Completed research projects

Funded by the Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund

Cancer research projects

The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund has funded research into many aspects of cancer care and support including helping those living with cancer share ‘bad news’ to friends and family, receiving End of Life care at home and the role of complementary therapies in cancer treatment. Below are the Executive Summary reports of the research projects funded by the Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund.

30/03/12
Understanding the ‘unknown’: a case study approach to explore patients’, carers’ & health care professionals experiences of cancer of unknown primary
01/04/19
Advance care planning in advanced cancer – can it be achieved? A patient preference trial of a care planning discussion.
11/04/11
An exploration of parents’ and professionals’ roles in sharing illness and treatment information with children who have cancer
31/01/07
A qualitative synthesis of the use of complementary therapies after a diagnosis of cancer
01/02/11
A study to explore the experience and support needs of older caregivers caring for family members (or friends) with cancer.
01/12/14
Brief cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for women with psychosexual difficulties following treatment for gynaecological cancer; a feasibility study
01/10/07
A feasibility study of relaxation therapy plus autohypnotherapy training (HYPREL) for patients with thoracic cancer undergoing radiotherapy.
01/09/10
Developing a model of best practice for people with Cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) and their caregivers: an investigation of multidimensional supportive and palliative care needs
01/08/08
Development of a “what matters to family carers” assessment tool for evaluation of care and support at end of life care (Phase 2)
01/07/10
Enhancing the role of carers in the outpatient chemotherapy setting: a participatory action research project
01/06/06
Ethnicity & Cancer: examining psychosocial transitions for older people
01/01/07
Evaluation of Preferred Place of Care (PPC): Towards Quality Improvement
01/06/06
The ToT Study: Helping with Touch or Talk (ToT)
01/06/12
Mapping and understanding specialist cancer and cancer related helplines in the UK
01/05/09
Patients’ and family carers’ construction of quality in supportive and palliative district nursing care
01/07/06
Specified Place Of Care Study
01/01/13
Receiving end of life care at home: experiences of the bereaved carers of cancer patients cared for by health care assistants
01/08/16
Developing a relevant and acceptable educational intervention for carers of patients with breathlessness in advanced disease: the Learning about Breathlessness Study

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