PUBLICATIONS
JOURNALS/PAPERS
 Snowden JA, Ahmedzai SH, J Ashcroft, S D’Sa et al (2011). Guidelines for Supportive Care in Multiple Myeloma. Brit J Haematol. In press
 Cachia E, Ahmedzai SH (2011). Transdermal opioids for cancer pain. Current Opinion in
Supportive & Palliative Care 5;15-19
 Raphael J, Hester J, Ahmedzai SH, Barrie J et al (2010.) Cancer pain: part 2: physical, interventional and complimentary therapies; management in the community; acute, treatment-related and complex cancer pain: a perspective from the British Pain Society endorsed by the UK Association of Palliative Medicine and the Royal College of General
Practitioners. Pain Medicine 11;6:872-96
 Wright J, Ahmedzai SH (2010). The management of painful crisis in sickle cell disease.
Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care 4;2:97-106
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Raphael J, Ahmedzai SH, Hester J, Urch C, Barrie J et al (2010). Cancer Pain: Part 1:
Pathophysiology; oncological, pharmacological, and psychological treatments: a perspective from the British Pain Society endorsed by the UK Association of Palliative
Medicine and the Royal College of General Practitioners. Pain Medicine 11;5:742-764
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Holzer P, Ahmedzai SH, Niederle N, Leyendecker P, Hopp M et al (2009). Opioid-induced bowel dysfunction in cancer-related pain: causes, consequences, and a novel approach for its management. Journal of Opioid Management 5;3: 145-151.
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Partridge MR, Khatri A, Sutton L, Welham S, Ahmedzai SH (2009). Palliative care services for those with chronic lung disease. Chronic Respiratory Disease 6;1: 13-17
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Chow E, Hird A, Velikova G, Johnson C, Ahmedzai SH et al (2009). The European
Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire for patients with Bone Metastases: The EORTC QLQ-BM22. Eur J Cancer 45;7:1146-52
 Ahmed N, Bestall JC, Payne SA, Noble B, Ahmedzai SH (2009). The use of cognitive interviewing methodology in the design and testing of a screening tool for supportive and palliative care needs. Support Care Cancer 17;6:665-73
 Cachia E, Ahmedzai S (2008). Breathlessness in cancer patients. Eur J Cancer 44;8:1116-23
 Boland J, Ahmedzai SH (2008). Targeted management of opioid induced constipation: the role of the novel, peripherally acting, mu-opioid receptor antagonist Methylnaltrexone bromide. Eur J Pall Care – supplement 6-11
 Ahmedzai SH, Boland J (2007). Constipation in people prescribed opioids. Clinical
Evidence Handbook 560-562
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Ahmedzai SH (2007). 2050 Vision Palliative Medicine. Hospital Doctor; 11 th January 2007,
43
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Laude EA, Ahmedzai SH (2007). Oxygen and helium gas mixtures for dyspnoea. Current
Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care 1;2:; 91-95
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Ahmedzai SH, Boland J (2007). Opioids for chronic pain: molecular and genomic basis of actions and adverse effects. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care 1;2: 117-
125
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Ahmedzai S (2006). Peers should protect patients by rejecting assisted dying bill. Daily
Telegraph. 9 th May 2006
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Fearon KCH, Barber MD, Moses AG, Ahmedzai SH, Taylor GS, Tisdale MJ, Murray GD
(2006). Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study of Eicosapentaenoic Acid
Diester in patients with cancer cachexia. J Clinical Oncology 24;21:3401-3407
 Ahmedzai S, Muers M (editors) (2005). Supportive care in respiratory disease. OUP.
 McNicholas J, Gilbey A, Rennie A, Ahmedzai SH, Dono J-A, Ormerod E (2005) Pet ownership and human health: a brief review of evidence and issues. BMJ 331;7527:1252 –
1254
 Collins K, Ahmedzai SH (2005). Who best for follow up? Consumer involvement in research. Cancer Nursing Practice 4;3:8-11
 Ahmed N, Ahmedzai SH, Vora V, et al (2005). Review: Chemotherapy plus supportive care improves survival and quality of life in advanced or metastatic gastrointestinal cancer more than supportive care alone. Evidence Based Nursing 8;1:18
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Lubbe AS, Ahmedzai SH (2004). A new approach for cancer pain management – the pyramid model. Progress in Palliative Care 12;6:287-292
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Ahmedzai SH, Shrivastav SP (2004). Breathlessness. Medicine 14-16
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Clark AJ, Ahmedzai SH, Allan LG, Camacho F, Horbay GLA, Richarz U, Simpson K (2004).
Efficacy and safety of transdermal fentanyl and sustained-release oral morphine in patients with cancer and chronic non-cancer pain. Current Medical Research and Opinion;
20;9:1419-1428
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Ahmed N, Bestall JC, Ahmedzai SH, Payne SA, Clark D, Noble B (2004). Systematic review of the problems and issues of accessing specialist palliative care by patients, carers and health and social care professionals. Palliative Medicine 18;6:525-542
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Ahmedzai SH (2004). Terminal care in non-malignant, end-stage disease, how can we improve it? Journal of Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh 34;137-143
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Ahmedzai SH (2004). Cough in cancer patients. Pulmonary Pharmacology and
Therapeutics 17;6:415-423
 Ahmedzai SH, Costa A, Blengini C, Bosch A, Sanz-Ortiz J, Ventafridda V, Verhagen SC, on behalf of the international working group convened by the European School of Oncology
(2004). A new international framework for palliative care. Eur J Cancer 40;15:2192-2200
 Ahmedzai SH (2004). Evaluation and management of dyspnoea. Arch Oncol 12;3:171-2
 Vora VA, Ahmedzai SH (2004). Pulse oximetry in supportive and palliative care. Support
Care Cancer 12;11:758-761
 Bestall JC, Ahmed N, Ahmedzai SH, Payne SA, Noble B, Clark D (2004). Access and referral to specialist palliative care: patients' and professionals' experiences. Int J Palliat Nurs
10;8:381-9
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Gott M, Seymour J, Bellamy G, Clark D, Ahmedzai SH (2004). Older people's views about home as a place of care at the end of life. Palliat Med 18;5:460-7
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Ahmed N, Ahmedzai SH, Vora V, Hillam S, Paz S (2004). Supportive care for patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (3):CD003445
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Hunt J, Keeley VL, Cobb M, Ahmedzai SH (2004). A new quality assurance package for hospital palliative care teams: the Trent Hospice Audit Group model. Br J Cancer 91;2:248-
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Seymour J, Gott M, Bellamy G, Ahmedzai SH, Clark D (2004). Planning for the end of life: the views of older people about advance care statements. Soc Sci Med 59;1:57-68
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Stevens T, Ahmedzai SH (2004). Why do breast cancer patients decline entry into randomised trials and how do they feel about their decision later: a prospective, longitudinal, in-depth interview study. Patient Education and Counseling 52;3:341-8
 Ahmedzai SH, Laude E, Robertson A, Troy G, Vora V A (2004). A Double-blind, randomised, controlled Phase II trial of Heliox28 gas mixture in lung cancer patients with dyspnoea on exertion. Br J Cancer 90;2:366-71
 Bottomley A, Efficace F, Thomas R, Vanvoorden V, Ahmedzai S et al (2003). Health-related quality of life in non-small-cell lung cancer: methodologic issues in randomized controlled trials. J Clin Oncol 21;15:2982-92
 Stevens T, Wilde D, Paz S, Ahmedzai SH, Rawson A, Wragg D (2003). Palliative care research protocols: a special case for ethical review? Palliat Med Sep 17;6:482-90
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Hunt J, Cobb M, Keeley V, Ahmedzai SH (2003). The quality of spiritual care-developing a standard. Int J Palliat Nurs 9;5:208-15
 Stevens T, Wilde D, Hunt J, Ahmedzai SH (2003). Overcoming the challenges to consumer involvement in cancer research. Health Expectations 6;1:81-88
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Hunt J, Stevens T, Mitchell N, Wilde D, Ahmedzai S (2002). Cancer care. Part 2. How cancer service users can influence research and practice. Nurs Times 98;33:32-3
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Ahmedzai SH (2002). Palliative care in Europe: moves towards a common definition.
Clinical, Nursing & Patient Care C47
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Seymour JE, Bellamy G, Gott M, Ahmedzai SH, Clark D (2002). Using focus groups to explore older people’s attitudes to end of life care. Ageing & Society 22;517-526
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Ahmedzai S (2002). Palliative care therapeutics – yesterday, today and tomorrow. Palliative
Care Today
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Seymour JE, Bellamy G, Gott M, Ahmedzai SH, Clark D (2002). Good deaths, bad deaths: older people’s assessments of the risks and benefits of morphine and terminal sedation in end-of-life care. Health, Risk and Society 4;3:287-303
 Dickinson GE, Lancaster CJ, Clark D, Ahmedzai SH, Noble W (2002). UK physicians' attitudes toward active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Death
Studies 26;6:479-490
 Gott M, Stevens A, Small N, Ahmedzai S (2002). Involving users, improving services: the example of cancer. British Journal of Clinical Governance 7;2:81-85
 Clark D, Dickinson G, Lancaster CJ, Noble B, Seymour J, Ahmedzai SH (2001). UK intensive care physicians’ attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death.
British Journal of Intensive Care 11;4:102-107
 Clark D, Dickinson G, Lancaster CJ, Noble TW, Ahmedzai SH, Philps I (2001). UK geriatricians’ attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death. Age
and Ageing 30;395-398
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Gott M, Ahmedzai S, Wood C (2001). How many inpatients at an acute hospital have palliative care needs? Comparing the perspectives of medical and nursing staff. Palliative
Medicine 15;6:451-460
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Nugent M, Davis C, Brooks D, Ahmedzai S (2001). Long-term observations of patients receiving transdermal fentanyl after a randomised trial. Journal of Pain and Symptom
Management 21;5:385-391
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Ahmedzai S (2001). Window of opportunity for pain control in the terminally ill
(Commentary). The Lancet 357;9265:1304-1305
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Ahmedzai S (2001). Palliative Medicine. Hospital Healthcare Europe HHE 2001/2002 C47
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Ahmedzai SH, Walsh D (2000). Palliative medicine and modern cancer care. Seminars in
Oncology 27;1:1-6
 Ahmedzai S, Shrivastav S (2000). Breathlessness. Medicine 28;1:12-15
 Ahmedzai S (2000). The EORTC Pain & Symptom Control Study Group (P&SCSG). BPOS
Newsletter 15-16
 Ahmedzai S (2000). Pain management. Hospital Healthcare Europe 102-103
 Mannix K, Ahmedzai S, Anderson H, Bennett M, Lloyd-Williams M, Wilcock A (2000). Using bisphosphonates to control the pain of bone metastases: evidence-based guidelines for palliative care. Palliative Medicine 14;6:455-461
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Bennett M, Ahmedzai S (2000). Evidence-based clinical guidelines for palliative care: the work of the APM Science Committee. Palliative Medicine 14;6:453-454
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Ahmedzai S (2000). Can we finally get it right with cancer pain control? Hospital Medicine
61;12: 820-821
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Borg-Bortolo P, Simmonds P, Ahmedzai S (2000). Conflicting advice in the care of a dying patient. The practitioner 244;1613: 669, 672-677
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George R, Ahmedzai S (2000). The management of neuropathic pain in cancer: clinical guidelines for the use of adjuvant analgesics. Indian Journal of Cancer 37;1:4-9
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Penson J (2000). A hope is not a promise: fostering hope within palliative care. Int J
Palliat Nurs 6;2:94-8
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Skilbeck J, Small N, Ahmedzai S (1999). Nurses’ perceptions of specialist palliative care in an acute hospital. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 5;3:110-115
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Coyle D, Small N, Ashworth A, Hennessy S, Jenkins-Clarke S, Mannion R, Rice N, Ahmedzai S
(1999). Costs of palliative care in the community, in hospitals and in hospices in the UK.
Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 32;2:71-85
 Skilbeck J, Mott L, Page H, Smith D, Ahmedzai S, Clark D (1998). Palliative care in chronic obstructive airways disease: a needs assessment. Palliative Medicine 12;4:245-254
 Wils J, Sahmoud T, Sobrero A, Bleiberg H, Ahmedzai S, Blazeby J, et al (1998). Evaluation of clinical efficacy of new medical treatments in advanced colorectal cancer. Results of a
workshop organized by the EORTC GITCCG. Tumori 84;3:335-47
 Ahmedzai S (1997). 1997 – A new vision for palliative care. Progress in Palliative Care,
5;1:1-2
 Ahmedzai S, Brooks D (1997). Transdermal fentanyl versus sustained-release oral morphine in cancer pain: preference, efficacy, and quality of life. Journal of Pain and
Symptom Management 13;5:254-261
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Ahmedzai S (1997). Current strategies for pain control. Annals of Oncology 8 (suppl 3) S21-
S24
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Ahmedzai S (1997). New approaches to pain control in patients with cancer. European
Journal of Cancer33 (suppl 6) S8-S14
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Ahmedzai S (1997). The other information revolution. Annals of Oncology 8;9:821-824
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Ahmedzai S (1997). Five years, five threads (editorial). Progress in Palliative Care 5;6:235-
237
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Ahmedzai S (1997). Evidence-based medicine in palliative care: a systematic mistake
(editorial). Progress in Palliative Care 5;3:97-99
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Ahmedzai S (1997). Euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide and the living will. CME 15;10:
1339-1348
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Meystre CJN, Burley NMJ, Ahmedzai S (1997). What investigations and procedures do patients in hospices want? Interview based survey of patients and their nurses. BMJ
315;7117:1202-1203
 Ahmedzai S, Davis C (1997). Nebulised drugs in palliative care. Thorax 52 (suppl 2):S75-
S77
 Ahmedzai S, Bolton G (1997). Project will assess effects of patients writing about their terminal illness on self perceived quality of life. BMJ 314;7092:1485-6
 Ahmedzai S (1996). Making a success out of life’s failure. Progress in Palliative Care 4;1:1-3
 Ahmedzai S (1996). Food for thought – and for life. Progress in Palliative Care 4;2:37-38
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Vainio A, Auvinen A, Ahmedzai S, Benton TF, Walsh D, Higginson I, Lenio T, Lickiss JN,
Morant R (1996). Prevalence of symptoms among patients with advanced cancer: An international collaborative study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 12;1:3-10
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Cooke C, Ahmedzai S, Mayberry J (1996). Xerostomia - a review. Palliative Medicine
10;4:284-292
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Ahmedzai S (1995). Suffering, and the art of compassion and hope. (Editorial) Progress in
Palliative Care 2;217-221
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Ahmedzai S (1995). Recent clinical trials of pain control: Impact on quality of life.
European Journal of Cancer 31A(suppl.6): S2-S7
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Brooks DJ, Ahmedzai S, Gamble W (1995). A regional Survey of opioid use by patients receiving Specialist Palliative Care. Palliative Medicine 9;3:229-238
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Davies MJ; Ahmedzai S, Arsiwala SS, Leverment JN (1995). Intracranial metastases from malignant pleural mesothelioma Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 29;2: 97-9
 Ahmedzai S (1995). Palliative care for all? Progress in Palliative Care 3;3:77-79
 Ahmedzai S (1995). On pain, bereavement and rebirth. Progress in Palliative Care 3;6:211-
212
 Franks A, Ahmedzai S (1995). Current and future research in palliative care. Palliative
Care Today 13-14
 Coleman RE, Rubens RD, Hoskin PJ, Atkinson RE, Owen J, Ahmedzai S (1995). Supportive care in oncology: pain and bone problems. Journal of Cancer Care 4;121-126
 C, McKechnie E, Riley J, Ahmedzai S (1994). Experience with dipipanone elixir in the management of cancer related pain - case study. Faull Palliative Medicine 8;63-65
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Bergman B, Aaronson NK, Ahmedzai S, Kaasa S, Sullivan M (1994). The EORTC QLQ-LC13: a modular supplement to the EORTC core quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30) for use in lung cancer clinical trials. European Journal Cancer 30A;5:635-642
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Girling DJ, Hopwood P, Ahmedzai S (1994). Assessing quality of life in palliative oncology.
Progress in Palliative Care 2;80-86
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Ahmedzai S (1994). A defence of medicalisation. (Editorial) Progress in Palliative Care
2;121-125
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Ahmedzai S, Brooks D (1994). Recent advances in pain control. Hospital Update 549-554
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Ahmedzai S (1994). The physician working in palliative care in the United Kingdom. Int
Journal of Pain Therapy 4;1:18-26
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Ahmedzai S, Allan E, Fallon M, Finlay IG, Hanks GW, Hanna M, Regnard CFB, Reilly C (1994).
Transdermal fentanyl in cancer pain. Journal Drug Development 6;3:93-97
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Hancock BW, Ahmedzai S, Clark D (1993). Palliative care of patients with terminal cancer.
Current Opinion in Oncology 5;4:655-660
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Aaronson NK, Ahmedzai S, Bergman B et al (1993). The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: a quality of life instrument for use in international clinical trials in oncology. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 85;365-376
 Ahmedzai S (1993). Quality of life measurement in palliative care: philosophy, science or pontification? Progress in Palliative Care 1;6-10
 Field D, Dand P, Ahmedzai S, Biswas B (1993). Lay carers of patients admitted to a hospice: how caring restricts their lives. Health & Social Care 1;161-168
 Ahmedzai S (1993). What progress in palliative care? Progress in Palliative Care 1;2:2
 Ahmedzai S (1992). Companion animals and modern family life (letter). The Independent,
London.
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Ahmedzai S (1992). Recent advances in palliative care. Journal of Cancer Care 1;73-74
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Ahmedzai S (1992). What's new in symptom control? Journal of Cancer Care 1;79-83
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Wood PEA, Rushby C, Ahmedzai S (1992). Epidural steroid injections for malignant pain.
Journal of Cancer Care 1;139-144
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Field D, Dand P, Ahmedzai S, Biswas B (1992). Care and information received by lay carers of terminally ill patients at the Leicestershire Hospice. Palliative Medicine 6;237-245
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Regnard C, Ahmedzai S (1991) Dyspnoea in advanced non-malignant cancer - a flow diagram.
Palliative Medicine 5;56-60
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Ahmedzai S (1991). Companion animals and their contribution to the quality of life in people with chronic disease. In: Proceedings of 1st Conference of Purina Foundation for Human-
Animal Relations, Madrid, Spain.
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Allen D, Ahmedzai S (1991). Palliative care in advanced respiratory disease. Newsletter of
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care 19;25-29
 Ahmedzai S (1991). Evaluating quality of life (letter). Pharmaceutical Journal.
 de Haes J, Kaasa S, Ahmedzai S, Zittoun R (1991). Report from the Joint Conference of
European Society for Psychosocial Oncology and International Psychosocial Oncology Society,
Hamburg. Eur J Cancer 663-664
 Ahmedzai S (1990). Measuring quality of life in hospice care. Oncology 4;5:115-129
 Ahmedzai S (1990). Palliative care in oncology: making quality the endpoint (editorial).
Annals of Oncology 1;396-398
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Ahmedzai S (1990). A comparison of hospice versus conventional care of the terminally ill cancer patient - Editorial commentary on paper by Mor V, Masterton-Allen S. Oncology 4;94-
96
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Johnson IS, Rogers C, Biswas B, Ahmedzai S (1990). What do hospices do? A survey of hospices in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Brit Med J 300;791-793
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Ahmedzai S, Wood PEA (1990). Pain associated with malignant disease. Current Opinion in
Anaesthesiology 3;791-795
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Regnard C, Ahmedzai S (1990). Dyspnoea in advanced cancer - a flow diagram. Palliative
Medicine 4;311-315
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Regnard C, Ahmedzai S (1990). Hospice patients: a pilot study in 12 services. Palliative
Medicine 4;93-104
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Ahmedzai S (1989). Hospice funding (letter). The Times, London.
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Ahmedzai S (1988). Respiratory distress in the terminally ill patient. Respiratory Disease in
Practice 20-27
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Aaronson NK, Bullinger M, Ahmedzai S (1988). A modular approach to quality of life assessment in cancer clinical trials. Recent Results Cancer Res 111;231-249
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Ahmedzai S, Mallett K, Teather D, Wroe B (1988). 245-254. In: Snook R et al (eds),
Proceedings of 2nd National Conference on the Use of Computers in Health Care Education
and Training. NHS Training Authority, Keele.
 Dorward AJ, Banham SW, Hutcheon AW, Ahmedzai S et al (1986). Short duration combination chemotherapy in the treatment of small cell lung cancer. Thorax 41;688-691
 Banham S, Dorward A, Hutcheon A, Ahmedzai S, et al (1985). The role of VP-16 in the treatment of small cell lung cancer: studies of the West of Scotland Lung Cancer Group.
Semin Oncol 12;(1 Suppl 2):2-6
 Cunningham D, Banham SW, Hutcheon AH, Dorward A, Ahmedzai S et al (1985). High-dose cyclophosphamide and VP 16 as late dosage intensification therapy for small cell carcinoma of lung. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 15;3:303-6
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Ahmedzai S (1985). Teaching terminal care (letter). Brit Med J.
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Elliott JA, Ahmedzai S, Hole D et al (1984). Vindesine and cisplatin combination chemotherapy compared with vindesine as a single agent in the management of non-small cell lung cancer: a randomised study. Eur J Clin Oncol 20;1025-1032
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Banham SW, Soukop M, Ahmedzai S et al (1984). Late dose intensification chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer. Monogr Ser European Organisation Research and Treatment of Cancer
14;105-10
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Ahmedzai S, Carlyle DL, Calder IT, & Moran F (1983). The anti-emetic efficacy and toxicity of nabilone, a synthetic cannabinoid, in lung cancer chemotherapy. Brit J Cancer 48;657-663
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Banham S, Soukop M, Burnett A, Stevenson R, Cunningham D, Tansey P, Ahmedzai S et al
(1983). Treatment of small cell carcinoma of lung with late dosage intensification programmes containing cyclophosphamide and mesna. Cancer Treat Rev 10 Suppl A:73-7.
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Ahmedzai S (1982). Dying in hospital: the residents' viewpoint. Brit Med J 285;712-714
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