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DR MICHAEL JEFFORD



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Homepage: www.medstv.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 03 9656 1697
Building: No Building
Campus: Peter Maccallum Hospital

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Monash University
Bachelor of Medicine Monash University

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

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
Tailoring interventions for adult cancer survivors Principal Supervisor NHMRC Scholarships 01/01/2009

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

  • Preparing patients for threatening medical treatments:effects of a chemotherapy educational DVD on anxiety, unmet needs and self-efficacy


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Supportive Care in Cancer
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 37-45
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  • Anticoagulation prophylaxis for central venous
    catheter-associated thrombosis in cancer patients:
    An Australian perspective
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 2-5
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  • Chemotherapy Dosing Strategies in the Obese, Elderly, and
    Thin Patient: Results of a Nationwide Survey
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Oncology Practice
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 108-113
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  • Chemotherapy Treatments for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Is Evidence-Based Medicine in Practice?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Oncology Practice
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 271-276
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  • Discussing Expensive
    Anticancer Drugs
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 476-7
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  • Improvement of informed consent and the quality of
    consent documents
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Lancet Oncology
    Volume: 3485-93
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 9
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  • Improvement of informed consent and the quality of
    consent documents
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Lancet Oncology
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 485-93
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  • Nonpharmacologic Strategies for Managing Common
    Chemotherapy Adverse Effects: A Systematic Review
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 34
    Page numbers: 5618
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  • Preparing patients for threatening medical treatments:
    effects of a chemotherapy educational DVD on anxiety,
    unmet needs, and self-efficacy
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Supportive Care in Cancer
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 37-45
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  • Survivorship issues following treatment completion—results
    from focus groups with Australian cancer survivors
    and health professionals
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Cancer Survivorship
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 20-32
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  • Systematic review of peer-support programs for people with cancer
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Patient Education and Counseling
    Volume: 70
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 315-337
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  • Tailored Chemotherapy Information Faxed to General
    Practitioners Improves Confidence in Managing Adverse
    Effects and Satisfaction With Shared Care: Results From a
    Randomized Controlled Trial
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 14
    Page numbers: 2272
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • The development of audio-visual materials to prepare patients for medical procedures: an oncology application


    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Journal of Cancer Care
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 417-423
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  • A phase I/II trial of celecoxib with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of patients with locally advanced oesophageal cancer
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Investigational New Drugs
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 123-9
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  • An audiovisual information resource to assist in the transition from completion of potentially curative treatment for cancer through to survivorship: A systematic development process
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Cancer Survivorship
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 226-236
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  • Development and evaluation of a brief, peer-led communication skills training program for cancer clinicians
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 207-213
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  • Different professionals' knowledge and perceptions of the management of people with pancreatic cancer
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 44-51
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  • Effect of sertraline on symptoms and survival in patients with advanced cancer, but without major depression: a placebo-controlled double-blind randomised trial
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Lancet Oncology
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 603-12
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  • Information about cancer clinical trials: an analysis of Internet resources
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1574-80
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  • Longer consent forms for clinical trials compromise patient understanding: so why are they lengthening?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: e13-4
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  • Severe hypoglycaemia after long-acting octreotide in a patient with an unrecognized malignant insulinoma
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 406-9
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  • The International Cancer Information Service: a worldwide resource
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Cancer Education
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 1 Supp
    Page numbers: S61-9
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Relationship of Hepatic Functional Imaging to Irinotecan Pharmacokinetics and Genetic Parameters of Drug Elimination
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2006
    Page numbers: 4228-4235
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Australia's Cancer Helpline - An audit of utility and caller profile
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 393-394
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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  • Beyond 5-fluorouracil: new horizons in systemic therapy for advanced colorectal cancer
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 607-628
    Publisher: Ashley Publications(London)
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  • Development and evaluation of an information booklet/decision-making guide for patients with colectoral cancer considering therapy in addition to surgery
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Cancer Care
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 16-27
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • Information and support needs of callers to the Cancer Helpline, The Cancer Council Victoria
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Cancer Care
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 113-123
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • Medical paternalism and expensive unsubsidised drugs
    Year: 2005
    Journal: British Medical Journal
    Volume: 331
    Issue: 7524
    Page numbers: 1075-1077
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • Peer support for cancer patients
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 288-289
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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