2013

• Houssami, N., Turner, R., Morrow, M. (2013), Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Breast Cancer: Meta-Analysis of Surgical Outcomes. Annals of Surgery. 257(2), 249-255. [Abstract]
• Hersch, J., Jansen, J., Barratt, A., Irwig, L., Houssami, N., Howard, K., Dhillon, H., McCaffery, K. (2013), Women's views on overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening: a qualitative study. BMJ. 346, f158. [Abstract]

2012

• Bernardi, D., Ciatto, S., Pellegrini, M., Anesi, V., Burlon, S., Cauli, E., Depaoli, M., Larentis, L., Malesani, V., Targa, L., Baldo, P., Houssami, N. (2012), Application of breast tomosynthesis in screening: incremental effect on mammography acquisition and reading time. British Journal of Radiology. 85(1020), e1174-e1178. [Abstract]
• Brennan, M., Houssami, N. (2012), Newly diagnosed early breast cancer - an update on pre-operative assessment and staging. Australian Family Physician. 41(11), 871-874. [Abstract]
• Autier, P., Esserman, L., Flowers, C., Houssami, N. (2012), Breast cancer screening: the questions answered. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 9(10), 599-605. [Abstract]
• Marinovich, M., Sardanelli, F., Ciatto, S., Mamounas, E., Brennan, M., Macaskill, P., Irwig, L., von Minckwitz, G., Houssami, N. (2012), Early prediction of pathologic response to neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer: Systematic review of the accuracy of MRI. Breast. 21(5), 669-677. [Abstract]
• Brancato, B., Crocetti, E., Bianchi, S., Catarzi, S., Risso, G., Bulgaresi, P., Piscioli, F., Scialpi, M., Ciatto, S., Houssami, N. (2012), Accuracy of needle biopsy of breast lesions visible on ultrasound: audit of fine needle versus core needle biopsy in 3233 consecutive samplings with ascertained outcomes. The Breast. 21(4), 449-454. [Abstract]
• Ciatto, S., Bernardi, D., Calabrese, M., Durando, M., Gentilini, M., Mariscotti, G., Monetti, F., Moriconi, E., Pesce, B., Roselli, A., Stevanin, C., Tapparelli, M., Houssami, N. (2012), A first evaluation of breast radiological density assessment by QUANTRA software as compared to visual classification. Breast. 21(4), 503-506. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Macaskill, P., von Minckwitz, G., Marinovich, M., Mamounas, E. (2012), Meta-analysis of the association of breast cancer subtype and pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. European Journal of Cancer. 48(18), 3342-3354. [Abstract]
• Lord, S., Marinovich, M., Patterson, J., Wilcken, N., Kiely, B., Gebski, V., Crossing, S., Roder, D., Gattellari, M., Houssami, N. (2012), Incidence of metastatic breast cancer in an Australian population-based cohort of women with non-metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis. Medical Journal of Australia. 196(11), 688-692. [Abstract]
• Cody, H., Houssami, N. (2012), Axillary management in breast cancer: What's new for 2012?. Breast. 21(3), 411-415. [Abstract]
• Cardoso, F., Costa, A., Norton, L., Cameron, D., Cufer, T., Fallowfield, L., Francis, P., Gligorov, J., Kyriakides, S., Lin, N., Pagani, O., Senkus, E., Thomssen, C., Aapro, M., Bergh, J., Di Leo, A., El Saghir, N., Ganz, P., Gelmon, K., Goldhirsch, A., Harbeck, N., Houssami, N., Hudis, C., Kaufman, B., Leadbeater, M., Mayer, M., Rodger, A., Rugo, H., Sacchini, V., Sledge, G., Van't Veer, L., Viale, G., Krop, I., Winer, E. (2012), 1st International consensus guidelines for advanced breast cancer (ABC 1). Breast. 21(3), 242-252. [Abstract]
• Bernardi, D., Ciatto, S., Pellegrini, M., Valentini, M., Houssami, N. (2012), EUSOMA criteria for performing pre-operative MRI staging in candidates for breast conserving surgery: hype or helpful?. Breast. 21(3), 406-408. [Abstract]
• Bernardi, D., Ciatto, S., Pellegrini, M., Tuttobene, P., Fanto', C., Valentini, M., Michele, S., Peterlongo, P., Houssami, N. (2012), Prospective study of breast tomosynthesis as a triage to assessment in screening. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 133(1), 267-271. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Costelloe, C. (2012), Imaging bone metastases in breast cancer: evidence on comparative test accuracy. Annals of Oncology. 23(4), 834-843. [Abstract]
• Brennan, M., Houssami, N. (2012), Evaluation of the evidence on staging imaging for detection of asymptomatic distant metastases in newly diagnosed breast cancer. Breast. 21(2), 112-123. [Abstract]
• Staub, L., Lord, S., Simes, R., Dyer, S., Houssami, N., Chen, R., Irwig, L. (2012), Using patient management as a surrogate for patient health outcomes in diagnostic test evaluation. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 12, 12. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S., Turner, S., Cody 3rd, H. (2012), Preoperative staging of the axilla in women with invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Management. 1(1), 65-72.
• Houssami, N., Kerlikowske, K. (2012), The impact of breast density on breast cancer risk and breast screening. Current Breast Cancer Reports. 4(2), 161-168.
• Dixon, J., Houssami, N. (2012), Bigger margins are not better in breast conserving surgery. BMJ. 345, e5855. [Abstract]

2011

• Houssami, N. (2011), Is Alice still in the Wonderland of breast cancer screening?. Maturitas. 70, 313-4. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Tresham, J., Fritschi, L., Wylie, L. (2011), BreastScreen-based mammography screening in women with a personal history of breast cancer, Western Australian study. Medical Journal of Australia. 195(8), 460-464. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Macaskill, P., Balleine, R., Bilous, M., Pegram, M. (2011), HER2 discordance between primary breast cancer and its paired metastasis: tumor biology or test artefact? Insights through meta-analysis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 129(3), 659-674. [Abstract]
• Glasziou, P., Houssami, N. (2011), The evidence base for breast cancer screening. Preventive Medicine. 53(3), 100-102. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S. (2011), The evolving role of new imaging methods in breast screening. Preventive medicine. 53(3), 123-6. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S., Turner, R., Cody, H., Macaskill, P. (2011), Preoperative Ultrasound-Guided Needle Biopsy of Axillary Nodes in Invasive Breast Cancer: Meta-Analysis of Its Accuracy and Utility in Staging the Axilla. Annals of surgery. 254(2), 243-51. [Abstract]
• Brennan, M., Turner, R., Ciatto, S., Marinovich, M., French, J., Macaskill, P., Houssami, N. (2011), Ductal Carcinoma in Situ at Core-Needle Biopsy: Meta-Analysis of Underestimation and Predictors of Invasive Breast Cancer. Radiology. 260(1), 119-28. [Abstract]
• Brennan, M., Houssami, N. (2011), Overview of long term care of breast cancer survivors. Maturitas. 69(2), 106-12. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Miglioretti, D. (2011), Early detection of breast cancer the second time around: mammography in women with a personal history of breast cancer. The Medical Journal of Australia. 194(9), 439-440. [Abstract]
• Corsetti, V., Houssami, N., Ghirardi, M., Ferrari, A., Speziani, M., Bellarosa, S., Remida, G., Gasparotti, C., Galligioni, E., Ciatto, S. (2011), Evidence of the effect of adjunct ultrasound screening in women with mammography-negative dense breasts: interval breast cancers at 1 year follow-up. European Journal of Cancer. 47(7), 1021-1026. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ambrogetti, D., Marinovich, M., Bianchi, S., Macaskill, P., Vezzosi, V., Mamounas, E., Ciatto, S. (2011), Accuracy of a Preoperative Model for Predicting Invasive Breast Cancer in Women with Ductal Carcinoma-in-situ on Vacuum-Assisted Core Needle Biopsy. Annals of surgical oncology. 18(5), 1364-71. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Abraham, L., Miglioretti, D., Sickles, E., Kerlikowske, K., Buist, D., Geller, B., Muss, H., Irwig, L. (2011), Accuracy and outcomes of screening mammography in women with a personal history of early-stage breast cancer. JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association. 305(8), 790-799. [Abstract]
• Turco, P., Houssami, N., Bulgaresi, P., Troni, G., Galanti, L., Cariaggi, M., Cifarelli, P., Crocetti, E., Ciatto, S. (2011), Is conventional urinary cytology still reliable for diagnosis of primary bladder carcinoma? Accuracy based on data linkage of a consecutive clinical series and cancer registry. Acta Cytologica. 55(2), 193-196. [Abstract]

2010

• Houssami, N., Solin, L. (2010), An appraisal of pre-operative MRI in breast cancer: More effective staging of the breast or much ado about nothing?. Maturitas. 67, 291-3. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S. (2010), Mammographic surveillance in women with a personal history of breast cancer: How accurate? How effective?. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 19(6), 439-45. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Macaskill, P., Marinovich, M., Dixon, J., Irwig, L., Brennan, M., Solin, L. (2010), Meta-analysis of the impact of surgical margins on local recurrence in women with early-stage invasive breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy. European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990). 46(18), 3219-32. [Abstract]
• Mathieu, E., Barratt, A., McGeechan, K., Davey, H., Howard, K., Houssami, N. (2010), Helping women make choices about mammography screening: An online randomized trial of a decision aid for 40-year-old women. Patient Education and Counseling. 81(1), 63-72. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S. (2010), Design-related bias in estimates of accuracy when comparing imaging tests: examples from breast imaging research. European radiology. 20(9), 2061-6. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Morrow, M. (2010), Pre-operative breast MRI in women with recently diagnosed breast cancer--where to next?. Breast. 19, 1-2. [Abstract]

2009

• Brennan, M., Houssami, N., Lord, S., Macaskill, P., Irwig, L., Dixon, J., Warren, R., Ciatto, S. (2009), Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening of the Contralateral Breast in Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Incremental Cancer Detection and Impact on Surgical Management. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 27(33), 5640-9. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S., Martinelli, F., Bonardi, R., Duffy, S. (2009), Early detection of second breast cancers improves prognosis in breast cancer survivors. Annals of Oncology. 20(9), 1505-1510. [Abstract]
• Warren, R., Ciatto, S., Macaskill, P., Black, R., Houssami, N. (2009), Technical aspects of breast MRI--do they affect outcomes?. European Radiology. 19(7), 1629-1638. [Abstract]
• Brennan, M., Spillane, A., Houssami, N. (2009), The role of breast MRI in clinical practice. Australian Family Physician. 38(7), 513-519. [Abstract]
• Lawrence, G., Wallis, M., Allgood, P., Nagtegaal, I., Warwick, J., Cafferty, F., Houssami, N., Kearins, O., Tappenden, N., O'Sullivan, E., Duffy, S. (2009), Population estimates of survival in women with screen-detected and symptomatic breast cancer taking account of lead time and length bias. Breast cancer research and treatment. 116(0), 179-85. [Abstract]
• Elena, P., Nehmat, H., Ermes, M., Piera, C., Maria, Q., Guia, M., Francesco, C., Roberto, V., Giovanni, F., Isabella, G., Stefano, C. (2009), Quality of mammography screening in the Milan programme: evidence of improved sensitivity based on interval cancer proportional incidence and radiological review. Breast. 18(3), 208-210. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Lord, S., Ciatto, S. (2009), Breast cancer screening: emerging role of new imaging techniques as adjuncts to mammography. The Medical Journal of Australia. 190(9), 493-497. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Given-Wilson, R., Ciatto, S. (2009), Early detection of breast cancer: overview of the evidence on computer-aided detection in mammography screening. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 53(2), 171-176. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Hayes, D. (2009), Review of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in breast cancer: should MRI be performed on all women with newly diagnosed, early stage breast cancer?. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 59(5), 290-302. [Abstract]

2008

• Bilous, M., Houssami, N. (2008), Management of lesions of uncertain malignant potential on breast core needle histology: Vacuum-assisted excision as an alternative to surgical excision. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 17, 543-4. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S. (2008), Ultrasound and mammography for breast cancer screening. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. , 1514-5; author reply 1515. [Abstract]
• Brancato, B., Houssami, N., Francesca, D., Bianchi, S., Risso, G., Catarzi, S., Taschini, R., Rosselli Del Turco, M., Ciatto, S. (2008), Does computer-aided detection (CAD) contribute to the performance of digital mammography in a self-referred population?. Breast cancer research and treatment. 111, 373-6. [Abstract]
• Ciatto, S., Houssami, N., Martinelli, F., Bonardi, R., Cafferty, F., Duffy, S. (2008), Second breast cancers in a Tuscan case series: characteristics, prognosis, and predictors of survival. British journal of cancer. 99(3), 539-44. [Abstract]
• Bird, P., Hill, A., Houssami, N. (2008), Poor hormone receptor expression in East African breast cancer: evidence of a biologically different disease?. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 15(7), 1983-1988. [Abstract]
• Duffy, S., Nagtegaal, I., Wallis, M., Cafferty, F., Houssami, N., Warwick, J., Allgood, P., Kearins, O., Tappenden, N., O'Sullivan, E., Lawrence, G. (2008), Correcting for lead time and length bias in estimating the effect of screen detection on cancer survival. American journal of epidemiology. 168(1), 98-104. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S., Macaskill, P., Lord, S., Warren, R., Dixon, J., Irwig, L. (2008), Accuracy and Surgical Impact of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Breast Cancer Staging: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Detection of Multifocal and Multicentric Cancer. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 26(19), 3248-58. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Anderson, B. (2008), Would the real breast cancer please stand up? A global perspective of breast cancer. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 17, 217-9. [Abstract]
• Sardanelli, F., Houssami, N. (2008), Evaluation of lesions of uncertain malignant potential (B3) at core needle biopsy using magnetic resonance imaging: a new approach warrants prospective studies. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 17, 117-9. [Abstract]
• Davey, H., Barratt, A., Butow, P., Houssami, N. (2008), The impact of different criteria for selecting information to be provided to women undergoing diagnostic breast tests. Patient education and counseling. 71(1), 86-94. [Abstract]
• Roder, D., Houssami, N., Farshid, G., Gill, G., Luke, C., Downey, P., Beckmann, K., Iosifidis, P., Grieve, L., Williamson, L. (2008), Population screening and intensity of screening are associated with reduced breast cancer mortality: evidence of efficacy of mammography screening in Australia. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 108(3), 409-416. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N. (2008), Report on the sixth scientific meeting of the Australasian Society for Breast Disease (ASBD). Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 17(0), 205. [Abstract]
• Corsetti, V., Houssami, N., Ferrari, A., Ghirardi, M., Bellarosa, S., Angelini, O., Bani, C., Sardo, P., Remida, G., Galligioni, E., Ciatto, S. (2008), Breast screening with ultrasound in women with mammography-negative dense breasts: evidence on incremental cancer detection and false positives, and associated cost. European journal of cancer. 44(4), 539-44. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Wylie, L. (2008), Lost in narration: do we need to improve the quality of breast imaging reporting in Australia?. Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology. 52, 2-3. [Abstract]
• Ciatto, S., Houssami, N., Martinelli, F., Giusti, F., Zappa, M. (2008), PSA use and incidence of prostate biopsy in the Tuscany region: is opportunistic screening discounting biopsy in subjects with PSA elevation?. Tumori. 94(4), 518-22. [Abstract]

2007

• Ciatto, S., Catarzi, S., Lamberini, M., Risso, G., Saguatti, G., Abbattista, T., Martinelli, F., Houssami, N. (2007), Interval breast cancers in screening: The effect of mammography review method on classification. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 16(6), 646-52. [Abstract]
• Biesheuvel, C., Barratt, A., Howard, K., Houssami, N., Irwig, L. (2007), Effects of study methods and biases on estimates of invasive breast cancer overdetection with mammography screening: a systematic review. The Lancet Oncology. 8(12), 1129-1138. [Abstract]
• Mathieu, E., Barratt, A., Davey, H., McGeechan, K., Howard, K., Houssami, N. (2007), Informed choice in mammography screening: a randomized trial of a decision aid for 70-year-old women. Archives of Internal Medicine. 167(19), 2039-2046. [Abstract]
• Lord, S., Lei, W., Craft, P., Cawson, J., Morris, I., Walleser, S., Griffiths, A., Parker, S., Houssami, N. (2007), A systematic review of the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as an addition to mammography and ultrasound in screening young women at high risk of breast cancer. European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990). 43(13), 1905-17. [Abstract]
• Ciatto, S., Houssami, N., Ambrogetti, D., Bonardi, R., Collini, G., Del Turco, M. (2007), Minority report - false negative breast assessment in women recalled for suspicious screening mammography: imaging and pathological features, and associated delay in diagnosis. Breast cancer research and treatment. 105, 37-43. [Abstract]
• Ciatto, S., Houssami, N. (2007), Breast imaging and needle biopsy in women with clinically evident breast cancer: Does combined imaging change overall diagnostic sensitivity?. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 16(4), 382-6. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S., Ellis, I. (2007), Author reply. Cancer. 110(2), 466. [Abstract]
• Ciatto, S., Houssami, N. (2007), Computer-aided screening mammography. The New England journal of medicine. , 83; author reply 85. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Given-Wilson, R. (2007), Incorporating new technologies into clinical practice without evidence of effectiveness in prospective studies: computer-aided detection (CAD) in breast screening reinforces the need for better initial evaluation. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 16, 219-221. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Boyages, J., Stuart, K., Brennan, M. (2007), Quality of breast imaging reports falls short of recommended standards. The Breast. 16(3), 271-279. [Abstract]
• Ciatto, S., Brancato, B., Risso, G., Ambrogetti, D., Bulgaresi, P., Maddau, C., Turco, P., Houssami, N. (2007), Accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of axillary lymph nodes as a triage test in breast cancer staging. Breast cancer research and treatment. 103, 85-91. [Abstract]
• Troni, G., Cariaggi, M., Bulgaresi, P., Houssami, N., Ciatto, S. (2007), Reliability of sparing Papanicolaou test conventional reading in cases reported as No Further Review at AutoPap-assisted cytological screening: survey of 30,658 cases with follow-up cytological screening. Cancer. 111(2), 93-98. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S., Bilous, M., Vezzosi, V., Bianchi, S. (2007), Borderline breast core needle histology: predictive values for malignancy in lesions of uncertain malignant potential (B3). British journal of cancer. 96(8), 1253-1257. [Abstract]
• Ciatto, S., Houssami, N., Ambrogetti, D., Bianchi, S., Bonardi, R., Brancato, B., Catarzi, S., Risso, G. (2007), Accuracy and Underestimation of Malignancy of Breast Core Needle Biopsy: the Florence Experience of Over 4000 Consecutive Biopsies. Breast cancer research and treatment. 101, 291-7. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Ciatto, S., Ellis, I., Ambrogetti, D. (2007), Underestimation of malignancy of breast core-needle biopsy: concepts and precise overall and category-specific estimates. Cancer. 109, 487-95. [Abstract]
• Houssami, N., Wilson, R. (2007), Should women at high risk of breast cancer have screening magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 16, 2-4. [Abstract]
• Ciatto, S., Houssami, N., Lazzari, B., Bonardi, R., Mantellini, P., Del Turco, M., Martinelli, F. (2007), Full-field digital versus screen-film mammography: Comparative accuracy in concurrent screening cohorts. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY. 189, 860-866. [Abstract]