Publications and reports
Below is a list of publications that use data held by the Cancer Institute NSW.
This includes:
- NSW Cancer Registry
- NSW Clinical Cancer Registry (2008–2012)
- BreastScreen NSW
- NSW Pap Test Register
- Cancer Institute Tobacco Tracking Survey
Published date 11 August 2020
Elevated serum CA19-9 concentration is a valid marker for CT-occult unresectable features. Clinical trials which evaluate the value of CA19-9 in the staging algorithm for pancreatic cancer are needed before it is routinely used in clinical practice.
Published date 03 August 2020
Hydrochlorothiazide treatment was associated with an increased risk of both lip cancer and cutaneous melanoma, suggesting that hydrochlorothiazide's photosensitising properties may promote carcinogenesis in sun-exposed tissues.
Published date 25 July 2020
Hypofractionation for breast cancer appears to have been underused in NSW during the period 2009-2013.
Published date 22 July 2020
Absolute measures such as "avoided cancer deaths" can provide a more tangible estimate of the improvements in cancer survival than standard net survival measures.
Published date 19 July 2020
Although the probability of death for cancer patients has decreased, there is still the need for improvement in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Published date 06 July 2020
An increasing number of women are predicted to be diagnosed worldwide with vulvar or vaginal cancer in the coming decades as population ageing and growth continues. The impact of high-coverage HPV vaccination will likely counter this rising burden, but this impact will take a number of decades.
Published date 01 July 2020
The screening age range of Australian and Japanese national breast cancer screening guidelines covers incidence peak ages in each country. Further analysis is required to investigate the benefit of including Japanese migrant women aged 40-49 years into the Australian screening target age range.
Published date 01 July 2020
Source:
Oral Oncol. 2020 Nov;110:104875
The incidence of tongue squamous cell carcinomas is rising in young females in developed nations in the Asia Pacific region, in keeping with observed epidemiological trends worldwide.
Published date 29 June 2020
These findings reinforce the importance of routine long-term, integrated multidisciplinary care for cancer survivors and indicate the subgroups with the greatest unmet needs.
Published date 01 June 2020
Treatments received by women with invasive breast cancer and DCIS varied by mammographic screening history. This may be due to differences in treatment referral pathways or patient engagement in healthcare.
