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Research

Out‐of‐pocket health care expenses for people with and without cancer, New South Wales, 2020: a cross‐sectional study

David E Goldsbury, Philip Haywood, Alison Pearce, Louisa G Collins, Deme Karikios, Karen Canfell, Julia Steinberg and Marianne F Weber

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (2): 94-102 Free

Research

Multiple myeloma incidence, mortality, and prevalence estimates and projections, Australia, 1982–2043: a statistical modelling study

Qingwei Luo, Deanne Jenkin, Marianne F Weber, Julia Steinberg, Kate White, Adam Irving, Hannah Rillstone, Anna Kelly, Karen Canfell and Eleonora Feletto

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (2): 103-110 Free

Editorial

Who is bearing the brunt of the increasing cost of cancer care?

Colin Williams and Peter Gibbs

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (2): 92-93 Free

Narrative review

Towards precision cancer medicine for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer health equity

Justine R Clark (Adnyamathanha), Jessica Buck (Kamilaroi), Amanda Richards‐Satour (Adnyamathanha and Barngarla), Louise Lyons (Jaadwa) and Alex Brown (Yuin)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 68-73 Free

Perspectives

Ethics of artificial intelligence in supportive care in cancer

Ian N Olver

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 499-501 Free

Research

Age group‐specific changes in keratinocyte cancer treatment rates in Australia, 2012–2021: a retrospective cohort study based on MBS claims data

Catherine M Olsen, Nirmala Pandeya, Rachel E Neale and David C Whiteman

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 472-479 Free

Position statement

Management of patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in Australia and New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group position statement

Santosh Valvi, Neevika Manoharan, Marion K Mateos, Timothy EG Hassall, David S Ziegler, Geoffrey B McCowage, Matthew D Dun, David D Eisenstat, Nicholas G Gottardo and Jordan R Hansford

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 533-538 Free

Perspectives

Symptomatic cancer diagnosis in general practice: a critical perspective of current guidelines and risk assessment tools

Brent Venning and Jon D Emery

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 446-450 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Measurement of digoxin levels falsely affected by enzalutamide

Noor Lammoza, Maria Hormiz, Cherie Chiang, Chris Stead, Mustafa Ayhan and Samuel C Hume

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 455-456 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

PEG‐GCSF‐induced aortitis in a patient with breast cancer: distinguishing between infective and immune‐mediated aortitis

Luigi Zolio, Prudence A Francis and Nava Ferdowsi

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (6): 307-309

Perspectives

Contemporary management of advanced colorectal cancer: the Australian experience

Kilian GM Brown, Nabila Ansari and Michael J Solomon

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (5): 222-224 Free

Research

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in Australia: a retrospective real world cohort study

Luke S McLean, Annette M Lim, Mathias Bressel, Jenny Lee, Rahul Ladwa, Alexander D Guminski, Brett Hughes, Samantha Bowyer, Karen Briscoe, Samuel Harris, Craig Kukard, Rob Zielinski, Muhammad Alamgeer, Matteo Carlino, Jeremy Mo, John J Park, Muhammad A Khattak, Fiona Day and Danny Rischin

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 80-90 Free

Letters

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Alain Braillon

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 559-560 Free

Perspectives

Setting the policy agenda for cancer control reform: Australia's first national cancer control plan

Daniel Chaji, Anna Boltong, Carolyn Der Vartanian, Adam Lambert, Cindy Toms, Vivienne Milch, Claire Howlett and Dorothy Keefe

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 451-454 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: an unexpected differential diagnosis for a solitary lung lesion

Sigrid G Theodore, Hannah J Sawkins, Manish Mathew, Sumit Yadav and Robert Norton

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 455-456

Perspectives

The complex impact of COVID‐19 on cancer outcomes in Australia

Karen Canfell, Karen Chiam, Carolyn Nickson and G Bruce Mann

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 402-404 Free

Editorial

The importance of early breast cancer treatment: delay can be deadly

Nicholas R Wilcken

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 408-408 Free

Research

Health care service use by people diagnosed with invasive melanoma in Queensland: a benefit incidence analysis

Daniel Lindsay, David C Whiteman, Catherine M Olsen and Louisa G Gordon

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 417-422 Free

Narrative review

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives

Samuel Hui, Sally Bell, Suong Le and Anouk Dev

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 432-438 Free

Study protocol

Psychosocial outcomes and health service use after notifying women participating in population breast screening when they have dense breasts: a BreastScreen Queensland randomised controlled trial

Brooke Nickel, Nick Ormiston‐Smith, Lisa Hammerton, Erin Cvejic, Paul Vardon, Zoe Mcinally, Paula Legerton, Karen Baker, Jennifer Isautier, Emma Larsen, Michelle Giles, Meagan E Brennan, Kirsten J McCaffery and Nehmat Houssami

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 423-428 Free

Letters

Field cancerisation and radiotherapy: a case of treatment complications

Gerald B Fogarty, Elizabeth J Paton and David Christie

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 335-335

Letters

Field cancerisation and radiotherapy: a case of treatment complications

James Muir, Sarah K Morton and Selim Ozluer

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 335-335 Free

Research

Treatment intervals and survival for women diagnosed with early breast cancer in Queensland: the Breast Cancer Outcomes Study, a population‐based cohort study

Kou Kou, Joanne F Aitken, Christopher Pyke, Suzanne Chambers, Jeff Dunn and Peter D Baade

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 409-416 Free

Perspectives

Lung cancer screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: an opportunity to address health inequities

Alison Brown, Gail Garvey, Nicole M Rankin, Claire Nightingale and Lisa J Whop

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 398-401 Free

Letters

Geographic variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for radiation oncology services

Shyan Lii Goh

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 237-237