Research Round-up

Dr Kristi Milley speaks to Professor Vicki White, Professor of Psycho-Oncology at the Faculty of Health at Deakin University. She was lead author on ‘The pathway to diagnosis and treatment for surgically managed lung cancer patients’ published recently in the journal Family Practice. The study scrutinised looked at pathways for patients with operable lung cancer to identify factors contributing to early diagnosis.

Show notes available here http://pc4tg.com.au/research-round-up-december-2019-professor-vicki-white/

Professor Jon Emery is our guest host this month and he talks to Ellena Badrick, a Research Associate at the Division of Cancer Sciences at the University of Manchester. She is the first author of the recently published “Top ten research priorities for detecting cancer early” in The Lancet. In this episode, Ellena talks about the process of gathering key research questions around the early detection of cancers via an online survey.

Dr Milley talks to Dr Sam Merriel, a GP with research interests including cancer prevention, early diagnosis and preventive medicine in primary care. Dr Merriel recently co-authored a Systematic Review titled “Comparison of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Targeted Biopsy With Systematic Biopsy Alone for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”.

Show notes available here http://pc4tg.com.au/research-round-up-october-2019-dr-sam-merriel/

Dr Milley talks to Dr Karolina Lisy, Senior Research Fellow in the Survivorship and Living Well After Cancer group at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. She recently published a systematic review in Asia‐Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology titled “Identifying the most prevalent unmet needs of cancer survivors in Australia: A systematic review”. The review identified the most common unmet needs of cancer survivors in Australia, looking at personal, disease, and treatment‐related variables connected with unmet needs.

Dr Milley talks to Professor Michael Jefford - a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Director of the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Professor Jefford recently co-authored “Tools to facilitate communication during physician‐patient consultations in cancer care: An overview of systematic reviews”. The Systematic Review considered effective methods of communication between physicians and their patients regarding improving care for people living with cancer.

Paige Druce is the guest host for this episode. She talks to Kate Gunn and Bogda Koczwara about their article Differences in the health, mental health and health-promoting behaviours of rural versus urban cancer survivors in Australia. The article looks at people affected by cancer who live in rural Australia and their experiences of survival compared to their urban equivalents.

Show notes are available here http://pc4tg.com.au/research-round-up-august-2019-kate-gunn-bogda-koczwara

In our third and final Research Roundup recorded on location at the 2019 Cancer and Primary Care Research International Network (Ca-PRI) Conference held in Toronto in May, Dr Kristi Milley chats to Dr. Garth Funston. Garth is a General Practitioner, and Clinical Research Fellow with the CanTest Collaborative. In this episode, Garth discusses his current PhD research on the topic of evaluating tests and tools to diagnose ovarian cancer, with a specific focus on biomarker CA125. During the Ca-PRI Conference, Garth delivered a presentation titled ‘The association between CA125 level, diagnostic interval and stage at diagnosis in ovarian cancer: an analysis of CPRD and NCRAS data’.

Garth discusses his use of big data to evaluate and improve the performance of cancer antigen 125 (CA125) biomarker as a test for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer in primary care.

Show notes are available here http://pc4tg.com.au/research-round-up-research-round-up-july-2019-ca-pri-special-dr-garth-funston/

This is the second episode in the series that was recorded during the 2019 Cancer and Primary Care Research International Network (Ca-PRI) Conference held in Toronto in May. Dr Kristi Milley sits down with Dr. Robin Urquhart, an Assistant Professor and Ramia Scientist within the Department of Surgery at Dalhousie University, Canada. At the conference, Robin gave a presentation entitled ‘Primary care involvement following cancer treatment: a population-based survey’. Robin discusses her research on shared care and survivorship plans which involved a nation-wide survey of cancer survivors’ experiences with survivorship care.

Show notes are available here http://pc4tg.com.au/research-round-up-july-2019-ca-pri-special-dr-robin-urquhart/

This is the first episode in the series that was recorded during the 2019 Cancer and Primary Care Research International Network (Ca-PRI) Conference held in Toronto in May. Dr Kristi Milley chats with Dr. Saskia Duijts, the Program Leader of Oncology in Primary Care at The University Medical Centre Groningen in The Netherlands. During the conference, Saskia gave a presentation entitled ‘The relationship between employment and financial toxicity in long-term cancer survivors: Implications for primary care’.

Show notes are available here http://pc4tg.com.au/research-round-up-july-2019-ca-pri-special-dr-saskia-duijts/

Season Two sees Dr Kristi Milley talk to Professor Geoff Mitchell, Professor of General Practice, Primary Care Clinical Unit Faculty of Medicine at The University of Queensland. Professor Mitchell is a GP and has recently published an article on Journal of Palliative Medicine – Predicting those who are at risk of dying within 6-12 months in primary care: a retrospective case-control general practice Chart Analysis.

Show notes are available here http://pc4tg.com.au/research-round-up-june-2019-professor-geoff-mitchell/