The Daffodil Centre: Recent submissions
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Tobacco and alcohol as risk factors for oesophageal cancer in a high incidence area in South Africa
Published 2016BACKGROUND: The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, which includes the former Transkei has high rates of squamous cell oesophageal cancer (OC), thought to be caused mainly by nutritional deficiencies and fungal contamination ...Article -
Cancer Statistics in China, 2015
Published 2016With increasing incidence and mortality, cancer is the leading cause of death in China and is a major public health problem. Because of China's massive population (1.37 billion), previous national incidence and mortality ...Article -
Barriers to medication adherence in patients prescribed medicines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: A conceptual framework to support intervention development
Published 2019ObjectivesTo identify barriers to medication adherence in patients prescribedmedicines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and map these to theTheoretical Domains Framework (TDF), to produce a conceptual frameworkfor ...Article -
The State of Cancer Control in Australia 1987-2007: Changes in cancer incidence and mortality
Published 2013In this section, eight cancer types are outlined briefly as a way of contextualising the analysis and highlighting cancer types that are important in Australia – either because of their public health programs or because ...Report, Research -
Projections of cancer prevalence by phase of care: a potential tool for planning future health service needs
Published 2013The objective of this study is to describe a method for estimating the number of cancer survivors requiring different types of cancer care in the future. Methods Colon cancer data (1972–2007) from the New South Wales (NSW) ...Open AccessArticle