Associate Professor Michael Back

Director of Radiation Oncology, Northern Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital
Medicine, Northern Clinical School

E25 - Royal North Shore Hospital
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

T: +61 2 9926 5010
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Publications

2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2008 | 2007

2012

   
  • Thompson, A., Cone, R., Gao, H., Hammond, E., Fraser, D., Back, M. (2012), Is advanced age a barrier to effective cancer treatment? The experience of nonagenarians receiving radiation therapy. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. 8(3), 255-259. [Abstract]

2011

   
  • Johnston, M., Clifford, S., Bromley, R., Back, M., Oliver, L., Eade, T. (2011), Volumetric-modulated Arc Therapy in Head and Neck Radiotherapy: A Planning Comparison using Simultaneous Integrated Boost for Nasopharynx and Oropharynx Carcinoma. Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)). 23(8), 503-11. [Abstract]
  • Wong, S., Kaur, A., Back, M., Lee, K., Baggarley, S., Lu, J. (2011), An ultrasonographic evaluation of skin thickness in breast cancer patients after postmastectomy radiation therapy. Radiation Oncology. 6, 9. [Abstract]

2010

   
  • Bell, L., Oliver, L., Vial, P., Eade, T., Rinks, M., Hammond, E., Morgan, G., Back, M., Wiltshire, K. (2010), Implementation of an image-guided radiation therapy program: Lessons learnt and future challenges. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 54(1), 82-89. [Abstract]

2008

   
  • Shi, J., Cox, J., Atyeo, J., Loh, Y., Choung, W., Back, M. (2008), Clinician and therapist perceptions on radiation therapist-led treatment reviews in radiation oncology practice. Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. 89(3), 361-7. [Abstract]
  • Back, M., Oliver, L., Bromley, R., Eade, T. (2008), Multicentre quality assurance of intensity-modulated radiotherapy planning: beware the benchmarker. Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology. , 197. [Abstract]
  • Back, M. (2008), Cutaneous Malignant Meleanoma. In: Radiation Oncology: An Evidence-Based Approach. (pp.513-528).Germany: Springer.
  • Leong, C., Chung, H., Lee, K., Shakespeare, T., Mukherjee, R., Wong, L., Lu, J., Tey, J., Lim, R., So, J., Back, M. (2008), Outcomes of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy after a radical gastrectomy and a D2 node dissection for gastric adenocarcinoma. Cancer journal. 14(4), 269-275. [Abstract]

2007

   
  • Lee, K., Tsou, I., Wong, S., Yu, C., Ming, Z., Loh, Y., Shakespeare, T., Mukherjee, R., Back, M. (2007), Metastatic spinal cord compression as an oncology emergency: getting our act together. International journal for quality in health care. 19(6), 377-381. [Abstract]
  • Lim, S., Back, M., Quek, E., Iau, P., Putti, T., Wong, J. (2007), Clinical observations from a breast cancer registry in Asian women. World journal of surgery. 31(7), 1387-1392. [Abstract]
  • Wong, A., Lim, E., Robless, P., Back, M., Wang, S., Ang, B., Lim, S. (2007), A pregnant lady with aggressive breast cancer. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. , 448-449. [Abstract]
  • Back, M., Baggarley, S., Park, E., Wei, R. (2007), Optimising radiation therapy techniques for tumours of the central nervous system. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 36(5), 332-337. [Abstract]
  • Back, M., Ang, E., Ng, W., See, S., Lim, C., Tay, L., Yeo, T. (2007), Improvements in quality of care resulting from a formal multidisciplinary tumour clinic in the management of high-grade glioma. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 36(5), 347-351. [Abstract]
  • Back, M., Ang, E., Ng, W., See, S., Lim, C., Chan, S., Yeo, T. (2007), Improved median survival for glioblastoma multiforme following introduction of adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 36(5), 338-342. [Abstract]
  • Shakespeare, T., Tang, J., Shen, L., Lu, J., Mukherjee, R., Lee, K., Wynne, C., Back, M. (2007), Does the implementation of radiation oncology outpatient infection control measures adversely affect patient satisfaction with doctor-patient interaction?. Singapore medical journal. 48(3), 246-251. [Abstract]
  • Tey, J., Back, M., Shakespeare, T., Mukherjee, R., Lu, J., Lee, K., Wong, L., Leong, C., Zhu, M. (2007), The role of palliative radiation therapy in symptomatic locally advanced gastric cancer. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 67(2), 385-388. [Abstract]