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A/PROF JOHN COLLINS



Contact Details

Organization: Surgery - Royal Melbourne and Western Hospital
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Homepage: www.mh.org.au
Work: 9349 4688
Building: Main Block
Campus: Royal Melbourne Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Breast Cancer Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Institution not known
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member NHMRC Member 01-Jan-2003
Member Victorian Cancer Oncology Group Member 01-Jan-1988

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS)
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) 01-Jan-1978

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

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

  • Predictors of Surgical Margin Status in Breast-Conserving Surgery within a Breast Screening Program
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Annals of Surgical Oncology
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 2542-2549
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Breast surgery.


    Year: 2006
    Book: Textbook of Surgery
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Changes in the management of ductal carcinoma in situ before the release of clinical practice recommendations in Australia: The case in Victoria
    Year: 2006
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 28-34
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of blue dye and isotope with blue dye alone in breast sentinel node biopsy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 75
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 817-821
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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  • Prognostic value of extracapsular tumor spread for locoregional control in premenopausal patients with node-positive breast cancer treated with classical cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil: long-term observations from international breast cancer study group trial VI
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 28
    Page numbers: 7089-7097
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  • Quality of care for women presenting with benign breast conditions
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 357-358
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Site of primary tumour has a prognostic role in operable breast cancer: the international breast cancer study group experience
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1390-1400
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Body mass index as a prognostic feature in operable breast cancer: The International Breast Cancer Study Group Experience
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Annals of Oncology
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 875-884
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  • Quantifying trade-offs: quality of life and quality-adjusted survival in a randomized trial of chemotherapy in postmenopausal patients with lymph node-negative breast cancer
    Year: 2004
    Journal: British Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 91
    Page numbers: 1893-1901
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  • The Management of early breast carcinoma before and after the introduction of clinical practice guidelines
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Cancer
    Volume: 101
    Page numbers: 476-485
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Adjuvant breast cancer treatment and cognitive function, Current knowledge and research directions
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
    Volume: 95
    Page numbers: 190-197
    Publisher: National Cancer Institute(Maryland)
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  • Carbon localization for impalpable breast lesions
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Breast
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 264-269
    Publisher: Churchill Livingstone(Leith Walkedinburgh)
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  • Decreased immunoreactivity for p27 protein in early breast cancer iscorrelated with HER2/neu overexpression and with benefit from one course of perioperative chemotherapy in node-negative patients: results from IBCSG Trial V
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Cancer
    Volume: 97
    Page numbers: 1591-1600
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  • Ki-67 in breast cancer: its association with grading systems, clinical parameters, and other prognostic factors- a surrogate marker?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Cancer
    Volume: 97
    Page numbers: 1321-1331
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  • Risk factors for locl-regional recurrence among breast cancer patients: Results from International Breast Cancer Study Group Trials I-VII
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 1205-1213
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Surgical management of ductal carcinoma in situ in Australia in 1995
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 708-715
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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