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Research

Effect of false-positive screening mammograms on rescreening in Western Australia

Marcus J H Sim, Siva Prema Siva, Intan S Ramli, Lin Fritschi, Janette Tresham and Elizabeth J Wylie

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (11): 693-695 Free

Editor's choice

The need for data beyond primary diagnosis

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (11): 663 Free

Editorials

The urgency of saving lives through bowel cancer screening

Ian N Olver and Graeme P Young

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (8): 490-491

Editorials

Survival from pancreatic cancer: it’s not just about the surgical mortality

Robert T A Padbury

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (8): 491-492

Research

Colorectal cancer screening in Australia: a community-level perspective

Ryan J Courtney, Christine L Paul, Robert W Sanson-Fisher, Finlay A Macrae, Mariko L Carey, John R Attia and Mark A McEvoy

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (8): 516-520 Free

Research

Barriers to and facilitators of colorectal cancer screening in different population subgroups in Adelaide, South Australia

Sara Javanparast, Paul R Ward, Stacy M Carter and Carlene J Wilson

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (8): 521-523 Free

Reflections

David Ross Wigg MB BS, MD, PhD, FRCR, FRANZCR

Margaret M Wallington and Linda M Swaney

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (7): 479 Free

Perspectives

Beyond evidence: reappraising use of CA-125  as post-therapy surveillance for ovarian cancer

Paul Harnett, Ian H Kerridge, Christopher F C Jordens, Kim Hobbs, Catherine Mason and Bronwen M Morrell

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (7): 440-441

In brief

Concepts in epidemiology: the cohort effect

Terence M Mills

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (5): 311

Letters

Medication to prevent breast cancer — too much to swallow?

Jerry R Greenfield and Ann I McCormack

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (5): 314

Research

Estimating the future burden of cancers preventable by better diet and physical activity in Australia

Peter D Baade, Xingqiong Meng, Craig Sinclair and Philippa Youl

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (5): 337-340 Free

Reflections

Stories of the music of hope

Linda R Mileshkin, Phillip Antippa and Penelope Schofield

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (4): 276-277

Research

The first year counts: cancer survival among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders, 1997–2006

Susanna M Cramb, Gail Garvey, Patricia C Valery, John D Williamson and Peter D Baade

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (4): 270-274 Free

Perspectives

Controlling occupational cancers in Australia

Lin Fritschi, Renae C Fernandez, Deborah A Vallance, Terry J Slevin, Alison Reid, Timothy R Driscoll and Deborah C Glass

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 162-164

Letters

Barriers to recruitment in cancer trials: no longer medical oncologists’ attitudes

Rachel F Dear, Alexandra L Barratt and Martin H N Tattersall

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (2): 112-113

Reflections

Understanding whiplash

David G Vivian

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (2): 143

Perspectives

A watchdog to bite the giants?

Ray Moynihan

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (1): 15

Case reports

Synovial sarcoma of the pharynx causing airway obstruction

Vikram Balakrishnan, Sam Flatman, Benjamin J Dixon and Bernard Lyons

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (1): 72-73 Free

Perspectives

Do the benefits of screening mammography outweigh the harms of overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment?

David M Roder and Ian N Olver

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (1): 16

Perspectives

Do the benefits of screening mammography outweigh the harms of overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment?

Robin J Bell and Robert C Burton

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (1): 17

Perspectives

Workforce shortages in medical oncology: a looming threat to quality cancer care

Bogda Koczwara, Michael B Barton, Euan T Walpole, Peter Grimison, Prunella L Blinman, Sally Crossing and Kay Francis

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (1): 32-33

Letters

Decision making in older patients with advanced cancer: does doctor know best?

Lakshmi P Venkateswaran, Phyllis N Butow, Jesse Jansen, Nicholas R C Wilcken, Mark K Wong, Rina Hui, George Szonyi, Val J Gebski, Vasi Naganathan, Lisa G Horvath and Martin H N Tattersall

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (1): 35-36

Research

The shortage of medical oncologists: the Australian Medical Oncologist Workforce Study

Prunella L Blinman, Peter Grimison, Michael B Barton, Sally Crossing, Euan T Walpole, Nora Wong, Kay Francis and Bogda Koczwara

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (1): 58-61 Free

Letters

Distance to the closest radiotherapy facility and survival after a diagnosis of rectal cancer in Queensland

Michael D Coory

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 661-662

Letters

Distance to the closest radiotherapy facility and survival after a diagnosis of rectal cancer in Queensland

Sean A Bydder and Nigel A Spry

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 661-662