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Alan Gibbs
Researcher at University of Manchester
Publications - 13
Citations - 404
Alan Gibbs is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 13 publications receiving 386 citations.
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Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis
Philip V. Barber,Kathryn L. Harrison,Alan Gibbs,Raymond Agius,Geoffrey P. Margison,Andrew C. Povey +5 more
TL;DR: It is confirmed that the presence of GSTM1 provides protection against the risk of lung cancer and there is equivocal evidence that this protection varies with the number of gene copies.
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Costs and benefits of a one stop clinic compared with a dedicated breast clinic: randomised controlled trial
Paola Dey,Nigel J Bundred,Alan Gibbs,Penelope Hopwood,Andrew D Baildam,C Boggis,Marilyn James,W. Fiona Knox,Vicki Leidecker,Ciaran B J Woodman +9 more
TL;DR: One stop clinics may not be justified in terms of a reduction in short term anxiety according to the cost to the NHS and the impact on anxiety at 3 weeks and 3 months after diagnosis.
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Does additional lubrication reduce condom failure
Mark Gabbay,Alan Gibbs +1 more
TL;DR: Use of additional water-based lubrication was significantly associated with lower condom failure rates and gender, regularity of use of condoms and using oil-basedubricants were not associated with higher failure rates.
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Randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a videotape about radiotherapy
Roger A Harrison,Paola Dey,Nicholas J Slevin,Anne Eardley,Alan Gibbs,Richard A Cowan,John P Logue,Vicki Leidecker,Penelope Hopwood +8 more
TL;DR: In a randomized controlled trial, the additional provision of information on videotape was no more effective than written information alone in reducing pre-treatment worry about radiotherapy.
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Early assessment by a mobile stroke team: a randomised controlled trial
Paola Dey,Miriam Woodman,Alan Gibbs,Robert Steele,S. Jill Stocks,Susan Wagstaff,Veneet Khanna,Mohan Datta Chaudhuri +7 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest that the mobile stroke team failed to confer significant long-term mortality benefit compared with general ward-based care alone, and was terminated before the necessary sample size was collected.