The Daffodil Centre: Recent submissions
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The epidemiology of death and symptoms: planning for population-based palliative care.
Published 2015Despite the advances of modern medicine, many illnesses continue to evade cure. Chronic, progressive, incurable illness is a major cause of disability, distress, suffering, and, ultimately, death. This is true for many ...Book Chapter -
Comorbidity and cervical cancer survival of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian women: A semi-national registry-based cohort study (2003-2012)
Published 2018Background Little is known about the impact of comorbidity on cervical cancer survival in Australian women, including whether Indigenous women’s higher prevalence of comorbidity contributes to their lower survival compared ...Article -
Factors associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicines for prostate cancer by long-term survivors
Published 2018Objective To assess whether the use of complementary and alternative medicines therapies (CAMs) for prostate cancer and/or its treatment side effects by long-term survivors is associated with selected socio-demographic, ...Article -
Using administrative health data to describe colorectal and lung cancer care in New South Wales, Australia: a validation study
Published 2012BACKGROUND: Monitoring treatment patterns is crucial to improving cancer patient care. Our aim was to determine the accuracy of linked routinely collected administrative health data for monitoring colorectal and lung cancer ...Article