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Best Female Scientists

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124
Citations
59323
World Ranking
457
National Ranking
17

Psychology

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122
Citations
55484
World Ranking
240
National Ranking
14

Medicine

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130
Citations
63947
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Phyllis Butow is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, General Health Professions, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their research prominently covers topics such as:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Family Support in Illness

Among their recent publications are:

  • Using artificial intelligence to analyse and teach communication in healthcare, 2020, The Breast
  • Effective health communication - a key factor in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, Patient Education and Counseling
  • A review of the barriers to using Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in routine cancer care, 2020, Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences
  • Disability, psychological distress and quality of life in relation to cancer diagnosis and cancer type: population-based Australian study of 22,505 cancer survivors and 244,000 people without cancer, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Implementing Web-Based Therapy in Routine Mental Health Care: Systematic Review of Health Professionals' Perspectives, 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research

Phyllis Butow frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including:

  • Joanne Shaw
  • Megan Best
  • Nicci Bartley
  • Ilona Juraskova
  • Mandy L. Ballinger

Their work is commonly published in venues such as:

  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice

Best Publications

  • Developing a quality criteria framework for patient decision aids: online international Delphi consensus process

    Glyn Elwyn;Annette O'Connor;Dawn Stacey;Robert Volk

  • What are the unmet supportive care needs of people with cancer? A systematic review

    James D. Harrison;Jane M. Young;Melanie A. Price;Phyllis N. Butow

  • Communicating With Realism and Hope: Incurable Cancer Patients' Views on the Disclosure of Prognosis

    Rebecca G. Hagerty;Phyllis N. Butow;Peter M. Ellis;Elizabeth A. Lobb

  • A systematic review of prognostic/end-of-life communication with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness: patient/caregiver preferences for the content, style, and timing of information

    Sharon M. Parker;Josephine M. Clayton;Karen Hancock;Sharon Walder

  • The dynamics of change: Cancer patients' preferences for information, involvement and support

    P. N. Butow;M. Maclean;S. M. Dunn;M. H. N. Tattersall

  • Sharing decisions in cancer care.

    Melina Gattellari;Phyllis N Butow;Phyllis N Butow;Martin H.N Tattersall

  • Communicating prognosis in cancer care: a systematic review of the literature

    R. G. Hagerty;Phyllis N. Butow;P. M. Ellis;S. Dimitry

  • From normal response to clinical problem: definition and clinical features of fear of cancer recurrence

    Sophie Lebel;Gozde Ozakinci;Gerald Humphris;Brittany Mutsaers

  • Cancer patient preferences for communication of prognosis in the metastatic setting.

    Rebecca G. Hagerty;Phyllis N. Butow;Peter A. Ellis;Elizabeth A. Lobb

  • Clinical trials in children

    Patrina H Y Caldwell;Patrina H Y Caldwell;Sharon B Murphy;Phyllis N Butow;Jonathan C Craig;Jonathan C Craig

  • What do cancer support groups provide which other supportive relationships do not? The experience of peer support groups for people with cancer

    Jane M Ussher;Laura Kirsten;Laura Kirsten;Phyllis Butow;Mirjana Sandoval

  • On the receiving end. V: Patient perceptions of the side effects of cancer chemotherapy in 1993.

    A. M. Griffin;P. N. Butow;A. S. Coates;A. M. Childs

  • Truth-telling in discussing prognosis in advanced life-limiting illnesses: a systematic review

    Karen Hancock;Josephine M Clayton;Sharon M Parker;Sharon Wal der

  • Psychological responses of patients receiving a diagnosis of cancer

    P. E. Schofield;P. N. Butow;J. F. Thompson;M. H. N. Tattersall

  • When the diagnosis is cancer: Patient communication experiences and preferences

    Phyllis N. Butow;John N. Kazemi;Linda J. Beeney;R N Anne-Marie Griffin

  • The psychosocial needs of breast cancer survivors; A qualitative study of the shared and unique needs of younger versus older survivors

    B. Thewes;P. Butow;A. Girgis;S. Pendlebury

  • Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers

    Josephine M. Clayton;Karen M. Hancock;Phyllis N. Butow;Martin H.N. Tattersall

  • Physician-patient-companion communication and decision-making: a systematic review of triadic medical consultations.

    R.C. Laidsaar-Powell;P.N. Butow;S. Bu;C. Charles

  • When the treatment goal is not cure: are cancer patients equipped to make informed decisions?

    Melina Gattellari;Katie J. Voigt;Phyllis N. Butow;Martin H.N. Tattersall

  • Hospital-based interventions: a systematic review of staff-reported barriers and facilitators to implementation processes

    Liesbeth Geerligs;Nicole M. Rankin;Nicole M. Rankin;Heather L. Shepherd;Phyllis Butow

  • Oncologists' reactions to cancer patients' verbal cues.

    P.N. Butow;R.F. Brown;S. Cogar;M.H.N. Tattersall

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin H.N. Tattersall
Martin H.N. Tattersall University of Sydney
Bettina Meiser
Bettina Meiser University of New South Wales
Penelope Schofield
Penelope Schofield Swinburne University of Technology
Afaf Girgis
Afaf Girgis University of New South Wales
Belinda Thewes
Belinda Thewes University of Sydney
David Goldstein
David Goldstein University of New South Wales
Louise Sharpe
Louise Sharpe University of Sydney
Jane Turner
Jane Turner University of Queensland
Madeleine King
Madeleine King University of Sydney
Nadine A. Kasparian
Nadine A. Kasparian Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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