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Cancer
Lung cancer biobanking in Australia: challenges and future directions
Overview of lung cancer biobanking globally and in Australia, challenges such as difficulty with tissue acquisition, the usefulness of biospecimens in multi-omic analysis, as well as unique challenges faced in Australia
Sarah Yeo · Stephen Q Wong · Farzaneh Atashrazm · Andreas Behren · Anthony T Papenfuss · Natalia Vukelic · Lisa Briggs · Ashleigh R Poh · Daniel Steinfort · Natasha Smallwood · Kate Sutherland · Vivek Naranbhai · Sagun Parakh · Tracy Leong
Participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program by people with severe mental illness, Australia, 2006–2019: a national data linkage study
Oyedeji Ayonrinde · Sara Mohamed · Jenna Nensi
Opportunities to improve surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma in Australia
Introduction of five key actions for Australia to reduce hepatocellular carcinoma mortality through increasing liver cancer surveillance uptake
Jess Howell · Jon D Emery · Stuart Roberts · Alexander J Thompson · Michael Ng · Jacob George · Barbara A Leggett · Edmund Tse · Bella Nguyen · Troy Combo · Alan J Wigg
Core components of a best practice First Nations cancer coordinator role
The core elements of a First Nations cancer care coordination role developed by iterative yarning with First Nations stakeholders, audits of current care, and recommendations from existing patient coordinator programs
Mollie C Wilson · Marissa Mulcahy · Jennifer Philip · Brian H Le · Gail Garvey
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices on the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: a qualitative study from Worimi and Awabakal country
The NLCSP provides a timely opportunity to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, it is critical that the program is tailored to the needs of each community and upholds rights to self-determination to be successful
Tanika L Ridgeway (Worimi) · Kayden Roberts‐Barker (Wiradjuri) · Kade Booth · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Improved cancer survival in the Northern Territory: identifying progress and disparities for Aboriginal peoples, 1991–2020
Despite the improvement in cancer survival for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in the NT, the gap in survival outcomes for Aboriginal peoples persists. Further research is required on pathways to close the gap
Rowena Boyd · Michail Charakidis · C Paul Burgess · Sarah Dugdale · Craig Castillon (Jawoyn, Katherine Region, NT) · Dzulfikaar Sutandar · Alyson Wright
Current gaps in knowledge and future research directions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with cancer
A discussion on what is known about cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, including a summary of literature on Indigenous childhood cancer around the world. Future areas of research and clinical advances are outlined.
Alexandra Truong · Kayla Williams‐Tucker (Ngarluma, Wongutha, Wudjari Noongar) · Ahmi Narkle (Whadjuk Goreng Noongar) · Eden Slicer (Gundungurra) · Jessica‐Elise Chapman (Kamilaroi, Bundjalung) · Jessica Lawler · Rishi S Kotecha · Hetal Dholaria · Justine R Clark (Adnyamathanha) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Raelene Endersby · Nicholas G Gottardo · Jessica Buck (Kamilaroi)
Incidental findings during lung low‐dose computed tomography cancer screening in Australia and Canada, 2016–21: a prospective observational study
Incidental findings during lung cancer screening are frequent, and clinical reporting of these findings is inconsistent
Asha Bonney · Diane M Pascoe · Mark W McCusker · Daniel Steinfort · Henry Marshall · Annette McWilliams · Fraser J Brims · Emily Stone · Paul Fogarty · Jeremy D Silver · Brad Milner · Elizabeth Silverstone · Eugene Hsu · Duy Nguyen · Christopher Rofe · Cameron White · XinXin Hu · John Mayo · Renelle Myers · Kwun M Fong · Renee Manser · Stephen Lam
The impact of the BreastScreen NSW transition from film to digital mammography, 2002–2016: a linked population health data analysis
The transition from film to digital mammography may have increased the detection of indolent cancers
Rachel Farber · Nehmat Houssami · Kevin McGeechan · Alexandra L Barratt · Katy JL Bell
Castleman disease following post‐coronavirus disease 2019 multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults
A 50-year-old man presented with one week of progressive dyspnoea, abdominal pain and malaise, together with one month of enlarging capillary haemangiomas
Katherine J Punshon · Anugrah Chrispal
Participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program by people with severe mental illness, Australia, 2006–2019: a national data linkage study
Barriers to screening may contribute to higher colorectal cancer case fatality rates in people with severe mental illness
Steve Kisely · Rebecca Seth · Susan J Jordan · Bradley Kendall · Dan J Siskind · Grant Sara · Justin Chapman · Lisa Brophy · David M Lawrence
Planetary care is good cancer care
Nikki Burdett · Ben Dunne
Towards evidence‐based skin checks
Discussion of a more evidence-based approach to skin checks, including who to target for skin checks, what type of skin check, how often, the clinical setting, and resources, costs and quality frameworks
Linda K Martin · Pascale Guitera · Georgina V Long · Richard A Scolyer · Anne E Cust
Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives
Naomi CA Whyler · Sushena Krishnaswamy · Michelle L Giles
Smouldering COVID‐19 XBB.1.5. subvariant pneumonitis: a case report
A 64-year-old man of European descent presented to a tertiary hospital in the Northern Territory with a four-week history of fevers, headaches, coughing and dyspnoea
Sara Davison · Tanmay Kanitkar · Dimitrios Menouhos · Thomas Ewin · Catherine S Marshall · Peter Boan · Sonja Janson
What is behind the declining incidence of melanoma in younger Australians?
The recent decline in melanoma incidence in younger Australians is only partially explained by migration patterns
Anne E Cust · Richard A Scolyer AO · Georgina V Long AO
Changes in the incidence of melanoma in Australia, 2006–2021, by age group and ancestry: a modelling study
Migration may have reduced the incidence of melanoma among younger Australians, but social changes may also have contributed
David C Whiteman · Rachel E Neale · Peter Baade · Catherine M Olsen · Nirmala Pandeya
Overcoming disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes in First Nations Australians: a strategic plan for action
Key action measures to help address disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and mortality in First Nations Australians
Jessica Howell · Troy Combo · Paula Binks · Kylie Bragg · Sarah Bukulatjpi · Kirsty Campbell · Paul J Clark · Melissa Carroll · Jane Davies · Teresa de Santis · Kate R Muller · Bella Nguyen · John K Olynyk · Nicholas Shackel · Patricia C Valery · Alan J Wigg · Jacob George · Stuart K Roberts
Health care service use by people diagnosed with invasive melanoma in Queensland: a benefit incidence analysis
Ross S Bailie · Megan Passey · Edward Jegasothy
Health care service use by people diagnosed with invasive melanoma in Queensland: a benefit incidence analysis
Daniel Lindsay · David C Whiteman · Louisa G Collins
Who is bearing the brunt of the increasing cost of cancer care?
Increasing out- of- pocket health care expenses, particularly for people with cancer, are clearly concerning, especially if they compromise the care of those who are unable to pay
Colin Williams · Peter Gibbs
Out‐of‐pocket health care expenses for people with and without cancer, New South Wales, 2020: a cross‐sectional study
High out-of-pocket expenses can restrict access to health care for people with limited financial resources, especially those with cancer
David E Goldsbury · Philip Haywood · Alison Pearce · Louisa G Collins · Deme Karikios · Karen Canfell · Julia Steinberg · Marianne F Weber
Multiple myeloma incidence, mortality, and prevalence estimates and projections, Australia, 1982–2043: a statistical modelling study
In view of the projected increase in disease burden, further research into prevention and early detection is needed
Qingwei Luo · Deanne Jenkin · Marianne F Weber · Julia Steinberg · Kate White · Adam Irving · Hannah Rillstone · Anna Kelly · Karen Canfell · Eleonora Feletto