Medical Resources

Online Clinical Education Courses - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

COVID-19

Australian Government Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources for health professionals

Australian Government COVID-19 Health Alert page - current situation

Cancer Australia Statements

Guidance for the management of early breast cancer - September 2020

Influencing best practice in metastatic breast cancer - October 2019

Investigation of a new breast symptom - a guide for General Practitioners 2017

Influencing best practice in breast cancer 2016

Genetics

Research Review - A product review of the use of geneType for breast cancer risk prediction test. - November 2023

This publication discusses breast cancer screening and current guidelines, family history, clinical utility of polygenic risk, and a series of clinical studies looking at validation of geneType against additional models. It also provides commentary from Dr Nicole Yap, a breast surgeon who practices oncoplastic surgery in Melbourne.

Global Documents

ICCR datasets for Breast (June 2021)

Breast Health Global Initiative

The consensus statements and manuscripts from the 6th Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) Global Summit on Improving Breast Healthcare through Resource-Stratified Phased Implementation (Seattle 2018) have now been published (April 29 2020) as a supplement in the journal Cancer, and are listed below. This supplement is the culmination of months of collaborative work by experts in breast and women’s health, cancer control, implementation science, economics, disparities, policymaking, public health, patient advocacy and health systems with authors representing all resource settings across 5 continents.

Phased implementation for breast cancer management in low‐income and middle‐income countries: A proposal for the strategic application of resource‐stratified guidelines by the Breast Health Global Initiative

The Breast Health Global Initiative 2018 Global Summit on Improving Breast Healthcare Through Resource‐Stratified Phased Implementation: Methods and overview

Health system strengthening: Integration of breast cancer care for improved outcomes

Breast cancer treatment: A phased approach to implementation

Breast cancer early detection: A phased approach to implementation

The role of dissemination and implementation science in global breast cancer control programs: Frameworks, methods, and examples

Situational analysis of breast health care systems: Why context matters

NCCN resource‐stratified and harmonized guidelines: A paradigm for optimizing global cancer care

A phased approach to implementing the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI‐RADS) in low‐income and middle‐income countries

Can pathology diagnostic services for cancer be stratified and serve global health?

Breast cancer patient advocacy: A qualitative study of the challenges and opportunities for civil society organizations in low‐income and middle‐income countries The central role of provider training in implementing resource‐stratified guidelines for palliative care in low‐income and middle‐income countries: Lessons from the Jamaica Cancer Care and Research Institute in the Caribbean and Universidad Católica in Latin America

Designing a resource‐stratified, phased implementation strategy for breast health care services in India