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PROF PETER FOOK MENG CHOONG



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Organization: Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
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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
MOLECULAR PROFILING OF SARCOMAS TO ENABLE CLINICAL PREDICTION AND ELUCIDATE MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2005
How anaesthesia effects mental function Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
EPITHELIAL - MESENCHYMAL INTERCONVERSIONS IN THE BREAST CANCER METASTATIC CASCADE Chief Investigator CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA Grant in Aid 27/11/2007

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 2007

Journal Articles

  • Acute compartment syndrome: 'to cut or not to cut'. That is the question.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 77
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 712
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  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors and the Need for Anti-angiogenic Therapeutics
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Dental Research
    Volume: 86
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 927-936
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  • Chitosan microparticles encapsulating PEDF plasmid demonstrate efficacy in an orthotopic metastatic model of osteosarcoma
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Biomaterials
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 19
    Page numbers: 3026-33
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  • GFP Expression Alters Osteosarcoma Cell Biology
    Year: 2007
    Journal: DNA and Cell Biology
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 599-601
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  • Human xenograft osteosarcoma models with spontaneous metastasis in mice: clinical relevance and applicability for drug testing
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 133
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 193-8
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  • Inhibition of orthotopic osteosarcoma growth and metastasis by multitargeted antitumor activities of pigment epithelium-derived factor
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Metastasis
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 93-106
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  • Non-viral methods for gene transfer towards osteosarcoma therapy
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Drug Targeting
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 184-9
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  • PEDF-Derived Synthetic Peptides Exhibit Antitumor Activity in an Orthotopic Model of Human Osteosarcoma
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Research
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1671-80
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  • Periprosthetic femoral fractures: a growing but potentially avoidable problem?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 77
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 605-6
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  • Pigmented epithelium-derived factor overexpression inhibits orthotopic osteosarcoma growth, angiogenesis and metastasis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cancer Gene Therapy
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 616-626
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  • RECK - a newly discovered inhibitor of metastasis with prognostic significance in multiple forms of cancer
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 3-4
    Page numbers: 0167-7659
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  • Reconstructions of the shoulder following tumour resection
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 201-6
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  • Salvaging the limb salvage: management of complications following endoprosthetic reconstruction for tumours around the knee
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Journal of Surgical Oncology
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 796-802
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  • Treatment of staphylococcal prosthetic joint infections with debridement, prosthesis retention and oral rifampicin and fusidic acid
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 586-591
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Does the degree of intratumoural microvessel density and VEGF expression have prognostic significance in osteosarcoma?


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Oncology Reports
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 17-23
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  • Surgical Margins for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Size Does Matter


    Year: 2006
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 97
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  • A novel orthotopic murine model provides insights into cellular and molecular characteristics contributing to human
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Metastasis
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 367-380
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  • Anti-angiogenic therapy for osteosarcoma
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 707-713
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  • Biophysical delivery of peptides: applicability for cancer therapy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Peptides
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 3479-3488
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  • Carrier-mediated delivery of peptidic drugs for cancer therapy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Peptides
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 3020-3028
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  • Commonly used mouse models of osteosarcoma
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Critical Reviews in Oncology Hematology
    Volume: 60
    Page numbers: 1-8
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  • Femoral mesenchymal chondrosarcoma with secondary aneurysmal bone cysts mimicking a small-cell osteosarcoma
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Skeletal Radiology
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 311-318
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  • International Seminars in Surgical Oncology
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Seminars in Surgical Oncology
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1-12
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  • Joint Replacement Surgery - Sooner Rather Than Later?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 281
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  • Multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management of osteosarcoma - a review of the St Vincent's Hospital experience
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Seminars in Surgical Oncology
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 38
    Page numbers: 1-8
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  • Outcome of surgical management of bony metastases to the humerus and shoulder girdle: a retrospective analysis of 93 patients
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Seminars in Surgical Oncology
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1-7
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  • PEDF: a potential molecular therapeutic target with multiple anti-cancer activities
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Trends in Molecular Medicine
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 497-502
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  • Parathyroid hormone-related protein localization in breast cancers predict improved prognosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cancer Research
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 2250-2256
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  • Pelvic reconstruction using saddle prosthesis following limb salvage operating for periacetabular tumour
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 155-62
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  • Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for osteoid osteoma: experience with a new treatment