victoria/breast neoplasms

The study aimed to describe the surgical treatment in cases of primary, operable breast cancer in Victoria. All patients who were entered in a population-based cancer registry and who met the entry criteria over a six-month period were identified. In respect of each patient, the treating surgeon

We analysed data on admissions to Victorian public hospitals for surgical treatment of breast cancer over the period July 1985 to December 1988. Of the 2993 women admitted, 28.7% received breast-preserving surgery. The probability of a woman being treated conservatively was dependent on age, with

While participatory research is now strongly advocated as progressive, ethical and useful, consultation with participants and other stakeholders can raise issues which compromise research or which create conflicting choices in research protocols. This paper discusses some of the issues raised by a

A number of studies have suggested that environmental contamination with organochlorine pesticides may be related to risk of breast cancer. To investigate this association in a rural part of Australia, organochlorine contamination data from a breast milk organochlorine study conducted in the state

OBJECTIVE To investigate the surgical practice and adjuvant therapies used in the treatment of primary operable breast cancer in Victoria in 1990 and compare them with results of a similar study in 1986. METHODS All 856 cases of primary operable breast cancer registered by the Victorian Cancer

The causes, symptoms and treatment options for andropause have been well documented; however, not enough is known about the primary care physicians' (PCPs) knowledge in this therapeutic area. This study assesses the PCPs' awareness and knowledge of andropause in Victoria, British Columbia,

BACKGROUND Victoria Champion used the constructs of the Health Belief Model as the foundation for developing Champion's Health Belief Scales for Mammography Screening (CHBMS). The instrument has been used to collect health beliefs about breast screening behaviors among various ethnic populations but

The burden of therapy-related acute myeloid leukaemia (tAML)/therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome (tMDS) in Australia has not been characterised. To provide insights into the incidence, associated cancers, latency and survival outcomes of patients with tAML/tMDS in Victoria, Australia, based on

BACKGROUND All cases of in situ and invasive breast cancer are reported to the Victorian Cancer Registry. In 1988 a special subregister of all cases of carcinoma in situ and small invasive cancers up to 10 mm in size was established--the In situ and Small Invasive Breast Cancer Register (ISSIBCR).

The broad aims of the present evaluation were, firstly, to describe the information and support needs of callers to a Cancer Helpline and, secondly, to describe the response of the service to these needs. A further aim was to use these results to develop strategies to improve the service. Anonymous

The incidence of cancers of the colon, breast and prostate in Australian and Italian born residents of Victoria, Australia were compared with the incidence of these cancers in Italy. Italian migrants' rates were between those of the Australian born and those from Italian cancer registries. Italian

BACKGROUND At least one-third of primary breast cancers in Australia are discovered by population-based mammographic screening. The aim of this study was to determine whether there were any differences in the surgical treatment of women diagnosed with breast cancer by BreastScreen Victoria between

OBJECTIVE To assess variations in the number of general practitioner visits preceding a cancer diagnosis, and in the length of the interval between the patient first suspecting a problem and their seeing a hospital specialist. METHODS Analysis of data provided to the Cancer Patient Experience Survey