Louisa G. Gordon

Jan 12, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Louisa G. Gordon |John Lowe |Doreen Nabukalu

1 BACKGROUND Cancer incidence is rising among children1, 2 and adolescents and young adults (AYA),3 which presents a significant disease and economic burden across the world.4 Globally, in 2020, there were an estimated 204,665 new cases of childhood cancers in children aged 0–14 years and 1,233,225 new cases in AYA aged 15–39 years.5 These were mainly leukemias, and brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors among children, and breast and thyroid cancers among AYA.5 In high-income...

Dec 24, 2023 | publish.csiro.au | Louisa G. Gordon |Paige Preston

Louisa G. Gordon A B C * and Paige Preston C D + Author Affiliations - Author Affiliations A QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Population Health Program, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. B School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Qld, Australia.

Nov 15, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Louisa G. Gordon |Yiu Ming Ho

Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) has the fourth highest incidence of non-cutaneous cancer worldwide, affecting 32.3 per 100 000 people in 2020.1 Its incidence has been increasing steeply.

Nov 9, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Louisa G. Gordon |Stephanie Jones |Suzanne Chambers |Giverny Parker

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Oct 22, 2023 | mja.com.au | Daniel Lindsay |David Whiteman |Catherine M Olsen |Louisa G. Gordon

Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52122 Published online: 23 October 2023 Melanoma incidence and mortality rates in Australia are among the highest in the world.1 The age‐standardised incidence rate in Australia is highest in Queensland (67 per 100 000 population; Australia: 49 per 100 000 population).2 Five‐year survival for people newly diagnosed with melanoma exceeds 90%,3 and most melanomas are detected early and treated with curative intent.4 However, access to medical services, melanoma...