Dr Caroline Watts
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Dr Caroline Watts

Cancer
Project titleResearch student
Melanoma risk assessment and risk-stratified melanoma screening and surveillance with a focus on skin imaging technologiesGillian REYES-MARCELINO

Publications

Journals

  • delos Trinos, J., Coffeng, L., Garcia, F., Belizario, V., Wiseman, V., Watts, C., Vaz Nery, S. (2024). Cost and budget impact of mass drug administration compared to expanded school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminth control in Zamboanga Peninsula, the Philippines. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 50. [More Information]
  • Miao, P., Terris-Prestholt, F., Fairley, C., Tucker, J., Wiseman, V., Mayaud, P., Zhang, Y., Rowley, J., Gottlieb, S., Korenromp, E., Watts, C., et al (2024). Ignored and undervalued in public health: a systematic review of health state utility values associated with syphilis infection. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 22(1). [More Information]
  • Ni, Y., Watts, C., Scolyer, R., Madronio, C., Armstrong, B., Morton, R., Menzies, S., Mann, G., Thompson, J., Cust, A., Lo, S. (2024). Prognosis for people with multiple primary melanomas compared with a single primary melanoma. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology, 90(1), 170-174. [More Information]

2024

  • delos Trinos, J., Coffeng, L., Garcia, F., Belizario, V., Wiseman, V., Watts, C., Vaz Nery, S. (2024). Cost and budget impact of mass drug administration compared to expanded school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminth control in Zamboanga Peninsula, the Philippines. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 50. [More Information]
  • Miao, P., Terris-Prestholt, F., Fairley, C., Tucker, J., Wiseman, V., Mayaud, P., Zhang, Y., Rowley, J., Gottlieb, S., Korenromp, E., Watts, C., et al (2024). Ignored and undervalued in public health: a systematic review of health state utility values associated with syphilis infection. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 22(1). [More Information]
  • Ni, Y., Watts, C., Scolyer, R., Madronio, C., Armstrong, B., Morton, R., Menzies, S., Mann, G., Thompson, J., Cust, A., Lo, S. (2024). Prognosis for people with multiple primary melanomas compared with a single primary melanoma. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology, 90(1), 170-174. [More Information]

2023

  • Caesar delos Trinos, J., Ng-Nguyen, D., Coffeng, L., Dyer, C., Clarke, N., Traub, R., Halton, K., Wiseman, V., Watts, C., Vaz Nery, S. (2023). Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of mass drug administration compared to school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for hookworm control in Dak Lak province, Vietnam. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 41. [More Information]
  • So, C., Watts, C., Reyes Marcelino, G., Goldsbury, D., McLoughlin, K., Emery, J., Cust, A. (2023). Diagnostic biopsies of suspected skin cancer in general practice from 2010 to 2017 in Victoria, Australia. British Journal of Dermatology, 188(4), 560-561. [More Information]
  • Reyes Marcelino, G., McLoughlin, K., Harrison, C., Watts, C., Kang, Y., Aranda, S., Aitken, J., Guitera, P., Cust, A. (2023). Skin cancer-related conditions managed in general practice in Australia, 2000-2016: A nationally representative, cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 13(5). [More Information]

2022

  • Causer, L., Liu, B., Watts, C., McManus, H., Donovan, B., Ward, J., Guy, R. (2022). Hospitalisations for pelvic inflammatory disease in young Aboriginal women living in remote Australia: The role of chlamydia and gonorrhoea. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 98(6), 445-447. [More Information]
  • Barth, D., Cinanni, G., Carapetis, J., Wyber, R., Causer, L., Watts, C., Hengel, B., Matthews, S., Ralph, A., Pickering, J., et al (2022). Roadmap to incorporating group A Streptococcus molecular point-of-care testing for remote Australia: a key activity to eliminate rheumatic heart disease. Medical Journal of Australia, 217(6), 279-282. [More Information]
  • Gordon, L., Shih, S., Watts, C., Goldsbury, D., Green, A. (2022). The economics of skin cancer prevention with implications for Australia and New Zealand: where are we now? Public Health Research and Practice, 32(1). [More Information]

2021

  • Hengel, B., Causer, L., Matthews, S., Smith, K., Andrewartha, K., Badman, S., Spaeth, B., Tangey, A., Cunningham, P., Saha, A., et al (2021). A decentralised point-of-care testing model to address inequities in the COVID-19 response. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21(7), e183-e190. [More Information]
  • Watts, C., McLoughlin, K., Goumas, C., Van Kemenade, C., Aitken, J., Soyer, H., Fernandez Penas, P., Guitera, P., Scolyer, R., Morton, R., Menzies, S., Caruana, M., Kang, Y., Mann, G., Madronio, C., Armstrong, B., Thompson, J., Cust, A., et al (2021). Association between Melanoma Detected during Routine Skin Checks and Mortality. JAMA Dermatology, 157(12), 1425-1436. [More Information]
  • Nguyen, J., Ting, S., Paul, E., Smith, A., Watts, C., Kelly, J., Cust, A., Mar, V. (2021). Diagnostic tools used for melanoma: A survey of Australian general practitioners and dermatologists. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 62(3), 300-309. [More Information]

2020

  • Watts, C., Smith, A., Robinson, S., Chang, C., Goumas, C., Schmid, H., Kelly, J., Hong, A., Scolyer, R., Long, G., Spillane, A., Morton, R., Saw, R., Varey, A., Mann, G., Thompson, J., Cust, A., et al (2020). Australian general practitioners' attitudes and knowledge of sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma management. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49(6), 355-362. [More Information]
  • Tran, A., Fogarty, G., Nowak, A., Diaby, V., Hong, A., Watts, C., Morton, R. (2020). Cost-Effectiveness of Subsequent Whole-Brain Radiotherapy or Hippocampal-Avoidant Whole-Brain Radiotherapy Versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery or Surgery Alone for Treatment of Melanoma Brain Metastases. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 18(5), 679-687. [More Information]
  • Smith, A., Watts, C., Robinson, S., Schmid, H., Chang, C., Thompson, J., Rapport, F., Cust, A. (2020). GPs' involvement in diagnosing, treating, and referring patients with suspected or confirmed primary cutaneous melanoma: A qualitative study. BJGP Open, 4(2), 1028. [More Information]

2019

  • Guitera, P., Collgros, H., Madronio, C., Goumas, C., Mann, G., Watts, C., Pereira, A., Armstrong, B., Drummond, M., Morton, R., Scolyer, R., Menzies, S., Thompson, J., Cust, A. (2019). The steadily growing problem of lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma in Australia: Population-based data on diagnosis and management. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 60(2), 118-125. [More Information]

2018

  • Watts, C., Wortley, S., Norris, S., Menzies, S., Guitera, P., Askie, L., Mann, G., Morton, R., Cust, A. (2018). A National Budget Impact Analysis of a Specialised Surveillance Programme for Individuals at Very High Risk of Melanoma in Australia. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 16(2), 235-242. [More Information]
  • Read, R., Madronio, C., Cust, A., Goumas, C., Watts, C., Menzies, S., Curtin, A., Mann, G., Thompson, J., Morton, R. (2018). Follow-Up Recommendations after Diagnosis of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma: A Population-Based Study in New South Wales, Australia. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 25(3), 617-625. [More Information]
  • Watts, C., Drummond, M., Goumas, C., Schmid, H., Armstrong, B., Aitken, J., Jenkins, M., Giles, G., Hopper, J., Mann, G., Cust, A. (2018). Sunscreen use and melanoma risk among young Australian adults. JAMA Dermatology, 154(9), 1001-1009. [More Information]

2017

  • Watts, C., Madronio, C., Morton, R., Goumas, C., Armstrong, B., Curtin, A., Menzies, S., Mann, G., Thompson, J., Cust, A. (2017). Clinical Features Associated With Individuals at Higher Risk of Melanoma: A Population-Based Study. JAMA Dermatology, 153(1), 23-29. [More Information]
  • Watts, C., Cust, A., Menzies, S., Mann, G., Morton, R. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of skin surveillance through a specialized clinic for patients at high risk of Melanoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35(1), 63-71. [More Information]
  • Watts, C., Madronio, C., Morton, R., Goumas, C., Armstrong, B., Curtin, A., Menzies, S., Mann, G., Thompson, J., Cust, A. (2017). Diagnosis and clinical management of melanoma patients at higher risk of a new primary melanoma: A population-based study in New South Wales, Australia. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 58(4), 278-285. [More Information]

2016

  • Madronio, C., Armstrong, B., Watts, C., Goumas, C., Morton, R., Curtin, A., Menzies, S., Mann, G., Thompson, J., Cust, A. (2016). Doctors' recognition and management of melanoma patients' risk: An Australian population-based study. Cancer Epidemiology, 45, 32-39. [More Information]

2015

  • Watts, C., Dieng, M., Morton, R., Mann, G., Menzies, S., Cust, A. (2015). Clinical practice guidelines for identification, screening and follow-up of individuals at high risk of primary cutaneous melanoma: a systematic review. British Journal of Dermatology, 172(1), 33-47. [More Information]
  • Watts, C., Cust, A., Menzies, S., Coates, E., Mann, G., Morton, R. (2015). Specialized surveillance for individuals at high risk for melanoma a cost analysis of a high-risk clinic. JAMA Dermatology, 151(2), 178-186. [More Information]

2014

  • Dieng, M., Watts, C., Kasparian, N., Morton, R., Mann, G., Cust, A. (2014). Improving subjective perception of personal cancer risk: systematic review and meta-analysis of educational interventions for people with cancer or at high risk of cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 23(6), 613-625. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2018

  • Risk-stratified melanoma screening in Australia: a modelling study of the impact, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness and resource implications, Cust A, Canfell K, Aitken J, Guitera P, Aranda S, Watts C, Rankin N, Fernandez Penas P, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants

2017

  • Early career researcher - Pilot Project, Watts C, Sydney Medical School/Kickstart Grant