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Associate Professor Carolyn Nickson

BA, GradDip (EpiBiostats), PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor
Sydney School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Lead, Breast Cancer Policy and Evaluation Stream
The Daffodil Centre
Associate Professor University of Melbourne

Email

carolyn.nickson@sydney.edu.au

Websites

The Daffodil Centre

Biographical details

A/Prof Nickson is a cancer epidemiologist with a background in mathematics, recognised for her expertise in cancer screening evaluation and her novel and multidisciplinary approaches to solving problems in this domain. She leads the Daffodil Centre Breast Cancer Policy and Evaluation stream, heading a team of expert research and communications personnel. She and her team work closely with public health researchers, health services, policy makers, clinicians and scientists, aiming to reduce the burden of breast and ovarian cancer.

Research interests

Cancer epidemiology, cancer screening evaluation, population modelling, policy evaluation, breast cancer, ovarian cancer

Current projects

‘Roadmap to Optimising Screening in Australia’ for breast cancer, an Australian Government Department of Health funded project to explore options for risk-based, personalised approaches to breast-cancer screening in Australia.
Evaluations of alternate screening technologies screening and diagnostic settings.
Health economic modelling of breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment across Australia, using the Policy1-Breast model.
Breast cancer risk model development and validation.
Development and validation of AutoDensity software to routinely measure mammographic density from screening mammograms (in collaboration with the CSIRO)
Population approaches to prevention and early detection of ovarian cancer.

Keywords

Epidemiology, Evidence-based medicine, Health inequalities, Health services and management, Public health

Approaches

Epidemiology, Statistics/Research Design

Publications

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Journals

Matheson, J., Elder, K., Nickson, C., Park, A., Mann, G., Rose, A. (2024). Contrast-enhanced mammography for surveillance in women with a personal history of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. [More Information]
MacCallum, C., Elder, K., Nickson, C., Ruecker, K., Park, A., Mann, G., Rose, A. (2024). Contrast-Enhanced Mammography in Local Staging of Screen-Detected Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Smith, M., Feletto, E., Velentzis, L., Broun, K., Deij, S., Grogan, P., Hall, M., He, E., St John, D., Lew, J., Procopio, P., Simms, K., Worthington, J., Canfell, K., et al (2023). A modelled evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on breast, bowel, and cervical cancer screening programmes in Australia. eLife, 12. [More Information]
Wang, S., Sultana, F., Kavanagh, A., Nickson, C., Karahalios, A., Gurrin, L., English, D. (2023). Benefits and harms of breast cancer screening: Cohort study of breast cancer mortality and overdiagnosis. Cancer Medicine, 12(17), 18120-18132. [More Information]
Velentzis, L., Freeman, V., Campbell, D., Hughes, S., Luo, Q., Steinberg, J., Egger, S., Mann, G., Nickson, C. (2023). Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tools for Stratifying Women into Risk Groups: A Systematic Review. Cancers, 15(4). [More Information]
Elder, K., Matheson, J., Nickson, C., Box, G., Ellis, J., Mou, A., Shadbolt, C., Park, A., Tay, J., Rose, A., et al (2023). Contrast enhanced mammography in breast cancer surveillance. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. [More Information]
Canfell, K., Chiam, K., Nickson, C., Mann, G. (2023). The complex impact of COVID-19 on cancer outcomes in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 219(9), 402-404. [More Information]
Carle, C., Velentzis, L., Nickson, C. (2022). BreastScreen Australia national data by factors of interest for risk-based screening: routinely reported data and opportunities for enhancement. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(2), 230-236. [More Information]
Bulliard, J., Beau, A., Njor, S., Wu, W., Procopio, P., Nickson, C., Lynge, E. (2021). Breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis. International Journal of Cancer, 149(4), 846-853. [More Information]
Saxby, K., Nickson, C., Mann, G., Park, A., Bromley, H., Velentzis, L., Procopio, P., Canfell, K., Petrie, D. (2021). Moving beyond the stage: how characteristics at diagnosis dictate treatment and treatment-related quality of life year losses for women with early stage invasive breast cancer. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 21(4), 847-857. [More Information]
Figueroa, J., Gray, E., Pashayan, N., Deandrea, S., Karch, A., Vale, D., Elder, K., Procopio, P., van Ravesteyn, N., Mutabi, M., Canfell, K., Nickson, C. (2021). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer early detection and screening. Preventive Medicine, 151, 106585. [More Information]
Feletto, E., Grogan, P., Nickson, C., Smith, M., Canfell, K. (2020). How has COVID-19 impacted cancer screening? Adaptation of services and the future outlook in Australia. Public Health Research and Practice, 30(4), e3042026. [More Information]
Saxby, K., Nickson, C., Mann, G., Velentzis, L., Bromley, H., Procopio, P., Canfell, K., Petrie, D. (2020). The financial impact of a breast cancer detected within and outside of screening: lessons from the Australian Lifepool cohort. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(3), 219-226. [More Information]
Cheasley, D., Devereux, L., Hughes, S., Nickson, C., Procopio, P., Lee, G., Li, N., Pridmore, V., Elder, K., Bruce Mann, G., et al (2020). The TP53 mutation rate differs in breast cancers that arise in women with high or low mammographic density. n p j Breast Cancer, 6(1), 34. [More Information]
Lew, J., Feletto, E., Wade, S., Caruana, M., Kang, Y., Nickson, C., Simms, K., Procopio, P., Taylor, N., Worthington, J., Smith, D., Canfell, K. (2019). Benefits, harms and cost-effectiveness of cancer screening in Australia: An overview of modelling estimates. Public Health Research and Practice, 29(2), 1-11. [More Information]
Li, T., Tang, L., Gandomkar, Z., Heard, R., Mello-Thoms, C., Xiao, Q., Gu, Y., Di, G., Nickson, C., Shao, Z., Brennan, P. (2019). Characteristics of Mammographic Breast Density and Associated Factors for Chinese Women: Results from an Automated Measurement. Journal of Oncology, 2019, 1-9. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Velentzis, L., Brennan, P., Mann, B., Houssami, N. (2019). Improving breast cancer screening in Australia: a public health perspective. Public Health Research and Practice, 29(2), 1-7. [More Information]
Dench, E., Bond-Smith, D., Darcey, E., Lee, G., Aung, Y., Chan, A., Cuzick, J., Ding, Z., Evans, C., Harvey, J., et al (2019). Measurement challenge: Protocol for international case-control comparison of mammographic measures that predict breast cancer risk. BMJ Open, 9(12), e031041. [More Information]
Cheasley, D., Li, N., Rowley, S., Elder, K., Mann, G., Loi, S., Savas, P., Goode, D., Kader, T., Zethoven, M., et al (2019). Molecular comparison of interval and screen-detected breast cancers. Journal of Pathology, 248(2), 243-252. [More Information]
Tavakoli Taba, S., Baran, P., Lewis, S., Heard, R., Pacile, S., Nesterets, Y., Mayo, S., Dullin, C., Dreossi, D., Arfelli, F., Alakhras, M., Gureyev, T., Brennan, P., et al (2019). Toward Improving Breast Cancer Imaging: Radiological Assessment of Propagation-Based Phase-Contrast CT Technology. Academic Radiology, 26(6), e79-e89. [More Information]
Mann, G., Nickson, C., Elder, K. (2019). Treatment Intensity Differences According to Participation in a Population Screening Program. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 26(2), 698-699. [More Information]
Bromley, H., Mann, G., Petrie, D., Nickson, C., Rea, D., Roberts, T. (2019). Valuing preferences for treating screen detected ductal carcinoma in situ. European Journal of Cancer, 123, 130-137. [More Information]
Bromley, H., Petrie, D., Mann, G., Nickson, C., Rea, D., Roberts, T. (2019). Valuing the health states associated with breast cancer screening programmes: A systematic review of economic measures. Social Science and Medicine, 228, 142-154. [More Information]
Elder, K., Nickson, C., Mann, G. (2018). ASO Author Reflections: Impact of Breast Cancer Screening Beyond Mortality Reductions. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 25(Suppl 3), 687-688. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Procopio, P., Velentzis, L., Carr, S., Devereux, L., Mann, G., James, P., Lee, G., Wellard, C., Campbell, I. (2018). Prospective validation of the NCI Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (Gail Model) on 40,000 Australian women. Breast Cancer Research, 20(1), 155. [More Information]
Elder, K., Nickson, C., Pattanasri, M., Cooke, S., Machalek, D., Rose, A., Mou, A., Collins, J., Park, A., De Boer, R., et al (2018). Treatment Intensity Differences After Early-Stage Breast Cancer (ESBC) Diagnosis Depending on Participation in a Screening Program. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 25(9), 2563-2572. [More Information]
Pattanasri, M., Elder, K., Nickson, C., Cooke, S., Machalek, D., Rose, A., Mou, A., Collins, J., Park, A., De Boer, R., et al (2018). Uptake of adjuvant breast cancer treatments recommended by multi-disciplinary meetings. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 88(7-Aug), 745-750. [More Information]
Baran, P., Pacile, S., Nesterets, Y., Mayo, S., Dullin, C., Dreossi, D., Arfelli, F., Thompson, D., Lockie, D., Tavakoli Taba, S., Brennan, P., et al (2017). Optimization of propagation-based x-ray phase-contrast tomography for breast cancer imaging. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 62(6), 2315-2332. [More Information]
Elder, K., Nickson, C., Farrugia, H., Mann, B. (2016). Are community detected cancers more biologically similar to screen detected or interval breast cancers and how is this reflected in survival? European Journal of Cancer, 72(Supplement 1), S23-S24. [More Information]
Elder, K., Cooke, S., Machalek, D., Rose, A., Mou, A., Collins, J., Nickson, C., Park, A., Mann, G. (2016). Treatment Intensity Differences In Screen-detected And Community-detected Early Stage Breast Cancer (ESBC). ANZ Journal of Surgery, 33(15_suppl), 1579-1579.
Li, Y., Brennan, P., Lee, W., Nickson, C., Pietrzyk, M., Ryan, E. (2015). An Investigation into the Consistency in Mammographic Density Identification by Radiologists: Effect of Radiologist Expertise and Mammographic Appearance. Journal of Digital Imaging, 28(5), 626-632. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Mason, K., Kavanagh, A. (2014). Breast cancer screening of women aged 70-74 years: Results from a natural experiment across Australia. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 143(2), 367-372. [More Information]
Sitas, F., Gibberd, A., Kahn, C., Weber, M., Chiew, M., Supramaniam, R., Velentzis, L., Nickson, C., Smith, D., O'Connell, D., Yu, X., Canfell, K., Robotin, M., et al (2013). Cancer incidence and mortality in people aged less than 75 years: Changes in Australia over the period 1987-2007. Cancer Epidemiology, 37(6), 780-787. [More Information]
Walker, R., Nickson, C., Lew, J., Smith, M., Canfell, K. (2012). A revision of sexual mixing matrices in models of sexually transmitted infection. Statistics in Medicine, 31(27), 3419-3432. [More Information]
Lew, J., Howard, K., Gertig, D., Smith, M., Clements, M., Nickson, C., Shi, J., Dyer, S., Lord, S., Creighton, P., Canfell, K., et al (2012). Expenditure and resource utilisation for cervical screening in Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 12(1), 1-15. [More Information]
Canfell, K., Shi, J., Lew, J., Walker, R., Zhoa, F., Simonella, L., Chen, J., Legood, R., Smith, M., Nickson, C., et al (2011). Prevention of cervical cancer in rural China: Evaluation of HPV vaccination and primary HPV screening strategies. Vaccine, 29(13), 2487-2494. [More Information]
Smith, M., Lew, J., Walker, R., Brotherton, J., Nickson, C., Canfell, K. (2011). The predicted impact of HPV vaccination on male infections and male HPV-related cancers in Australia. Vaccine, 29(8), 9112-9122. [More Information]

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Conferences

Li, Y., Brennan, P., Nickson, C., Pietrzyk, M., Al Mousa, D., Ryan, E. (2013). A novel phantom system facilitating better descriptors of density within mammographic images. Medical Imaging 2013: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Bellingham, United States: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]
Al Mousa, D., Ryan, E., Lee, W., Nickson, C., Pietrzyk, M., Reed, W., Poulos, A., Li, Y., Brennan, P. (2013). The impact of mammographic density and lesion location on detection. Medical Imaging 2013: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Bellingham, United States: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]
Li, Y., Brennan, P., Lee, W., Ryan, J., Cawson, J., Nickson, C., Reed, W., Pietrzyk, M., Al Mousa, D., Ryan, E. (2012). Outlining and categorising mammographic breast density: expert radiologist perception. Medical Imaging 2012: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Bellingham, WA: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]

Report

Nickson, C., Procopio, P., Deij, S., Velentzis, L. (2020). COVID-19 scenario modelling for cancer screening programs: BreastScreen Australia recovery strategies.
Nickson, C., Procopio, P., Deij, S., Velentzis, L. (2020). COVID-19 scenario modelling for cancer screening programs: The BreastScreen Australia Program.
Nickson, C., Grogan, P., Tattam, A. (2020). Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia (OEDBCA).
Nickson, C., Hughes, S., Campbell, D., Freeman, V., Carle, C., Velentzis, L., Procopio, P., Deij, S., Grogan, P., Canfell, K. (2020). Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia: Phase II Interim Report.
Nickson, C., Grogan, P., Canfell, K. (2019). Cancer Council Australia’s roadmap to evaluate, and potentially implement, more risk-based, personalised approaches to breast cancer detection and screening. Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia..
Nickson, C., Morgan, A., Velentzis, L., Grogan, P., Canfell, K. (2019). Environmental Scan - Clinical Services. Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia.
Nickson, C., Morgan, A., Hughes, C., Freeman, V., Carle, C., Velentzis, L., Grogan, P., Canfell, K. (2019). Summaries of Evidence: Australian screening outcomes by risk groups; Risk assessment; Mammographic breast density and screening outcomes; Overdiagnosis by risk group; Alternative screening modalities by risk group; Costs, benefits and harms of risk-based breast cancer screening: modelling studies; Potentially valuable data reports. Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia..
Nickson, C., Lockie, D., Petrie, D., Clemson, M., Munro, J. (2016). Assessment of Return on Investment from using Tomosynthesis (DBT) in BreastScreen Assessment: Interim Report to the Department of Health and Human Services..

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Research Reports

Feletto, E., Gibberd, A., Kahn, C., Armstrong, K., Canfell, K., Chiew, M., Grogan, P., Nickson, C., O'Connell, D., Penman, A., Robotin, M., Smith, D., Yu, X., Sitas, F., et al (2013). The State of Cancer Control in Australia 1987-2007: Changes in cancer incidence and mortality, (pp. 1 - 166). Sydney, Australia: Cancer Council NSW.
Feletto, E., Gibberd, A., Kahn, C., Armstrong, K., Canfell, K., Chiew, M., Grogan, P., Nickson, C., O'Connell, D., Penman, A., et al (2013). The State of Cancer Control in Australia: 1987-2007: Changes in cancer incidence and mortality, (pp. 13 - 165). NSW, Australia: Cancer Council NSW.

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2024

Matheson, J., Elder, K., Nickson, C., Park, A., Mann, G., Rose, A. (2024). Contrast-enhanced mammography for surveillance in women with a personal history of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. [More Information]
MacCallum, C., Elder, K., Nickson, C., Ruecker, K., Park, A., Mann, G., Rose, A. (2024). Contrast-Enhanced Mammography in Local Staging of Screen-Detected Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. [More Information]

2023

Nickson, C., Smith, M., Feletto, E., Velentzis, L., Broun, K., Deij, S., Grogan, P., Hall, M., He, E., St John, D., Lew, J., Procopio, P., Simms, K., Worthington, J., Canfell, K., et al (2023). A modelled evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on breast, bowel, and cervical cancer screening programmes in Australia. eLife, 12. [More Information]
Wang, S., Sultana, F., Kavanagh, A., Nickson, C., Karahalios, A., Gurrin, L., English, D. (2023). Benefits and harms of breast cancer screening: Cohort study of breast cancer mortality and overdiagnosis. Cancer Medicine, 12(17), 18120-18132. [More Information]
Velentzis, L., Freeman, V., Campbell, D., Hughes, S., Luo, Q., Steinberg, J., Egger, S., Mann, G., Nickson, C. (2023). Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tools for Stratifying Women into Risk Groups: A Systematic Review. Cancers, 15(4). [More Information]
Elder, K., Matheson, J., Nickson, C., Box, G., Ellis, J., Mou, A., Shadbolt, C., Park, A., Tay, J., Rose, A., et al (2023). Contrast enhanced mammography in breast cancer surveillance. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. [More Information]
Canfell, K., Chiam, K., Nickson, C., Mann, G. (2023). The complex impact of COVID-19 on cancer outcomes in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 219(9), 402-404. [More Information]

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2022

Carle, C., Velentzis, L., Nickson, C. (2022). BreastScreen Australia national data by factors of interest for risk-based screening: routinely reported data and opportunities for enhancement. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(2), 230-236. [More Information]

2021

Bulliard, J., Beau, A., Njor, S., Wu, W., Procopio, P., Nickson, C., Lynge, E. (2021). Breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis. International Journal of Cancer, 149(4), 846-853. [More Information]
Saxby, K., Nickson, C., Mann, G., Park, A., Bromley, H., Velentzis, L., Procopio, P., Canfell, K., Petrie, D. (2021). Moving beyond the stage: how characteristics at diagnosis dictate treatment and treatment-related quality of life year losses for women with early stage invasive breast cancer. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 21(4), 847-857. [More Information]
Figueroa, J., Gray, E., Pashayan, N., Deandrea, S., Karch, A., Vale, D., Elder, K., Procopio, P., van Ravesteyn, N., Mutabi, M., Canfell, K., Nickson, C. (2021). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer early detection and screening. Preventive Medicine, 151, 106585. [More Information]

2020

Nickson, C., Procopio, P., Deij, S., Velentzis, L. (2020). COVID-19 scenario modelling for cancer screening programs: BreastScreen Australia recovery strategies.
Nickson, C., Procopio, P., Deij, S., Velentzis, L. (2020). COVID-19 scenario modelling for cancer screening programs: The BreastScreen Australia Program.
Feletto, E., Grogan, P., Nickson, C., Smith, M., Canfell, K. (2020). How has COVID-19 impacted cancer screening? Adaptation of services and the future outlook in Australia. Public Health Research and Practice, 30(4), e3042026. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Grogan, P., Tattam, A. (2020). Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia (OEDBCA).
Nickson, C., Hughes, S., Campbell, D., Freeman, V., Carle, C., Velentzis, L., Procopio, P., Deij, S., Grogan, P., Canfell, K. (2020). Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia: Phase II Interim Report.
Saxby, K., Nickson, C., Mann, G., Velentzis, L., Bromley, H., Procopio, P., Canfell, K., Petrie, D. (2020). The financial impact of a breast cancer detected within and outside of screening: lessons from the Australian Lifepool cohort. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(3), 219-226. [More Information]
Cheasley, D., Devereux, L., Hughes, S., Nickson, C., Procopio, P., Lee, G., Li, N., Pridmore, V., Elder, K., Bruce Mann, G., et al (2020). The TP53 mutation rate differs in breast cancers that arise in women with high or low mammographic density. n p j Breast Cancer, 6(1), 34. [More Information]

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2019

Lew, J., Feletto, E., Wade, S., Caruana, M., Kang, Y., Nickson, C., Simms, K., Procopio, P., Taylor, N., Worthington, J., Smith, D., Canfell, K. (2019). Benefits, harms and cost-effectiveness of cancer screening in Australia: An overview of modelling estimates. Public Health Research and Practice, 29(2), 1-11. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Grogan, P., Canfell, K. (2019). Cancer Council Australia’s roadmap to evaluate, and potentially implement, more risk-based, personalised approaches to breast cancer detection and screening. Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia..
Li, T., Tang, L., Gandomkar, Z., Heard, R., Mello-Thoms, C., Xiao, Q., Gu, Y., Di, G., Nickson, C., Shao, Z., Brennan, P. (2019). Characteristics of Mammographic Breast Density and Associated Factors for Chinese Women: Results from an Automated Measurement. Journal of Oncology, 2019, 1-9. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Morgan, A., Velentzis, L., Grogan, P., Canfell, K. (2019). Environmental Scan - Clinical Services. Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia.
Nickson, C., Velentzis, L., Brennan, P., Mann, B., Houssami, N. (2019). Improving breast cancer screening in Australia: a public health perspective. Public Health Research and Practice, 29(2), 1-7. [More Information]
Dench, E., Bond-Smith, D., Darcey, E., Lee, G., Aung, Y., Chan, A., Cuzick, J., Ding, Z., Evans, C., Harvey, J., et al (2019). Measurement challenge: Protocol for international case-control comparison of mammographic measures that predict breast cancer risk. BMJ Open, 9(12), e031041. [More Information]
Cheasley, D., Li, N., Rowley, S., Elder, K., Mann, G., Loi, S., Savas, P., Goode, D., Kader, T., Zethoven, M., et al (2019). Molecular comparison of interval and screen-detected breast cancers. Journal of Pathology, 248(2), 243-252. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Morgan, A., Hughes, C., Freeman, V., Carle, C., Velentzis, L., Grogan, P., Canfell, K. (2019). Summaries of Evidence: Australian screening outcomes by risk groups; Risk assessment; Mammographic breast density and screening outcomes; Overdiagnosis by risk group; Alternative screening modalities by risk group; Costs, benefits and harms of risk-based breast cancer screening: modelling studies; Potentially valuable data reports. Optimising Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Australia..
Tavakoli Taba, S., Baran, P., Lewis, S., Heard, R., Pacile, S., Nesterets, Y., Mayo, S., Dullin, C., Dreossi, D., Arfelli, F., Alakhras, M., Gureyev, T., Brennan, P., et al (2019). Toward Improving Breast Cancer Imaging: Radiological Assessment of Propagation-Based Phase-Contrast CT Technology. Academic Radiology, 26(6), e79-e89. [More Information]
Mann, G., Nickson, C., Elder, K. (2019). Treatment Intensity Differences According to Participation in a Population Screening Program. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 26(2), 698-699. [More Information]
Bromley, H., Mann, G., Petrie, D., Nickson, C., Rea, D., Roberts, T. (2019). Valuing preferences for treating screen detected ductal carcinoma in situ. European Journal of Cancer, 123, 130-137. [More Information]
Bromley, H., Petrie, D., Mann, G., Nickson, C., Rea, D., Roberts, T. (2019). Valuing the health states associated with breast cancer screening programmes: A systematic review of economic measures. Social Science and Medicine, 228, 142-154. [More Information]

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2018

Elder, K., Nickson, C., Mann, G. (2018). ASO Author Reflections: Impact of Breast Cancer Screening Beyond Mortality Reductions. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 25(Suppl 3), 687-688. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Procopio, P., Velentzis, L., Carr, S., Devereux, L., Mann, G., James, P., Lee, G., Wellard, C., Campbell, I. (2018). Prospective validation of the NCI Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (Gail Model) on 40,000 Australian women. Breast Cancer Research, 20(1), 155. [More Information]
Elder, K., Nickson, C., Pattanasri, M., Cooke, S., Machalek, D., Rose, A., Mou, A., Collins, J., Park, A., De Boer, R., et al (2018). Treatment Intensity Differences After Early-Stage Breast Cancer (ESBC) Diagnosis Depending on Participation in a Screening Program. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 25(9), 2563-2572. [More Information]
Pattanasri, M., Elder, K., Nickson, C., Cooke, S., Machalek, D., Rose, A., Mou, A., Collins, J., Park, A., De Boer, R., et al (2018). Uptake of adjuvant breast cancer treatments recommended by multi-disciplinary meetings. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 88(7-Aug), 745-750. [More Information]

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2017

Baran, P., Pacile, S., Nesterets, Y., Mayo, S., Dullin, C., Dreossi, D., Arfelli, F., Thompson, D., Lockie, D., Tavakoli Taba, S., Brennan, P., et al (2017). Optimization of propagation-based x-ray phase-contrast tomography for breast cancer imaging. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 62(6), 2315-2332. [More Information]

2016

Elder, K., Nickson, C., Farrugia, H., Mann, B. (2016). Are community detected cancers more biologically similar to screen detected or interval breast cancers and how is this reflected in survival? European Journal of Cancer, 72(Supplement 1), S23-S24. [More Information]
Nickson, C., Lockie, D., Petrie, D., Clemson, M., Munro, J. (2016). Assessment of Return on Investment from using Tomosynthesis (DBT) in BreastScreen Assessment: Interim Report to the Department of Health and Human Services..
Elder, K., Cooke, S., Machalek, D., Rose, A., Mou, A., Collins, J., Nickson, C., Park, A., Mann, G. (2016). Treatment Intensity Differences In Screen-detected And Community-detected Early Stage Breast Cancer (ESBC). ANZ Journal of Surgery, 33(15_suppl), 1579-1579.

2015

Li, Y., Brennan, P., Lee, W., Nickson, C., Pietrzyk, M., Ryan, E. (2015). An Investigation into the Consistency in Mammographic Density Identification by Radiologists: Effect of Radiologist Expertise and Mammographic Appearance. Journal of Digital Imaging, 28(5), 626-632. [More Information]

2014

Nickson, C., Mason, K., Kavanagh, A. (2014). Breast cancer screening of women aged 70-74 years: Results from a natural experiment across Australia. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 143(2), 367-372. [More Information]

2013

Li, Y., Brennan, P., Nickson, C., Pietrzyk, M., Al Mousa, D., Ryan, E. (2013). A novel phantom system facilitating better descriptors of density within mammographic images. Medical Imaging 2013: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Bellingham, United States: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]
Sitas, F., Gibberd, A., Kahn, C., Weber, M., Chiew, M., Supramaniam, R., Velentzis, L., Nickson, C., Smith, D., O'Connell, D., Yu, X., Canfell, K., Robotin, M., et al (2013). Cancer incidence and mortality in people aged less than 75 years: Changes in Australia over the period 1987-2007. Cancer Epidemiology, 37(6), 780-787. [More Information]
Al Mousa, D., Ryan, E., Lee, W., Nickson, C., Pietrzyk, M., Reed, W., Poulos, A., Li, Y., Brennan, P. (2013). The impact of mammographic density and lesion location on detection. Medical Imaging 2013: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Bellingham, United States: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]
Feletto, E., Gibberd, A., Kahn, C., Armstrong, K., Canfell, K., Chiew, M., Grogan, P., Nickson, C., O'Connell, D., Penman, A., Robotin, M., Smith, D., Yu, X., Sitas, F., et al (2013). The State of Cancer Control in Australia 1987-2007: Changes in cancer incidence and mortality, (pp. 1 - 166). Sydney, Australia: Cancer Council NSW.
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2012

Walker, R., Nickson, C., Lew, J., Smith, M., Canfell, K. (2012). A revision of sexual mixing matrices in models of sexually transmitted infection. Statistics in Medicine, 31(27), 3419-3432. [More Information]
Lew, J., Howard, K., Gertig, D., Smith, M., Clements, M., Nickson, C., Shi, J., Dyer, S., Lord, S., Creighton, P., Canfell, K., et al (2012). Expenditure and resource utilisation for cervical screening in Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 12(1), 1-15. [More Information]
Li, Y., Brennan, P., Lee, W., Ryan, J., Cawson, J., Nickson, C., Reed, W., Pietrzyk, M., Al Mousa, D., Ryan, E. (2012). Outlining and categorising mammographic breast density: expert radiologist perception. Medical Imaging 2012: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Bellingham, WA: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]

2011

Canfell, K., Shi, J., Lew, J., Walker, R., Zhoa, F., Simonella, L., Chen, J., Legood, R., Smith, M., Nickson, C., et al (2011). Prevention of cervical cancer in rural China: Evaluation of HPV vaccination and primary HPV screening strategies. Vaccine, 29(13), 2487-2494. [More Information]
Smith, M., Lew, J., Walker, R., Brotherton, J., Nickson, C., Canfell, K. (2011). The predicted impact of HPV vaccination on male infections and male HPV-related cancers in Australia. Vaccine, 29(8), 9112-9122. [More Information]

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2021