Professor Andrew Davies

• Davies A, Buchanan A, Todd J, Gregory A, Batsari KM, Oral symptoms in patients with advanced cancer: an observational study using a novel oral symptom assessment scale, Supportive Care in Cancer, 29, 2021, p4349 - 4356Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Davies A, Leach C, Butler C, Gregory A, Henshaw S, Minton O, Shorthose K, Batsari KM, Opioid-induced constipation in patients with cancer: a "real-world," multicentre, observational study of diagnostic criteria and clinical features., Pain, (162), 2021, p309 - 318Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Bryony Alderman, Katherine Webber, Andrew Davies, An audit of end-of-life symptom control in patients with corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) dying in a hospital in the United Kingdom, Palliative Medicine, 34, (9), 2020, p1249--1255Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Webber K, Davies AN, Leach C, Bradley A, Alcohol and drug use disorders in patients with cancer and caregivers: effects on caregiver burden, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 10, (2), 2020, p242--247Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Hall S, Thompson J, Phair T, Davies AN, Clinical nurse specialist prescribing in a cancer centre supportive and palliative care team, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 10, (1), 2020, p111--113Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Davies A, Leach C, Caponero R, Dickman A, Fuchs D, Paice J, Emmanuel A, MASCC recommendations on the management of constipation in patients with advanced cancer, Supportive Care in Cancer, 28, (1), 2020, p23--33Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Andrew Neil Davies, Frank Elsner, Marilène Jeanne Filbet, Josep Porta-Sales, Carla Ripamonti, Daniele Santini, Kath Webber, Breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP) management: a review of international and national guidelines, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 8, (3), 2018, p241--249Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Andrew N Davies, Melanie Waghorn, Katherine Webber, Sigurd Johnsen, Jeewaka Mendis, Julia Boyle, A cluster randomised feasibility trial of clinically assisted hydration in cancer patients in the last days of life, Palliative Medicine, 32, (4), 2018, p733--743Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Andrew Neil Davies, Shuchita D Patel, Amanda Gregory, Bernadette Lee, Observational study of sleep disturbances in advanced cancer, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2017, pbmjspcare--2017--001363Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Berman R, Davies A, Cooksley T, Gralla R, Carter L, Darlington E, Scotté F, Higham C, Supportive Care: An Indispensable Component of Modern Oncology., Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Davies A, Hayes J, Palliative care in the context of a pandemic: similar but different., Clinical medicine (London, England), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Román Romero-Ortuño, Nicolás Martínez-Velilla, Richard Sutton, Andrea Ungar, Artur Fedorowski, Rose Galvin, Olga Theou, Andrew Davies, Richard B Reilly, Jurgen Claassen, Áine M Kelly, Plamen Ch. Ivanov, Network Physiology in Aging and Frailty: The Grand Challenge of Physiological Reserve in Older Adults, Frontiers in Network Physiology: Networks in Aging and Frailty, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Davies A, Leach C, Butler C, Patel SD, Shorthose K, Batsari KM, Opioid-induced constipation: a stepwise treatment algorithm feasibility study, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 13, 2023, pE446-53Journal Article, 2023
• Webber K, Davies AN, Leach C, Waghorn M, Symptom prevalence and severity in palliative cancer medicine, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Oral care in, editor(s)Cherny NI, Fallon MT, Kaasa S, Portenoy RK, Currow DC , Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp656 - 669, [Andrew N Davies]Book Chapter, 2021
• Romero Ortuño R, Martínez Velilla N, Sutton R, Ungar A, Fedorowski A, Galvin R, Theou O, Davies A, Reilly RB, Kelly AM, Ivanov PC, The grand challenge of physiological reserve in older adults, Frontiers in Network Physiology, 1, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Alderman B, Allan L, Amano K, Bouleuc C, Davis M, Lister-Flynn S, Mukhopadhyay S, Davies A, Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) expert opinion/guidance on the use of clinically assisted nutrition in patients with advanced cancer, Supportive Care in Cancer, 2022, p2983 - 2992Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Davis M, Hui D, Davies A, Ripamonti C, Capela A, DeFeo G, Del Fabbro E, Bruera E, MASCC antiemetics in advanced cancer updated guideline, Supportive Care in Cancer, 29, 2021, p8097 - 8107Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Davis M, Hui D, Davies A, Ripamonti C, Capela A, DeFeo G, Del Fabbro E, Bruera E, Medical management of malignant bowel obstruction in patients with advanced cancer: 2021 MASCC guideline update, Supportive Care in Cancer, 29, 2021, p8089 - 8096Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Davies A, Buchanan A, Zeppetella G, Porta-Sales J, Likar R, Weismayr W, Slama O, Korhonen T, Filbet M, Poulain P, Mystakidou K, Ardavanis A, O'Brien T, Wilkinson P, Caraceni A, Zucco F, Zuurmond W, Andersen S, Damkier A, Vejlgaard T, Nauck F, Radbruch L, Sjolund KF, Stenberg M, Breakthrough cancer pain: an observational study of 1000 European oncology patients, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 46, (5), 2013, p619 - 628Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Davies A, Todd J, Bailey F, Gregory A, Waghorn M, Good concordance between patients and their non-professional carers about factors associated with a 'good death' and other important end-of-life decisions, BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 9, (3), 2019, p340-345Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Davies A, Finlay I, Oral Care in Advanced Disease, First, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, 1-221ppBook, 2005
• Davies A, Cancer-related Breakthrough Pain, First, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006, 1-114ppBook, 2006
• Booth S, Davies A, Palliative Care Consultations in Head and Neck Cancer, First, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006, 1-195ppBook, 2006
• Davies A, Cancer-related Bone Pain, First, Oxford, Oxford University Press , 2007, 1-118ppBook, 2007
• Davies AN, Epstein JB, Oral Complications of Cancer and its Management., First, Oxford, Oxford University Press , 2010, 1-312ppBook, 2010
• Davies A, Cancer-related Breakthrough Pain, 2nd edition, Second, Oxford, Oxford University Press; 2012., 2012, 1-113ppBook, 2012
• Davies A, Cancer-related Breakthrough Pain, 3rd edition, Third, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, 1-100ppBook, 2019
• Multidisciplinary team working in, editor(s)Watkinson JC, Clarke RW , Scott-Brown's Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 8th edition, Boca Rato, CRC Press, 2019, pp509-515 , [Davies A, Beasley N, Hamilton D]Book Chapter, 2019
• Mulcahy Symmons S, Ryan K, Aoun SM, Selman LE, Davies AN, Cornally C, Lombard J, McQuillan R, Guerin S, O'Leary N, Connolly M, Rabbitte M, Mockler D, Foley G., Decision-making in palliative care - patient and family caregiver concordance and discordance: systematic review and narrative synthesis, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 13, (4), 2023, p374 - 385Journal Article, 2023, TARA - Full Text
• Cleary N, Gouldthorpe C, Power J, Davies A., Correspondence re MASCC evidence-based recommendations for the management of malignant bowel obstruction., Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30, (10), 2022, p7823 - 7824Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Jones JA, Chavarri-Guerra Y, Corrêa LBC, Dean DR, Epstein JB, Fregnani ER, Lee J, Matsuda Y, Mercadante V, Monsen RE, Rajimakers NJH, Saunders D, Soto-Perez-de-Celis E, Sousa MS, Tonkaboni A, Vissink A, Yeoh KS, Davies AN., MASCC/ISOO expert opinion on the management of oral problems in patients with advanced cancer., Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30, (11), 2022, p8761 - 8773Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Davies A, Cinieri S, Dupoiron D, España Fernandez S, Leclerc J, Montesarchio V, Mystakidou K, Serna J, Tack J, A prospective, real-world, multinational study of naloxegol for patients with cancer pain diagnosed with opioid-induced constipation - the NACASY Study, Cancers (Basel) , 14, (5), 2022, p1128Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Power J, Gouldthorpe C, Davies A, Palliative care in the era of novel oncological interventions: needs some "tweaking", Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30, (7), 2022, p5569 - 5570Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Cleary N, Munnelly Mulkerrin O, Davies A, Oral symptom assessment tools in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review, Supportive Care in Cancer, 30, (9), 2022, p7481 - 7490Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Davies A, Waghorn M, Roberts M, Gage H, Skene S, Clinically-assisted hydration in patients in the last days of life ("CHELSEA II" trial): a cluster randomised trial, BMJ Open , (12), 2022, pe068846Journal Article, 2022, TARA - Full Text
• Patel SD, Davies A, Laing E, Wu H, Mendis J, Dijk D-J, Prognostication in advanced cancer by combining actigraphy-derived rest-activity and sleep parameters with routine clinical data: an exploratory machine learning study, Cancers, 15, 2023, p503Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Andrew Neil Davies, Melanie Waghorn, Response to `Does place of death vary by deprivation for patients known to specialist palliative care services?" by Macfarlane and Carduff, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 9, (3), 2019, p358--358Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Andrew N. Davies, Andrew Dickman, Paul Farquhar-Smith, Katherine Webber, John Zeppetella, Incorrect Use of the English Language Term "Episodic", Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 52, (5), 2016, pe1Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• Hayes J, Bruera E, Crawford G, Fleury M, Santos M, Thompson J, Davies A, Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) expert opinion / guidance on the use of clinically-assisted hydration in patients with advanced cancer, Supportive Care in Cancer, 32, (4), 2024, p228Journal Article, 2024
• Davies A, Cleary N, Hannon M, Webber K, Taste disturbance in patients with advanced cancer: who gets it?, Supportive Care in Cancer, 32, (1), 2023, p17Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Barry C, Paes P, Noble S, Davies A, Challenges to delivering evidence-based palliative medicine, Clinical Medicine, 23, 2023, p182-4Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Davies A, Barry C, Barclay S, Uncertainties: What is the role of clinically-assisted hydration in the last days of life?, British Medical Journal, 380, 2023, pe072116Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Gouldthorpe C, Power J, Taylor A, Davies A, Specialist palliative for patients with cancer: more than end-of-life care, Cancers, 15, 2023, p3551Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Scotte F, Taylor A, Davies A, Supportive care: the "keystone" of modern oncology practice, Cancers, 15, 2023, p3860Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Webber K, Davies AN, Leach C, Waghorn M, Symptom prevalence and severity in palliative cancer medicine, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 13, 2023, pe270-2Journal Article, 2023
• Walsh M, Fagan N, Davies A, Xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications, BMC Palliative Care, 22, 2023, p178Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Gouldthorpe C, Power J, Davies A, Circadian rhythm disorders in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review, Frontiers Oncology, 13, 2023, p1240284Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Cleary N, Guerin S, Fagan N, Davies A, The Oral Symptom Assessment Scale (OSAS): criterion validation with the EORTC QLQ-OH15 and reliability testing, Supportive Care in Cancer, 31, 2023, p647Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Power J, Gouldthorpe C, Davies A, Vital signs in palliative care: a scoping review, Cancers, 15, 2023, p4651Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Hannon M, Shaw A, Connolly M, Davies A, Taste disturbance in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications, Supportive Care in Cancer, 31, 2023, p562Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Gouldthorpe C, Ancoli-Israel S, Cash E, Innominato P, Jakobsen G, Lévi F, Miaskowski C, Parganiha A, Pati AK, Pereira DB, Revell V, Zeitzer JM, Davies A, International e-Delphi consensus recommendations for the assessment and diagnosis of circadian rest-activity rhythm disorders (CARDs) in patients with cancer, Cancers, 15, 2023, p3784Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Webber K, Davies A, Waghorn M, Do physical symptoms predict psychological issues in patients with cancer?: the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale-Short Form, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2023Journal Article, 2023
• Perceau-Chambard E, Roche S, Tricou C, Mercier C, Barbaret C, Davies A, Webber K, Filbet M, Economos G, Validation of a French version of the Breakthrough Pain Assessment Tool in cancer patients: factorial structure, reliability and responsiveness, PLoS ONE, 18, 2023, pe0286947Journal Article, 2023, DOI

Research interests: 1) Supportive care in cancer; 2) Palliative care; 3) End-of-life care; 4) Cancer survivorship; 5) Cancer pain; 6) Cancer symptoms; 7) Adverse effects cancer treatment; 8) Clinically-assisted hydration; 9) Opioid-induced constipation; 10) Cancer-related anorexia / cachexia; 11) Circadian rhythm disorders; 12) Remote patient monitoring; 13) Symptom assessment; 14) Deprescribing

• Title

  EU-Navigate
  Summary

  EU-Navigate is a European, multicentre, randomised controlled trial that will evaluate the European adaptation of the Canadian NavCare intervention (volunteer navigators) with regard to its effects on older cancer patients", and their family caregivers", quality of life and well-being.
  Funding Agency

  European Health and Digital Executive Agency
  Date From

  01/09/2022
  Date To

  31/08/2027
• Title

  An observational study of diagnostic criteria, clinical features and management of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in European patients with cancer pain
  Summary

  This multicentre, European observational study will investigate opioid-induced constipation in patients with cancer, and will assess management of this condition, and particularly patient use of non prescribed interventions, and adherence with prescribed interventions. The study will also assess diagnosis, clinical features, and impact (on quality of life).
  Funding Agency

  Kyowa Kirin International
  Date From

  31/07/2021
  Date To

  28/02/2023
• Title

  A cluster randomised trial of clinically-assisted hydration in patients in the last days of life (CHELsea II trial)
  Summary

  The CHELsea II trial is a multicentre, cluster randomised trial of clinically-assisted hydration in patients in the last days of life. The study is being undertaken in 80 sites (hospices, hospitals) in the United Kingdom. The study is the successor to the CHELsea I trial (feasibility study).
  Funding Agency

  NIHR (UK)
  Date From

  01/10/2021
  Date To

  30/04/2025

Other Clinical Medicine, Oncology and cancer biology,

• FRCP 05/2004

• Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (London) Current
• Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Current