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Boland EG, Bennett MI, Allgar V, Boland JW
Cannabinoids for adult cancer related pain: systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2020 [Epub ahead of print]
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Boland JW, Allgar V, Boland EG, Bennett MI, Kaasa S, Hjermstad MJ, Johnson MJ.
The relationship between pain, analgesics and survival in patients with advanced cancer; a secondary data analysis of the international European palliative care Cancer symptom study.
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2020) 76:393–402
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Buture A, Boland JW, Dikomitis L, Huang C, Ahmed F.
Development and Evaluation of a Screening Tool to Aid the Diagnosis of a Cluster Headache.
Brain Sci. 2020 [Epub ahead of print]
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Buture A, Boland JW, Ahmed F, Dikomitis L
Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2019:12 Pages 691—698
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Practice review: Evidence-based and effective management of pain in patients with advanced cancer
Chapman EJ, Edwards Z, Boland JW, Maddocks M, Fettes L, Malia C, Mulvey MR, Bennett MI.
Palliative Medicine 2020 [Epub ahead of print]
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White N, Oostendorp LJ, Tomlinson C, Yardley S, Ricciardi F, Gökalp H, Minton O, Boland JW, Clark B, Harries P, Stone P.
Online training improves medical students’ ability to recognise when a person is dying: The ORaClES randomised controlled trial
Palliative Medicine 2020, Vol. 34(1) 134–144
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Pask S, Dell'Olio M, Murtagh FEM, Boland JW.
The Effects of Opioids on Cognition in Older Adults With Cancer and Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Systematic Review.
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 [Epub ahead of print]
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Boland JW, Lawlor PG, Bush SH.
Delirium: non-pharmacological and pharmacological management.
BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2019 Dec;9(4):482-484
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JW Boland, EG Boland
Noisy upper respiratory tract secretions: pharmacological management
BMJ supportive & palliative care, bmjspcare-2019-001791
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R Fearnley, JW Boland
Parental Life-Limiting Illness: What Do We Tell the Children?
Healthcare 7 (1), 47
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JW Boland, D Currow, M Johnson
Response to “Hyoscine butylbromide for the management of death rattle: sooner rather than later”
Journal of pain and symptom management 57 (3), e12-e13
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JW Boland, Kabir M, Bush SH, Spiller J, Johnson MJ, Agar M, Lawlor PG.
Delirium management by Palliative Medicine specialists: a survey from the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland.
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2019 [Epub ahead of print].
SB O'Donnell, MK Nicholson, JW Boland.
The association between benzodiazepines and survival in patients with cancer: a systematic review.
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 [Epub ahead of print]
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Boland JW, Barclay S, Gibbins J.
Twelve tips for developing palliative care teaching in an undergraduate curriculum for medical students.
Medical teacher 2019 [Epub ahead of print]
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Boland JW, Allgar V, Boland EG, Kaasa S, Hjermstad MJ, Johnson MJ.
Predictors and trajectory of performance status in patients with advanced cancer: A secondary data analysis of the international European Palliative Care Cancer Symptom study.
Palliat Med. 2019. 33(2) 206–212
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Hukins D, Macleod U, Boland JW.
Identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with dementia: a systematic review.
Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2019. 75 (4), 467-481
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Buture A, Boland JW, Dikomitis L, Ahmed F
Update on the pathophysiology of cluster headache: imaging and neuropeptide studies
Journal of Pain Research 2019:12 Pages 269—281
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Neoh K, Gray R, Grant-Casey J, Estcourt L, Malia C, Boland JW, Bennett MI.
National comparative audit of red blood cell transfusion practice in hospices: Recommendations for palliative care practice.
Palliat Med. 2019 Jan;33(1):102-108.
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Boland JW, Pockley AG.
Influence of opioids on immune function in patients with cancer pain: from bench to bedside.
Br J Pharmacol. 2018 Jul;175(14):2726-2736
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Boland JW, Johnson M, Ferreira D, Berry DJ.
In silico (computed) modelling of doses and dosing regimens associated with morphine levels above international legal driving limits.
Palliat Med. 2018 Jul;32(7):1222-1232.
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Buture A, Ahmed F, Dikomitis L, Boland JW.
Systematic literature review on the delays in the diagnosis and misdiagnosis of cluster headache.
Neurol Sci. 2019. 40 (1), 25-39
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Habberstad R, Frøseth TCS, Aass N, Abramova T, Baas T, Mørkeset ST, Caraceni A, Laird B, Boland JW, Rossi R, Garcia-Alonso E, Stensheim H, Loge JH, Hjermstad MJ, Bjerkeset E, Bye A, Lund JÅ, Solheim TS, Vagnildhaug OM, Brunelli C, Damås JK, Mollnes TE, Kaasa S, Klepstad P.
The Palliative Radiotherapy and Inflammation Study (PRAIS) - protocol for a longitudinal observational multicenter study on patients with cancer induced bone pain.
BMC Palliat Care. 2018 Sep 28;17(1):110.
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Ferreira DH, Boland JW, Phillips JL, Lam L, Currow DC. The impact of therapeutic opioid agonists on driving-related psychomotor skills assessed by a driving simulator or an on-road driving task: A systematic review. Palliat Med 2018. 32(4):786-803. Full text
Star A, Boland JW. Updates in palliative care – recent advancements in the pharmacological management of symptoms. Clin Med 2018 18:11-16 Full text
Wood H, Dickman A, Star A, Boland JW. Updates in palliative care – overview and recent advancements in the pharmacological management of cancer pain. Clin Med 2018 18:17-22 Full text
Gadoud A, Lu W, Lane S, Strano-Paul S, Boland JW. A pilot study of interprofessional palliative care education of medical students in the UK and USA. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2018. 8(1):67-72. Full text
Johnson MJ, Jamali A, Ross J, Fairhurst C, Boland J, Reigada C, Hart SP, Grande G, Currow DC, Wells AU, Bajwah S, Papadopoulos T, Bland JM, Yorke J. Psychometric validation of the needs assessment tool: progressive disease in interstitial lung disease. Thorax. 2018 Sep;73(9):880-883. Full text
Digges M, Hussein A, Wilcock A, Crawford GB, Boland JW, Agar MR, Sinnarajah A, Currow DC, Johnson MJ. Pharmacovigilance in Hospice/Palliative Care: Net Effect of Haloperidol for Nausea or Vomiting. J Palliat Med 2018. 21(1):37-43
Boland JW and Fearnley R. The role of volunteers supporting people with life-limiting illness at home. European Journal of Palliative Care 2018. 25(1): 33-35. Full text and blog about article.
Boland JW, Boland EG. Pharmacological therapies for opioid-induced constipation in adults with cancer. BMJ. 2017 Aug 2;358:j3313 Full text
Boland JW, Allgar V, Boland EG, Oviasu O, Agar M, Currow DC, Johnson MJ. Effect of opioids and benzodiazepines on clinical outcomes in patients receiving palliative care; an exploratory analysis. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2017. 20(11):1274-1279. Full text
Fearnley R, Boland JW. Communication and support from health care professionals to families, with dependent children, following the diagnosis of parental life-limiting illness: A systematic review. Palliative Medicine;2017 Mar;31(3):212-222 Full Text
Reigada C, Papadopoulos A, Boland J, Yorke J, Ross J, Currow DC, Bajwah S, Grande G, Wells A, Johnson MJ. Implementation of the Needs Assessment Tool for Interstitial Lung Disease Patients (NAT:ILD): Facilitators and Barriers. Thorax 2017. 72(11):1049-1051. Full text
Boland JW, Dikomitis L, Gadoud A. Medical students writing on death, dying and palliative care: A qualitative analysis of reflective essays. BMJ SPC. 2016 Dec;6(4):486-492 Full text
Obita GP, Boland EG, Currow DC, Johnson MJ, Boland JW. Somatostatin analogues compared to placebo and other pharmacological agents in the management of symptoms of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: a systematic review. JPSM. 2016;52(6):901-919 Full text
Boland JW, Bennett MI. Opioids do not influence metastasis in experimental animal cancer models. Pain 2016;157(5):1173
Facey C, Brooks D, Boland JW. Assessment of the appropriateness of naloxone administration to patients receiving long-term opioid therapy. Hospital Practice 2016;44(2):86-91 Full text
Boland JW, Reigada C, Yorke J, Hart SP, Bajwah S, Ross J, Wells A, Papadopoulos A, Currow D, Grande G, Macleod U, Johnson M. The adaptation, face and content validation of a Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease for people with interstitial lung disease (NAT:PD-ILD). Journal of Palliative Medicine 2016 (5):549-55. Full text
Boland JW, Ziegler L, Boland EG, McDermid K, Bennett MI. Is regular systemic opioid analgesia associated with shorter survival in adult patients with cancer? A systematic literature review. Pain 2015 Nov;156(11):2152-63. Full text
Ahmedzai SH, Boland JW. Constipation: opioid antagonists in people prescribed opioids. BMJ Clin Evid 2015. Full text
Sloot S, Boland J, Ezaydi Y, Gethin A, Green T, Chopra L, Engels Y, Verhagen S, Vissers K, Snowden J, Ahmedzai SH. Side effects of analgesia may significantly reduce quality of life in symptomatic multiple myeloma: a cross-sectional pilot study. Supportive Care in Cancer 2015 Mar;23(3):671-8. Full text
Boland JW, McWilliams K, Ahmedzai SH, Pockley AG. Effects of opioids on immunological parameters that are relevant to anti-tumour immune potential in patients with cancer: a systematic literature review. British Journal of Cancer 2014 Aug;111(5):866-73. Full text
Boland JW, Currow D, Wilcock A, Tieman J, Hussain J, Pitsillides C, Abernethy A, Johnson M. A systematic review of strategies used to increase recruitment of people with cancer or organ failure into clinical trials: implications for palliative care research. JPSM 2014. 49 (4), 762-772. Full text
Boland JW, Foulds G, Ahmedzai SH, Pockley AG. A systematic analysis of the in vitro effects of opioids on innate and adaptive immune function. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2014 Dec;4(4):357-67. Full text
Kyeremateng S, Boland JW. Aprepitant for the Management of Refractory Emesis in a Patient with a Small Bowel Carcinoid Tumor. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy 2014 Jun;28(2):135-7. Full text
Boland EG, Boland JW, Ezaydi Y, Greenfield DM, Ahmedzai SH, Snowden JA. Holistic needs assessment in advanced, intensively-treated multiple myeloma patients. Supportive Care in Cancer 2014 Oct;22(10):2615-20. Full text
Taubert M, Watts G, Boland J, Radbruch, L. Palliative Social Media. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2014; 4(1):13-18. Full text
Boland J, Owen J, Ainscough A, Mahdi H. Developing a Service for Patients with Very Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) within resources. BMJ SPC 2014;4:196-201. Full text
Boland J, Rennick A. Unusual aetiology of malignant spinal cord compression. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2013;3:200–202.
Boland J, Boland E, Brooks D. Importance of the correct diagnosis of opioid-induced respiratory depression in adult cancer patients and titration of naloxone. Clinical Medicine 2013, Vol 13, No 2: 149–51.
Boland J, Johnson M. Non-malignant editorial: End of life care for non-cancer patients. BMJ SPC 2013;3:2–3.
Boland J, Brooks D. Topical application of a beclometasone aerosol inhaler for the treatment of peristomal inflammation; a case report.2012 Palliative Medicine 26 (8) 1055-1056
Boland J, Cachia E, Portenoy RK, Ahmedzai SH. Pain in respiratory disease - mechanisms and management. In supportive Care in Respiratory Disease, Second Edition. Edited by Sam H. Ahmedzai, David R. Baldwin, and David C. Currow. OUP 2012.
Cachia E, Boland J, Ahmedzai SH. Pain assessment in respiratory disease. In supportive Care in Respiratory Disease, Second Edition. Edited by Sam H. Ahmedzai, David R. Baldwin, and David C. Currow. OUP 2012.
Boland J. How to write an effective application for a research grant. European Journal of Palliative Care, 2010; 17(4), 194-6
Ahmedzai SH, Boland J. Constipation in people prescribed opioids. BMJ Clinical Evidence revised and updated 2010.http://www.clinicalevidence.com/ceweb/conditions/bly/2407/2407.jsp
Boland J, Ahmedzai SH. A novel targeted therapy for opioid-induced bowel dysfunction: methylnaltrexone. European Journal of Palliative Care 2008; Suppl Dec.
Ahmedzai SH, Boland J. Constipation in people prescribed opioids. BMJ Clinical Evidence 2007.http://www.clinicalevidence.bmj.com/x/systematic-review/2407/archive/06/2007.html
Ahmedzai SH, Boland J. Opioids for chronic pain: molecular and genomic basis of actions and adverse effects Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2007, 1:117–125
Ahmedzai SH, Boland J. The total challenge of cancer pain in supportive and palliative care. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2007, 1:3–5
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