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Cancer burden and control in Australia: lessons learnt and challenges remaining
Cheng ES; Weber MF; Feletto E; Feletto E; Yu XQPublished 2018Cancer has been a major burden of disease for many decades globally. In Australia, cancer was the leading cause of disease burden in 2011. Despite having successfully implemented a number of cancer control initiatives, ...Article -
Cancer incidence and mortality in people aged less than 75 years: changes in Australia over the period 1987-2007
Sitas F; O'Connell DL; Smith MA; Armstrong K; Yu XQ; Canfell K; Robotin M; Feletto E; Penman A; Gibberd A; Kahn C; Weber MF; Chiew M; Supramaniam R; Velentzis L; Nickson C; Smith DPPublished 2013BACKGROUND: Australia has one of the highest rates of cancer incidence worldwide and, despite improving survival, cancer continues to be a major public health problem. Our aim was to provide simple summary measures of ...Article -
Cancer Screening among immigrants living in urban and regional Australia: results from the 45 and up study
Weber MF; Chiew M; Feletto E; Kahn C; Sitas F; Webster LPublished 2014Over 25% of the Australian population are immigrants, and are less active participants in cancer screening programmes. Most immigrants live in urban areas of Australia, but a significant proportion (~20%), live in regional ...Article -
Cancer Screening among immigrants living in urban and regional Australia: results from the 45 and up study.
Weber MF; Chiew M; Feletto E; Kahn C; Sitas F; Webster LPublished 2014Over 25% of the Australian population are immigrants, and are less active participants in cancer screening programmes. Most immigrants live in urban areas of Australia, but a significant proportion (~20%), live in regional ...Article -
Cancer screening among migrants in an Australian cohort; cross-sectional analyses from the 45 and Up Study
Weber MF; Banks E; Smith DP; O'Connell DL; Sitas FPublished 2009ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Limited evidence suggests that people from non-English speaking backgrounds in Australia have lower than average rates of participation in cancer screening programs. The objective of this study was ...Article -
Co-occurrence of chronic disease lifestyle risk factors in middle-aged and older immigrants: A cross-sectional analysis of 264,102 Australians
Sarich PE; Ding D; Sitas F; Weber MFPublished 2015BACKGROUND: The way in which lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease co-occur among people with different cultural backgrounds is largely unknown. METHODS: This study investigated chronic disease risk among immigrants ...Article -
Colorectal cancer screening and subsequent incidence of colorectal cancer: results from the 45 and Up Study
Steffen A; Weber MF; Roder DM; Banks EPublished 2014OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening history and subsequent incidence of CRC in New South Wales, Australia. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A total of 196,464 people from NSW ...Article -
Colorectal cancer screening and subsequent incidence of colorectal cancer: results from the 45 and Up Study.
Steffen A; Weber MF; Roder DM; Banks EPublished 2014Objective: To investigate the association of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening history and subsequent incidence of CRC in New South Wales, Australia. Design, setting and participants: A total of 196 464 people from NSW ...Article -
Comparison of four methods for estimating actual radiotherapy utilisation using the 45 and Up Study cohort in New South Wales, Australia
Yap ML; O'Connell DL; Goldsbury DE; Weber MF; Barton MPublished 2019AIM: To compare four methods for estimating actual radiotherapy utilisation (A-RUR) reported in the literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants in the 45 and Up Study in New South Wales (NSW) Australia completed a ...Article -
A cross-sectional exploration of smoking status and social interaction in a large population-based Australian cohort
Chiew M; Weber MF; Egger S; Sitas FPublished 2012We used cross-sectional data to investigate whether current, past and never smokers report different levels of social interaction and whether the level of social interaction varied according to the type of interaction being ...Article -
Early Life UV and Risk of Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma in New South Wales, Australia
Kricker A; Weber MF; Sitas F; Banks E; Rahman B; Goumas C; Kabir A; Armstrong BKPublished 2017Sun exposure is the main cause of squamous (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) although pattern and amount differ by cancer type, and sun sensitivity is the major host risk factor. Our study investigated risk factors and ...Open AccessArticle -
Effects of tobacco smoking on cancer and cardiovascular disease in urban black South Africans
Stein L; Urban MI; Weber MF; Ruff P; Hale M; Donde B; Patel M; Sitas FPublished 2008Demographic and lifestyle information from 9690 black patients diagnosed with cancer or cardiovascular disease was collected in an ongoing case-control study in Johannesburg, South Africa. Compared to never smokers, the ...Article -
Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness of Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose Computed Tomography for High-Risk Smokers in Australia
Wade S; Weber MF; Caruana M; Kang YJ; Marshall H; Manser R; Vinod S; Rankin N; Fong K; Canfell KPublished 2018Introduction Health economic evaluations of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) that are underpinned by clinical outcomes are relatively few. Methods We assessed the cost-effectiveness of LDCT ...Open AccessArticle -
Factors associated with prostate specific antigen testing in Australians: Analysis of the New South Wales 45 and Up Study
Nair-Shalliker V; Bang A; Weber MF; Goldsbury DE; Caruana M; Emery J; Banks E; Canfell K; O'Connell DL; Smith DPPublished 2018Australia has one of the highest incidence rates of prostate cancer (PC) worldwide, due in part to widespread prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing. We aimed to identify factors associated with PSA testing in Australian ...Article -
Health services costs for cancer care in Australia: Estimates from the 45 and Up Study
Goldsbury DE; Yap S; Weber MF; Veerman L; Rankin N; Banks E; Canfell K; O'Connell DLPublished 2018Background Cancer care represents a substantial and rapidly rising healthcare cost in Australia. Our aim was to provide accurate population-based estimates of the health services cost of cancer care using large-scale linked ...Article -
Identifying high risk individuals for targeted lung cancer screening: Independent validation of the PLCOm2012 risk prediction tool
Weber MF; Yap S; Goldsbury DE; Manners D; Tammemagi M; Marshall H; Brims F; McWilliams A; Fong K; Kang YJ; Caruana M; Banks E; Canfell KPublished 2017Abstract Lung cancer screening with computerised tomography holds promise, but optimising the balance of benefits and harms via selection of a high risk population is critical. PLCOm2012 is a logistic regression model based ...Article -
Identifying incident colorectal and lung cancer cases in health service utilisation databases in Australia: a validation study
Goldsbury DE; Weber MF; Yap S; Banks E; O'Connell DL; Canfell KPublished 2017Background Data from centralised, population-based statutory cancer registries are generally considered the 'gold standard' for confirming incident cases of cancer. When these are not available, or more current information ...Article -
Lower urinary tract symptoms in relation to region of birth in 95,393 men living in Australia: the 45 and Up Study
Latz I; Weber MF; Korda R; Smith DP; Clements M; Patel M; Dwyer T; Tikellis G; Banks EPublished 2013PURPOSE: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are very common among older men globally, but evidence regarding the relationship between LUTS and country of origin is limited. This study aimed to investigate the relationship ...Article -
Oncologist provision of smoking cessation support: A national survey of Australian medical and radiation oncologists
Day FL; Sherwood E; Chen TY; Barbouttis M; Varlow M; Martin J; Weber MF; Sitas F; Paul CPublished 2018-12Aim Continued smoking in patients diagnosed with cancer affects treatment outcomes and overall survival. With national surveys of Australian medical oncologists (MO) and radiation oncologists (RO) we sought to determine ...Article -
Opportunities and challenges for implementation of cost-effective lung cancer screening
Weber MF; Wade SL; Canfell KPublished 2019-03In this article, we summarize the findings of our recent cost-effectiveness evaluation of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) [1] in which we applied Australian health services costs and ...Article
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