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A Community Study of Delay in Presenting With Signs of Melanoma to Medical Practitioners

scientific article published on 01 March 1991

A GP Caregiver Needs Toolkit versus usual care in the management of the needs of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: a randomized controlled trial.

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A Web-Based Decision Aid (myAID) to Enhance Quality of Life, Empowerment, Decision Making, and Disease Control for Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 10 July 2020

A protocol for an updated and expanded systematic mixed studies review of fear of cancer recurrence in families and caregivers of adults diagnosed with cancer

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

A randomised controlled trial of proactive telephone counselling on cold-called smokers' cessation rates

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A workplace intervention for increasing outdoor workers' use of solar protection

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Accuracy of patients' recall of Pap and cholesterol screening

scientific article published in September 2000

Acute hospital-based services used by adults during the last year of life in New South Wales, Australia: a population-based retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 4 December 2015

Acute hospital-based services utilisation during the last year of life in New South Wales, Australia: methods for a population-based study

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Anywhere, anytime: retail access to tobacco in New South Wales and its potential impact on consumption and quitting.

scientific article published on 25 May 2010

Are Australian oncology health professionals burning out? A view from the trenches

scientific article published on 14 November 2008

Are Touchscreen Computer Surveys Acceptable to Medical Oncology Patients?

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Australian General Practitioners' and Oncology Specialists' Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators of Access to Specialist Palliative Care Services

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Australian palliative care providers' perceptions and experiences of the barriers and facilitators to palliative care provision

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Australians' use of fake tanning lotions: another piece of the puzzle

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Beating the blues after cancer: randomised controlled trial of a tele-based psychological intervention for high distress patients and carers

scientific article published on 17 June 2009

Beyond scientific rigour: funding cancer research of public value

scientific article published on 15 June 2007

Brief assessment of adult cancer patients' perceived needs: development and validation of the 34-item Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS-SF34).

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

COMMUNICATING WITH PATIENTS: SURGEONS' PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR SKILLS AND NEED FOR TRAINING

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Can a single question effectively screen for burnout in Australian cancer care workers?

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Can personal health record booklets improve cancer screening behaviors?

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Cancer specialists' palliative care referral practices and perceptions: results of a national survey

scientific article published on January 2008

Chinese-Australian women with breast cancer call for culturally appropriate information and improved communication with health professionals

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Compliance to exercise-oncology guidelines in prostate cancer survivors and associations with psychological distress, unmet supportive care needs, and quality of life.

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Consultation etiquette in general practice: a qualitative study of what makes it different for lay cancer caregivers

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Cross-sectional relationships between dyadic coping and anxiety, depression, and relationship satisfaction for patients with prostate cancer and their spouses

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Development and Feasibility Testing of PROMPT-Care, an eHealth System for Collection and Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Personalized Treatment and Care: A Study Protocol.

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Development and usability evaluation of an online self-management intervention for fear of cancer recurrence (iConquerFear)

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Development of the Palliative Care Needs Assessment Tool (PC-NAT) for use by multi-disciplinary health professionals

Direct telemarketing of smoking cessation interventions: will smokers take the call?

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Does routine assessment and real-time feedback improve cancer patients' psychosocial well-being?

scientific article published on May 2006

Evaluation of Interventions to Improve Solar Protection in Primary Schools

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

Evaluation of an instrument to assess the needs of patients with cancer. Supportive Care Review Group.

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Exercise and nutrition routine improving cancer health (ENRICH): the protocol for a randomized efficacy trial of a nutrition and physical activity program for adult cancer survivors and carers. ⬇️

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Exploring levels and correlates of health literacy in Arabic and Vietnamese immigrant patients with cancer and their English-speaking counterparts in Australia: a cross-sectional study protocol

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From inside the bubble: migrants' perceptions of communication with the cancer team

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Having breast reconstruction post-mastectomy: barriers and facilitators reported by Vietnamese- versus English-speaking women with breast cancer

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

How Valid Is Adolescents' Self-Report as a Way of Assessing Sun Protection Practices?

How to recognize and manage psychological distress in cancer patients.

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Impact of two supportive care interventions on anxiety, depression, quality of life, and unmet needs in patients with nonlocalized breast and colorectal cancers

scientific article published on 16 November 2009

Improving patient emotional functioning and psychological morbidity: evaluation of a consultation skills training program for oncologists

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Increasing hospital-wide delivery of smoking cessation care for nicotine-dependent in-patients: a multi-strategic intervention trial.

scientific article published on 13 March 2009

Increasing oncologists' skills in eliciting and responding to emotional cues: evaluation of a communication skills training program

scientific article published in March 2008

Increasing smoking cessation care provision in hospitals: a meta-analysis of intervention effect.

scientific article published on 07 May 2009

Life is precious and I'm making the best of it: coping strategies of long-term cancer survivors

scientific article published in December 2010

Living with prostate cancer: randomised controlled trial of a multimodal supportive care intervention for men with prostate cancer.

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Migrant health in cancer: outcome disparities and the determinant role of migrant-specific variables

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Needs assessment of rural and remote women travelling to the city for breast cancer treatment

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Negative affect, absorption, and immunity

scientific article published on 01 March 1993

Nicotine replacement therapy products over the counter: real-life use in the Australian community

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Pilot of a theoretically grounded psychologist-delivered intervention for fear of cancer recurrence (Conquer Fear).

scientific article published in March 2015

Prevalence and determinants of Australian adolescents' and adults' weekend sun protection and sunburn, summer 2003-2004

scientific article published on 8 August 2008

Preventive and Other Interactional Skills of General Practitioners, Surgeons, and Physicians: Perceived Competence and Endorsement of Postgraduate Training

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Priorities for women with lymphoedema after treatment for breast cancer: population based cohort study.

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Prostatectomy versus radiotherapy for early-stage prostate cancer (PREPaRE) study: protocol for a mixed-methods study of treatment decision-making in men with localised prostate cancer

scientific article published on 3 November 2017

RCT of a client-centred, caseworker-delivered smoking cessation intervention for a socially disadvantaged population

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Randomized controlled trial of a peer led multimodal intervention for men with prostate cancer to increase exercise participation

scientific article published on 7 July 2017

Rapid assessment of psychosocial well-being: are computers the way forward in a clinical setting?

scientific article published in February 2002

Rasch analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale among caregivers of cancer survivors: implications for its use in psycho-oncology

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Robot or radiation? A qualitative study of the decision support needs of men with localised prostate cancer choosing between robotic prostatectomy and radiotherapy treatment

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

Smoke rings around the Olympics

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Smoking by adolescents: Three years later, there's even larger revenue but little for prevention

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Solaria compliance in an unregulated environment: The Australian experience

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Solaria use by minors in Australia: Is there a cause for concern?

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Solarium use in Australia, recent trends and context

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Study protocol for a controlled trial of an eHealth system utilising patient reported outcome measures for personalised treatment and care: PROMPT-Care 2.0

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Supportive care needs: are patients with lung cancer a neglected population?

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Telephone recruitment into a randomized controlled trial of quitline support

scientific article published in October 2009

The development of an online intervention (Care Assist) to support male caregivers of women with breast cancer: a protocol for a mixed methods study

scientific article published on 17 February 2018

The effect of a community action intervention on adolescent smoking rates in rural australian towns: the CART project. Cancer Action in Rural Towns

scientific article published in April 2001

The male perspective: A mixed methods study of the impact, unmet needs and challenges of caring for women with breast cancer

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

The supportive care needs survey for partners and caregivers of cancer survivors: development and psychometric evaluation.

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The unmet supportive care needs of Chinese patients and caregivers affected by cancer: A systematic review

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

The use and acceptability of a one-on-one peer support program for Australian women with early breast cancer

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Validity, reliability and clinical feasibility of a Needs Assessment Tool for people with progressive cancer

scientific article published in July 2010

Web-Based Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Personalized Treatment and Care (PROMPT-Care): Multicenter Pragmatic Nonrandomized Trial

scientific article published on 29 October 2020

eHealth System for Collecting and Utilizing Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Personalized Treatment and Care (PROMPT-Care) Among Cancer Patients: Mixed Methods Approach to Evaluate Feasibility and Acceptability

scientific article published on 2 October 2017

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