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Joanne F. Aitken is affiliated with Cancer Council Queensland in Australia. Their research focuses primarily within the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Economics and Econometrics, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several main topics, including:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Recent publications by Joanne F. Aitken include:

  • "Sustainable care for children with cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission", 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • "Global Trends in Incidence Rates of Primary Adult Liver Cancers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis", 2020, Frontiers in Oncology
  • "Early detection of melanoma: a consensus report from the Australian Skin and Skin Cancer Research Centre Melanoma Screening Summit", 2020, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
  • "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on population-based cancer registry", 2021, International Journal of Cancer
  • "Association Between Melanoma Detected During Routine Skin Checks and Mortality", 2021, JAMA Dermatology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Peter D. Baade
  • Danny R. Youlden
  • Suzanne K. Chambers
  • Jeff Dunn
  • Belinda C. Goodwin

Joanne F. Aitken's works have been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • British Journal of Dermatology
  • Cancer Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries.

    Claudia Allemani;Tomohiro Matsuda;Veronica Di Carlo;Rhea Harewood

  • International incidence of childhood cancer, 2001-10 a population-based registry study

    Eva Steliarova-Foucher;Murielle Colombet;Lynn A G Ries;Florencia Moreno

  • Analysis of the p16 gene (CDKN2) as a candidate· for the chromosome 9p melanoma susceptibility locus

    A. Kamb;D. Shattuck-Eidens;R. Eeles;R. Eeles;Qingyun Liu

  • Melanocortin-1 Receptor Polymorphisms and Risk of Melanoma: Is the Association Explained Solely by Pigmentation Phenotype?

    James S. Palmer;James S. Palmer;David L. Duffy;Neil F. Box;Joanne F. Aitken

  • A novel recurrent mutation in MITF predisposes to familial and sporadic melanoma

    Satoru Yokoyama;Susan L. Woods;Glen M. Boyle;Lauren G. Aoude

  • Genome-wide association study identifies three loci associated with melanoma risk.

    D Timothy Bishop;Florence Demenais;Mark M Iles;Mark Harland

  • Identification of seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci through a genome-wide association study

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Ali Amin Al Olama;Graham G. Giles;Graham G. Giles

  • High-risk Melanoma Susceptibility Genes and Pancreatic Cancer, Neural System Tumors, and Uveal Melanoma across GenoMEL

    Alisa M. Goldstein;May Chan;Mark Harland;Elizabeth M. Gillanders

  • Seven prostate cancer susceptibility loci identified by a multi-stage genome-wide association study

    Z Kote-Jarai;Olama Aaa.;G G Giles;G G Giles;G Severi;G Severi

  • Sustainable care for children with cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission

    Rifat Atun;Nickhill Bhakta;Avram Denburg;A Lindsay Frazier

  • A major quantitative-trait locus for mole density is linked to the familial melanoma gene CDKN2A: a maximum-likelihood combined linkage and association analysis in twins and their sibs

    Gu Zhu;David L. Duffy;Ann Eldridge;Marlene Grace

  • A systematic review of the impact of stigma and nihilism on lung cancer outcomes

    Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Jeffrey Dunn;Jeffrey Dunn;Stefano Occhipinti;Suzanne Hughes

  • Trends for in situ and invasive melanoma in Queensland, Australia, 1982-2002.

    Michael Coory;Peter Baade;Joanne Aitken;Mark Smithers

  • Genome-wide association study identifies three new melanoma susceptibility loci

    Jennifer H. Barrett;Mark M. Iles;Mark Harland;John C. Taylor

  • Effects of a Telephone-Delivered Multiple Health Behavior Change Intervention (CanChange) on Health and Behavioral Outcomes in Survivors of Colorectal Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Anna L. Hawkes;Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Kenneth I Pakenham;Tanya A. Patrao

  • CDKN2A Variants in a Population-Based Sample of Queensland Families With Melanoma

    Joanne Aitken;John Welch;David Duffy;Amanda Milligan

  • Common sequence variants on 20q11.22 confer melanoma susceptibility

    Kevin M. Brown;Stuart MacGregor;Grant W. Montgomery;David W. Craig

  • Sunbed use during adolescence and early adulthood is associated with increased risk of early-onset melanoma

    Anne E. Cust;Bruce K. Armstrong;Chris Goumas;Mark A. Jenkins

  • Clinical whole-body skin examination reduces the incidence of thick melanomas

    Joanne F. Aitken;Mark Elwood;Peter D. Baade;Peter D. Baade;Philippa Youl

  • Seven prostate cancer susceptibility loci identified by a multi-stage genome-wide association study

    Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Ali Amin Al Olama;Graham G. Giles;Gianluca Severi

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne K. Chambers
Suzanne K. Chambers University of Technology Sydney
Jeff Dunn
Jeff Dunn University of Southern Queensland
Adèle C. Green
Adèle C. Green QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
David C. Whiteman
David C. Whiteman QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Bruce K. Armstrong
Bruce K. Armstrong University of Sydney
Graham J. Mann
Graham J. Mann Australian National University
Beth Newman
Beth Newman Queensland University of Technology

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