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A/PROF DAVID BALL



Contact Details

Organization: Pathology
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Homepage: http://www.petermac.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 9656 1111
Building: No Building
Campus: Peter Maccallum Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
radiation oncology Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Adelaide University
Bachelor of Medicine Adelaide University
Doctor of Medicine Adelaide University 31-Dec-2001
Diploma The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 31-Dec-1976

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Royal Australasian College of Radiologists Member 10-Aug-2004
Member Australian Medical Asssociation Member 22-Sep-2006
Member Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Member 22-Sep-2006
Member International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Member 22-Sep-2006
Unspecified International Mesothelioma Interest Group Member 22-Sep-2006
Unspecified Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Member 22-Sep-2006
Unspecified European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Member 22-Sep-2006
Unspecified American Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology Member 22-Sep-2006
Unspecified Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group Member 22-Sep-2006

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
Precision high dose radiation using a new technique compared with traditional radiotherapy of lung cancer Chief Investigator CANCER AUSTRALIA Priority-Driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme 01/03/2009

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

  • Stereotactic radiotherapy for nonsmall cell lung cancer
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 297-302
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of CT and positron emission tomography/CT coregistered images in planning radical radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australasian Radiology
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 386-393
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A phase 1 trial of high-dose palliative radiotherapy plus concurrent weekly Vinorelbine and Cisplatin in patients with locally advanced and metastatic NSCLC
    Year: 2005
    Journal: British Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 93
    Page numbers: 652-661
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  • Dose-volume histogram analysis as predictor of radiation pneumonitis in primary lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1355-1363
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  • Letter to the editor regarding F Schwarz et al - are single fractions of radiotherapy suitable for plantar fasciitis?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australasian Radiology
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 257
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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  • Metabolic (FDG-PET) response after radical radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer correlates with patterns of failure
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 49
    Page numbers: 95-108
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • PET imaging for suspected residual tumour or thoracic recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer after pneumonectomy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 49-57
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • Randomized trial of 8Gy in 1 versus 20Gy in 5 fractions of radiotherapy for neuropathic pain due to bone metastases (Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group, TROG 96.05)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Radiotherapy and Oncology
    Volume: 75
    Page numbers: 54-63
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • Tracheo-innominate artery fistula following stenting, surgery and radiotherapy for large glomus tumour of the chest
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 75
    Page numbers: 252-253
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The IASLC staging project: non-small cell lung cancer: a radiation oncologist's perspective
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 11th World Conference on Lung Cancer
    Conference Publication: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 49
    Issue: Supplement 3
    Page numbers: 10-11
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A randomised phase III study of palliative radiation with concomitant carboplatin for brain metastases from non-small cell carcinoma of the lung
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 107-111
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • An open letter to all members of the IASLC
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 119-120
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • Differences of opinion: a survey of knowledge and bias among clinicans regarding the role of chemotherapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Chest
    Volume: 126
    Page numbers: 1985-1993
    Publisher: American College of Chest Physicians(Illinois)
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  • Early FDG-PET imaging after radical radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer: inflammatory changes in normal tissues correlate with tumor response and do not confound thrapeutic response evaluation
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics
    Volume: 60
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 412-418
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  • How should we introduce clinical positron emission tomography in the UK? Oncologists need to have a (clearer) view
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 492-493
    Publisher: Elsevier Science London(London)
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  • Impact of positron emission tomography on the management of patients with small-cell lung cancer
    Year: 2004
    Journal: American Journal of Clinical Oncology - Cancer Clinical Trials
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 164-171
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  • Optimism and survival in lung cancer carcinoma patients
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Cancer
    Volume: 100
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1276-1282
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Chondrosarcoma of bone complicating Ollier's disease: Report of a favourable response to radiotherapy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australasian Radiology
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 322-324
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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  • Consensus report IASLC workshop Bruges, September 2002: pretreatment minimal staging for non-small cell lung cancer
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: S3-S6
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • Consensus: the follow-up of the treated patient
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: S17-S19
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • Discrepancies in volume calculations between different radiotherapy treatment planning systems
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 91-93
    Publisher: Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine
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  • FDG-PET-detected extracranial metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing staging for surgery or radical radiotherapy: survival correlates with metastatic disease burden
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Acta Oncologica
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 48-54
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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  • Phase I/II study of concurrent twice-weekly paclitaxel and weekly cisplatin with radiation therapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 353-361
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • Positron emission tomography is superior to computed tomography scanning for response-assessment after radical radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1285-1292
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Quality assurance experience with the randomized neuropathic bone pain trial (Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group, 96.05)
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Radiotherapy and Oncology
    Volume: 67
    Page numbers: 207-212
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Contemporary management of non-small cell lung cancer in Australia: radiotherapy comes in from the cold
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Cancer Forum
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 161-163
    Publisher: Cancer Council Australia
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  • Display of positron emission tomography with Cadplan
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 67-77
    Publisher: Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine
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  • Failure of T stage to predict survival in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer treated by radiotherapy with or without concomitant chemotherapy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 1007-1013
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  • Measurement of lung tumor volumes using three-dimensional computer planning software
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 566-573
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  • Performance of sodium iodide based 18F-flurodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the characterization of indeterminate pulmonary nodules or masses
    Year: 2002
    Journal: British Journal of Radiology
    Volume: 75
    Page numbers: 114-121
    Publisher: British Institute of Radiology(London)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • 18F-FDG PET provides high-impact and powerful prognostic stratification in staging newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 1596-1604
    Publisher: Society of Nuclear Medicine(Virginia)
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  • Carcinoid tumour of the orbital muscles: a rare occurrence
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australasian Radiology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 179-181
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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  • Clinical impact of 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a prospective study
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 111-118
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Combined modality treatment using concurrent radiotherapy and pharmacologically-guided carboplatin for inoperable and incompletely resected non-small cell lung cancer
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 73-82
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • Exacerbation, then clearance, of mutation-proven Darier's disease of the skin after radiotherapy for bronchial carcinoma: a case of radiation-induced epidermal differentiation?
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Radiation Research
    Volume: 156
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 724-730
    Publisher: Radiation Research Society(Illinois)
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  • F-18 Flurodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Staging in Radical Radiotherapy Candidates with nonsmall Cell Lung Carcinoma. Powerful Correlation with Survival and High Impact on Treatment
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Cancer
    Volume: 92
    Page numbers: 886-895
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(New York)
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  • High rate of detection of unsuspected distant metastases by pet in apparent stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: implications for radical radiation therapy
    Year: 2001
    Journal: International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 287-293
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Imaging with F-18 FDG PET is superior to Tl-201 SPECT in the staging of non-small cell lung cancer for radical radiation therapy
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australasian Radiology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 483-490
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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  • Positron emission tomography in pulmonary masses where tissue diagnosis is unhelpful or not possible
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 175
    Page numbers: 303-307
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Radiation recall reaction following gemcitabine
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Lung Cancer
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 2-3
    Page numbers: 299-302
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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  • Synchronous chemoradiation for squamous carcinomas
    Year: 2001
    Journal: British Medical Journal
    Volume: 322
    Page numbers: 876-878
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • The utility of 18F-FDG PET for suspected recurrent non-small cell lung cancer after potentially curative therapy: impact on management and prognostic stratification
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 1605-1613
    Publisher: Society of Nuclear Medicine(Virginia)
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