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DR CARMEL APICELLA



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Organization: Population Health
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (MEGA)
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 01-Apr-2001
Master of Science University of Melbourne 01-Jan-1994

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
What are the breast cancer risks for an Australian women who carries a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes? Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
Is early life growth related to breast density in middle-age women? Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • 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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  • 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

  • Predicting BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carriers: comparison of LAMBDA, BRCAPRO, Myriad II, and modified Couch models
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Familial Cancer
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 473-482
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  • Smoking and risk of breast cancer in carriers of mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 aged less than 50 years
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 9621-9629
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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

  • BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, oral contraceptive use, and breast cancer before age 50
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1863-1870
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  • A discrete choice experiment of preferences for genetic counselling among Jewish women seeking cancer genetics services
    Year: 2006
    Journal: British Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 95
    Page numbers: 1448-1453
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  • Determinants of preferences for genetic counselling in Jewish women
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Familial Cancer
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 159-167
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  • The AIB1 polyglutamine repeat does not modify breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 76-79
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Predictors of participation in clinical and psychosocial follow-up of the kConFab breast cancer family cohort
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Familial Cancer
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 105-113
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Dordrecht)
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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

  • Psychological impact of genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibility in women of Ashkenazi Jewish background: a prospective study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Genetic Testing
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 240-247
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Log odds of carrying an ancestral mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 for a defined personal and family history in an Ashkenazi Jewish woman (LAMBDA)
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: R206-R216
    Publisher: Publications Current Science(London)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Atypical pharmacokinetics and excretion of new platinum analogues in rodents
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 87-92
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