The Daffodil Centre: Recent submissions
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Socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer survival: relation to stage at diagnosis, treatment and race
Published 2009BACKGROUND: Previous studies have documented lower breast cancer survival among women with lower socioeconomic status (SES) in the United States. In this study, I examined the extent to which socioeconomic disparity in ...Article -
A population-based study of breast cancer prevalence in Australia: predicting the future health care needs of women living with breast cancer
Published 2014BACKGROUND: Breast cancer places a heavy burden on the Australian healthcare system, but information about the actual number of women living with breast cancer and their current or future health service needs is limited. ...Article -
Impact of the Australian National Cervical Screening Program in women of different ages
Published 2016Objectives: The Australian National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) will transition in 2017 from cytology-based screening every two years, starting from age 18–20 years, to HPV-based screening every 5 years, starting ...Article -
Psychological distress and quality of life in lung cancer: the role of health‐related stigma, illness appraisals and social constraints
Published 2015Objective Health‐related stigma is associated with negative psychological and quality of life outcomes in lung cancer patients. This study describes the impact of stigma on lung cancer patients' psychological distress and ...Article -
Ocular melanoma is not associated with CDKN2A or MC1R variants--a population-based study
Published 2003Germline variants in the melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC1R) and the p16 gene (CDKN2A) are associated with an increased risk of cutaneous melanoma. The frequency of these germline variants was examined in a population-based, ...Article