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Report - Current Status of Colorectal Cancer in Queensland, 1982 - 2005 (published September 2008) (PDF)

Report - Current Status of Lung Cancer in Queensland, 1982 to 2004 (published December 2007) (PDF)

Report- Cancer Survival  in Queensland 2002 (published March 2005) (PDF)
Report-  Geographical differentials in cancer incidence and survival  in Queensland: 1996-2002. (Published October 2005) (PDF)
Report- Current status of prostate cancer in Queensland, 1982 to 2002 (Published October 2005) (PDF)
2008 Peer-reviewed publications

Beesley V, Eakin E, Steginga S, Aitken J, Dunn J, Battistutta D. Unmet needs of gynaecological cancer survivors: implications for developing community support services. Psycho-Oncology. 2008; Apr;17(4):392-400.

McCaul K, Fritschi L, Baade PD, Coory M. The incidence of secondary primary invasive melanoma in Queensland, Australia 1982 to 2003. Cancer Causes and Control 2008 Jan 1; (Epub ahead of print). ABSTRACT

Neale RE, Carrierre P, Murphy M, Baade P. Testicular cancer in twins: a meta-analysis. British Journal of Cancer 2008 Jan 15;98(1):171-3.ABSTRACT

Thompson B, Baade P, Coory M, Carriere P, Fritschi L. Patterns of surgical treatment for women diagnosed with early breast cancer in Queensland. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2008 Feb;15(2):443-51. Epub 2007 Oct 2. ABSTRACT

2007 Peer-reviewed publications

Baade PD, Fritschi L, Freedman DM. Mortality due to ALS and Parkinson’s disease among melanoma patients. Neuroepidemiology 2007; 28: 16-20. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Youl PH, English DR, Elwood JM, Aitken JF. Clinical pathways to diagnose melanoma: a population based study. Melanoma Research 2007; 17:243-249. ABSTRACT

Beesley V, Eakin E, Steginga SK, Aitken J, Dunn J, Battistutta D. Unmet needs of gynaecological cancer survivors: implications for developing community support services. Psycho-Oncology; 2007 Aug 6; (Epub ahead of print). ABSTRACT

Carriere P, Baade PD, Newman B, Aitken J, Janda M. Cancer screening in Queensland men. Medical Journal of Australia 2007;186(8):404-7. ABSTRACT

Carriere P, Baade PD, Fritschi, L. Population-based incidence and age distribution of spermatocytic seminoma. The Journal of Urology 2007; 178(1):125-8. ABSTRACT

Carrière P, Baade PD, Newman B, Aitken J, Janda M. Cancer screening in Queensland men. Medical Journal of Australia 2007; 186(8):404-407. ABSTRACT

Carrière P, Baade PD, Fritschi L. Population-based incidence and age distribution of spermatocytic seminoma. Journal of Urology 2007;178(1):125-8. ABSTRACT

Eakin EG, Youlden DR, Baade PD, Lawler SP, Reeves MM, Heyworth JS, Fritschi L. Health behaviors of cancer survivors: data from an Australian population-based survey. Cancer Causes Control.  2007; 18(8):881-894. ABSTRACT

Gordon L, Graves N, Hawkes A, Eakin E. A review of the cost-effectiveness of face-to-face behavioural interventions for smoking, physical activity, diet and alcohol. Chronic Illness. 2007 Jun;3(2):101-29. ABSTRACT

Gordon L, Youl PH, Elwood M, Janda M, Ring IT, Lowe JB, Aitken JF. Diagnosis and management costs of suspicious skin lesions from a population-based melanoma screening program. Journal of Medical Screening 2007; 14(2): 98-102. ABSTRACT

Hausdorf K, Newman B, Whiteman D, Aitken J, Frazer I. HPV vaccination: what do Queensland parents think?Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2007 Jun;31(3):288-9.

Janda M, Kimlin MG, Whiteman DC, Aitken JF, Neale RE. Sun protection messages, vitamin D and skin cancer: out of the frying pan and into the fire?Medical Journal of Australia 2007 Jan 15;186(2):52-4. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Kimlin M, Whiteman D, Aitken J, Neale R. Sun protection and low levels of vitamin D: are people concerned? Cancer Causes Control 2007 Nov;18(9):1015-9.ABSTRACT

Janda M, Steginga SK, Langbecker D, Dunn J, Walker D, Eakin E. Quality of life among patients with a brain tumour and their families. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2007 Dec;63(6):617-623. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Youlden DR, Baade PD, Jackson D, Obermair A. Elderly patients with stage III or IV ovarian cancer: should they receive standard care? International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 2007 Nov 6; [Epub ahead of print] ABSTRACT  

Lynch BM, Baade P, Fritschi L, Leggett B, Owen N, Pakenham K, Newman B, Aitken JF. Modes of presentation and pathways to diagnosis of colorectal cancer in Queensland. Medical Journal of Australia. 2007;186(6):288-291. ABSTRACT

Lynch BM, Cerin E, Owen N, Aitken JF. Associations of leisure-time physical activity with quality of life in a large, population-based sample of colorectal cancer survivors. Cancer Causes and Control 2007;18:735-742. ABSTRACT

Lynch BM, Cerin E, Newman B, Owen N. Physical activity, activity change, and their correlates in a population-based sample of colorectal cancer survivors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2007;34(2):135-143. ABSTRACT

Lynch BM, Greenbank S, Hawkes AL. The case for promoting lifestyle change to cancer survivors (letter). Australian Family Physician 2007; 36(12):982.

Lynch BM, Youlden D, Fritschi L, Newman B, Pakenham K, Leggett B, Owen N, Aitken JF. Self-reported information on diagnosis of colorectal cancer is reliable, but not necessarily valid. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, in press 04/05/07. ABSTRACT

Neale RE, Davis M, Pandeya N, Whiteman DC, Green AC. Basal cell carcinoma on the trunk is associated with excessive sun exposure. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2007 Mar;56(3):380-6. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Pinnock C, Smith D, Metcalfe R, Gardiner RA, Dunn J. Clinicians’ Attitudes to Prostate Cancer Peer Support Groups. British Journal of Urology International 2007; 95: 68-71. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Ferguson M, Clutton S, Gardiner RA, Nicol D. Early decision and psychosocial support intervention for men with localised prostate cancer: an integrated approach. Supportive Care in Cancer 2007; Oct 25 (Epub ahead of print). ABSTRACT

Steginga SK & Gardiner RA. Invited editorial: The media and prostate cancer screening. The Medical Journal of Australia 2007; 187 (9): 501-502.

Steginga SK, Ferguson M, Clutton S, Gardiner RA, Nicol D. ProsCan: A novel early intervention for men with localised prostate cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer (In Press). ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Campbell A, Ferguson M, Beeden A, Walls M, Cairns W, Dunn J. Socio-demographic, psychosocial and attitudinal predictors of help seeking after cancer. Psycho-oncology. 2008 Jan 18 (Epub ahead of print) . ABSTRACT

Youl PH, Raasch B, Janda M, Aitken JF. The effect of an educational programme to improve the skills of general practitioners in diagnosing melanocytic/pigmented lesions. Clinical Exp Dermatology. 2007 Jul;32(4):365-70. Epub 2007 Apr 13. ABSTRACT

Youl PH, Baade PD, Janda M, Del Mar C, Whiteman DC, Aitken JF. Diagnosing skin cancer in primary care: how do mainstream general practitioners compare with skin cancer clinic doctors? Medical Journal of Australia 2007 Aug 20; 187 (4):215-20. ABSTRACT

2006 Peer-reviewed publications
Aitken JF, Janda M, Youl PH, Elwood M, Ring IT, Lowe JB. Clinical outcomes from community-based skin screening clinics. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2006; 54:105-14. ABSTRACT

Aitken JF, Youl PH, Janda M, Lowe JB, Ring IT, Elwood M. Increase in skin cancer screening during a community-based randomised intervention trial. International Journal of Cancer; 2006 Feb 15;118(4):1010-6. ABSTRACT

Assouline S, Sylvestre MP, Carrière P, Shustik C, Laneuville P. Comparison of peripheral blood progenitor cell yield from standard chemotherapy used in the treatment of lymphoid malignancies and highdose cyclophosphamide: A retrospective review of 141 patients. Transfusion. 2006;46(2):174-9. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Fritschi L, Eakin EG. Non-cancer mortality among people diagnosed with cancer. Cancer Causes and Control. 2006;17(3):287-97. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Fritschi L, Freedman DM. Mortality due to ALS and Parkinson's disease among melanoma patients. Neuroepidemiology (in press).

Baade PD, Stanton WR. Determinants of stages of smoking uptake among secondary school students. Addictive Behaviours. 2006;31(1):143-8. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, English DR, Youl PH, McPherson M, Elwood JM, Aitken JF. The relationship between melanoma thickness and time to diagnosis in a large population-based study. Archives of Dermatology 2006; 142:1422-1427. ABSTRACT

Bhatia M, Howard SC, Clark TC, Neale R, Qizilbash N, Murphy MF, Rothwell PM. Apolipoproteins as Predictors of Ischaemic Stroke in Patients with a Previous Transient Ischaemic Attack. Cerebrovasc Dis 2006; 21(5-6):323-328.

Bouwes Bavnick JN, Euvrard S, Naldi L, Nindl I, Proby CM, Neale RE, Abeni D, Tessari G, Feltkamp MCW, Claudy A, Stockfleth E, Harwood CA, EPI-HPV-UV-CA group. Keratotic skin lesions and other risk factors are associated with skin cancer in organ-transplant recipients: A case-control study in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy. Journal of Investigative Dermatology (submitted).

Butler GJ, Neale R, Green AC, Pandeya N, Whiteman DC. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of actinic keratoses and squamous cell cancers of the skin. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2005;53(6):966-972. ABSTRACT

Coory MD, Baade PD, Aitken JF, Smithers M, McLeod GRC, Ring I. Trends for in-situ and invasive melanoma in Queensland, Australia, 1982 to 2002. Cancer Causes and Control. 2006;17(1):21-7. ABSTRACT

Coory MD, Smithers M, Aitken J, Baade PD, Ring I. Urban-rural differences in survival from cutaneous melanoma in Queensland, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2006;30(1):71-4. ABSTRACT

DiSipio T, Rogers C, Newman B, Whiteman D, Eakin E, Fritschi L, Aitken JF. The Queensland Cancer Risk Study: behavioural risk factor results. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2006; 30:375-382. ABSTRACT

Dunn J, Lynch B, Rinaldis M, Pakenham K, McPherson L, Owen N, Leggett B, Newman B, Aitken J. Dimensions of quality of life and psychosocial variables most salient to colorectal cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology 2006; 15:20-30. ABSTRACT

Eakin E, Youlden D, Baade PD, Lawler S, Reeves M, Heyworth J, Fritschi L.   Health status of long-term cancer survivors: Results from an Australian population-based sample Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2006; 15(10):1969-1976. ABSTRACT

Fritschi L, Day L, Shirangi A, Robertson I, Lucas M, Vizard A. Injury in Australian veterinarians. Occupational Medicine (Lond). 2006;56(3):199-203. ABSTRACT

Fritschi L, Driscoll T. Cancer due to occupation in Australia. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2006; 30(3):213-219. ABSTRACT

Fritschi L, Due SA, Katris P. Validity of melanoma diagnosis in a community-based screening program. American Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 164(4):385-390. ABSTRACT

Graves N, McKinnon L, Reeves M, Scuffham P, Gordon LG, Eakin E.  Cost-effectiveness analyses and modelling the lifetime costs and benefits of health-behaviour interventions. Chronic Illness 2006 Jun; 2(2):97-107. ABSTRACT

Hall L, Struijk L, Neale RE, Feltkamp MCW. Re: Human Papillomavirus infection and incidence of squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas of the skin. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2006; 98(19):1425-1426.

Hawkes A, Nowak M, Bidstrup B, Speare R. Outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Journal of Vascular Health and Risk Management 2006; 2(4):477-484. ABSTRACT

Hawkes A, Mortensen O. Up to one third of individual cardiac patients have a decline in quality of life post-intervention. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal 2006; 40(4):214-218.  

Hutchison S, Steginga SK, Dunn J. The tiered model of psychosocial intervention in cancer: Translating psychosocial care practice guidelines into action. Psycho-Oncology. 2006;15(6):541-6. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Lowe JB, Elwood M, Ring IT, Youl PH, Aitken JF. Do centralised skin screening clinics increase participation in melanoma screening? Cancer Causes Control. 2006;17(2):161-8. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Youl PH, Lowe JB, Baade PD, Elwood M, Ring IT, Aitken JF. What motivates men 50 years and over to participate in a screening program for melanoma? Cancer 2006; 107:815-823. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Gebski V, Forder P, Jackson D, Williams G, Obermair A for the LACE Trial Committee. Total laparoscopic versus open surgery for stage 1 endometrial cancer: the LACE randomized controlled trial design. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006;27(4):353-63 . ABSTRACT

Janda M, Eakin E, Bailey L, Troy K. Supportive Care Needs of People with Brain Tumours and their Carers. Supportive Care Cancer 2006; 14(11):1094-1103. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Kimlin MG, Whiteman DC, Aitken JF, Neale RE. Sun protection messages, vitamin D and skin cancer: out of the frying pan and into the fire? Cancer Causes and Control (in press).

Krum H, Jelinek M, Sindone A, Stewart S, Hawkes A, on behalf of the National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Chronic Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Writing Panel. Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection and Management of People with Chronic Heart Failure in Australia 2006. Medical Journal of Australia 2006; 185(10):549-556. ABSTRACT

Laky B, Janda M, Bauer J, Vavra C, Cleghorn G. Obermair A. Malnutrition amongst gynaecological cancer patients. Eur J Clin Nutrition (in press).

Lawler SP, Kvaskoff M, DiSipio T, Whiteman D, Eakin EG, Aitken JF, Fritschi L. Solaria Use in Queensland, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2006; 30(5):479-482. ABSTRACT

Leavy J, Fritschi L, Ambrosini G.  Vietnam military service history and prostate cancer.  BMC Public Health 2006;6:75 ABSTRACT

Lim HS, Roychoudhuri R, Peto J, Schwartz G,Baade PD, Moller H. Cancer survival is dependent on season of diagnosis and sunlight exposure. International Journal of Cancer. 2006; 119(7):1530-1536. ABSTRACT

Lynch BM, Owen N, Newman B, Pakenham K, Leggett B, Dunn J, Aitken JF. Reliability of a measure of pre-diagnosis physical activity for cancer survivors. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2006;38(4):715-9. ABSTRACT

McAvoy B, Steginga SK, Pinnock C. The early detection of prostate cancer: Supporting patient choice. New Zealand Family Physician. 2006; 33 (1), Feb.

McBride P, Neale RE, Pandya N, Green A. Sun-related factors, beta papillomavirus and actinic keratoses: a prospective study. Archives of Dermatology (in press).

McPherson M, Elwood M, English D, Baade PD, Youl PH, Aitken JF. Presentation and detection of invasive melanoma in a high-risk population. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2006;54(5):783-92. ABSTRACT

Murphy M, Neale R, Hey K, Seagroatt V, Goldacre M, Vessey M, Willis B, Ellis J, Barlow D. Pregnancy outcome amongst twins conceived after subfertility treatment compared with natural twins: a population based study. Twin Res Hum Genetics 2006; 9(2)279-284. ABSTRACT

Pekmezovic T, Baade PD. Trends and patterns in prostate cancer mortality in Belgrade (Serbia). Joinpoint analysis. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2006;15(1):51-6 ABSTRACT

Penn DL, Simpson LE, Leggett S, Edie G, Wood L. The Development of a Website to Promote the Mental and Physical Health of Sons and Daughters of Vietnam Veterans of Australia. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, volume 10, Issue 4, 2006.

Steginga SK, Pinnock C, Smith D, Metcalfe R, Gardiner RA, Dunn J. Clinicians' attitudes to prostate cancer peer support groups. British Journal of Urology International 2006; 95:68-71. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Occhipinti S. Dispositional optimism as a predictor of men's decision-related distress after localised prostate cancer. Health Psychology. 2006;25(2):135-43 ABSTRACT

Steginga SK. Review of 100 questions and answers about bladder cancer. Ellsworth P & Carswell B. Jones and Bartlett Publishers Inc. British Journal of Urology 2006; 97(3):651.

Steginga SK, Hutchison S, Turner J, & Dunn J. Translating Psychosocial Care Guidelines Into Action. Cancer Forum 2006; 30(1):28-31.

Steginga SK, Baade P, Williams S, Gardiner RA, Fitzpatrick J. Making decisions about the early detection of prostate cancer. Online physician resource 'Fingertip Urology'. British Journal of Urology International (in press).

Struijk L, Hall L, van der Meijden E, Wannigen P, Bavinck JN, Neale R, Green AC, Ter Schegget J, Feltkamp MC. Markers of cutaneous human papillomavirus infection in individuals with tumor-free skin, actinic keratoses, and squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention 2006; 15(3):529-535. ABSTRACT

van der Pols JC, Williams GM, Neale RE, Clavarino A, Green AC. Long-term increase in sunscreen use in an Australian community after skin cancer prevention trial. Preventative Medicine 2006; 42(3)171-176. ABSTRACT

Williams HA, Fritschi L, Reid A, Beauchamp C, Katris P.  Who attends skin cancer screening in Western Australia? Results from the Lions Cancer Institute Skin Cancer Screening Program Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.  2006;30:75-80 ABSTRACT

Williams HS, Fritschi L, Beauchamp C, Katris P. Evaluating the usefulness of self-reported risk factors in skin cancer screening program. Melanoma Research 2006; 16(4):341-345. ABSTRACT

Wilson P, Sexton W, Singh A, Smith M, Durham S, Cowie A, Fritschi L.  Family experiences of tissue donation in Australia  Progress in Transplantation 2006;16:52-56. ABSTRACT

Youl PH, Janda M, Elwood M, Lowe JB, Ring IT, Aitken JF. Who attends skin cancer clinics within a randomized trial of screening for melanoma. Cancer Detection and Prevention. 2006;30(1):44-51. ABSTRACT

Youl PH, Jackson C, Oldenburg B, Brown C, Dunn J, Aitken JF. Attitudes, knowledge and practice of CRC screening among GPs in Queensland. Aust Family Physician 2006 July; 35(7): 547-50. ABSTRACT

2006 Book chapters

Stewart S, Inglis S, & Hawkes A. Chronic Cardiac Care, A Practical Guide to Specialist Nurse Management: Blackwell Publishing, BMJ Books

Burger M, Steginga SK, Williams S, Gardiner RA. Endotext.com 'Your Endocrine Source'. Chapter 10: Prostate Cancer. 2006.

2005 Peer-reviewed publications

Aitken JF, Janda M, Youl PH, Elwood M, Ring IT, Lowe JB. Clinical outcomes from community-based skin screening clinics. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2006; 54: 105-114. ABSTRACT

Alfonso HS, Fritschi L, de Klerk NH, Ambrosini G, Beilby J, Olsen N, Musk AW. Plasma concentration of retinol, carotene and vitamin E and mortality in subjects with asbetosis in a cohort exposed to crocidolite in Wittenoom, Western Australia. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2005; 47: 573-579. ABSTRACT

Alfonso HS, Fritschi L, de Klerk NH, Ambrosini G, Beilby J, Olsen N, Musk WA. Plasma retinol, carotene and vitamin E concentrations and lung function in a crocidolite-exposed cohort from Wittenoom, Western Australia: a cohort study. Nutrition Journal 2005; 4: 16. ABSTRACT

Alfonso HS, Fritschi L, de Klerk NH, Olsen N, Sleith J, Musk WA. Effects of asbestos and smoking on gas diffusion in people exposed to crocidolite. Medical Journal of Australia 2005; 183: 184-187. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Del Mar CB, Lowe JB, Stanton WR, Balanda KP. Clinical diagnosis and management of suspicious pigmented skin lesions: A survey of general practitioners. Australian Family Physician 2005;34(1-2):79-83. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Balanda KP, Stanton WR, Lowe JB, Del Mar CB. Community perceptions of suspicious pigmented skin lesions: are they accurate when compared to general practitioners? Cancer Detection and Prevention. 2005;29(3):267-75. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Coory MD. Trends in melanoma mortality in Australia: 1950-2002 and their implications for melanoma control. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2005; 29: 383-386. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Balanda KP, Stanton WR, Lowe JB, Del Mar CB. Community perceptions of suspicious pigmented skin lesions: Are they accurate when compared to general practitioners? Cancer Detection and Prevention 2005; 29(3): 267-275. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Del Mar CB, Lowe JB, Stanton WR, Balanda KP. Clinical diagnosis and management of suspicious pigmented skin lesions: A survey of general practitioners. Australian Family Physician 2005; 34: 79-83. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Steginga SK, Pinnock CB, Aitken JF. Communicating prostate cancer risk: What should we be telling our patients? Medical Journal of Australia 2005; 182: 472-475. ABSTRACT

Clayforth C, Fritschi L, McEvoy S, Byrne MJ, Wiley E, Threlfall T, Sterrett G, Harvey J, Jamrozik K. Assessing the effectiveness of BreastScreen WA. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2005; 75: 631-636. ABSTRACT

Coory MD, Baade PD. Urban-rural differences in prostate cancer mortality, radical prostatectomy and PSA testing in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 2005; 182: 112-115. ABSTRACT

Coyne T, Ibiebele IT, Baade PD, McClintock C, Leonard D, Shaw J, Dunn S, Dobson A. Diabetes mellitus and serum carotenoids: Findings of a population based study in Queensland, Australia. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005; 82: 685-693. ABSTRACT

Dunn J, Lynch B, Rinaldis M, Pakenham K, McPherson L, Owen N, Leggett B, Newman B, Aitken J. Dimensions of quality of life and psychosocial variables most salient to colorectal cancer patients. Psycho-oncology 2005; 14: 1-11. ABSTRACT

Eakin EG, Smith BJ, Bauman AE. Evaluating the population health impact of physical activity interventions in primary care - Are we asking the right questions? Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2005; 2: 197-215.

Fritschi L, Benke G, Hughes AM, Kricker A, Turner J, Vajdic CM, Grulich A, Milliken S, Kaldor J, Armstrong BK. Occupational exposure to pesticides and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 162: 849-857. ABSTRACT

Fritschi L, Benke G, Hughes AM, Kricker A, Vajdic CM, Turner J, Grulich A, Milliken S, Kaldor J, Armstrong BK. Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma associated with occupational exposure to solvents, metals, organic dusts and PCBs. Cancer Causes and Control 2005; 16: 599-607. ABSTRACT

Georgiou A, Burns J, McKenzie S, Penn DL, Flack J, Harris MF. Monitoring Change in Diabetes Care Using Diabetes Registers, Australian Family Physician 2006; 35(1/2) January/February.

Grulich A, Vajdic C, Kaldor J, Hughes AM, Kricker A, Fritschi L, Turner J, Milliken S, Benke G, Armstrong BK. Birth order, atopy and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005; 97: 587-594. ABSTRACT

Harvey JM, Sterrett GF, McEvoy S, Fritschi L, Ingram D, Joseph D, Dewar J, Byrne M. Pathology reporting of breast cancer: Trends in 1989-1999, following the introduction of mammographic screening in Western Australia. Pathology 2005; 37: 341-346. ABSTRACT

Hoving JL, Del Monaco A, MacFarlane E, Fritschi L, Benke G, McKenzie D, Sim M. Methodological issues in linking study participants to Australian cancer registries using different methods: Lessons from a cohort study. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2005; 29: 278-282. ABSTRACT

Hughes K, Leggett B, Del Mar C, Croese J, Fairley S, Masson J, Aitken JF, Clavarino A, Janda M, Stanton WR, Tong S, Newman B. Guaiac versus immunochemical tests and compliance: Faecal occult blood test screening for colorectal cancer in a rural community. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2005; 29: 358-364. ABSTRACT

Ingram DM, McEvoy SP, Byrne MJ, Fritschi L, Joseph DJ, Jamrozik K. Surgical caseload and outcomes for women with invasive breast cancer treated in Western Australia. The Breast 2005; 14: 11-17. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Obermair A, Cella D, Perrin LC, Nicklin JL, Ward B, Crandon AJ, Trimmel M. The Functional Assessment of Cancer-Vulva: Reliability and validity. Gynecologic Oncology 2005; 97: 568-575. ABSTRACT

Marshall AM, Eakin EG, Leslie ER, Owen N. Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of using internet technology to promote physical activity within a defined community. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2005; 16(1): 82-84. ABSTRACT

McClure R, Turner C, Peel N, Spinks A, Eakin E, Hughes K. Population-based interventions to prevent fall-related injury in older people. Cochrane Review. (In press).

Mummery K, Brown W, Schofield G, Eakin E, Steele R. Occupational sitting time and overweight and obesity in Australian adult workers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2005 Aug;29(2):91-7 ABSTRACT

Penn DL, Simpson LE, Edie GR, Leggett S, Wood L, Hawgood J, Krysinska K, Yellowlees P, de Leo D. Development of ACROSSnet: an online support system for rural and remote community suicide prevention workers in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Health Informatics 2005; 11(4): 259-278.

Reeves MM, Capra S, Bauer J, Davies PSW, Battistutta D. Accuracy of the MedGem™ indirect calorimeter for measuring resting energy expenditure in cancer patients. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005; 59: 603-610.

Stanton W, Baade PD, Moffat J. Predictors of smoking cessation processes among secondary school students. Substance Use and Misuse. (In press).

Steginga SK. Review of 100 questions and answers about bladder cancer. British Journal of Urology International. (In Press).

Steginga SK, Pinnock C, Baade PD, Jackson C, Green A, Preston J, Heathcote P, McAvoy B. Educational workshop on the early detection of prostate cancer: A before-after evaluation. Australian Family Physician 2005; 34(10): 889-891.

Steginga SK, Dunn J, Dewar AM, McCarthy A, Yates P, Beadle G. Intensive nursing education programs: Impact on knowledge, confidence and attitudes and perceived skills in the psychosocial care of cancer patients. Oncology Nursing Forum 2005; 32(2): 375-381. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Pinnock C, Gardner M, Dunn J, Gardiner RA. Evaluating peer support for prostate cancer: The prostate cancer peer support inventory. British Journal of Urology International 2005; 95: 46-50. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Pinnock C, Jackson C, Gianduzzo T. Shared decision making and informed choice about the early detection of prostate cancer in primary care. British Journal of Urology International 2005; 96:1209-1210. ABSTRACT

Threlfall T, Wittorff J, Boutdara P, Heyworth J, Katris P, Sheiner H, Fritschi L. Collection of population-based cancer staging information in Western Australia – A feasibility study. Population Health Metrics 2005; 3: 9. ABSTRACT

Trimmel M, Lattacher H, Janda M. Voluntary whole-blood donors, and compensated platelet donors and plasma donors: motivation to donate, altruism and aggression . Transfusion and Apheresis Science 2005; 33: 147-155. ABSTRACT

Whaley CJ, Morrison DL, Payne RL, Fritschi L, Wall TD. Chronicity of psychological strain in occupational settings and the accuracy of the general health questionnaire. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2005; 10: 310-319. ABSTRACT

Youl PH, Janda M, Elwood M, Lowe JB, Ring IT, Aitken JF. Who attends skin clinics within a randomised trial of a melanoma screening program? Cancer Detection and Prevention. (In press).

Youl PH, Janda M, Lowe JB, Aitken JF. Does the type of promotional material influence men’s attendance at skin screening clinics? Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2005; 16: 229-232. ABSTRACT

2005 Book chapters

Burger M, Steginga SK, Williams S, Gardiner RA. Endotext. com ‘Your Endocrine Source’. In: Prostate Cancer (In Press).

Harris M, Penn DL, Taggart J, Georgiou A, Burns J, Powell Davies G. Chronic disease registers and their use for recall and audit in primary health care. (2005) In: Handbook of Research on Informatics in Healthcare and Biomedicine. Ed: Lazakidou, A. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference.

Simpson L, Stockwell M, Leggett S, Wood L, Penn DL. A Capacity-Building Approach to Health Literacy Through the Use of Information Communication Technologies. (2005) In: Handbook of Research on Informatics in Healthcare and Biomedicine.
Ed: Lazakidou, A. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference.

2004 Peer-reviewed publications

Aitken JF, Youl PH, Janda M, Elwood M, Ring IT, Lowe JB, Firman DW. Validity of self-reported skin screening histories. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2004; 159(11):1098-105 ABSTRACT.

Aitken JF, Janda M, Lowe JB, Elwood M, Ring IT, Youl PH, Firman DW. Prevalence of whole-body skin self-examination in a population at high risk for skin cancer (Australia). Cancer Causes Control 2004;15(5):453-63. ABSTRACT

Aitken JF, Youl PH, Janda M, Elwood M, Ring IT, Lowe JB. Comparability of skin screening histories obtained by telephone interviews and mailed questionnaires: a randomized crossover study. Am J Epidemiol 2004;160(6):598-604. ABSTRACT

Aitken JF, Youl PH, Janda M, Elwood M, Ring IT, Lowe JB. Comparability of skin screening histories obtained by telephone interviews and mailed questionnaires: a randomized crossover study. Am J Epidemiol 2004;160(6):598-604. ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Coory MD, Aitken JF. International trends in prostate cancer mortality: The decrease is continuing and spreading. Cancer Causes and Control. 2004; 15: 237-241 ABSTRACT

Baade PD, Balanda KP, Stanton WR, Lowe JB, Del Mar CB. Community perception of specific skin features of possible melanomas. Health Education Journal. 2004; 63(2): 158-169.

Clavarino AM, Janda M, Hughes KL, Del Mar C, Tong S, Stanton WR, Aitken JF, Leggett BA, Newman B. The view from two sides: a qualitative study of community and medical perspectives on screening for colorectal cancer using FOBT. Prev Med 2004;39(3):482-90. ABSTRACT

Coory MD, Baade PD. Urban-rural differences in prostate cancer mortality, radical prostatectomy and prostate-specific antigen testing in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia. 2005;182(3):112-5. ABSTRACT

Do K-A, Aitken JF, Green A, Martin NG. Analysis of melanoma onset: assessing familial aggregation by using estimating equations and fitting variance components via Bayesian random effects models. Twin Research. 2004;7(1):98-113 ABSTRACT

Dunn J,Steginga SK, Rose P, Scott J, Allison R. Evaluating Patient Education Materials about Radiation Therapy. Patient Education and Counseling, 2004; 52: 325-332. ABSTRACT

Eakin EG, Brown W J, Marshall AL, Mummery K, Larsen E. Physical activity promotion in primary care - Bridging the gap between research and practice. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2004; 27(4), 297-303. ABSTRACT

Eakin EG, Smith BJ, & Bauman AE. Evaluating the Population Health Impact of Physical Activity Interventions in Primary Care - Are we asking the right questions? Journal of Physical Activity and Health (in press)

Goldner G, Wachter-Gerstner N, Wachter S, Dieckmann K, Janda M, Potter R. Acute side effects during 3-D-planned conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer. Differences between patient's self-reported questionnaire and the corresponding doctor's report. Strahlenther Onkol 2003;179(5):320-7. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Stanton WR, Hughes K, Del Mar C, Clavarino A, Aitken JF, Tong S, Short L, Leggett B, et al. Knowledge, attitude and intentions related to colorectal cancer screening using faecal occult blood tests in a rural Australian population. Asia Pac J Public Health 2003;15(1):50-6. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Elwood M, Ring IT, Firman DW, Lowe JB, Youl PH, Aitken JF. Prevalence of skin screening by general practitioners in regional Queensland. Med J Aust 2004;180(1):10-5. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Newman B, Obermair A, Woelfl H, Trimmel M, Schroeckmayr H, Widder J, Poetter R. Impaired quality of life in patients commencing radiotherapy for cancer. Strahlenther Onkol 2004;180(2):78-83. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Youl PH, Lowe JB, Elwood M, Ring IT, Aitken JF. Attitudes and intentions in relation to skin checks for early signs of skin cancer. Prev Med 2004;39(1):11-8. ABSTRACT

Janda M, Obermair A, Cella D, Crandon AJ, Trimmel M. Vulvar cancer patients' quality of life: a qualitative assessment. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2004;14(5):875-81. ABSTRACT

Lowe JB, Ball J, Lynch BM, Baldwin L, Janda M, Stanton WR, Aitken JF. Acceptability and feasibility of a community-based screening programme for melanoma in Australia. Health Promot Int. 2004;19(4):437-44. ABSTRACT

Marshall AM, Eakin EG, Leslie ER, & Owen N. Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of using Internet technology to promote physical activity within a defined community. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2005;16(1):82-4. ABSTRACT

McClure R, Turner C, Peel N, Spinks A,,Eakin E, Hughes K. Population-based interventions to prevent fall-related injury in older people. Cochrane Review.

Obermair A, Cheuk R, Horwood K, Neudorfer M, Janda M, Giannis G, Nicklin JL, Perrin LC, Crandon AJ. Anemia before and during concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with cervical carcinoma: Effect on progression-free survival. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2003;13(5):633-9. ABSTRACT

Reeves MM, Capra S, Bauer J, Davies PSW, Battistutta D. Accuracy of the MedGem™ indirect calorimeter for measuring resting energy expenditure in cancer patients. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2005;59(4):603-10. ABSTRACT

Reeves MM, Davies PS, Bauer J, Battistutta D. Reducing the time period of steady state does not affect the accuracy of energy expenditure measurements by indirect calorimetry. J Appl Physiol. 2004;97(1):130-4. ABSTRACT

Stanton WR, Janda M, Baade PD, Anderson P. Primary prevention of skin cancer: A review of prevalence in Australia and overseas. Health Promotion International. 2004; 19(3): 369-378. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Pinnock C. Gardner M, Dunn J. & Gardiner R A. Evaluating Peer Support for Prostate Cancer: The Prostate Cancer Peer Support Inventory. British Journal of Urology International. 2005;95(1):46-50. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Dunn J. Dewar AM, McCarthy A, Yates P & Beadle G. Impact of an intensive nursing education course on nurses' knowledge, confidence, attitudes, and perceived skills in the care of patients with cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum. 2005;32(2):375-8. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Occhipinti, S. (2004) The Application of the Heuristic-Systematic Processing Model to Treatment Decision Making about Prostate Cancer. Medical Decision Making, 2004; 24 (6): 573-583. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Occhipinti, S. (2004) Reply to Commentary. Medical Decision Making. 2004; 24 (6): 687.

Steginga SKK, Occhipinti, S., Gardiner, RA., Heathcote, P. & Yaxley, J. A Prospective Study of the use of Alternative Therapies by men with Localised Prostate Cancer. Patient Education and Counseling, 2004; 55: 70-77. ABSTRACT

Steginga SK, Occhipinti, S., Gardiner, RA., Heathcote, P. & Yaxley, J. A Prospective Study of Men’s Psychological and Decision-Related Adjustment after Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer. Urology, 2004; 63. 751-756. ABSTRACT

2004 Book chapters

Gardiner RA, Burger MJ, Steginga SK, Walsh T, Schmidt C, Nicol DL, Lavin MF, Clements JA. Integrating Molecular, Proteomic and Vaccine Development, Quality of Life and Psychometric Evaluations in a Comprehensive Research Program. In: Progress in Prostate Cancer Research. Ed: Colombo F. Nova Science, In Press.

2003 Peer-reviewed publications

Coory M, Baade PD. Is median age at death a useful way to monitor improvements in mortality among Indigenous Australians? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 27: 627-31 2003. ABSTRACT

Dunn J, Steginga SK, Rosoman N, Millichap D. A Review of Peer Support in the Context of Cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 2003; 21 (2): 55-67.

Dunn J,Lynch BM, Aitken JF, Pakenham K, Leggett B, Newman B. Quality of life in colorectal cancer: a review. Aust N Z J Public Health 2003; 27: 41-53. ABSTRACT

Greenbank S, Dunn J, Aitken JF, Lowe R, Youl PH, Turner P. Smoking in Queensland restaurants - will bans affect patronage? Letter to the Editor. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2003; 27:361 ABSTRACT

Lintz K, Watson M, Moynihan C, Steginga SK, Norman A, Eeles R, Huddart R, Dearnaley D. Prostate Cancer Patients’ Support and Psychological Care Needs: Survey from a Non-Surgical Oncology Clinic. Psycho-Oncology 2003; 12: 769-783 ABSTRACT

Lynch BM, Dunn J. Scoreboard advertising at sporting events as a health promotion medium. Health Education Research 2003,18(4): 488-492. ABSTRACT

Vajdic C, Kricker A, Duffy DL, Aitken JF, Stark M, Ter Huurne JAC, Martin NG, Armstrong BK, Hayward NK. Ocular melanoma is not associated with CDKN2A or MC1R variants – a population-based study. Mel Research 2003; 13: 409-413. ABSTRACT

Vajdic CM, Kricker A, Giblin M, McKenzie J, Aitken JF, Giles GG, Armstrong BK. Incidence of ocular melanoma in Australia, 1990 to 1998. Int J Cancer 2003; 105: 117-22. ABSTRACT

Vajdic CM, Hutchins N, Kricker A, Aitken JF, Armstrong BK, Hayward NK, Armes JE. Chromosomal gains and losses in ocular melanoma detected by comparative genomic hybridization in an Australian population-based study. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 2003; 144(1): 12-17. ABSTRACT

Yates P, Dewar A, Brown L, Gorannson E, Reid A, Hargraves M, Perrott S, Kennedy R, Morgan J. Educational preparation for chempotherapy administration: a survey of Queensland nurses. The Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing 2003; 4, 2: 4-10.

2003 Book chapters

Aitken JF, Elwood M. Population screening for melanoma: current evidence and a community-based randomised trial. In: Thompson J, Morton D, Kroon, editors. Melanoma. Oxford: Isis Medical Media Limited, 2003.

Elwood M, Aitken JF, English D. Prevention and screening. In “Cutaneous Melanoma”, 4th Edition, Balch CM, Houghton AN, Sober AJ, Soong S, eds, QMP, Inc, St. Louis, 2003.

 
 
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