Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Considering potential benefits, as well as harms, from the COVID-19 disruption to cancer screening and other healthcare services.
Published 2022Since 2020, hundreds of thousands of more deaths than expected have been observed across the globe. Amid the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, current research priorities are to control the spread of infection and ...Open AccessArticle -
Willingness of blood donors in Australia to provide additional data and blood sample for health research
Published 2021Background:Many blood collection agencies are generating important data on donor health outcomes using large-scale blood donor cohort studies. Such studies can be very effective when donors provide access to linkage of ...Article -
Evaluation of the Incremental Value of a Coronary Artery Calcium Score Beyond Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Assessment A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Published 2022Coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) are used to help assess patients’ cardiovascular status and risk. However, their best use in risk assessment beyond traditional cardiovascular factors in primary prevention is ...Open AccessArticle -
Visits to general practitioners after iron-related deferrals from blood donation in middle-aged and older Australian blood donors
Published 2021Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (Lifeblood) advises donors to visit their general practitioner (GP) for medical follow-up if they are deferred from donating due to having a lower than acceptable level of hemoglobin (Hb) ...Article -
Evaluation of Gender Inequity in Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: Differences by Sex in US Thyroid Cancer Incidence Compared With a Meta-analysis of Subclinical Thyroid Cancer Rates at Autopsy
Published 2021Thyroid cancer is more common in women than in men, but the associated causes of these differences are not fully understood. Objective: To compare sex-specific thyroid cancer rates in the US to the prevalence of subclinical ...Article