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DR GILLIAN DITE



Contact Details

Organization: Population Health
Position: RES. FELLOW IN DATABASE DESIGN&DATA MAN (MEGA)
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Work: 8344 0699
Fax: 9349 5815
Room: 128
Level: 01
Building: 723 Swanston St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Genetic Epidemiology Cancer Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1989
Graduate Diploma University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1993
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 04-Dec-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Is early life growth related to breast density in middle-age women? Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
Mammographic density in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
WHICH GENES EXPLAIN WHY WOMEN DIFFER SO MUCH IN THE BRIGHTNESS OF THEIR MAMMOGRAMS, AND HENCE THEIR BREAST CANCER RISK? Chief Investigator CANCER AUSTRALIA,
NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
Priority-Driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme (CANCER AUSTRALIA) 01/04/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Family-based genetic association study of insulin-like growth factor I microsatellite markers and premenopausal breast cancer risk
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Volume: 118
    Page numbers: 415-424
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Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Risks to relatives


    Year: 2008
    Book: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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Journal Articles

  • The RAD51D E233G variant and breast cancer risk: population-based and clinic-based family studies of Australian women


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Volume: 112
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 35-39
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  • Association of a common AKAP9 variant with breast cancer risk: A collaborative analysis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
    Volume: 100
    Page numbers: 437-442
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  • Is BRCA2 c.9079 G > A a predisposing variant for early onset breast cancer?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Volume: 109
    Page numbers: 177-179
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  • Predictors of mammographic density: Insights gained from a novel regression analysis of a twin study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 3474-3481
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  • Psychosocial factors and survival of young women with breast cancer: a population-based prospective cohort study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 4666-4671
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • BRCA1 promoter deletions in young women with breast cancer and a strong family history: A population-based study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 823-827
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  • A systematic approach to analysing gene-gene interactions: polymorphisms at the microsomal Epoxide Hydrolase EPHX and Glutathione S-transferase GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 loci and breast cancer risk


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 769-774
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  • Mammographic density and candidate gene variants: a twins and sisters study


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1479-1484
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  • Association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms in hormone metabolism and DNA repair genes and epithelial ovarian cancer: results from two Australian studies and an additional validation set
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 2557-2565
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  • Imputation of missing ages in pedigree data
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Human Heredity
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 3-4
    Page numbers: 168-174
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  • Medical radiation exposure and breast cancer risk: Findings from the Breast Cancer Family Registry
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 121
    Page numbers: 386-394
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  • Validation study of the LAMBDA model for predicting the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carrier status of North American Ashkenazi Jewish women
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical Genetics
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 87-97
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • An inverse association between ovarian cysts and breast cancer in the Breast Cancer Family Registry
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 118
    Page numbers: 197-202
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  • Is there a positive association between mammographic density and bone mineral density?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 401
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  • The heritability of mammographically dense and nondense breast tissue
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 612-617
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  • Tracing 8,600 participants 36 years after recruitment at age seven for the Tasmanian Asthma Study
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 105-110
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  • Using bivariate models to understand between- and within-cluster regression coefficients, with application to twin data
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Biometrics
    Volume: 62
    Page numbers: 745-751
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A protein-truncating mutation in CYP17A1 in three sisters with early-onset breast cancer
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Human Mutation
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 298-302
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • CYP17 genetic polymorphism, breast cancer, and breast cancer risk factors: Australian Breast Cancer Family Study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: R513-R521
    Publisher: Publications Current Science(London)
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  • Is there overlap between the genetic determinants of mammographic density and bone mineral density?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 2266-2268
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  • Oral contraceptive use and risk of early-onset breast cancer in carriers and noncarriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 350-356
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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  • The AIB1 glutamine repeat polymorphism is not associated with risk of breast cancer before age 40 years in Australian women
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: R353-R356
    Publisher: Publications Current Science(London)
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  • The androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism and modification of breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: R176-R183
    Publisher: Publications Current Science(London)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and risk of breast cancer before age 40 years: a case-control study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: British Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 90
    Page numbers: 2149-2152
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Regressive logistic and proportional hazards disease models for within-family analyses of measured genotypes, with application to a CYP17 polymorphism and breast cancer
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Genetic Epidemiology
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 161-172
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Risk factors for breast cancer in young women by oestrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status
    Year: 2003
    Journal: British Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 89
    Page numbers: 1661-1663
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  • Strong familial risks associated with early-onset breast cancer are only partly BRCA1 and BRCA2 related
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
    Volume: 95
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 448-457
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  • The HER2 I655V polymorphism and risk of breast cancer in women < age 40 years
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 1109-1111
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • After hMSH2 and hMLH1 - what next? Analysis of three-generational, population-based, early-onset colorectal cancer families
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 102
    Page numbers: 166-171
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Heritability of Mammographic Density, A Risk Factor for Breast Cancer
    Year: 2002
    Journal: New England Journal of Medicine
    Volume: 347
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 886-894
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  • Presenting Statistical Uncertainty in Trends and Dose-Response Relations
    Year: 2002
    Journal: American Journal of Epidemiology
    Volume: 155
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 977-978
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(North Carolina)
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  • The BRCA2 372 HH Genotype Is Associated with Risk of Breast Cancer in Australian Women Under Age 60 Years
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 413-416
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • After BRCA1 and BRCA2-What next? Multifactorial segregation analyses of three-generation, population-based Australian families affected by female breast cancer
    Year: 2001
    Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics
    Volume: 68
    Page numbers: 420-431
    Publisher: University of Chicago Press(Illinois)
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  • Prevalence of self-reported arm morbidity following treatment for brease cancer in the Australian Breast Cancer Family Study
    Year: 2001
    Journal: The Breast
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 515-522
    Publisher: Churchill Livingstone(Leith Walkedinburgh)
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  • The intronic G13964C variant in p53 is not a high-risk mutation in familial breast cancer in Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 346-349
    Publisher: Publications Current Science(London)
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  • The steroid 5 alpha-reductase type II TA repeat polymorphism is not associated with risk of breast or ovarian cancer in Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 1287-1293
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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