Cancer
Clearinghouse Connector – June 2011
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Overview
Cancer in Australia : an overview, 2008 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008
Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia : cancers diagnosed from 1982 to 2004 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008
Exposed : a literature review of the issues of women’s cancers in Australian Indigenous communities Women’s Health Goulburn North East, 2010
Screening
Cancer screening and treatment in women : recent findings : program brief United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 2010
Cancer screening : pros, cons, choice, and the patient Australian Family Physician, 2009
Cervical screening in Australia 2006-2007 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2009
Breast and cervical cancer in indigenous women : Overcoming barriers to early detection Australian Family Physician, 2008
Prevention
The Associations between food, nutrition and physical activity and the risk of breast cancer : WCRF/AICR systematic literature review continuous update report World Cancer Research Fund; American Institute for Cancer Research, 2008
Decrease in breast cancer incidence following a rapid fall in use of hormone replacement therapy in Australia Medical Journal of Australia, 2008
Do older people perceive cancer prevention and early detection to be worthwhile? : implications for prevention Australian Journal of Public Health, 2009
What impact would effective solarium regulation have in Australia? Medical Journal of Australia, 2008
Some other considerations
Protection and preservation of fertility for young women with cancer O & G Magazine, 2010
Female health issues after treatment for childhood cancer Children’s Oncology Group, 2008
Follow up after breast cancer : views of Australian women Australian Family Physician, 2011
Related websites
BreaCan Gynaecological and Breast Cancer Support
National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
CanStats [Victorian cancer statistics]
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