Research publications

Data in Te Rēhita Mate Ūtaetae - Breast Cancer Foundation National Register has been used for research purposes since the early 2000s. This research is available to download.


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2023 Decoding HER2-low breast cancers: Impact on diagnosis, treatment and survivorship for women in Aotearoa New Zealand (Poster) N. Knowlton, A. Lasham Download
2023 Receipt of mastectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy following breast conserving surgery (BCS) in New Zealand women with BCS-eligible breast cancer, 2010-2015: an observational study focusing on ethnic differences K. Bartholomew, M. Ghafel, S. Tin Tin, PS. Aye, JM. Elwood, C. Hardie, N Scott, J. Kidd, R. Ramsaroop, I. Campbell Download
2023 Post-diagnostic statin use and breast cancer-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study O. Scott, S. TinTin, S. Harborg, M. Kuper-Hommel, R. Lawrenson, M. Elwood Download
2022 Association of diabetes and breast cancer characteristics at diagnosis C. Lao, J. Gurney, J. Stanley, J. Krebs, I. Meredith, I. Campbell, A. Teng, D. Sika-Paotonu, J. Koea, R. Lawrenson
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2022 What affects the public healthcare costs of breast cancer in
New Zealand?
C. Lao, M. Mondal, M. Kuper-Hommel, I. Campbell, R. Lawrenson Download
2022 30,000 voices: Informing a better future for breast cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand Te Rēhita Mate Ūtaetae - Breast Cancer Foundation National Register 2003-2020
Adèle Gautier, Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
Vernon Harvey ONZM MD(Lond) FRCP(Edin) FRACP FAChPM, University of Auckland
Sue Kleinsman, Te Rēhita Mate Ūtaetae - Breast Cancer Foundation National Register
Nicholas Knowlton PhD MS BA BS, University of Auckland
Annette Lasham BSc(Hons) PhD(Cantab), University of Auckland
Reena Ramsaroop MNZM MBChB FFPath PhD, Waitematā District Health Board
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2021 Characteristics and survival of de novo and recurrent metastatic breast cancer in New Zealand C. Lao, M. Kuper-Hommel, M. Elwood, I. Campbell, M. Edwards, R. Lawrenson Download
2021 Metastatic relapse of stage I-III breast cancer in New Zealand C. Lao, M. Kuper-Hommel, M. Elwood, I. Campbell, R. Lawrenson Download
2021 Impact of menopausal status on risk of metastatic recurrence of breast cancer C. Lao, M. Elwood, M. Kuper-Hommel, I. Campbell, R. Lawrenson Download
2021 Associated Factors and Survival Outcomes for Breast Conserving Surgery versus Mastectomy among New Zealand Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer M. Abrahimi, M. Elwood, R. Lawrenson, I. Campbell, S. Tin Tin Download
2020 Extending Screening in “Elderly” Patients: Should We Consider a Selective Approach?
E. Ip, R. Cohen-Hallaleh and A. Ng
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2018 Radiation treatment in early stage triple-negative breast cancer in New Zealand: A national database study A. Dixit, C. Frampton, V. Davey, B. Robinson, M. James Download
2019 Outcomes in different ethnic groups of New Zealand patients with screen-detected vs. non-screen-detected breast cancer
R. Lawrenson, C. Lao , G. Jacobson, S. Seneviratne, N. Scott, D. Sarfati, M. Elwood and I. Campbell Download
2018 Impact of radiotherapy on cardiovascular health of women with breast cancer R. Lawrenson, C. Lao, A. Ali, and I. Campbell Download
2018 Receipt of radiotherapy after mastectomy in women with breast cancer: Population-based cohort study in New Zealand
P. Mon Latt, S. Tin Tin, M. Elwood, R. Lawrenson and I. Campbell
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2018 Development and validation of a new predictive model for breast cancer survival in New Zealand and comparison to the Nottingham prognostic index
J. M. Elwood, E. Tawfiq, S. Tin Tin, R. Marshall, T. Phung, I. Campbell, V. Harvey and R Lawrenson
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2018 "I'm still here": Insights into living - and dying - with Advanced Breast Cancer in New Zealand
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
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2018 Outcomes for Patients with Non-metastatic Triple-negative Breast Cancer in New Zealand
M. James, A. Dixit, B. Robinson, C. Frampton and V. Davey
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2018 Surgical treatment of early stage breast cancer in the Auckland and Waikato regions of New Zealand
I. Campbell, C. Lao, T. Blackmore, M. Edwards, L. Hayes, A. Ng and R. Lawrenson
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2018 The impact of different tumour subtypes on management and survival of New Zealand women with Stage I–III breast cancer
R. Lawrenson, C. Lao, I. Campbell, V. Harvey, S. Seneviratne, M. Elwood, D. Sarfati and M. Kuper-Hommel
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2018 The characteristics, management and outcomes of older women with breast cancer in New Zealand
T. Blackmore, R. Lawrenson, C. Lao, M. Edwards, M. Kuper-Hommel, M. Elwood and I. Campbell
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2018 Obesity and breast cancer outcomes in chemotherapy patients in New Zealand – a population-based cohort study
J. M. Elwood, S. Tin Tin, M. Kuper-Hommel, R. Lawrenson and I. Campbell
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2018 Ischaemic heart disease following conventional and hypofractionated radiation treatment in a contemporary breast cancer series
M. James, S. Swadi, M. Yi, L. Johansson, B. Robinson, and A. Dixit
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2018 Ethnic disparities in breast cancer survival in New Zealand: which factors contribute?
S. Tin Tin, J. M. Elwood, C. Brown, D. Sarfati, I. Campbell, N. Scott, R. Ramsaroop, S. Seneviratne, V. Harvey and R. Lawrenson Download
2017 Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy in Christchurch women with early breast cancer B. Robinson, B. Dijkstra, V. Davey, S. Tomlinson and C. Framptom Download
2017 Characteristics of and differences between Pasifika women and New Zealand European women diagnosed with breast cancer in New Zealand C. Brown, C. Lao, R. Lawrenson, S. Tin Tin, M. Schaaf, J. Kidd, A. Allan-Moetaua, J. Herman, R. Raamsroop, I. Campbell, M. Elwood
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2017 Gene expression profiling of breast tumours from New Zealand patients A. Muthukaruppan, A. Lasham, C. Blenkiron, K. Woad, M. Black, N. Knowlton, N. McCarthy, M. Findlay, C. Print, A. Shelling Download
2017 Influence of comorbidity on chemotherapy use for early breast cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis
M. Edwards, I. Campbell, R. Lawrenson and M. Kuper-Hommel
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2017 Body mass index (BMI): association with clinico pathological factors and outcome of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer in New Zealand
B. Robinson, M. Currie, E. Phillips, G. Dachs, M. Strother, H. Morrin, V. Davey and C. Frampton
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2016 Urban Rural Differences in Breast Cancer in New Zealand
R. Lawrenson, C. Lao, M. Elwood, C. Brown, D. Sarfati and I. Campbell
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2016 Differences in Breast Cancer Survival between Public and Private Care in New Zealand: Which Factors Contribute? S. Tin Tin, M. Elwood, R. Lawrenson, I. Campbell, V. Harvey, S. Seneviratne Download
2016 Stage of breast cancer at diagnosis in New Zealand: impacts of socio-demographic factors, breast cancer screening and biology

S. Seneviratne, R. Lawrenson, V. Harvey, R. Ramsaroop, M. Elwood, N. Scott, D. Sarfati and I. Campbell

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2015 Patterns of axillary lymph node metastases and recurrent disease in grade 1 breast cancer in a New Zealand cohort: Does ethnicity matter?
I. Meredith, S. Seneviratne, S.Gerreda, R. Ramsaroop and R. Harman
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2015
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) use and utility in New Zealand (NZ) breast cancer patients
A. Jebb I. Campbell, R. Shirley, M. Barrios and D. Porter
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2015 Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) use and utility in New Zealand (NZ) breast cancer patients (ASCO conference)
M. Barrios, I. Campbell, A. Jebb, D. Porter and R. Shirley
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2014

Accuracy and completeness of the New Zealand Cancer Registry for staging of invasive breast cancer

S. Seneviratne, I. Campbell, N. Scott, R. Shirley, T. Peni and R. Lawrenson
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2014 Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy: Is it a factor for ethnic
differences in breast cancer outcomes in New Zealand?
S. Seneviratne, I. Campbell, N. Scott, M. Kuper-Hommel, B. Kim, A. Pillai, and R. Lawrenson Download
2014 Does endocrine therapy in mucinous and tubular breast cancer improve outcomes? N. Mitchell and D. Porter Download
2014 Trends in Axillary Management of Breast Cancer in Auckland, New Zealand P. Russell and S. Gerred Download
2014 Contralateral breast cancer (CBC) incidence and risk in New Zealand (NZ) A. Jebb, I. Campbell, R. Shirley, M. Barrios and D. Porter Download
2013 Patient-reported outcomes following breast reconstruction surgery in a public hospital: use of the Breast-Q questionnaire
R. Cha, E. Barnes and M. Locke
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2013 The completeness of cancer treatment data on the national health collections
J. Gurney, D. Sarfati, E. Dennett and J. Koea
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2013 Breast Cancer Screening Beyond 70 Years Old H. Kwok Download
2012 Beliefs about medicine and illness are associated with fear of cancer recurrence in women taking adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer
A. Corter, M. Findlay, R. Broom, D. Porter and K. Petrie
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2012 Can we save the morbidity of Axillary Clearance in Sentinel Node Positive breast cancer patients? N. Thakore, S. Lala, K. Hyun and S. Gerred
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2011 Poorer survival in males with early breast cancer: Worse prognosis or undertreatment?
D. Okonji, D. Porter
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2011 Management of Isolated Tumour Cells, Micrometastases and the Solitary Positive Sentinel Lymph Node in Breast Cancer M. Puttick, I. Cranshaw, W. Jones and A. Ng Download
2011 A Decade of Experience of Intraoperative Analysis of the Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer M. Puttick, I. Cranshaw, W. Jones and A. Ng
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2010 Qualitative Assessment of the Progesterone Receptor and HER2 Improves the Nottingham Prognostic Index up to 5 Years After Breast Cancer Diagnosis V. Van Belle, B. Van Calster, O. Brouckaert, et al. Download
2007 Differences in breast cancer biological characteristics between ethnic groups in New Zealand M. Weston, D. Moss, J. Stewart and A. Hill
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2005 How are Auckland Surgeons Managing the Axilla?
E. Whineray Kelly, O. Pellett, L. Neave, J. Harman and R. Harman
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2003 The Auckland Breast Cancer Register: a special project of the Auckland Breast Cancer Study Group L. Neave, V. Harvey, C. Benjamin, O. Pellett, J. Whitlock, W. Jones and G. Poole
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