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Cancer
A bowel cancer screening plan at last
Partnership with GPs is critical to improving uptake of screening, which has been unacceptably low
Paul B Grogan · Ian N Olver MB BS, MD, PhD
Sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma: an important risk-stratification tool
Biopsy should be routinely considered for intermediate thickness melanoma
David E Gyorki MB BS, MD, FRACS · Michael A Henderson BMedSc, MD, FRACS
Cancer health inequality persists in regional and remote Australia
A call for ongoing government commitment to rural oncology care
Peter Fox BSc(Med), MB BS, FRACP · Adam Boyce MB BS, FRACP
Survival, mortality and morbidity outcomes after oesophagogastric cancer surgery in New South Wales, 2001–2008
Does institutional volume matter?
Margaret Lee · Peter Gibbs
Survival, mortality and morbidity outcomes after oesophagogastric cancer surgery in New South Wales, 2001–2008
In reply: Does institutional volume matter?
Nicola Creighton · Ross C Smith · David C Currow
Optimising the expansion of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
Faster implementation of bowel screening can prevent close to twice as many bowel cancer deaths
Dayna R Cenin BSc(Hons), GradDipEd, MPH · D James B St John MD, FRACP, FRCP(UK) · Melissa J N Ledger BSc, MPH · Terry Slevin BA(Hons), MPH · Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar PhD
Equivalence of outcomes for rural and metropolitan patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in South Australia
In a centralised model of oncological care, rural and urban patients have equivalent survival
Christopher Hocking MB BS, FRACP · Vy Tuong Broadbridge MB BS, FRACP · Christos Karapetis MB BS, FRACP, MMedSc · Carol Beeke BHS, GradCertClinDataMgmt · Robert Padbury MB BS, FRACS, PhD · Guy J Maddern PhD, MD, FRACS · David M Roder BDS, MPH, DDSc(Epidemiol) · Timothy J Price MB BS, FRACP, DHlthSc
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Australia's Northern Territory: high incidence and poor outcome
Broadening surveillance among Indigenous Australians and centralising care will bring down unacceptably high rates
Christopher Parker MB BS · Steven Y C Tong MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Karen Dempsey BSc, MAE · John Condon MB BS, FAFPHM, PhD · Suresh K Sharma RN · John W C Chen MB BS, FRACS, PhD · William Sievert MD, FRACP · Joshua S Davis MB BS, FRACP, PhD
What factors are predictive of surgical resection and survival from localised non-small cell lung cancer?
Differences by area of residence point to the potential to reduce deaths in NSW through increased resection
David C Currow MPH, PhD, FRACP · Hui You BEngSc, MInfSc, MAppStats · Sanchia Aranda PhD, MN · Brian C McCaughan MB BS, FRACS · Stephen Morrell PhD, BA, BSc · Deborah F Baker BAppSc, MPH, GradDipAppEpid · Richard Walton MSc · David M Roder MPH, DDSc(Epid)
Abortion and breast cancer risk for Australian women
Research consistently finds there is no association between abortion and risk of breast cancer
Kelly-Anne Phillips · Fiona J Bruinsma · Roger L Milne
Broken doctor–patient relationships: why won't they listen?
How to manage challenging doctor–patient relationships
Michael Jefford MB BS, PhD, FRACP · John R Zalcberg MB BS, PhD, FRACP
Changes to cervical screening in Australia: applying lessons learnt
Vaccinated women need to be screened
Annabelle Farnsworth MB BS(Hons), FRCPA, FIAC
Cervical screening rates for women vaccinated against human papillomavirus
Concerns that women may not continue to participate in screening appear to be warranted
Alison C Budd PhD · Julia M L Brotherton BMed(Hons), MPH(Hons), FAFPHM · Dorota M Gertig MB BS(Hons), ScD, FAFPHM · Theresa Chau BPsychSc · Kelly T Drennan BHlthSc, PGCertCommDev · Marion Saville MB ChB, FIAC, GradDipMed(ClinEpi)
Survival of Australian women with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer: a population-based study
Reasons behind geographic and socioeconomic differences in survival warrant further investigation
Satyamurthy Anuradha MB BS, FRCS, PhD · Penelope M Webb MA, DPhil · Penny Blomfield MB BS, FRANZCOG, CGO · Alison H Brand MD, FRANZCOG, CGO · Michael Friedlander FRACP · Yee Leung MB BS, FRANZCOG, CGO · Andreas Obermair MD, FRANZCOG, CGO · Martin K Oehler MD, FRANZCOG, CGO · Michael Quinn MB ChB, FRANZCOG, CGO · Christopher Steer MB BS, FRACP · Susan J Jordan MB BS, FRACGP, PhD
Ipilimumab-induced hypophysitis: early Australian experience
Prompt use of replacement glucocorticoids is crucial
Sunita M C De Sousa · Georgina V Long · Katherine T Tonks
Differences in chronic conditions and lifestyle behaviour between people with a history of cancer and matched controls
Objective: To determine whether people with a history of cancer have a higher prevalence of chronic conditions or different lifestyle behaviour compared with controls. Design, setting and participants: Cross-sectional, self-reported data from a telephone survey conducted between 1 January 2010 and 31 March 2012 of adult residents of South Australia who self-reported a previous cancer diagnosis (cases) and randomly selected age- and sex-matched residents with no cancer diagnosis (controls). Main outcome measures: Self-reported medically diagnosed cardiovascular disease, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes and osteoporosis; lifestyle behaviour (smoking, physical activity and diet); body mass index (BMI); psychological distress and self-reported health. Results: A total of 2103 cases and 4185 controls were included in the analyses. For men, after adjusting for age, cancer survivors were more likely than controls to have ever had cardiovascular disease (P < 0.001), high blood pressure (P = 0.001), high cholesterol (P < 0.001) and diabetes (P = 0.04). These associations remained significant after controlling for socioeconomic status (SES), with the exception of high blood pressure (P = 0.09). For women, there was an increased prevalence of high cholesterol (P = 0.005), diabetes (P = 0.02) and osteoporosis (P = 0.005) in cancer cases, but after adjusting for SES, these associations were no longer significant. Women with a previous cancer diagnosis were more likely than controls to have ever smoked, after adjusting for SES (P = 0.001). There were no other differences in lifestyle behaviour or BMI between cases and controls for men or women. Conclusion: Despite similar lifestyle habits and BMI, the prevalence of chronic conditions was significantly higher among people with a history of cancer than among controls without cancer. This supports the importance of chronic disease management as part of health care after a diagnosis of cancer.
Narelle M Berry BSc, BAppSci(Hons), PhD · Michelle D Miller BSc, MNutDiet, PhD · Richard J Woodman BSc, MBiostats, PhD · John Coveney PhD, MHPEd, BSc(Hons) · James Dollman BSc, MSc, PhD · Catherine R Mackenzie PhD, BA(Hons), RN · Bogda Koczwara BM BS, FRACP
Skin rash, a kidney mass and a family mystery dating back to World War II
Consider a hereditary basis for renal cancer in young patients
Christopher W Toon BSc(Hons), MB BS(Hons), FRCPA · Csilla Hasovits BSc(Med) MB BS(Hons), FRACP · Julie Paik MB BS · Michael Field MB ChB, FRACP · Angela Chou MB BS · Thomas J Hugh MD, FRACS · Nicholas Pavlakis MMed, PhD, FRACP · Anthony J Gill MD, FRCPA
Geographic variation in prostate cancer survival in New South Wales
Men living outside major cities are still at a disadvantage compared with their urban brothers
Xue Qin Yu PhD, MPH · Qingwei Luo MAppStats, BSc · David P Smith PhD, MPH · Dianne L O’Connell PhD, BMaths(Hons) · Peter D Baade PhD, AStat
Register4: an Australian web-enabled resource created by the National Breast Cancer Foundation to facilitate and accelerate cancer research
Willing participants help cut the costs and time involved in recruitment for cancer research
John L Hopper · Carmel Apicella · Alison J Butt
A national study of the processes and outcomes of paediatric formulary applications in Australia
Paediatric hospitals are making decisions about drugs based on poor evidence and incomplete documentation
Yashwant K Sinha MB BS(Hons), FRACP, PhD · Jonathan C Craig MB ChB, FRACP, PhD · Peter G Barclay BPharm, DipHospPharm · Hugh Miller BScPharm(Hons), DipHospPharm(Admin), GradCertMan · Sean C Turner BPharm, MSc, DipClinPharm · Joseph P Whitehouse BPharm(Hons) · Jo-anne E Brien BPharm, BS(Pharm), PharmD
The utility of genetics in inherited cancer
Population-based strategies are needed to prevent breast cancer and to complement identification and treatment
Rosalie Schultz
Predictors of variation in colorectal cancer care and outcomes in New South Wales: a population-based health data linkage study
Linking data improves monitoring of hospital performance and identification of patients at risk
Mikaela L Jorgensen BAppSc(SpPath)(Hons) · Jane M Young MB BS, PhD, FAFPHM · Timothy A Dobbins BMath, PhD · Michael J Solomon MB BCh, MSc(ClinEpi), FRACS
Survival, mortality and morbidity outcomes after oesophagogastric cancer surgery in New South Wales, 2001–2008
Relationship between hospital volume and outcomes supports the consolidation of oesophagogastric cancer surgery
Ross C Smith MB BS, MD, FRACS · Nicola Creighton MAppStats · Reginald V Lord MB BS, MD, FRACS · Neil D Merrett MB BS, FRACS · Gregory W Keogh MB BS, FRACS · Winston S Liauw MB BS, MMedSci, FRACP · David C Currow BMed, MPH, FRACP
The role of oncology nurse practitioners in current oncology practice and lessons for Australia
Adequately supervised oncology nurse practitioners may help meet the increasing need for cancer care
Samantha E Bowyer MB BCh, MRCP, FRACP · Deborah J Schofield BSpPath, GradDipCompSc, PhD
First, do no harm
Risks of radiation exposure in CT scans are considerable for children and young adults, and MRI scans are preferable
Lynton G F Giles
