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Article History

Received: 2 May 2017

Accepted: 19 January 2018

First Online: 9 February 2018

Authors’ information

: GH holds Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist contract at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. MS is supported by the Oxford NIHR CLAHRC.

: All patients were provided with a detailed Patient Information Sheet and given a minimum of 24 h from invitation to signing of a detailed consent form. The study was approved by NRES (07/S1103/27) and NHS Lothian R&D.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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