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Rachel Starkings

Rachel completed her undergraduate degree at the Harriet L Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University with a double major in Psychology and Political Science. She completed a thesis examining the impact of an event's emotional valence on memory and whether there was a difference in binding errors across age groups. Following on from this, Rachel undertook an MSc at the University of Plymouth with a qualitative dissertation on the categorization of 'home' in relation to the natural environment. Rachel went on to work at The Royal Marsden as a Senior Trial Coordinator for both the Head, Neck and Thyroid group as well as the Renal and Melanoma firm where she was involved in numerous clinical trials, both academic and commercial in nature.

  • REDUCe2

    RCT looking at HRQoL with two kinds of ascetic drains in untreatable cirrhosis patients. The study will compare an alternative intervention, insertion of a palliative tunnelled long-term abdominal drain (Group 1 intervention - LTAD), to standard of care large volume paracentesis (Group 2 intervention - LVP) in the management of refractory ascites.

  • EORTC QLG educational programme

    This project will develop an internationally applicable curriculum for quality of life (QoL) in cancer clinical trials and clinical practice.

  • Haddadin Y, Anagnostopoulou V, Bremner S, Harder H, Starkings R, Lambert D, ... Verma S. (2025). Palliative long-term abdominal drains vs. large volume paracentesis for refractory ascites secondary to cirrhosis: protocol for a definitive randomised controlled trial (REDUCe2 study). Trials; 26(1):193. Find it online here 04/06/2025

  • Starkings, R., Fallowfield, L., Russ, S. & Jenkins, V. (2025). Qualitative Findings From a Survey Measuring Informational Needs and Quality of Life of Women Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 34: e70177. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.70177 Find it online here 10/05/2025

  • Starkings R, Harder H, Fallowfield L, Shilling V. (2025) Exploring the real-world experience of abemaciclib treatment for HR +, HER2- metastatic breast cancer - a qualitative analysis of the IMPACTOR study. Supporive Care in Cancer; 33 (421). Find it online here 26/04/2025

  • Harder H, Starkings R, Fallowfield L, May S, & Shilling V. (2025) Incidence and management of diarrhoea associated with abemaciclib and endocrine therapy for hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: the UK patients' experiences. Support Care Cancer 33, 422. Find it online here 26/04/2025

  • Fallowfield L, Solis-Trapala I, Starkings R, Matthews L, May S, Jenkins V. Improving patient understanding of GEP test results (IMPARTER4): an RCT. BMJ Oncology 2025;4:e000689. doi:10.1136/bmjonc-2024-000689 Find it online here 24/03/2025

  • Shilling, V., Starkings, R. & Fallowfield, L. Feasibility and acceptability of a virtual learning module for navigating angry conversations in clinical encounters. BMC Med Educ 25, 167 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06726-6 Find it online here 01/02/2025

  • Jenkins V, Starkings R, Teoh M, May S, Bloomfield D, Zammit C, ... & Matthews L. (2023). Patients' views and experiences on the supported self-management/patient-initiated follow up pathway for breast cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer; 31(12): 658. Find it online here 27/10/2023

  • Fallowfield L, Starkings R, Palmieri C, Tait, A, Stephen L, May S, ... & Jenkins V. (2023). Living with metastatic breast cancer (LIMBER): experiences, quality of life, gaps in information, care and support of patients in the UK. Supportive Care in Cancer; 31(8): 459. Find it online here 11/07/2023

  • Fallowfield L, Solis-Trapala I, Starkings R, May S, Matthews L, Eccles D, ... & Jenkins V. (2022). Talking about Risk, UncertaintieS of Testing IN Genetics (TRUSTING): development and evaluation of an educational programme for healthcare professionals about BRCA1 & BRCA2 testing. British Journal of Cancer; 127(6): 1116-1122. Find it online here 17/06/2022

  • King L, Matthews S, Foster C, Starkings R, Holch P, Absolom K, & Archer S. (2022). 'A fascinating time to be involved with research' exploring the impact of COVID-19 on postgraduate psycho-oncology researchers. Psycho-oncology; 31(4): 671-675. Find it online here 19/01/2022

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