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Publications: Dr Yin Zhou

Zhou Y, Walter FM ( 2023 ) . Understanding cancer risk in patients at lower risk to improve early cancer diagnosis . The Lancet Oncology vol. 24 , ( 11 ) 1166 - 1167 .
Zhou Y, Singh H, Hamilton W, Archer S, Tan S, Brimicombe J, Lyratzopoulos G, Walter FM ( 2023 ) . Identifying targets for improving the diagnostic process of patients with possible bladder and kidney cancer: a mixed-methods study . British Journal of General Practice vol. 73 , ( 733 )
Papavasiliou E, Sills VA, Calanzani N, Harrison H, Snudden C, di Martino E, Cowan A, Behiyat D et al. ( 2023 ) . Diagnostic Performance of Biomarkers for Bladder Cancer Detection Suitable for Community and Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . Cancers vol. 15 , ( 3 )
Moullet M, Funston G, Mounce LT, Abel GA, de Wit N, Walter FM, Zhou Y ( 2022 ) . Pre-diagnostic clinical features and blood tests in patients with colorectal cancer: a retrospective linked data study . British Journal of General Practice vol. 72 , ( 721 )
Zhou Y, Walter FM, Mounce L, Abel GA, Singh H, Hamilton W, Stewart GD, Lyratzopoulos G ( 2021 ) . Identifying opportunities for timely diagnosis through patterns of primary care tests in patients with bladder and renal cancer: a longitudinal linked data study . British Journal of General Practice vol. 72 , ( 714 )
Harrison H, Usher-Smith JA, Li L, Roberts L, Lin Z, Thompson RE, Rossi SH, Stewart GD et al. ( 2021 ) . Risk prediction models for symptomatic patients with bladder and kidney cancer: a systematic review . British Journal of General Practice vol. 72 , ( 714 )
Zhou Y, Walter FM, Singh H, Hamilton W, Abel GA, Lyratzopoulos G ( 2021 ) . Prolonged Diagnostic Intervals as Marker of Missed Diagnostic Opportunities in Bladder and Kidney Cancer Patients with Alarm Features: A Longitudinal Linked Data Study . Cancers vol. 13 , ( 1 )
Arendse KD, Walter FM, Pilling M, Zhou Y, Hamilton W, Funston G ( 2020 ) . Time from presentation to pre-diagnostic chest X-ray in symptomatic lung cancer patients: a cohort study using electronic patient records . British Journal of General Practice vol. 71 , ( 705 )
Zhou Y, Abel GA, Hamilton W, Singh H, Walter FM, Lyratzopoulos G ( 2020 ) . Imaging activity possibly signalling missed diagnostic opportunities in bladder and kidney cancer: A longitudinal data-linkage study using primary care electronic health records . Cancer Epidemiology vol. 66 ,
Zhou Y, Funston G, Lyratzopoulos G, Walter FM ( 2020 ) . Correction to: Improving the Timely Detection of Bladder and Kidney Cancer in Primary Care . Advances in Therapy vol. 37 , ( 4 ) 1702 - 1702 .
Zhou Y, van Melle M, Singh H, Hamilton W, Lyratzopoulos G, Walter FM ( 2019 ) . Quality of the diagnostic process in patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of bladder or kidney cancer: a systematic review . BMJ Open vol. 9 , ( 10 )
Zhou Y, Funston G, Lyratzopoulos G, Walter FM ( 2019 ) . Improving the Timely Detection of Bladder and Kidney Cancer in Primary Care . Advances in Therapy vol. 36 , ( 7 ) 1778 - 1785 .
Zhou Y, van Melle M, Lyratzopoulos G, Walter F ( 2018 ) . Factors Affecting Diagnostic Timeliness and Safety in Symptomatic Patients Subsequently Diagnosed With Bladder and Kidney Cancer: A Systematic Review . Journal of Global Oncology vol. 4 , ( Supplement 2 ) 40s - 40s .
Zhou Y, Mendonca SC, Abel GA, Hamilton W, Walter FM, Johnson S, Shelton J, Elliss-Brookes L et al. ( 2017 ) . Variation in ‘fast-track’ referrals for suspected cancer by patient characteristic and cancer diagnosis: evidence from 670 000 patients with cancers of 35 different sites . British Journal of Cancer vol. 118 , ( 1 ) 24 - 31 .
Whitaker KL, Ghanouni A, Zhou Y, Lyratzopoulos G, Morris S ( 2017 ) . Patients’ preferences for GP consultation for perceived cancer risk in primary care: a discrete choice experiment . British Journal of General Practice vol. 67 , ( 659 ) e388 - e395 .
Abel GA, Mendonca SC, McPhail S, Zhou Y, Elliss-Brookes L, Lyratzopoulos G ( 2017 ) . Emergency diagnosis of cancer and previous general practice consultations: insights from linked patient survey data . British Journal of General Practice vol. 67 , ( 659 ) e377 - e387 .
Zhou Y, Abel GA, Hamilton W, Pritchard-Jones K, Gross CP, Walter FM, Renzi C, Johnson S et al. ( 2016 ) . Diagnosis of cancer as an emergency: a critical review of current evidence . Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology vol. 14 , ( 1 ) 45 - 56 .
Zhou Y, Puradiredja DI, Abel G ( 2015 ) . Truancy and teenage pregnancy in English adolescent girls: can we identify those at risk? . Journal of Public Health vol. 38 , ( 2 ) 323 - 329 .
Zhou Y, Abel G, Warren F, Roland M, Campbell J, Lyratzopoulos G ( 2014 ) . Do difficulties in accessing in-hours primary care predict higher use of out-of-hours GP services? Evidence from an English National Patient Survey . Emergency Medicine Journal vol. 32 , ( 5 )