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🔬NEW RESEARCH👇| Lowering the screening start age to 45 or 40 could reduce colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality by 5% and 10%, respectively. Meanwhile, extending the stop age to 79 or 85 could lead to a 3% and 5% reduction. 🔍The findings suggest that starting earlier is more cost-effective and offers a better balance of benefits vs. harms than extending the stop age. 📰Read the full article via Elsevier🔗 https://lnkd.in/gMB7xw-U ✍️Jie Bin Lew | Qingwei Luo | Eleonora Feletto | Joachim Worthington | Karen Canfell AC FAHMS | Cancer Council Australia 📍Cancer Council NSW | Medicine and Health - University of Sydney #⃣ #ColorectalCancer #CancerScreening #PublicHealth

🔬NEW RESEARCH👇| The recalibrated Policy1-Bowel model captures significant additional detail on the future incidence and mortality burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Australia. 🔍As younger cohorts with rising CRC rates near screening age, this model supports informed decision-making. Its metamodeling approach enables rapid recalibration and regular updates to integrate new evidence. 📰Read the full article via Sage journal🔗 https://lnkd.in/gbhHn5Tj ✍️Jie Bin Lew | Qingwei Luo | Julia Steinberg | Eleonora Feletto | Karen Canfell AC FAHMS | Joachim Worthington | Michael Caruana | Dianne O'Connell | Emily He 📍Cancer Council NSW | Medicine and Health - University of Sydney #⃣ #ColorectalCancer #CancerResearch #Screening #HealthPolicy #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #CancerPrevention

My colleagues at The Daffodil Centre and I have recently published two new papers on colorectal cancer screening modelling estimates in Australia. The first paper, led by Dr Qingwei Luo, Dr Jie Bin Lew, A/Prof Eleonora Feletto and Prof Karen Canfell AC FAHMS, describes our work to recalibrate the Policy1-Bowel model to improve estimates, capturing detailed colorectal cancer trends in people under 50. https://lnkd.in/ggjHuQEA The second paper, led by Dr Jie Bin Lew, Prof Karen Canfell AC FAHMS, Prof Tim Price and myself, applies this recalibrated model to generate new estimates of the impact of colorectal cancer screening in Australia. This paper reports modelling estimates we generated for the updated 2023 colorectal cancer screening guidelines, evaluating potential extensions of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program to include different age groups. These guidelines informed the Department of Health and Aged Care's decision to extend screening to people aged 45 and up, meaning more Australians than ever are eligible for life-saving cancer screening. https://lnkd.in/g4BY87xW Han Ge, Emily He, Julia Steinberg, Michael Caruana, Dianne O'Connell

🔬NEW RESEARCH👇| #DaffodilCentre researchers developed a Bayesian smoking model for Australia that integrates 26 surveys, mortality data & the Sax Institute 45 and Up Study to track trends & uncertainty. ✅Smoking initiation is declining ✅Cessation rates are rising ✅Some ex-smokers may be misclassified 🔍A powerful tool for forecasting smoking rates & guiding tobacco control policy. 📰Read the full article via Sage journal🔗 https://lnkd.in/g6_yfU6y ✍Peter Sarich | Pavla Vaneckova | Karen Canfell AC FAHMS | Marianne Weber | Silvia Behar Harpaz | Paul Grogan | Emily Banks | Michael Caruana 📍Cancer Council NSW | Medicine and Health - University of Sydney #️⃣ #PublicHealth | #SmokingTrends | #TobaccoControl | #BayesianModelling

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🔬NEW RESEARCH👇| The #GenerationVape research team has published a new paper in Health Promotion Journal of Australia via Wiley. 📰Led by Dr Shiho Rose from the #DaffodilCentre, this study analyses data from 18 focus groups conducted in April 2023. The findings highlight the critical role of parents in addressing #AdolescentVaping and underscore the need for clearer public understanding of #VapingLaws. 📖Read the full paper here🔗 https://lnkd.in/gCjs2gwR ✍️Christina Watts | Anita Dessaix | Becky Freeman | Bronwyn McGill 📍Cancer Council NSW | Medicine and Health - University of Sydney | University of Sydney | Wiley In Research

📢OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH✨| Prof Anna DeFazio and her team are leading the way with the INOVATe 2.0 project, transforming #OvarianCancerTreatment through #PrecisionMedicine. Their research is shifting away from a one-size-fits-all approach, ensuring patients receive more targeted and #EffectiveCare. 🔬By collaborating closely with patients and the community, this research is advancing #EarlyDetection and more personalised #TreatmentStrategies. 📰We were lucky enough to hear Prof DeFazio chat with Adam Spencer about #OvarianCancer and her research at the 2024 CCNSW Research Awards, learn more🔗 https://lnkd.in/gpFSCwpU 📍 Medicine and Health - University of Sydney | Cancer Council NSW

“Clinical cancer trials are vital for scientific progress – but there are many unanswered questions for patients. It is critical that clinical trials include diverse patients & measure outcomes important to patients, especially quality of life” A/Prof Ben Smith from The Daffodil Centre at Cancer Council NSW

🚀CONGRATULATIONS Nicki Meagher, PhD🎉| The #PennyTaylorPrize was established in memory of Penny Taylor, a respected health economist and humanitarian who lost her life to #OvarianCancer in 2014. Funded by her mother, Wendy (pictured left), the prize recognises outstanding contributions to #OvarianCancerResearch🔬 🙌We are incredibly proud of Nicola’s achievements and excited to see the impact of her work in this critical field✨ 🔗Learn more about Dr Meagher's research👉 https://lnkd.in/g_rx6Rht 📍Medicine and Health - University of Sydney | Cancer Council NSW | Peter Mac Cancer Research Laboratories

Stigma around lung cancer and tobacco smoking is pervasive and prevents health-seeking behaviour. In our new paper, Dr Shiho Rose examines evidence gaps in combatting health-related stigma and argues that Australia's imminent National Lung Cancer Screening Program provides an opportunity and an imperative to challenge the public rhetoric around smoking as a 'choice'. Smoking is an addiction. Cigarettes have been engineered and marketed by industry, intended to addict people to lifelong use. Most people who will be eligible for screening this year started smoking during adolescence or even childhood, at a time when it was socially accepted. No one deserves lung cancer, but everyone deserves quality care and support. https://lnkd.in/gdfSNvFj The Daffodil Centre Katie M. Nathan Harrison Rachael Dodd Shakira O. Christine Paul Lisa Carter-Bawa, PhD, MPH, APRN, ANP-C, FAAN Mark Brooke