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Is blue dye still required during sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer? (2016)
Journal Article
Peek, M., Kovacs, T., Baker, R., Hamed, H., Kothari, A., & Douek, M. (2016). Is blue dye still required during sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer?. ecancermedicalscience, 10, https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2016.674

BACKGROUND: In early breast cancer, the optimal technique for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is the combined technique (radioisotope and Patent Blue V) which achieves high identification rates. Despite this, many centres have decided to stop us... Read More about Is blue dye still required during sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer?.

Meta-analysis of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer using the magnetic technique (2016)
Journal Article
Zada, A., Peek, M., Muneer, A., Bauke, A., Baker, R., Kusakabe, M., …Douek, M. (2016). Meta-analysis of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer using the magnetic technique. British Journal of Surgery, 103(11), 1409-1419. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.10283

Background 3 The gold standard for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), the dual technique (radiolabelled tracer and 4 blue dye), has several drawbacks. A novel magnetic technique without these drawbacks, has been 5 evaluated in a number of clinical... Read More about Meta-analysis of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer using the magnetic technique.

Meta-analysis of aberrant lymphatic drainage in recurrent breast cancer (2016)
Journal Article
Ahmed, M., Baker, R., & Rubio, I. (2016). Meta-analysis of aberrant lymphatic drainage in recurrent breast cancer. British Journal of Surgery, 103(12), 1579-1588. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.10289

Background Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) in recurrent breast cancer offers targeted axillary staging compared with axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) or no treatment. The evidence for lymphatic mapping in recurrent breast cancer is reviewed, focusi... Read More about Meta-analysis of aberrant lymphatic drainage in recurrent breast cancer.

Minimally invasive ablative techniques in the treatment of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Peek, M., Ahmed, M., Napoli, A., Usiskin, S., Baker, R., & Douek, M. (2016). Minimally invasive ablative techniques in the treatment of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Hyperthermia, 33(2), 191-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/02656736.2016.1230232

Purpose: Breast conserving surgery is effective for breast cancer treatment but is associated with morbidity in particular high re-excision rates. We performed a systematic review to assess the current evidence for clinical outcomes with minimally... Read More about Minimally invasive ablative techniques in the treatment of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

An empirical Bayes model for time-varying paired comparisons ratings : who is the greatest women’s tennis player? (2016)
Journal Article
Baker, R., & McHale, I. (2017). An empirical Bayes model for time-varying paired comparisons ratings : who is the greatest women’s tennis player?. European Journal of Operational Research, 258(1), 328-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.08.043

We present a methodology for fitting a time-varying paired comparisons model using an empirical Bayes approach. The model simultaneously avoids two problems that typically arise with paired comparisons data: first, that extreme values of estimated st... Read More about An empirical Bayes model for time-varying paired comparisons ratings : who is the greatest women’s tennis player?.

Predicting creditworthiness in retail banking with limited scoring data (2016)
Journal Article
Abdou, H., Tsafack, M., Ntim, C., & Baker, R. (2016). Predicting creditworthiness in retail banking with limited scoring data. Knowledge-Based Systems, 103, 89-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2016.03.023

The preoccupation with modelling credit scoring systems including their relevance to predicting and decision making in the financial sector has been with developed countries, whilst developing countries have been largely neglected. The focus of our i... Read More about Predicting creditworthiness in retail banking with limited scoring data.

The compatriot win effect on national sales of a multicountry lottery (2016)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Forrest, D., & Perez, L. (2016). The compatriot win effect on national sales of a multicountry lottery. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 65(4), 603-618. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssc.12143

Euromillions is a lotto game played across nine countries.We examine more than 8 years of sales data for individual states to assess whether a jackpot win in a country increases subsequent sales in that country.We propose a novel test for the prese... Read More about The compatriot win effect on national sales of a multicountry lottery.