Thesis work
Thesis title: The cost of treatment and quality of life in patients with colorectal liver metastases
Supervisors: Mbathio Dieng, Patrick Kelly, Tom Hugh
Thesis abstract:
«p»There has only been limited focus on the ever-increasing cost of cancer treatment in Australia. Several studies have estimated total cost which includes the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients. However, this is difficult to do comprehensively because of the multiple funding sources in the Australian healthcare system. To date in Australia there have been no studies in relation to the total cost, and no studies that have done a cost-benefit analysis of treating patients referred for resection of CRLM. In part, this is because treatment algorithms have been evolving so rapidly over the past 20 years but also because there are multiple potential different treatment pathways that might impact on a cost analysis.«/p» «p»The aim is to undertake a comprehensive cost analysis of the investigation and treatment of a cohort of patients who underwent resection of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). This is an attempt to identify the overall cost of the total management (including work up) of patients diagnosed with CRLM and who are referred for possible curative liver resection.«/p»
Publications
Journals
- Akabane, M., Kawashima, J., Woldesenbet, S., Altaf, A., Cauchy, F., Aucejo, F., Popescu, I., Kitago, M., Hugh, T., Bhimani, N., et al (2025). Analyzing the interaction between time to surgery and tumor burden score in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 29(2), 101903. [More Information]
- Catalano, G., Alaimo, L., Chatzipanagiotou, O., Ruzzenente, A., Aucejo, F., Marques, H., Bhimani, N., Hugh, T., Maithel, S., Kitago, M., et al (2025). ASO Visual Abstract: Advantage of Log Odds of Positive Lymph Nodes After Curative-Intent Resection of Gallbladder Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 32(3), 1839-1840. [More Information]
- Bhimani, N., Dieng, M., Kelly, P., Hugh, T. (2025). Information Provision for Patients Who Undergo Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases. Journal of Cancer Education. [More Information]
2025
- Akabane, M., Kawashima, J., Woldesenbet, S., Altaf, A., Cauchy, F., Aucejo, F., Popescu, I., Kitago, M., Hugh, T., Bhimani, N., et al (2025). Analyzing the interaction between time to surgery and tumor burden score in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 29(2), 101903. [More Information]
- Catalano, G., Alaimo, L., Chatzipanagiotou, O., Ruzzenente, A., Aucejo, F., Marques, H., Bhimani, N., Hugh, T., Maithel, S., Kitago, M., et al (2025). ASO Visual Abstract: Advantage of Log Odds of Positive Lymph Nodes After Curative-Intent Resection of Gallbladder Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 32(3), 1839-1840. [More Information]
- Bhimani, N., Dieng, M., Kelly, P., Hugh, T. (2025). Information Provision for Patients Who Undergo Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases. Journal of Cancer Education. [More Information]
2024
- Catalano, G., Alaimo, L., Chatzipanagiotou, O., Ruzzenente, A., Aucejo, F., Marques, H., Bhimani, N., Hugh, T., Maithel, S., Kitago, M., et al (2024). Advantage of Log Odds of Metastatic Lymph Nodes After Curative-Intent Resection of Gallbladder Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 32(3), 1742-1751. [More Information]
- Yang, Z., Tong, C., Bhimani, N., O'Neill, C., Lai, C., Serpell, J., Glover, A. (2024). Geographic disparities in thyroid cancer staging at presentation: insights from an Australian context. World Journal of Surgery, 48(6), 1440-1447. [More Information]
- Drane, A., Bhimani, N., Sarich, P., Chan, P., Liebman, S., Smith, G. (2024). Hiatal Repair Using Non-absorbable Mesh: Short-Term Outcome Analysis of 393 Consecutive Cases with a Focus on Prosthetic-Specific Complications. Indian Journal of Surgery. [More Information]
2023
- Ofri, A., Bhimani, N., Warrier, S. (2023). An Australian-based nomogram predicting nodal positivity for breast cancer in older patients. The Surgeon, 21(6), e316-e322. [More Information]
- De Savornin Lohman, E., De Bitter, T., Hannink, G., Wietsma, M., Vink-Borger, E., Nagtegaal, I., Hugh, T., Gill, A., Bhimani, N., Seyed Ahadi, M., et al (2023). Development and External Validation of a Model to Predict Overall Survival in Patients With Resected Gallbladder Cancer. Annals of Surgery, 277(4), E856-E863. [More Information]
- Zimmerman, A., Bhimani, N., Chan, P., Mitchell, D., Leibman, S., Smith, G. (2023). Initial experience with laparoscopic gastric bypass in an Australian general foregut surgery unit. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93(12), 2857-2863. [More Information]
2022
- Chui, J., Ziaziaris, W., Mohtashami, A., Lim, C., Bhimani, N., Hugh, T. (2022). Biliary Metastases from Colon Cancer: A Rare Differential Diagnosis for Obstructive Jaundice. American Journal of Surgical Case Reports. [More Information]
- Wong, G., Bhimani, N., Mol, B., Diakos, C., de Reuver, P., Molloy, M., Hugh, T. (2022). Performance of prognostic models incorporating KRAS mutation status to predict survival after resection of colorectal liver metastases. HPB, 24(8), 1316-1325. [More Information]
2020
- Nahm, C., Parker, N., Gundara, J., Gill, A., Bhimani, N., Samra, J., Hugh, T. (2020). Management of patients with hepatocellular adenoma: a single-institution experience. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90(5), 786-790. [More Information]