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16 The burden of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia
Glasziou, Paul; Jones, Mark; Pathirana, Thanya; Barratt, Alexandra L; Bell, Katy J.L.Published 2019Burden of cancer is increasing worldwide, and in Australia, partly due to overdiagnosis: cancers which would never cause symptoms or harm if left undetected. We sought to estimate the current burden of overdiagnosis of ...Presentation -
Estimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia
Glasziou, Paul; Jones, Mark A; Pathirana, Thanya; Barratt, Alexandra L; Bell, Katy J.L.Published 2019This study aimed to estimate the proportion of cancer diagnoses in Australia that might reasonably be attributed to overdiagnosis by comparing current and past lifetime risks of cancer. Routinely collected Australian ...Open AccessArticle -
Including Information on Overdiagnosis in Shared Decision Making: A Review of Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Aids
Pathirana, Thanya; Pickles, Kristen; Riikonen, Jarno M; Tikkinen, Kari A. O.; Bell, Katy J.L.; Glasziou, PaulPublished 2022Background. Overdiagnosis is an accepted harm of cancer screening, but studies of prostate cancer screening decision aids have not examined provision of information important in communicating the risk of overdiagnosis, ...Article -
Is the risk of cancer in Australia overstated? The importance of competing mortality for estimating lifetime risk.
Bach, Anthea C; Lo, Kelvin SE; Pathirana, Thanya; Glasziou, Paul; Barratt, Alexandra L; Jones, Mark A; Bell, Katy J.L.Published 2020The objective of this analysis was to calculate lifetime risks of cancer diagnosis and cancer‐specific death, adjusted for competing mortality, and to compare these estimates with the corresponding risks published by the ...Article -
Lifetime risk of prostate cancer overdiagnosis in Australia: quantifying the risk of overdiagnosis associated with prostate cancer screening in Australia using a novel lifetime risk approach.
Pathirana, Thanya; Hayen, Andrew; Doust, Jenny; Glasziou, Paul; Bell, Katy J.L.Published 2019The objective of this study was to quantify the risk of overdiagnosis associated with prostate cancer screening in Australia using a novel lifetime risk approach. Authors used modelling and validation of the lifetime risk ...Open AccessArticle -
Trends in Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing and prostate cancer incidence and mortality in Australia: A critical analysis
Pathirana, Thanya; Sequeira, Rehan; Del Mar, Chris; Dickinson, James A; Armstrong, Bruce; Bell, Katy J.L.; Glasziou, PaulPublished 2022Population trends in PSA testing and prostate cancer incidence do not perfectly correspond. We aimed to better understand relationships between trends in PSA testing, prostate cancer incidence and mortality in Australia ...Article
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