Joanne F. Aitken
Cancer Council Queensland
381 Papers
2.9K Citations
Joanne F. Aitken is an academic researcher from Cancer Council Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 65, co-authored 353 publications. Previous affiliations of Joanne F. Aitken include Repatriation General Hospital & Cancer Epidemiology Unit.
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Papers
A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies to identify prostate cancer susceptibility loci associated with aggressive and non-aggressive disease
Ali Amin Al Olama,Zsofia Kote-Jarai,Fredrick R. Schumacher,Fredrik Wiklund,Sonja I. Berndt,S. Benlloch,Graham G. Giles,Graham G. Giles,Gianluca Severi,Gianluca Severi,David E. Neal,David E. Neal,Freddie C. Hamdy,Jenny L Donovan,David J. Hunter,B. E. Henderson,Michael J. Thun,Michael Gaziano,Michael Gaziano,Edward Giovannucci,Afshan Siddiq,Ruth C. Travis,David G. Cox,David G. Cox,Federico Canzian,Elio Riboli,Timothy J. Key,Gerald L. Andriole,Demetrius Albanes,Richard B. Hayes,Johanna Schleutker,Johanna Schleutker,Anssi Auvinen,Tammela Tlj.,Maren Weischer,Janet L. Stanford,Janet L. Stanford,Elaine A. Ostrander,Cezary Cybulski,Jan Lubinski,S. N. Thibodeau,D J Schaid,Karina Dalsgaard Sørensen,Jyotsna Batra,Judith A. Clements,Suzanne K. Chambers,Suzanne K. Chambers,Joanne F. Aitken,Robert A. Gardiner,Christiane Maier,W. Vogel,Thilo Dörk,Hermann Brenner,Tomonori Habuchi,Sue A. Ingles,Esther M. John,Esther M. John,Joanne L. Dickinson,Lisa A. Cannon-Albright,Lisa A. Cannon-Albright,Manuel R. Teixeira,Radka Kaneva,Zhang H-W.,Lu Y-J.,Jong Y. Park,Kathleen A. Cooney,Kenneth Muir,Daniel Leongamornlert,E. Saunders,Malgorzata Tymrakiewicz,N. Mahmud,Michelle Guy,K. Govindasami,Lynne T. O'Brien,R A Wilkinson,Amanda L. Hall,E J Sawyer,Tokhir Dadaev,Jonathan J. Morrison,David P. Dearnaley,Alan Horwich,Robert Huddart,Vincent Khoo,Chris Parker,N. van As,C.R.J. Woodhouse,A. Thompson,Tim Dudderidge,Chris Ogden,Colin Cooper,Aritaya Lophatonanon,Melissa C. Southey,John L. Hopper,Dallas R. English,Dallas R. English,Jarmo Virtamo,Loic Le Marchand,D Campa,Rudolph Kaaks,S. Lindstrom,W. R. Diver,Susan M. Gapstur,Meredith Yeager,Angela Cox,Mariana C. Stern,Roman Corral,Markus Aly,W. Isaacs,Jan Adolfsson,Jianfeng Xu,Siqun L. Zheng,T. Wahlfors,Kimmo Taari,Paula Kujala,Peter Klarskov,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Martin Andreas Røder,Ruth Frikke-Schmidt,Stig E. Bojesen,Liesel M. FitzGerald,Suzanne Kolb,Erika M. Kwon,Danielle M. Karyadi,Torben F. Ørntoft,Michael Borre,Antje E. Rinckleb,Manuel Luedeke,Kathleen Herkommer,Andreas Meyer,Jürgen Serth,James R. Marthick,Briony Patterson,Dominika Wokołorczyk,Amanda B. Spurdle,Felicity Lose,Shannon K. McDonnell,Amit Joshi,Ahva Shahabi,Pedro Vaz Pinto,João Vasco Santos,Anna M. Ray,T A Sellers,Lin H-Y.,Robert A. Stephenson,Craig C. Teerlink,Heiko Müller,Dietrich Rothenbacher,Norihiko Tsuchiya,Shintaro Narita,Cao G-W.,C. Slavov,Vanio Mitev,S. J. Chanock,Henrik Grönberg,Christopher A. Haiman,Peter Kraft,Doug Easton,Rosalind A. Eeles +157 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a meta-analysis of four GWAS including 5953 cases of aggressive prostate cancer and 11 463 controls (men without PrCa) and computed association tests for approximately 2.6 million SNPs and followed up the most significant SNPs by genotyping 49 121 samples through the international PRACTICAL and BPC3 consortia.
Clinical whole-body skin examination reduces the incidence of thick melanomas
Joanne F. Aitken,Mark Elwood,Peter D. Baade,Peter D. Baade,Philippa Youl,Dallas R. English,Dallas R. English +6 more
- 16 Jul 2009
TL;DR: A population-based case-control study of all Queensland residents aged 20-75 years with a histologically confirmed first primary invasive cutaneous melanoma diagnosed between January 2000 and December 2003 Telephone interviews were completed by 3,762 eligible cases and 3,824 eligible controls (504%) as mentioned in this paper.
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Unmet needs of gynaecological cancer survivors : implications for developing community support services
Vanessa L. Beesley,Elizabeth G. Eakin,Suzanne K. Steginga,Joanne F. Aitken,Jeff Dunn,Diana Battistutta +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a study aimed to determine the prevalence and correlates of unmet needs within a population of gynaecological cancer survivors, and identified subgroups with higher need for support.
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Effects of a telephone-delivered ple health behavior change intervention (CanChange) on health and behavioral outcomes in survivors of colorectal cancer: A randomized controlled trial
Anna L. Hawkes,Suzanne K. Chambers,Kenneth I. Pakenham,Tania A. Patrao,Peter D. Baade,Brigid M. Lynch,Joanne F. Aitken,Xingqiong Meng,Kerry S. Courneya +8 more
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Dimensions of quality of life and psychosocial variables most salient to colorectal cancer patients
Jeff Dunn,Brigid M. Lynch,Machelle Rinaldis,Kenneth I. Pakenham,Lyn McPherson,Neville Owen,Barbara A. Leggett,Beth Newman,Joanne F. Aitken +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the literature identified only seven qualitative studies pertaining to quality of life issues for colorectal cancer patients, a surprising finding given the prevalence of this cancer.
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