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I research the aetiology of ovarian, endometrial and thyroid cancers. I am particularly interested… Pathways to the diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer in Australia (Med J Aust 2010; 193: 326-330)… National Pancreatic Cancer Roadmap Early Implementation Priorities: Developing tools and guidelines for early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer… such as ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and cancer. Despite this, the long-term health effects of these… Cancer epidemiology… Dr Jordan is a medically trained cancer epidemiologist who is currently Associate Professor of… Although some high-risk ovarian cancer genes have been identified, it is likely that common low…
Dr Jordan is a medically trained cancer epidemiologist who is currently Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. Before starting her PhD, she worked in rural and urban general practice for over 10 years and brings that clinical experience to her research. She currently lea …
Dr Jordan's impacts contributions include: 1) the first comprehensive aetiological study to support the paradigm-shifting contention that most ovarian cancers arise in fallopian tubes rather than ovaries; 2) research on variations in ovarian cancer chemotherapy prompted revision of current ovarian …
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The LACE study is a clinical trial comparing two types of surgery for women with early-stage cancer… Cancer specialists are aware that not only the survival time but also the quality of life is a key… The value of serum CA125 for the development of virtual follow-up strategies for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer: A retrospective study… feMMe: Uterus-preserving treatment of endometrial cancer… Prophylactic surgery and breast cancer… levonorgestrel intrauterrine device (LNG-IUD) to treat endometrial cancer. The next two steps… Professor Obermair is the Director of Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer Research (QCGC… Background: Serum CA125 is routinely used in the follow up of ovarian cancer. The objective of the…
Professor Obermair is the Director of Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer Research (QCGC Research). He is a Professor of Gynaecological Oncology since 2007, a Senior Medical Officer at Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and a Visiting Medical Officer at St Andrews War Memorial Hospital and …
Professor Obermair is an innovative and skilled gynaecologic oncologist, surgical teacher and consumer advocate. His international leadership and research impact was acknowledged in 2020 by the Australian community, when he was awarded an NHMRC Investigator Fellowship Level 2 (2021-25). The national …
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Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and keratinocyte skin cancers: a cohort study and meta-analysis… Skin Cancer Diagnosis Study… The skin cancer diagnosis study aims to compare the sensitivity and specificity of skin checks… skin cancer prevention, early detection, and optimising skin cancer treatment. She is passionate about… Evidence suggests that progenitor cells of keratinocyte cancers (basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and…
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Dr Lena von Schuckmann is a clinician researcher, with dual medical specialist training in dermatology and general practice. Her research is focused on skin cancer prevention, early detection, and optimising skin cancer treatment. She is passionate about improving …
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Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH) among a total of 760 patients with Endometrial Cancer (EC). LACE… My quality of life research focuses on interventions that can help people with cancer to improve their wellbeing… Quality of life after early enteral feeding versus standard care for proven or suspected advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: Results from a randomised trial… Prevention of cervical cancer… Redesigning skin cancer early detection and care (NHMRC Partnership Project administered by QUT)… Did you know that cervical cancer is one of the most avoidable cancers in the world? Despite… background in cancer prevention and quality of life research, with strong clinical collaborations, and a… Background Malnutrition is common in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), and is…
Professor Monika Janda is the Director, Centre for Health Services Research, and Professor in Behavioural Science, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, and a recent NHMRC Translational Research Fellow (2018-20). Professor Janda leads the NHMRC Centre for Reserch Excellence in Skin I …
Professor Janda has three main research interests i) prevention and early detection of cancer (in particular melanoma); ii) improving clinical and supportive care for cancer patients (in particular gynaecological cancers), as well as iii) innovative methods of health services delivery and digital in …
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Breast cancer risk factors in Queensland women attending population-based mammography screening… What is the impact of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program on colorectal cancer outcomes for people over the age of 50 with severe mental illness?… cancer epidemiology… Obesity is a risk factor for the development of new cases of breast cancer and also affects…
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cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, whether the association strength between lifestyle factors… XRCC1 Arg399Gln polymorphism confers risk of breast cancer in American population: a meta-analysis of 10846 cases and 11723 controls… in Cancer Epidemiology Division of Cancer Council Victoria. He has extensive experience in… are significant modifiable risk factors of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer…
Yang is currently a Honorary Research Fellow in UQ School of Public Health and a Research Fellow in Cancer Epidemiology Division of Cancer Council Victoria. He has extensive experience in analysing large-scale national and international health surveys and hospitalisaiton datasets with complex statis …
His research findings provided up-to-date information to the policy makers on the lifestyle factors status in the general Australian population, which facilitated the chronic disease prevention and management in the wide communities. His works generated evidence on closing the survival gaps for thos …
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Bisphosphonate use and risk of ovarian cancer, a nested case-control study using national health data… Queensland. Karen’s research focuses on women’s health and cancer epidemiology using large longitudinal… The bidirectional association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and pancreatic cancer (PC) is…
Karen Tuesley is an early career researcher at the School of Public Health, University of Queensland. Karen’s research focuses on women’s health and cancer epidemiology using large longitudinal datasets. Her PhD research used large-scale data to explore the associations between the use of chroni …
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Cancer is a leading cause of illness and death among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people… Achieving cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous women… ACHIEVING EQUITY IN CANCER SCREENING FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES… works withing the First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research Program. Her work is focused on women’s… higher burden of cervical cancer than other women. The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) is…
Dr Tamara Butler is an Aboriginal woman of the Undumbi people from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland, Australia and a NHMRC Emerging Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. She works withing the First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research Program. Her work is focused on women’s canc …
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The understanding of colorectal cancer biology has made a major leap forward in recent years with… The prevalence of sessile serrated adenomas in national bowel cancer screening program (NBCSP) participants… Colorectal cancer… focuses on improving the effectiveness of colonoscopy for the bowel cancer screening, and he has… cancer (CRC) than proximal CRC. Serrated polyps are frequently located in the proximal colon, can be…
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David Hewett is a gastroenterologist, therapeutic colonoscopist and health services researcher. He is in private specialist practice at Colonoscopy Clinic, and …
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Inequalities and financial toxicity among cancer patients is to be explored using population-based administrative health data… Targeted activation of ferroptosis in colorectal cancer via LGR4 targeting overcomes acquired drug resistance… Disparity in access to health service and its cost between Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients diagnosed with cancers… in cancer research under Prof Gail Garvey leading The First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research… Background Pancreatic cancer is a highly lethal disease with no effective treatments. Lactobacillus…
Dr Ming Li commenced with UQ’s School of Public Health in Jan 2024 as a Senior Research Fellow in cancer research under Prof Gail Garvey leading The First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research (FNCWR) program after a 16-year research in chronic disease epidemiology at University of South Australia …
The comprehensive assessment and exploration of overweight and obesity in Xi'an City has provided the evidence for the development of health promotion strategies, health education at multidementional level such as government, community, school, and family and invidual levels.
The nutrition epidemio …