Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Breast Cancer Screening Using Tomosynthesis or Mammography: A Meta-analysis of Cancer Detection and Recall.
Published 2018Tomosynthesis approximates a 3D mammogram of the breast, reducing parenchymal overlap that masks cancers or creates false "lesions" on 2D mammography, and potentially enabling more accurate detection of breast cancer. We ...Article -
Perceptions and misperceptions of overdetection of breast cancer.
Published 2018Editorial piece commenting on: Pappadis MR, Volk RJ, Krishnan S, et al. Perceptions of overdetection of breast cancer among women 70 years of age and older in the USA: a mixed-methods analysis. BMJ Open 2018;8:e022138.Open AccessArticle -
Metastatic breast cancer incidence, site and survival in Australia, 2001–2016: a population-based health record linkage study protocol.
Published 2019Advances in systemic therapy for early and metastatic breast cancer (BC) over the last two decades have improved patients’ survival, but their impact on metastatic disease outcomes at a population level is not well described. ...Open AccessArticle -
Should women with a BRCA1/2 mutation aged 60 and older be offered intensified breast cancer screening? – A cost-effectiveness analysis.
Published 2019This study aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of intensified breast cancer (BC) screening for women with a BRCA1/2 mutation aged 60–74. Simulated strategies were: (0) annual mammography as reference, (1) alternating ...Article -
Intraoperative breast specimen assessment in breast conserving surgery: comparison between standard mammography imaging and a remote radiological system.
Published 2020The aim of this paper was to compare standard specimen mammography (SSM) with remote intraoperative specimen mammography (ISM) assessment in breast conserving-surgery (BCS) based on operative times, intraoperative additional ...Open AccessArticle