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A/PROF DOROTA M GERTIG



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Organization: Population Health
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Masters of Health Sciences (Clinical Epidemiology) University of British Columbia 31-Dec-1991
Doctor of Science Harvard University 31-Dec-1998

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
Determinants of breast cancer risk Chief Investigator VIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION Senior/Public Health Research Fellowships 20/06/1999
Epidemiology of Hereditary Haemochromatosis Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2003
Molecular epidemiology of ovarian cancer: Australian ovarian cancer study - Western Australia, Tasmania and a national clinical follow-up Chief Investigator CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA Grants-in-Aid 01/01/2003
Applying statistical models to mammographic screening data to understand growth and progression of Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ Chief Investigator US DEPT OF DEFENSE Breast Cancer Research Program - Concept Award (UNITED STATES DEPT OF DEFENSE) 18/08/2003
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OVARIAN CANCER: THE AUSTRALIAN OVARIAN CANCER STUDY - CLINICAL FOLLOW-UP CORE Chief Investigator CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA Grants-in-Aid 01/01/2005
AUSTRALIAN OVARIAN CANCER STUDY (AOCS): A MULTIDISCIPLINARY OVARIAN CANCER RESOURCE FOR THE GENOMICS ERA Chief Investigator NHMRC Enabling Grant 01/01/2006
GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN INVASIVE CERVICAL CANCER: A TWIN STUDY Chief Investigator CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA Grants-in-Aid 01/01/2007
Molecular epidemiology of chronic disease and cancer Chief Investigator NHMRC Population Health Career Development Award

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • SNP selection for genes of iron metabolism ina study of genetic modifiers of hemochromatosis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Medical Genetics
    Volume: 2008
    Page numbers: 9-18
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of different methods for including 'age at menopause' in analyses of the association between hormone replacement therapy use and breast cancer
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 11-16
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  • Forecasting age-specific breast cancer mortality using functional data models
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Statistics in Medicine
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 458-470
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  • Iron-overload-related disease in HFE Hereditary Hemochromatosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: New England Journal of Medicine
    Volume: 358
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 221-230
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Urban-Rural differences in the management of screen-detected invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ in Victoria


    Year: 2006
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 996-1001
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  • Body size and composition and risk of rectal cancer (Australia)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cancer Causes & Control
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 1291-1297
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  • Determinants of false positive recall in an Australian mammographic screening program
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Breast
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 510-518
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  • Dietary carbohydrate, fibre, glycaemic index, glycaemic load and the risk fo postmenopausal breast cancer
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 118
    Page numbers: 1843-1847
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  • Hormone therapy and breast cancer: what factors modify the assocation?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Menopause
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 178-184
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  • The natural history of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: a review
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Volume: 97
    Page numbers: 135-144
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • RAD52 Y415X truncation polymorphism and epithelial ovarian cancer risk in Australian women
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cancer Letters
    Volume: 218
    Page numbers: 191-197
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • A comparison of estradiol levels between women with a hysterectomy and ovarian conservation and women with an intact uterus
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Climacteric
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 300-303
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  • Body size an composition and colon cancer risk in women
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 118
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1496-1500
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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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  • Dietary carbohydrate, fibre, glycaemic index, glycaemic load and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 118
    Page numbers: 1843-1847
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  • Does dietary folate intake modify effect of alcohol consumption on breast cancer risk? Prospective cohort study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: British Medical Journal
    Volume: 331
    Issue: 7520
    Page numbers: 807
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  • Hormone replacement therapy, percent mammographic density, and sensitivity of mammography
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1060-1064
    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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  • Use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and survival following breast cancer diagnosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Breast
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 192-200
    Publisher: Churchill Livingstone(Leith Walkedinburgh)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Body size and composition and colon cancer risk in men
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 553-559
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  • Body size and composition and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 2117-2125
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  • 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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  • Incidence of invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ in a screening program by age: should older women continue screening?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1569-1573
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Body size and composition and prostate cancer risk
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 12
    Issue: December
    Page numbers: 1417-1421
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  • Duration of hormone replacement therapy, breast tumour size and grade in a screening programme
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Volume: 80
    Page numbers: 267-273
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  • Population genetic screening for hereditary haemochromatosis.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 179
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 517-518
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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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

Book Chapters

  • Ovarian Cancer
    Year: 2002
    Book: Textbook of Cancer Epidemiology
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Cytochrome P450 1A1, and Breast Cancer Risk in the Nurses' Health Study
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 1560-1565
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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  • Public health aspects of genetic screening for hereditary haemochromatosis in Australia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 518-524
    Publisher: Public Health Association of Australia(Curtin)
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