Professor Martin Tattersall AO

Professor
Medicine, Central Clinical School

D06 - Blackburn Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Keywords

Behavioural sciences; Cancer; Internal medicine; Communication; Evidence-based medicine

International links

Canada. (Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto) Collaborative clinical trial of a decision aid for advanced bowel cancer.

Publications

2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2012

   
  • Dear, R., Barratt, A., Tattersall, M. (2012), Barriers to recruitment in cancer trials: no longer medical oncologists' attitudes. The Medical Journal of Australia. , 112-113. [Abstract]
  • Suttie, C., Hong, A., Stalley, P., Veillard, A., Tattersall, M. (2012), Does Chemotherapy Shorten the Latency Interval of Radiation-induced Sarcomas?. Clinical Oncology. , 77-79. [Abstract]

2011

   
  • Shepherd, H., Barratt, A., Trevena, L., McGeechan, K., Carey, K., Epstein, R., Butow, P., Del Mar, C., Entwistle, V., Tattersall, M. (2011), Three questions that patients can ask to improve the quality of information physicians give about treatment options: A cross-over trial. Patient education and counseling. 84(3), 379-85. [Abstract]
  • Shepherd, H., Butow, P., Tattersall, M. (2011), Factors which motivate cancer doctors to involve their patients in reaching treatment decisions. Patient education and counseling. 84, 229-35. [Abstract]
  • Brown, R., Shuk, E., Leighl, N., Butow, P., Ostroff, J., Edgerson, S., Tattersall, M. (2011), Enhancing decision making about participation in cancer clinical trials: development of a question prompt list. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 19(0), 1227-38. [Abstract]
  • Brown, R., Shuk, E., Butow, P., Edgerson, S., Tattersall, M., Ostroff, J. (2011), Identifying patient information needs about cancer clinical trials using a Question Prompt List. Patient education and counseling. 84(1), 69-77. [Abstract]
  • Kiely, B., Stockler, M., Tattersall, M. (2011), Thinking and talking about life expectancy in incurable cancer. Seminars in Oncology. 38(3), 380-385. [Abstract]
  • Leighl, N., Shepherd, H., Butow, P., Clarke, S., McJannett, M., Beale, P., Wilcken, N., Moore, M., Chen, E., Goldstein, D., Horvath, L., Knox, J., Krzyzanowska, M., Oza, A., Feld, R., Hedley, D., Xu, W., Tattersall, M. (2011), Supporting Treatment Decision Making in Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Trial of a Decision Aid for Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Considering Chemotherapy. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 29(15), 2077-84. [Abstract]
  • Dear, R., Barratt, A., McGeechan, K., Askie, L., Simes, J., Tattersall, M. (2011), Landscape of cancer clinical trials in Australia: using trial registries to guide future research. Medical Journal of Australia. 194(8), 387-391. [Abstract]
  • Brown, R., Butow, P., Juraskova, I., Ribi, K., Gerber, D., Bernhard, J., Tattersall, M. (2011), Sharing decisions in breast cancer care: Development of the Decision Analysis System for Oncology (DAS-O) to identify shared decision making during treatment consultations. Health Expectations. 14(1), 29-37. [Abstract]
  • Dear, R., Tattersall, M., McGeechan, K., Vaughan, M. (2011), Factors associated with Australian and New Zealand oncologists' future work preferences. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. 7(1), 56-64. [Abstract]
  • Mason, P., Tattersall, M. (2011), Conflicts of interest: a review of institutional policy in Australian medical schools. The Medical Journal of Australia. 194(3), 121-125. [Abstract]
  • Dear, R., Barratt, A., Askie, L., McGeechan, K., Arora, S., Crossing, S., Currow, D., Tattersall, M. (2011), Adding value to clinical trial registries: insights from Australian Cancer Trials Online, a website for consumers. Clinical trials (London, England). 8(1), 70-6. [Abstract]
  • Kiely, B., Soon, Y., Tattersall, M., Stockler, M. (2011), How Long Have I Got? Estimating Typical, Best-Case, and Worst-Case Scenarios for Patients Starting First-Line Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review of Recent Randomized Trials. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 29(4), 456-63. [Abstract]
  • Dear, R., Barratt, A., Crossing, S., Butow, P., Hanson, S., Tattersall, M. (2011), Consumer input into research: the Australian Cancer Trials website. Health Research Policy and Systems. 9(1), 30. [Abstract]
  • McCaffery, K., Smith, S., Shepherd, H., Sze, M., Dhillon, H., Jansen, J., Juraskova, I., Butow, P., Trevena, L., Carey, K., Tattersall, M., Barratt, A. (2011), Shared decision making in Australia in 2011. Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen. 105(4), 234-239. [Abstract]
  • Shepherd, H., Tattersall, M. (2011), Discussion of treatment options in supportive oncology. In: Supportive Oncology. (pp.501-506).United States: Elsevier.

2010

   
  • Singh, S., Butow, P., Charles, M., Tattersall, M. (2010), Shared decision making in oncology: assessing oncologist behaviour in consultations in which adjuvant therapy is considered after primary surgical treatment. Health Expectations. 13(3), 244-257. [Abstract]
  • Sekelja, N., Butow, P., Tattersall, M. (2010), Bereaved cancer carers' experience of and preference for palliative care. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 18(9), 1219-28. [Abstract]
  • Kiely, B., Tattersall, M., Stockler, M. (2010), Certain Death in Uncertain Time: Informing Hope by Quantifying a Best Case Scenario. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 28(16), 2802-4. [Abstract]
  • Chong, L., Ma, G., Bartier, W., Tattersall, M. (2010), Effects of extracellular purines on cytotoxicity of methotrexate. Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology. 66(1), 121-7. [Abstract]
  • Oh, B., Butow, P., Mullan, B., Clarke, S., Tattersall, M., Boyer, M., Beale, P., Vardy, J., Pavlakis, N., Larke, L. (2010), Patient-doctor communication: use of complementary and alternative medicine by adult patients with cancer. Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology. 8(2), 56-64. [Abstract]
  • Dear, R., Tattersall, M. (2010), Role of pulmonary metastasectomy in osteosarcoma and soft tissue sarcoma. Cancer Forum. 34(3), 140-144.
  • Stalley, P., Tattersall, M. (2010), Bone and soft tissue sarcoma – diagnosis, current management and the future. Cancer Forum. 34(3), 123-124.

2009

   
  • Blinman, P., Tattersall, M. (2009), A case of uterine tumour resembling ovarian sex cord tumour responding to second-line, single agent anastrazole. Internal Medicine Journal. 39(9), 617-619. [Abstract]
  • Tattersall, M., Dear, R., Jansen, J., Shepherd, H., J Devine, R., G Horvath, L., Boyer, M. (2009), Second opinions in oncology: the experiences of patients attending the Sydney Cancer Centre. The Medical Journal of Australia. 191(4), 209-212. [Abstract]
  • Sivaramamoorthy, C., Thientosapol, E., Tattersall, M. (2009), Hand-foot syndrome after treatment with docetaxel. The Medical Journal of Australia. 191(1), 40. [Abstract]
  • Ma, G., Chong, L., Li, Z., Cheung, A., Tattersall, M. (2009), Anticancer activities of sesquiterpene lactones from Cyathocline purpurea in vitro. Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology. 64(0), 143-52. [Abstract]
  • Collins-Tracey, S., Clayton, J., Kirsten, L., Butow, P., Tattersall, M., Chye, R. (2009), Contacting Bereaved Relatives: The Views and Practices of Palliative Care and Oncology Health Care Professionals. Journal of pain and symptom management. 37(0), 807-22. [Abstract]
  • Tattersall, M., Dimoska, A., Gan, K. (2009), Patients expect transparency in doctors' relationships with the pharmaceutical industry. The Medical Journal of Australia. 190(2), 65-68. [Abstract]
  • Greaves, J., Glare, P., Kristjanson, L., Stockler, M., Tattersall, M. (2009), Undertreatment of nausea and other symptoms in hospitalized cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer. 17(4), 461-464. [Abstract]
  • Clayton, J., Butow, P., Tattersall, M. (2009), Telling the truth: bad news. In: Palliative Medicine. (pp.620-624).United States: Saunders.
  • Girgis, A., Cockburn, J., Butow, P., Bowman, D., Schofield, P., Stojanovski, E., D'Este, C., Tattersall, M., Doran, C., Turner, J. (2009), Improving patient emotional functioning and psychological morbidity: Evaluation of a consultation skills training program for oncologists. Patient Education and Counseling. 77(3), 456-462. [Abstract]

2008

   
  • Jansen, J., Butow, P., van Weert, J., van Dulmen, S., Devine, R., Heeren, T., Bensing, J., Tattersall, M. (2008), Does Age Really Matter? Recall of Information Presented to Newly Referred Patients With Cancer. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 26(33), 5450-7. [Abstract]
  • Dimoska, A., Tattersall, M., Butow, P., Shepherd, H., Kinnersley, P. (2008), Can a "prompt list" empower cancer patients to ask relevant questions?. Cancer. 113(2), 225-37. [Abstract]
  • Clayton, J., Hancock, K., Parker, S., Butow, P., Walder, S., Carrick, S., Currow, D., Ghersi, D., Glare, P., Hagerty, R., Olver, I., Tattersall, M. (2008), Sustaining hope when communicating with terminally ill patients and their families: a systematic review. Psycho-oncology. 17(0), 641-59. [Abstract]
  • Leighl, N., Shepherd, F., Zawisza, D., Burkes, R., Feld, R., Waldron, J., Sun, A., Payne, D., Bezjak, A., Tattersall, M. (2008), Enhancing treatment decision-making: pilot study of a treatment decision aid in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. British journal of cancer. 98(11), 1769-1773. [Abstract]
  • Dimoska, A., Butow, P., Dent, E., Arnold, B., Brown, R., Tattersall, M. (2008), An examination of the initial cancer consultation of medical and radiation oncologists using the Cancode interaction analysis system. British Journal of Cancer. 98(9), 1508-1514. [Abstract]
  • Shepherd, H., Tattersall, M., Butow, P. (2008), Physician-identified factors affecting patient participation in reaching treatment decisions. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 26(10), 1724-1731. [Abstract]
  • Chiew, K., Shepherd, H., Vardy, J., Tattersall, M., Butow, P., Leighl, N. (2008), Development and evaluation of a decision aid for patients considering first-line chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer. Health expectations. 11(1), 35-45. [Abstract]
  • Butow, P., Cockburn, J., Girgis, A., Bowman, D., Schofield, P., D'Este, C., Stojanovski, E., Tattersall, M. (2008), Increasing oncologists' skills in eliciting and responding to emotional cues: evaluation of a communication skills training program. Psycho-oncology. 17(0), 209-18. [Abstract]
  • Butow, P., Hagerty, R., Tattersall, M., Stockler, M. (2008), Foretelling: Communicating the prognosis. In: Prognosis in Advanced Cancer. (pp.33-53).United States: Oxford University Press.
  • Dimoska, A., Girgis, A., Hansen, V., Butow, P., Tattersall, M. (2008), Perceived difficulties in consulting with patients and families: a survey of Australian cancer specialists. The Medical Journal of Australia. 189(11-12), 612-615. [Abstract]

2007

   
  • Hancock, K., Clayton, J., Parker, S., Wal der, S., Butow, P., Carrick, S., Currow, D., Ghersi, D., Glare, P., Hagerty, R., Tattersall, M. (2007), Truth-telling in discussing prognosis in advanced life-limiting illnesses: a systematic review. Palliative medicine. 21(6), 507-517. [Abstract]
  • Hancock, K., Clayton, J., Parker, S., Walder, S., Butow, P., Carrick, S., Currow, D., Ghersi, D., Glare, P., Hagerty, R., Tattersall, M. (2007), Discrepant Perceptions About End-of-Life Communication: A Systematic Review. Journal of pain and symptom management. 34(2), 190-200. [Abstract]
  • Shepherd, H., Tattersall, M., Butow, P. (2007), The context influences doctors' support of shared decision-making in cancer care. British journal of cancer. 97(1), 6-13. [Abstract]
  • Parker, S., Clayton, J., Hancock, K., Walder, S., Butow, P., Carrick, S., Currow, D., Ghersi, D., Glare, P., Hagerty, R., Tattersall, M. (2007), A Systematic Review of Prognostic/End-of-Life Communication with Adults in the Advanced Stages of a Life-Limiting Illness: Patient/Caregiver Preferences for the Content, Style, and Timing of Information. Journal of pain and symptom management. 34(1), 81-93. [Abstract]
  • Clayton, J., Hancock, K., Butow, P., Tattersall, M., Currow, D. (2007), Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers. The Medical journal of Australia. 186(12), S77-S108. [Abstract]
  • Clayton, J., Hancock, K., Butow, P., Tattersall, M., Currow, D., Adler, J., Aranda, S., Auret, K., Boyle, F., Britton, A., Chye, R., Clark, K., Davidson, P., Davis, J., Girgis, A., Graham, S., Hardy, J., Introna, K., Kearsley, J., Kerridge, I., Kristjanson, L., Martin, P., McBride, A., Meller, A., Mitchell, G., Moore, A., Noble, B., Olver, I., Parker, S., Peters, M., Saul, P., Stewart, C., Swinburne, L., Tobin, B., Tuckwell, K., Yates, P. (2007), Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers. The Medical journal of Australia. 186(12 Suppl), S77, S79, S83-108. [Abstract]
  • Brown, R., Butow, P., Boyle, F., Tattersall, M. (2007), Seeking informed consent to cancer clinical trials; evaluating the efficacy of doctor communication skills training. Psycho-oncology. 16(0), 507-16. [Abstract]
  • Clayton, J., Butow, P., Tattersall, M., Devine, R., Simpson, J., Aggarwal, G., Clark, K., Currow, D., Elliott, L., Lacey, J., Lee, P., Noel, M. (2007), Randomized controlled trial of a prompt list to help advanced cancer patients and their caregivers to ask questions about prognosis and end-of-life care. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 25(6), 715-723. [Abstract]
  • Long, G., Tattersall, M. (2007), Lung encasement by metastatic osteoblastic sarcoma. The Medical journal of Australia. 186(2), 100-100. [Abstract]
  • Koh, T., Butow, P., Coory, M., Budge, D., Collie, L., Whitehall, J., Tattersall, M. (2007), Provision of taped conversations with neonatologists to mothers of babies in intensive care: randomised controlled trial. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 334(7583), 28. [Abstract]
  • Tattersall, M. (2007), Dignity and Health. In: Perspectives on Human Dignity. (pp.187-191).The Netherlands: Springer.
  • Mccaffery, K., Shepherd, H., Trevena, L., Juraskova, I., Barratt, A., Butow, P., Hazell, K., Tattersall, M. (2007), Shared decision-making in Australia. Zeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung und Qualitätssicherung :in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung für das ärztliche Fortbildungswesen. 101(4), 205-211. [Abstract]

2006

   
  • Tattersall, M., Kerridge, I. (2006), Doctors behaving badly?. The Medical journal of Australia. 185(11-12), 674-5. [Abstract]
  • Tattersall, M. (2006), Multidisciplinary team meetings: where is the value?. The lancet oncology. , 886-8. [Abstract]
  • Hauser, C., Stockler, M., Tattersall, M. (2006), Prognostic factors in patients with recently diagnosed incurable cancer: a systematic review. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 14, 999-1011. [Abstract]
  • Butow, P., Solomon, M., Young, J., Whelan, T., Salkeld, G., Wilson, K., Harrison, J., Hruby, G., Mansour, O., Kennedy, N., Tattersall, M. (2006), Consumer impact of an interactive decision aid for rectal cancer patients offered adjuvant therapy. Colorectal Disease. 8(8), 676-682. [Abstract]
  • Tattersall, M., Kerridge, I. (2006), Doctors behaving badly?. The Medical journal of Australia. 185(6), 299-300. [Abstract]
  • Koczwara, B., Barton, M., Tattersall, M., Turner, D., Olver, I., Starmer, D. (2006), How not to effect change in curricula. Medical Journal of Australia. 185(1), 52-52. [Abstract]
  • Dimitry, S., Ellis, P., Butow, P., Hagerty, R., Tattersall, M. (2006), Understanding and preferences for receiving prognostic information: A comparison of the views of Australian and Canadian patients with metastatic cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 24(18), 304S-304S. [Abstract]
  • Tattersall, M. (2006), Communication and phase 1 clinical trial recruitment. Supportive Care in Cancer. 14(4), 301-302. [Abstract]
  • Stockler, M., Tattersall, M., Boyer, M., Clarke, S., Beale, P., Simes, R. (2006), Disarming the guarded prognosis: predicting survival in newly referred patients with incurable cancer. British journal of cancer. 94(2), 208-12. [Abstract]
  • Tattersall, M. (2006), Levofloxacin prevented fever and infection during prolonged chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. ACP journal club. 144(2), 40. [Abstract]
  • Clayton, J., Tattersall, M. (2006), Communication in palliative care. In: Textbook of Palliative Medicine. (pp.1011-1018).London: Hodder Arnold.