WEBINAR RECORDING | Our recent webinar hosted by the Prostate Cancer research team provides insights from three recent research projects undertaken by the Daffodil Centre Prostate Cancer research team.
Learn more and watch on demand ⬇️
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Dr Bora Kim shares her career journey from nursing through to her experience as a Daffodil Centre Research Fellow at @sydney.edu.au. In this researcher spotlight Bora shares some exciting funding news and the next step in her career on cancer research ➡️ daffodilcentre.org/news/researc...
New research led by our visiting scholar Johanne Dam Lyhne reports positive results from a RCT of a therapist-guided digital intervention for fear of cancer recurrence #iConquerFear.
Read the results in @jamanetworkopen.com ➡️ doi.org/10.1001/jama...
🎉 Congratulations to #DaffofdilCentre Interim Director Prof Anne Cust who was presented the 2025 #EstelaMedranoAward at the recent SMR Congress in Amsterdam recognising her outstanding contribution to #melanoma research “A roadmap for a targeted skin cancer screening program.” @sydney.edu.au
Register today for our upcoming webinar on primary & secondary prevention in prostate cancer & the process undertaken to update Australian guidelines on Early Detection of Prostate Cancer.
📆 19 November 2025
🕐 4:00-5:00pm AEDT
📍 Online
🎟️ Register at uni-sydney.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Daffodil Centre researcher Professor Nehmat Houssami is senior author on a newly published study "Comparative Accuracy of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Digital Mammography for Surveillance After Breast Cancer Treatment".
🔗 Read the full paper doi.org/10.6004/jncc...
RESEARCH WEBINAR SERIES | Join us for a webinar hosted by the #ProstateCancer research team.
📅 Wednesday 19 November
🕔 4PM AEDT
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@sydney.edu.au has an amazing opportunity to join the Daffodil Centre in a pivotal role providing high-level executive and administrative support to our Director and the Research Operations and Support team.
Learn more and apply ➡️ usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
“Despite decades of global effort to reduce the burden of cancer, it remains a major public health challenge now and into the foreseeable future,” @qingweiluo.bsky.social + David Smith, researchers at the Daffodil Centre, Cancer Council NSW and @sydney.edu.au ⬇️
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The future of cancer control depends on decisive, collective action today. The Daffodil Centre, a partnership between Cancer Council and the University of Sydney Qingwei Luo and David Smith
@thelancet.com invited #DaffodilCentre researchers to provide expert comment on new findings from the #GBD Study.
Read the research by @lisaforce.bsky.social et al ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/S014...
Read the comment by @qingweiluo.bsky.social + David Smith ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/S014...
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We’re thrilled to have our linked comment published in @thelancet.com
The future of cancer control depends on decisive, collective action today.
🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/S014...
📄 Original article: doi.org/10.1016/S014...
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NEW RESEARCH | Leukemia Research Reserach paper | Health system costs and autologous stem cell transplant receipt for participants with multiple myeloma in the Australian 45 and Up Study. Authors: Sarsha Yap, Anna Kelly, David Goldsbury, Marianne F. Weber, Xue Qin Yu, Qingwei Luo, Karen Canfell, Eleonora Feletto
New research on the high costs of managing multiple myeloma (MM) in AUS highlights the significant burden of MM on the Australian healthcare system. As the patient population grows, identifying cost-effective strategies will be crucial @saxinstitute.bsky.social #45andUp ⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.le...
NEW RESEARCH | This multicenter study examines the impact of stratified surgical margins on treatment outcomes in oral SCC. Read more: doi.org/10.1002/hed....
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NEW RESEARCH | BMJ Public Health Vaping health perceptions and never vaping among Australian adolescents: a strength-based analysis of cross-sectional survey data Yazidjoglou A, Watts C, Joshy G, Egger S, Banks E, Freeman B. Author names: Amelia Yazidjoglou Christina Watts Grace Joshy Sam Egger Emily Banks Becky Freeman Generation Vape logo, Cancer Council logo
New #GenerationVape research published in @bmj.com on vaping health perceptions and never vaping among Australian adolescents.
Read the research today ➡️ doi.org/10.1136/bmjp...
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Trends in adolescent smoking prevalence before and after the emergence of vaping in Australia: an interrupted time series analysis, 1999–2023
✍️ Sam J Egger, Michael David, Marianne F Weber, Qingwei Luo, Anita Dessaix and Becky Freeman
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Meet the speakers!
We are excited to welcome #DaffodilCentre research fellow Dr Verena Wu to our webinar to share her research project adapting the 'fear of cancer recurrence clinical pathway' for Chinese-speaking people with cancer.
⭐️ LEARN MORE AND REGISTER at uni-sydney.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Meet the speakers!
Dr Nicola Creagh is a @sydneyfmh-emcr.bsky.social at @sydney.edu.au who will joining us Thurs 11 Sept to share her research into increasing participation & equity in Australia’s National Cervical Screening Program
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Meet the speakers!
We are delighted to have Dr Ashfaq Chauhan join us and share his research in our upcoming webinar on Implementation of equitable care across the cancer continuum
📆 Thursday 11 September
🕝 2:30 - 4:00PM AEST
Learn more and register today uni-sydney.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
NEW RESEARCH🔬| Treatment choices for localised prostate cancer are shaped by socio-economic status and hospital provider - independent of age or disease risk.
READ THE PUBLICATION doi.org/10.1111/bju....
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RESEARCH WEBINAR SERIES | Join us for a webinar by the Daffodil Centre's Triple I (Innovation-Implementation-Impact) stream: Implementation of equitable care across the cancer continuum
📆 Thursday 11 September
🕝 2:30 - 4:00PM AEST
📍 Online (Zoom)
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NEW RESEARCH🔬| Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynaecological cancer, with limited options for early detection and treatment - making prevention absolutely critical.
READ MORE doi.org/10.1097/gco....
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Never a dull moment at @daffodilcentre.org Team Day!
Some excellent presentations on the latest @daffodilcentre.org research on melanoma costs, prostate cancer early detection, cancer survival disparities by SES & liver cancer screening by David Goldsbury, @philip-ly.bsky.social @juliasteinberg.bsky.social & Joachim Worthington at #NSWcancersummit2025
NEW RESEARCH🔬| Daffodil Centre PhD student, Jay Balante, and colleagues explore how the cultural beliefs and practices of internationally educated nurses inform their delivery of nursing care, in the context of cancer and end-of-life care.
READ MORE doi.org/10.1111/jan....
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NEW RESEARCH🔬 | Led by collaborators in Switzerland with scientific input from researchers across the globe including the Daffodil Centre’s Dr Melissa Merritt proposes new targets to enhance chemotherapy efficacy for treating recurrent ovarian cancer.
READ MORE doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
NEW RESEARCH | Researchers investigate trends in teen smoking before and after the emergence of vaping in Australia. The data shows Australia's progress in reducing teen smoking has slowed since the emergence of vaping. #GenerationVape
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Presentation done! #iHEA2025
🗣️ topic: public #preferences for using #genomic 🧬 info to tailor #cancer #screening 🩻
📊 result: likely demand, but want comprehensive, equitable tests, and need tailored info to ensure informed choices.
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Has been awesome learning & sharing & networking with these legends 🌟 over the last 3 days 🗓️ at #iHEA2025. So much inspiration 💡 and motivation to take home!
NEW RESEARCH | Researchers establish what constitutes a ‘normal’ change in a mole during pregnancy, aiding in the detection of melanoma and malignancy.
Read more: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.07.002
@melanomaau.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au #CancerCouncilNSW