Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions

    • Quality of life following sentinel node biopsy surgery for primary cutaneous melanoma: Implications for health economics 

      Morton, Rachael L; Tran, Ahn; Vessey, Johan Yusof; Rowbotham, Nick; Winstanley, Julie; Shannon, Kerwin; Spillane, Andrew J; Stretch, Johnathan; Thompson, John F; Saw, Robyn P-M
      Published 2016-12-14
      BACKGROUND: Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is commonly performed in contemporary melanoma management, however there is a paucity of long-term quality of life (QoL) estimates required for economic evaluation of this treatment. ...
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    • Hope, optimism and survival in a randomized trial of chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer 

      Schofield, PE; Stockler, MR; Zannino, D; Tebbutt, NC; Price, TJ; Simes, R John; Wong, N; Pavlakis, N; Ransom, D; Moylan, E; Underhill, C; Wyld, D; Burns, i; Ward, R; Wilcken, N; Jefford, M
      Published 2015-06-21
      Purpose: Psychological responses to cancer are widely believed to affect survival. We investigated associations between hope, optimism, anxiety, depression, health utility and survival in patients starting first line ...
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    • Advance care planning in chronic kidney disease: a survey of current practice in Australia 

      Luckett, Tim; Spencer, Lucy; Pollock, Carol A; Lam, Lawrence; Silvester, William; Sellars, Marcus; Detering, Karen M; Butow, Phyllis N; Tong, Allison; Clayton, Josephine M
      Published 2016-02-16
      Aim: Advance care planning (ACP) in nephrology is widely advocated but not always implemented. The aims of this study were to describe current ACP practice and identify barriers/facilitators and perceived need for health ...
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    • Estimation of adjusted rate differences using additive negative binomial regression 

      Donoghoe, Mark W; Marschner, Ian C
      Published 2016-04-14
      Rate differences are an important effect measure in biostatistics and provide an alternative perspective to rate ratios. When the data are event counts observed during an exposure period, adjusted rate differences may be ...
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    • Economic evaluations of psychosocial interventions in cancer: A systematic review 

      Dieng, Mbathio; Cust, Anne E; Kasparian, Nadine A; Mann, Graham J; Morton, Rachael L
      Published 2016-01-27
      Objective: Although the effectiveness of many psychosocial interventions for people with cancer has been established, one barrier to implementation in routine clinical care is a lack of data on cost-effectiveness. We ...
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