The Daffodil Centre: Recent submissions
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Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Frequent Physical Activity May Not Reduce Vascular Disease Risk as Much as Moderate Activity: Large Prospective Study of Women in the United Kingdom”
Published 2015We thank Lin and colleagues for drawing attention to hypotheses about the possible role of heavy manual work and work-related stress in vascular disease. We previously reported associations between coronary heart disease, ...Article -
Optimal uptake rates for initial treatments for cervical cancer in concordance with guidelines in Australia and Canada: Results from two large cancer facilities
Published 2015BACKGROUND: Prior work estimating optimal treatment utilisation rates for cervical cancer has focused on radiotherapy or chemotherapy, using proportions of patients with clinical indications for specific treatment ...Article -
Breast cancer in New South Wales in 1972-1995: tumor size and the impact of mammographic screening
Published 1999To examine the use of mammographic screening in women in New South Wales (NSW), we measured uptake of initial mammograms and estimated the proportions of breast cancers that were screen detected. To see if mammographic ...Article -
Children's exposure to food advertising; an anlysis of the effectiveness of self-regulatory codes in Australia
Published 2014Aim: The aim of this study was to update knowledge about children's exposure to televised food advertising in Australia, providing a more comprehensive examination of children's exposure since the introduction of self-regulatory ...Article -
Patterns of surgical care for prostate cancer in NSW, 1993-2002: rural/urban and socio-economic variation
Published 2007OBJECTIVES: Prostate cancer is the most commonly registered cancer in Australian men, yet there is a lack of information about its management. We described the patterns and trends in the surgical treatment of men with ...Article