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Research

Is the risk of cancer in Australia overstated? The importance of competing mortality for estimating lifetime risk

Anthea C Bach, Kelvin SE Lo, Thanya Pathirana, Paul P Glasziou, Alexandra L Barratt, Mark A Jones and Katy JL Bell

Med J Aust 2019; 212 (1): n/a-n/a Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma: a rare ophthalmic condition

Jiyeon Kim and Jonathan G Ussher

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (9): 398-399.e1

Medical education / Snapshot

Histiocytoid Sweet syndrome

Kirsty JL Wark and Helena Crawshaw

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (9): 400-400.e1

Research

The predicted impact and cost‐effectiveness of systematic testing of people with incident colorectal cancer for Lynch syndrome

Yoon‐Jung Kang, James Killen, Michael Caruana, Kate Simms, Natalie Taylor, Ian M Frayling, Tristan Snowsill, Nicola Huxley, Veerle MH Coupe, Suzanne Hughes, Victoria Freeman, Alex Boussioutas, Alison H Trainer, Robyn L Ward, Gillian Mitchell, Finlay A Macrae and Karen Canfell

Med J Aust 2019; 212 (2): n/a-n/a Free

Editorials

Breast tomosynthesis: a fine balance between benefits and harms in breast cancer screening

Meagan E Brennan

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 349-350

Research

Pilot trial of digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography) for population‐based screening in BreastScreen Victoria

Nehmat Houssami, Darren Lockie, Michelle Clemson, Vicki Pridmore, David Taylor, Georgina Marr, Jill Evans and Petra Macaskill

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 357-362 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiopathy: a rare but underappreciated complication of malignancy

Pakeeran Siriratnam and Vishal Boolell

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (6): 257-257.e1

Editorials

Diagnosing melanoma: the method matters

Michael A Rtshiladze, Jonathan R Stretch, Richard A Scolyer and Pascale Guitera

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (5): 209-210

Research

The increasing use of shave biopsy for diagnosing invasive melanoma in Australia

Sara L de Menezes, John W Kelly, Rory Wolfe, Helen Farrugia and Victoria J Mar

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (5): 213-218 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Squamous cell carcinoma arising from a nasojugal cyst

Phillip Cantwell and Helena Van Dam

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (4): 165-165.e1

Editorials

Renewed cervical screening: what the early results tell us

David C Currow and Sanchia Aranda

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 110-111

Position statement summary

Assessment and management of bone health in women with oestrogen receptor‐positive breast cancer receiving endocrine therapy: position statement summary

Mathis Grossmann, Sabashini K Ramchand, Frances Milat, Amanda Vincent, Elgene Lim, Mark A Kotowicz, Jill Hicks and Helena J Teede

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (5): 224-229

Research

HPV vaccination coverage and course completion rates for Indigenous Australian adolescents, 2015

Julia ML Brotherton, Karen L Winch, Genevieve Chappell, Carolyn Banks, Dennis Meijer, Sonya Ennis, Karen Peterson, Rosalind Webby and Lisa J Whop

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (1): 31-36 Free

Research

The EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire for cancer patients (QLQ‐C30): Australian general population reference values

Rebecca Mercieca‐Bebber, Daniel SJ Costa, Richard Norman, Monika Janda, David P Smith, Peter Grimison, Eva‐Marie Gamper and Madeleine T King

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 499-506 Free

Research

Routine cervical screening by primary HPV testing: early findings in the renewed National Cervical Screening Program

Dorothy A Machalek, Jennifer M Roberts, Suzanne M Garland, Julia Thurloe, Adele Richards, Ian Chambers, Terri Sivertsen and Annabelle Farnsworth

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 113-119 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Surface antigen negative hepatitis B infection: the importance of screening before B cell‐depleting therapy

Sanjivan Mudaliar, Ken Liu and Simone I Strasser

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (10): 442-443.e1

Consensus statement

Hepatitis B management during immunosuppression for haematological and solid organ malignancies: an Australian consensus statement

Joseph Doyle, Michelle Raggatt, Monica Slavin, Sue‐Anne McLachlan, Simone I Strasser, Joseph J Sasadeusz, Jessica Howell, Krispin Hajkowicz, Harshal Nandurkar, Anna Johnston, Narin Bak and Alexander J Thompson

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (10): 462-468

Research

The burden of pancreatic cancer in Australia attributable to smoking

Maria E Arriaga, Claire M Vajdic, Robert J MacInnis, Karen Canfell, Dianna J Magliano, Jonathan E Shaw, Julie E Byles, Graham G Giles, Anne W Taylor, Tiffany K Gill, Vasant Hirani, Robert G Cumming, R Paul Mitchell, Emily Banks, Julie Marker, Barbara‐Ann Adelstein and Maarit A Laaksonen

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (5): 213-220 Free

Reflection

My patients prepared me well

Meagan E Brennan

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (3): 115-116

Research letters

Silent but deadly: patients with enterococcal bacteraemia should be assessed for colorectal neoplasia

Eugene Athan, Ivana Cabiltes, Sarah Coghill and Steven J Bowe

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 86 Free

Perspectives

Let's talk about cytotoxic chemotherapy dosing: unravelling adjustments and off‐protocol prescribing

Angelina Tjokrowidjaja, Elizabeth Hovey and Craig R Lewis

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 65-66

Narrative review

Radiotherapy and immunotherapy: a synergistic effect in cancer care

Guy‐Anne Turgeon, Andrew Weickhardt, Arun A Azad, Benjamin Solomon and Shankar Siva

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 47-53

Letter

Clinical Oncology Society of Australia position statement on exercise in cancer care

Robert U Newton, Dennis R Taaffe and Daniel A Galvao

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 54

Letter

Clinical Oncology Society of Australia position statement on exercise in cancer care

COSA Exercise and Cancer Group Executive Committee

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 54

Guideline Summary

Methods of melanoma detection and of skin monitoring for individuals at high risk of melanoma: new Australian clinical practice guidelines

Nikki R Adler, John W Kelly, Pascale Guitera, Scott W Menzies, Alex J Chamberlain, Paul Fishburn, Alison E Button‐Sloan, Clinton Heal, H Peter Soyer and John F Thompson

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 41-47