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Cochrane editors and reviewers from Australia - Cancer

Breast Cancer
The Breast Cancer Group has four Australian editors including the coordinating editors: 

  • John Simes (Coordinating Editor) 
  • Nicholas Wilcken (Coordinating Editor)
  • Sue Lockwood
  • Alan Rodger

Other members of the editorial team include:

  • Davina Ghersi, Review Group Coordinator
  • Sharon Parker Assistant Review Group Coordinator
  • Nicole Davis Trials Search Coordinator

Eighteen Australians have published reviews or protocols on breast cancer:

  • R Basser
  • S Carrick
  • D Francis
  • M Gattellari
  • D Ghersi
  • S Hetrick
  • B Hickey
  • J Hornbuckle
  • D Jones
  • M Lehman
  • S Lord
  • S Parker
  • N Pavlakis
  • R Schmidt
  • J Simes
  • M Stockler
  • N Wilcken
  • S Wortley
     

Colorectal Cancer
Eleven Australians have published reviews or protocols on
Colorectal Cancer

  • I Flight
  • L. Griffiths
  • J. Kewenter
  • B.E. Hickey
  • L. Irwig
  • J. Jye Yng Tan
  • P. Middleton
  • R.E. Myers
  • B.P. Towler
  • D. Weller
  • C. Wilson

Gynaecological Cancer
The
Gynaecological Cancer Group has one Australian editor: 

  • Alan Ferrier (Comments and criticisms editor)

Haematological Malignancies
There is one Australian reviewer in the Haematological Malignancies group:

  • James Daly

Lung Cancer
The
Lung Cancer Group has one Australian editor: 

  • Kwun Fong

Ten Australians have published reviews or protocols on lung cancer: 

  • Michael Abramson
  • Michael Boyer
  • Graham Byrnes
  • Donald Campbell
  • Lou Irving
  • Kwun Fong
  • David Hart
  • Renée Manser
  • Christine Stone
  • Gavin Wright

Pain, Palliative Care and Supportive Care
There are currently 6 reviewers from Australia in the
Pain, Palliative Care and Supportive Care Group:

  • Michael Bennett
  • Jonathan Craig
  • Chris Milross
  • Robert Smee
  • Tania Sorrell
  • Angela Webster

Prostate Diseases and Urological Cancer
There are currently no editors or reviewers from Australia in the
Prostatic Diseases and Urological Cancer Group, although the Australasian Cochrane Centre is currently undertaking a review of prostate cancer screening.


Skin Cancer
The
Skin Group has two Australian editors: 

  • Dédée Murrell
  • Philippa Middleton (technical editor)

Twenty-one Australians have published reviews or protocols: 

  • Anna Liza Agero
  • Erica Baer
  • Louise Baldwin
  • Diana Battistutta
  • Robert Boyle
  • Mark Davies
  • James Delitt
  • Susan Donath
  • Amanda Dore
  • Kirsty Easterbrooke
  • Linda Martin
  • Dédée Murrell
  • Kaylene Perissinotto
  • Rod Sinclair
  • Melissa Stoneham
  • Judy Taylor
  • John Thompson
  • George Vargios
  • Elmer Villaneuva
  • Angela Webster
  • Victoria Werth

 

Last updated 05 Dec 2006

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