Breast cancer
Current research
Completed research
Current research
DCIS management since publication of clinical practice recommendations: surgeons' practices and women's experiences
Compliance with breast cancer management guidelines and related health outcomes
Prospective cohort study of predictors of rescreening by mammography: Who returns to mammographic screening?
DCIS management since publication of clinical practice recommendations: surgeons' practices and women's experiences
Principal Investigator(s): Victoria White (CBRC); Paul Kitchen (St Vincent's Hospital); Bircan Erbas (University of Melbourne); Elmer Villanueva (National Breast Cancer Centre).
Aim(s):
- To examine the impact of clinical practice recommendations for the management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast on clinical practice.
- To determine awareness of, and attitudes towards, the recommendations among surgeons treating DCIS, and to examine the relationship between these attitudes and clinical practice.
Funding: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Contact: Vicki White at CBRC
Compliance with breast cancer management guidelines and related health outcomes
Principal Investigator(s): David Hill, Victoria White
Aim(s):
- To describe changes in the management of early breast cancer since the release of the NHMRC guidelines for the management of early breast cancer among Victorian clinicians.
- To determine the health outcomes associated with treatment following the guidelines.
Funding: National Breast Cancer Foundation; VicHealth
Contact: Vicki White at CBRC
Prospective cohort study of predictors of rescreening by mammography: who returns to mammographic screening?
Principal Investigator(s): Victoria White, Jill Cockburn
Aim(s): To determine those factors which are influential in a woman's decision to either continue or not continue having screening mammograms.
Funding: Kathleen Cuningham Foundation
Contact: Vicki White at CBRC
Completed research
Benign Breast Conditions Practice Survey: A study to inform policy development to improve service delivery to consumers
Exploring women's reactions to quantitative information about benefits and limitations of breast cancer screening
Improving women's access to a quality breast prosthesis service: A research study to inform policy development
National Survey of Breast Cancer Management
Benign Breast Conditions Practice Survey: A study to inform policy development to improve service delivery to consumers
Principal Investigator(s): Trish Livingston
Aim(s): To identify current practices for management of women presenting with a breast problem to a public or private breast service.
Funding: Western Breast Services Alliance
Contact: Trish Livingston at CBRC
Reports/papers:
Livingston P, Hirst S, Pitcher M, Mann GB, Collins J, Hayman J. Quality of care for women presenting with benign breast conditions. Internal Medicine Journal 2005; 35(6), 357-358.
Exploring women's reactions to quantitative information about benefits and limitations of breast cancer screening
Principal Investigator(s): Claire Davey, Vicki White, Melina Gattellari (Central Sydney Area Health Service); Jeanette Ward (South Western Sydney Area Health Service)
Aim(s): To ascertain reactions of women to information about the benefits and limitations of breast cancer screening, informed consent constructs, and to explore predictors of these reactions.
Funding: Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation
Contact: Claire Davey at CBRC
Improving women's access to a quality breast prosthesis service: aresearch study to inform policy development
Principal Investigator(s): Trish Livingston, Victoria White, Susan Roberts, Anne Gibbs, David Hill
Aim(s): To evaluate the quality of women's experience regarding provision of their first or subsequent prosthesis following a mastectomy.
Funding: Department of Human Services, BreastCare Victoria
Contact: Trish Livingston at CBRC
National Survey of Breast Cancer Management
Principal Investigator(s): David Hill, Victoria White
Aim(s):
- To describe the current management practices for invasive and non-invasive breast cancer (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ) throughout Australia over a six-month period.
- To establish a baseline against which to measure changes in treatment practices after the introduction of the NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Early Breast Cancer in October 1995.
Funding: National Breast Cancer Centre
Completed: 2003
Contact: Vicki White at CBRC
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