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 20 February 2019
Source:
Int J Cancer , 145 (2), 370-379
Women with a history of benign breast disease have an increased risk of breast cancer that is independent of, and multiplies, their underlying familial and genetic risk.
Published date 08 February 2019
This study identified a substantial proportion of people with non-small cell lung cancer being diagnosed in an emergency setting in NSW.
Published date 08 January 2019
Malignancy risk in Australian rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor
Source:
BMC Rheumatol. 2019 Jan 8;3:1
The risk of lung cancer was increased for both biologic naïve and tumour necrosis factor inhibitor exposed patients compared with the general population, suggesting that rheumatoid arthritis status or other treatments may be involved.
Published date 01 January 2019
Trends in Colon and Rectal Cancer Incidence in Australia from 1982 to 2014: Analysis of Data on Over
Colon and rectal cancer incidence has increased in people aged <50 years in Australia over the last two decades.
Published date 20 December 2018
Health-services utilisation amongst older persons during the last year of life: a population-based s
Having greater than three hospitalisations during the last year of life was more likely for persons dying from cancer.
Published date 09 December 2018
Mobile phone use and incidence of brain tumour histological types, grading or anatomical location: a
In Australia, there has been no increase in any brain tumour histological type or glioma location that can be attributed to mobile phones.
Published date 06 December 2018
Identifying missed clinical opportunities for the earlier diagnosis of HIV in Australia, a retrospec
Compared with the general NSW population, people living with an undiagnosed HIV infection were more likely to be diagnosed with cancer. HIV diagnoses tended to occur very rapidly following a cancer diagnosis.
Published date 07 November 2018
Menopausal hormone therapy use and breast cancer risk by receptor subtypes: results from the New Sou
Current, but not previous, use of menopausal hormone therapy increased the risk of breast cancer.
Published date 19 October 2018
The incidence of anal cancer has increased. This may be associated with changing sexual behaviours and increasing levels of HPV exposure in younger cohorts, and reinforce the importance of HPV vaccination.
Published date 14 October 2018
Actual radiotherapy utilisation estimates in incident primary cancers in NSW are different depending on the method used, and all methods used in this study were below optimal.
