Clark level
A number (1–5) that describes how far a melanoma has penetrated into the skin.
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A number (1–5) that describes how far a melanoma has penetrated into the skin.
…prolonging life, or through curing the disease. Contact: Peter Baade Reference: Kou K, Dasgupta P, Cramb SM, Yu XQ, Baade PD. Temporal trends in population-level cure of cancer: the Australian context. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. 2020; 29(3):625-635. Read more…
…factors associated with the interval between diagnosis and treatment have received less attention. What is new? We explored the individual and area level factors associated with the interval between diagnosis and first treatment in a population-based cohort of women diagnosed…
…and assess temporal trends in keratinocyte carcinoma incidence by area-level socioeconomic status and geographic remoteness in Tasmania, Australia. What is new? The incidence rate for basal cell carcinoma went up as the area’s level of socioeconomic advantage increased, but no…
…had a histologically confirmed HGA (hHGA) than non-Indigenous women. This differential remained after adjustment for age group, area-level SES, remoteness, and Indigenous population (%), although the magnitude reduced over time. Prevalence was lower in older women and higher for women…
…Understanding these reasons is crucial to inform targeted interventions that could potentially increase the life expectancy of cancer patients living in more disadvantaged areas. Contact: Kou Kou Reference: Kou K, Dasgupta P, Aitken J, Baade P. Impact of area-level socioeconomic…
…Fawcett J, Leggett B, Leggett C, Tian K, Sklavos T, Smithers BM. Hospital characteristics associated with better ‘quality of surgery’ and survival following oesophagogastric cancer surgery in Queensland: a population-level study. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2020. doi: 10.1111/ans.16397. Read more…
What is known? In population-level studies from the USA and Europe, pancreatic resection in high-volume centres has been reported to be associated with significant improvements in surgical outcomes including post-operative mortality, quality of surgical resection and survival when compared with…
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