Rous, B., and Walter, F. M., “The diagnostic performance of CA125 for the detection of ovarian and non-ovarian cancer in primary care: A population-based cohort study”, PLoS Med, vol. 17, p. e1003295, 2020.
M. Carney, Quiroga, M., Mounce, L., Shephard, E., Hamilton, W., and Price, S., “Effect of pre-existing conditions on bladder cancer stage at diagnosis: a cohort study using electronic primary care records in the UK”, Br J Gen Pract, 2020.
B. D. Nicholson, Aveyard, P., Price, S. J., Hobbs, F. R., Koshiaris, C., and Hamilton, W., “Prioritising primary care patients with unexpected weight loss for cancer investigation: diagnostic accuracy study”, Bmj, vol. 370, p. m2651, 2020.
J. Watson, Whiting, P., Salisbury, C., Banks, J., and Hamilton, W., “Raised inflammatory markers as a predictor of one-year mortality: a cohort study in primary care in the UK using electronic health record data”, BMJ Open, vol. 10, p. e036027, 2020.
S. Price, Spencer, A., Zhang, X., Ball, S., Lyratzopoulos, G., Mujica-Mota, R., Stapley, S., Ukoumunne, O. C., and Hamilton, W., “Trends in time to cancer diagnosis around the period of changing national guidance on referral of symptomatic patients: A serial cross-sectional study using UK electronic healthcare records from 2006-17”, Cancer Epidemiol, vol. 69, p. 101805, 2020.
2019
J. Watson, Salisbury, C., Whiting, P., Banks, J., Pyne, Y., and Hamilton, W., “Added value and cascade effects of inflammatory marker tests in UK primary care: a cohort study from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 69, pp. e470-e478, 2019.
C. Renzi, Lyratzopoulos, G., Hamilton, W., Maringe, C., and Rachet, B., “Contrasting effects of comorbidities on emergency colon cancer diagnosis: a longitudinal data-linkage study in England”, BMC Health Serv Res, vol. 19, p. 311, 2019.
C. Renzi, Lyratzopoulos, G., Hamilton, W., and Rachet, B., “Opportunities for reducing emergency diagnoses of colon cancer in women and men: A data-linkage study on pre-diagnostic symptomatic presentations and benign diagnoses”, Eur J Cancer Care (Engl), vol. 28, p. e13000, 2019.
J. Watson, Salisbury, C., Banks, J., Whiting, P., and Hamilton, W., “Predictive value of inflammatory markers for cancer diagnosis in primary care: a prospective cohort study using electronic health records”, Br J Cancer, 2019.
T. Newlove-Delgado, Hamilton, W., Ford, T. J., Stein, K., and Ukoumunne, O. C., “Prescribing for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in UK primary care: analysis of data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink”, Atten Defic Hyperact Disord, 2019.
T. Newlove-Delgado, Ford, T. J., Hamilton, W., Janssens, A., Stein, K., and Ukoumunne, O. C., “Resumption of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder medication in early adulthood: findings from a UK primary care prescribing study”, Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2019.
J. Watson, Jones, H. E., Banks, J., Whiting, P., Salisbury, C., and Hamilton, W., “Use of multiple inflammatory marker tests in primary care: using Clinical Practice Research Datalink to evaluate accuracy”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 69, pp. e462-e469, 2019.
M. Ozawa, Brennan, P. M., Zienius, K., Kurian, K. M., Hollingworth, W., Weller, D., Grant, R., Hamilton, W., and Ben-Shlomo, Y., “The usefulness of symptoms alone or combined for general practitioners in considering the diagnosis of a brain tumour: a case-control study using the clinical practice research database (CPRD) (2000-2014)”, BMJ Open, vol. 9, p. e029686, 2019.
2018
E. Ankus, Price, S. J., Ukoumunne, O. C., Hamilton, W., and Bailey, S. E. R., “Cancer incidence in patients with a high normal platelet count: a cohort study using primary care data”, Fam Pract, vol. 35, pp. 671-675, 2018.
C. Koshiaris, Van den Bruel, A., Oke, J. L., Nicholson, B. D., Shephard, E., Braddick, M., and Hamilton, W., “Early detection of multiple myeloma in primary care using blood tests: a case-control study in primary care”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 68, pp. e586-e593, 2018.
T. Newlove-Delgado, Ford, T. J., Hamilton, W., Stein, K., and Ukoumunne, O. C., “Prescribing of medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among young people in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink 2005-2013: analysis of time to cessation”, Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, vol. 27, pp. 29-35, 2018.
2017
S. E. Bailey, Ukoumunne, O. C., Shephard, E. A., and Hamilton, W., “Clinical relevance of thrombocytosis in primary care: a prospective cohort study of cancer incidence using English electronic medical records and cancer registry data”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 67, pp. e405-e413, 2017.
L. T. A. Mounce, Price, S., Valderas, J. M., and Hamilton, W., “Comorbid conditions delay diagnosis of colorectal cancer: a cohort study using electronic primary care records”, Br J Cancer, vol. 116, pp. 1536-1543, 2017.
J. Watson, Nicholson, B. D., Hamilton, W., and Price, S., “Identifying clinical features in primary care electronic health record studies: methods for codelist development”, BMJ Open, vol. 7, p. e019637, 2017.
S. Walker and Hamilton, W., “Risk of cervical cancer in symptomatic women aged >/=40 in primary care: A case-control study using electronic records”, Eur J Cancer Care (Engl), vol. 26, 2017.
2016
S. W. Merriel, Carroll, R., Hamilton, F., and Hamilton, W., “Association between unexplained hypoalbuminaemia and new cancer diagnoses in UK primary care patients”, Fam Pract, vol. 33, pp. 449-52, 2016.
A. W. Lim, Landy, R., Castanon, A., Hollingworth, A., Hamilton, W., Dudding, N., and Sasieni, P., “Cytology in the diagnosis of cervical cancer in symptomatic young women: a retrospective review”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 66, pp. e871-e879, 2016.
A. W. Lim, Hamilton, W., Hollingworth, A., Stapley, S., and Sasieni, P., “Performance characteristics of visualising the cervix in symptomatic young females: a review of primary care records in females with and without cervical cancer”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 66, pp. e189-92, 2016.
E. A. Shephard, Neal, R. D., Rose, P. W., Walter, F. M., and Hamilton, W., “Symptoms of adult chronic and acute leukaemia before diagnosis: large primary care case-control studies using electronic records”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 66, pp. e182-8, 2016.
J. C. Robson, Kiran, A., Maskell, J., Hutchings, A., Arden, N., Dasgupta, B., Hamilton, W., Emin, A., Culliford, D., and Luqmani, R., “Which Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis Will Develop Cardiovascular or Cerebrovascular Disease? A Clinical Practice Research Datalink Study”, J Rheumatol, vol. 43, pp. 1085-92, 2016.
2015
M. J. Ridd, Ferreira, D. L., Montgomery, A. A., Salisbury, C., and Hamilton, W., “Patient-doctor continuity and diagnosis of cancer: electronic medical records study in general practice”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 65, pp. e305-11, 2015.
J. C. Robson, Kiran, A., Maskell, J., Hutchings, A., Arden, N., Dasgupta, B., Hamilton, W., Emin, A., Culliford, D., and Luqmani, R. A., “The relative risk of aortic aneurysm in patients with giant cell arteritis compared with the general population of the UK”, Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 74, pp. 129-35, 2015.
2014
R. D. Neal, Din, N. U., Hamilton, W., Ukoumunne, O. C., Carter, B., Stapley, S., and Rubin, G., “Comparison of cancer diagnostic intervals before and after implementation of NICE guidelines: analysis of data from the UK General Practice Research Database”, Br J Cancer, vol. 110, pp. 584-92, 2014.
P. N. Taylor, Iqbal, A., Minassian, C., Sayers, A., Draman, M. S., Greenwood, R., Hamilton, W., Okosieme, O., Panicker, V., Thomas, S. L., and Dayan, C., “Falling threshold for treatment of borderline elevated thyrotropin levels-balancing benefits and risks: evidence from a large community-based study”, JAMA Intern Med, vol. 174, pp. 32-9, 2014.
S. Walker, Hyde, C., and Hamilton, W., “Risk of breast cancer in symptomatic women in primary care: a case-control study using electronic records”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 64, pp. e788-93, 2014.
F. Hamilton, Carroll, R., Hamilton, W., and Salisbury, C., “The risk of cancer in primary care patients with hypercalcaemia: a cohort study using electronic records”, Br J Cancer, vol. 111, pp. 1410-2, 2014.
P. N. Taylor, Minassian, C., Rehman, A., Iqbal, A., Draman, M. S., Hamilton, W., Dunlop, D., Robinson, A., Vaidya, B., Lazarus, J. H., Thomas, S., Dayan, C. M., and Okosieme, O. E., “TSH levels and risk of miscarriage in women on long-term levothyroxine: a community-based study”, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, vol. 99, pp. 3895-902, 2014.
2013
R. M. Dommett, Redaniel, M. T., Stevens, M. C., Hamilton, W., and Martin, R. M., “Features of cancer in teenagers and young adults in primary care: a population-based nested case-control study”, Br J Cancer, vol. 108, pp. 2329-33, 2013.
R. M. Dommett, Redaniel, T., Stevens, M. C., Martin, R. M., and Hamilton, W., “Risk of childhood cancer with symptoms in primary care: a population-based case-control study”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 63, pp. e22-9, 2013.
S. Walker, Hyde, C., and Hamilton, W., “Risk of uterine cancer in symptomatic women in primary care: case-control study using electronic records”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 63, pp. e643-8, 2013.
2012
R. M. Dommett, Redaniel, M. T., Stevens, M. C., Hamilton, W., and Martin, R. M., “Features of childhood cancer in primary care: a population-based nested case-control study”, Br J Cancer, vol. 106, pp. 982-7, 2012.
A. Taylor, Stapley, S., and Hamilton, W., “Jaundice in primary care: a cohort study of adults aged >45 years using electronic medical records”, Fam Pract, vol. 29, pp. 416-20, 2012.
S. Stapley, Peters, T. J., Neal, R. D., Rose, P. W., Walter, F. M., and Hamilton, W., “The risk of pancreatic cancer in symptomatic patients in primary care: a large case-control study using electronic records”, Br J Cancer, vol. 106, pp. 1940-4, 2012.
2011
S. Stapley and Hamilton, W., “Gynaecological symptoms reported by young women: examining the potential for earlier diagnosis of cervical cancer”, Fam Pract, vol. 28, pp. 592-8, 2011.
2009
D. Kernick, Stapley, S., Campbell, J., and Hamilton, W., “What happens to new-onset headache in children that present to primary care? A case-cohort study using electronic primary care records”, Cephalalgia, vol. 29, pp. 1311-6, 2009.
2007
W. Hamilton and Kernick, D., “Clinical features of primary brain tumours: a case-control study using electronic primary care records”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 57, pp. 695-9, 2007.
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