1 Tumour Suppression Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2 Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 3 Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 4 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia *Correspondence: ygal.haupt...

1 Tumour Suppression Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2 Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 3 Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 4 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, 5 Onc...

1 Metastasis Research Laboratory, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia, 2 School of Cancer Medicine, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia, 3 School of Medicine at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 4 Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 5 Breast Cancer Risk and Preven...

BACKGROUND Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important outcome measure in health economic evaluation that guides health resource allocations. Population norms for HRQoL are an essential ingredient in health economics and in the evaluation of population health. The aim of this study was to produce EQ-5D-3L-derived population norms for Sri Lanka. METHOD A population sample (n =  780)...

BACKGROUND For cost-utility analyses, data on health state utilities, as provided by the EQ-5D-3L, is needed but not always available. This study specified mapping algorithms from the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) index to the EQ-5D-3L index adjusted for specific socio-demographic variables for patients with depressive disorders. AIMS OF THE STUDY The objective of this study was to specify ...

The present study examines the prevalence of women who continue to have vaginal intercourse (VIC) despite pain, avoid telling the partner, and feign enjoyment. It also considers the reasons for this behavior. A sample of 1566 female senior high school students (aged 18-22 years) completed a questionnaire concerning their experiences and attitudes toward their body and sexuality. Forty-seven per...

OBJECTIVES To determine the proportion of patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD) in two Australian studies (VIC-I in 1996-1998, and VIC-II in 1999-2000) who achieved their risk-factor targets as recommended by the National Heart Foundation of Australia, and to compare this proportion with those in studies from the United Kingdom (ASPIRE), Europe (EUROASPIRE I and II) and the Uni...