Peter Baade

Sep 8, 2024 | insightplus.mja.com.au | Peter Baade

The Australian Cancer Atlas aims to make a difference for cancer patients by mapping the geographical patterns of cancer data across the country. There is a well established association between the health and wellbeing of people and where they live. This may reflect the scenario where people with similar characteristics tend to live in similar areas.

Sep 1, 2024 | mja.com.au | David Whiteman |Rachel Neale |Peter Baade |Catherine M Olsen

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (5): 251-257. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52404 Published online: 2 September 2024 Cutaneous melanoma, an invasive cancer of the pigment‐producing cells of the skin, is caused by ultraviolet radiation, chiefly from sunlight. Its incidence varies widely across the world.

Aug 13, 2023 | insightplus.mja.com.au | Peter Baade

Australians living in regional and more disadvantaged areas are more likely to have adverse outcomes after a rare cancer diagnosis, but good work is under way to reduce the isolation of regional patients living with these rare conditions. Ironically, rare cancers are not rare. That is, they are rare individually, since the international definition of what constitutes a rare cancer is based on having an incidence rate of fewer than six cases for every 100 000 people.