This section provides recent reference details and - where available - links and abstracts for general publications associated with cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. References include journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature. To access our complete database please use our bibliography.
2013
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: New South Wales.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Queensland.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: South Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Victoria.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Western Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Chapman L, Senner AM, Wright FA, Maurice L, Lenthen K, O'Dwyer C, Maguire F, O'Brien T (2013)
Aboriginal Australians - unique issues in hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation; 19(2, supplement): S357
Edwards L (2013)
NT chronic conditions prevention and management strategy annual report 2011.
The Chronicle; 25(1): 29-30
Le H, Penniment M, Carruthers S, Roos D, Sullivan T, Baxi S (2013)
Radiation treatment compliance in the Indigenous population: the pilot Northern Territory experience and future directions.
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology; 57(2): 218–221
MacRae A, Thomson N, Anomie, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, McLoughlin N, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Trzesinski A, Urquhart B (2013)
Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2012.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
NICaNAustralia (2013)
NICaN Resources.
: YouTube
This collection of resources from the National Indigenous Cancer Network (NICaN) aim to raise awareness about cancer research and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The videos include information on:
- NICaN partners
- breast cancer awareness and survivor stories
- conference presentations
- policies
- research.
Resources will be added to the collection regularly.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2013)
Report on government services 2013: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
This publication draws on the Report on government services 2013 to present data specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. It reports on the delivery of mainstream services to Indigenous people including services for:
- childcare, education and training
- justice
- emergency management
- health
- community services
- housing and homelessness.
Performance reporting focuses on the degree to which the objective for a service is met. The report details the objective (outcomes) for each service stated and the performance indicators measuring the achievement of each objective.
Improvements in reporting by Indigenous status has allowed for detailed reporting for Indigenous children enrolled and attending preschool and elapsed times for aged care services to Indigenous people.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Thompson SL, Chenhall RD, Brimblecombe JK (2013)
Indigenous perspectives on active living in remote Australia: a qualitative exploration of the socio-cultural link between health, the environment and economics.
BMC Public Health; 13: 473
Retrieved 15 May 2013 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-473
Treloar C, Gray R, Brener L, Jackson C, Saunders V, Johnson P, Harris M, Butow P, Newman C (2013)
“I can’t do this, it’s too much”: building social inclusion in cancer diagnosis and treatment experiences of Aboriginal people, their carers and health workers.
International Journal of Public Health; Online First(http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0466-1):
Zhao Y, Wright J, Begg S, Guthridge S (2013)
Decomposing Indigenous life expectancy gap by risk factors: a life table analysis..
Population Health Metrics; 11: 1
Retrieved 29 January 2013 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-11-1
2012
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)
Australian health survey: first results, 2011-12.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (2012)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework: 2012 report.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing
This is the fourth report under the auspice of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council to measure progress against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework (HPF). The framework has become one of the key means of monitoring progress in Closing the gap between Indigenous and other Australians. It was reviewed and revised in 2011 and now includes 68 key measures (previously 71 measures) under the following tiers:
- Tier 1-Health status and outcomes: measures the prevalence of health conditions including disease or injury, human function, life expectancy, wellbeing and deaths.
- Tier 2-Determinants of health: measures of the determinants of health, including socioeconomic status, environmental factors and health behaviours.
- Tier 3-Health system performance: measures of the health system, including effectiveness, responsiveness, accessibility, continuity, capability and sustainability.
The aim of the report is to promote accountability, inform policy and research, and generate informed debate. The report includes an overview of current national policies and strategies, and data analysis for each of the three tiers.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2012)
Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (2012)
Cancer in Australia: an overview 2012.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (2012)
Cancer in Australia: an overview 2012: supplementary tables.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (2012)
Cancer in Australia: in brief 2012.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Australia's health 2012.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Multiple causes of death: an analysis of all natural and selected chronic disease causes of death 1997–2007.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
National Centre for Monitoring Cancer: framework 2012.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Cancer Council NSW (2012)
Cancer Council NSW reconciliation action plan.
Sydney: Cancer Council NSW
Christou A, Thompson SC (2012)
Colorectal cancer screening knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intention among Indigenous Western Australians.
BMC Public Health; 12: 528
Retrieved 18 July 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-528
Garvey G, Beesley VL, Janda M, Jacka C, Green AC, O'Rourke P, Valery PC (2012)
The development of a supportive care needs assessment tool for Indigenous people with cancer.
BMC Cancer; 12: 300
Retrieved 20 July 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-300
Garvey G, Bernardes CM (2012)
Genetic research in Indigenous health: significant progress, substantial challenges [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia; 197(7): 383-384
Miller J, Knott VE, Wilson C, Roder D (2012)
A review of community engagement in cancer control studies among Indigenous people of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA.
European Journal of Cancer Care; 21(3): 283–295
New South Wales Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence (2012)
The health of Aboriginal people of NSW: report of the Chief Health Officer 2012.
Sydney: New South Wales Ministry of Health
Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA (2012)
The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Perth and Peel Regions edition.
2nd ed. Perth, WA: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA
The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Perth and Peel Regions edition celebrates the achievement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and organisations across the state of Western Australia (WA) in contributing to the health and social wellbeing of its Indigenous population.
This edition of the storybook - the second in a series produced by the Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA - focuses on the Perth and Peel regions of WA, and contains 13 stories. The stories showcase programs and initiatives over a range of social, economic, health and environmental health areas that aim to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of Indigenous people.
Abstract adapted from the Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Tripartite Committee (2012)
Planning for the best: tripartite national strategic plan for radiation oncology 2012-2022.
Sydney, NSW: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2012)
Report on government services 2012: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
This report draws on the Report on government services 2012 to present data specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. It reports on the delivery of mainstream services to Indigenous people including services for:
- early childhood, education and training
- justice
- emergency management
- health
- community services
- housing and homelessness.
Performance reporting focuses on the degree to which objective for a service is met. The report details the objective (outcomes) for each services stated and the performance indicators measuring the achievement of each objective.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Thomson N, MacRae A, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Urquhart B (2012)
Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
2011
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework: 2010 report.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing
This is the third report developed under the auspice of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council to measure progress against the National strategic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health as well as the more recent measures introduced under Closing the gap national partnerships.
The performance framework reports on the three tiers of health:
- health status and outcomes: this includes measures of prevalence of disease or injury, human function, life expectancy and wellbeing
- measures of the health determinants: this includes socioeconomic status, environmental factors and health behaviours
- health system performance: this includes effectiveness, responsiveness, accessibility and sustainability.
Major findings of the report include:
- a significant decline in Indigenous deaths due to avoidable causes
- narrowing of the mortality gap
- reduction in infant mortality
- chronic diseases are a continuing concern, contributing to two thirds of the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- there were slight reductions in literacy and numeracy gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students
- risky behaviours, such as smoking and lack of physical activity, were continuing concerns among Indigenous people
- access to, and utilisation of medical services is less than expected given higher levels of illness
- access to medical services is more difficult in remote than non-remote areas.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Cancer Australia (2011)
Lung cancer in Australia: an overview.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Luke C, Sargent N, Pittman K, Price T, Roder D (2011)
Epidemiology of cancers of the kidney in an Australian population.
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention; 12(11): 2893-2899
Stumpers S, Thomson N, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Urquhart B (2011)
Overview of the health of Indigenous people in Western Australia 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Thompson SC, Shahid S, Greville HS, Bessarab D (2011)
“A whispered sort of stuff”: a community report on research around Aboriginal people’s beliefs about cancer and experiences of cancer care in Western Australia.
Perth, WA: Cancer Council Western Australia
This report details information about a research project conducted on Aboriginal people's beliefs about cancer, and experiences of cancer care in Western Australia. The report includes information on what the research was about, how the research was conducted, what was found as a result of the research project and what recommendations have been made based on the research findings. The report also outlines how the research has been disseminated, and the associated outcomes that have been achieved since the project's completion.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Victorian Department of Health (2011)
Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care partnership (AHPACC) initiative: guidelines and strategic directions 2011–14.
Melbourne: Victorian Department of Health
White KJ, Roydhouse JK, D'Abrew NK, Katris P, O'Connor M, Emery L (2011)
Unmet psychological and practical needs of patients with cancer in rural and remote areas of Western Australia.
Rural and Remote Health; 11: 1784
Retrieved 17 August 2011 from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1784.pdf
Willis EM, Dwyer J, Owada K, Couzner L, King D, Wainer J (2011)
Indigenous women’s expectations of clinical care during treatment for a gynaecological cancer: rural and remote differences in expectations.
Australian Health Review; 35(1): 99-103
2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2010.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (2010)
Ovarian cancer in Australia: an overview, 2010.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
Australia's health 2010: the twelfth biennial report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australia's health 2010 was released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare as the twelfth edition of its biennial national health report. The report shows that Australia is one of the healthiest nations in the world, with most Australians generally have good health and access to a range of good health care services, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to have much poorer health than the general population.
Health information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is included in various sections of the report but particularly in chapter 5.1 which compiles information about demographic profiles, health status, disability rates and service use. The section highlights that Indigenous Australians are continuing to die at much younger ages than non-Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians also continue to have a greater disease burden, higher rates of disability and a lower quality of life than other Australians. The section concludes with information on behaviours and health risk factors that shape the health status of Indigenous peoples such as tobacco use, alcohol misuse, illicit drug use, and housing conditions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
Cancer in Australia 2010: an overview.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Baade PD, Aitken JF, Ferguson M, Gardiner RA, Chambers SK (2010)
Diagnostic and treatment pathways for men with prostate cancer in Queensland: investigating spatial and demographic inequalities.
BMC Cancer; 10: 452
Retrieved 23 August 2010 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-10-452
Cancer survivor (2010)
My journey through breast cancer.
The Chronicle; 17(2): 24
Christou EM, Damian DL, Thompson JF (2010)
Regressing metastatic melanoma and vitiligo-like depigmentation in an Indigenous Australian [letters].
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(3): 171
Croager EJ, Eades T, Pratt IS, Slevin T (2010)
Impact of a short, culturally relevant training course on cancer knowledge and confidence in Western Australia's Aboriginal health professionals.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 34(s1): S76-S79
Griffiths K, Zhang X, Condon J (2010)
Cancer outcomes for Indigenous Australians (COFIA): heatlh system performance and outcomes for Indigenous Australians with cancer: a national study.
The Chronicle; 17(2): 17
Luke C, Price T, Roder D (2010)
Epidemiology of cancer of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts in an Australian population.
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention; 11(6): 1479-1485
Miller J, Knott V, Wilson C, Cunningham J, Condon J, Roder D, Bowden J, Chong A, Doherty T, Griffiths K, McNamara C, Miller C (2010)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer control research project.
Canberra: Cancer Australia
Moore SP, O’Rourke PK, Mallitt K-A, Garvey G, Green AC, Coory MD, Valery PC (2010)
Cancer incidence and mortality in Indigenous Australians in Queensland, 1997–2006.
Medical Journal of Australia; 193(10): 590-593
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2010)
Report on government services 2010: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
Threlfall TJ, Thompson JR (2010)
Cancer incidence and mortality in Western Australia, 2008.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Victorian Department of Health (2010)
Men's health and wellbeing strategy 2010–2014.
Melbourne: Department of Health, Victoria
Women’s Health Goulburn North East (2010)
Exposed: a literature review of the issues of women's cancers in Australian Aboriginal communities.
Wangaratta, Vic: Women’s Health Goulburn North East
2009
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (2009)
Breast cancer in Australia: an overview, 2009.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)
BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2005-2006.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Baade P, Turrell G, Aitken J (2009)
Geographical inequalities in colorectal cancer survival: possible implications for Indigenous people.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 33(6): 9,14
Carter SM, Hookera LC, Daveya HM (2009)
Writing social determinants into and out of cancer control: an assessment of policy practice.
Social Science & Medicine; 68(8)
Retrieved 23 February 2009 from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-4VP5700-1&_user=1385697&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000052520&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1385697&md5=ef4752fc5a8d5170c5260b420b664014
Condon JR, Rumbold AR, Thorn JC, O'Brien MM, Davy MJ, Zardawi I (2009)
A cluster of vulvar cancer and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia in young Australian Indigenous women.
Cancer Causes and Control; 20(1): 67-74
Croft C (2009)
Chronic conditions prevention and management strategy 2010-2020.
The Chronicle; 15(4): 31
Janakiraman R, Thomas ME (2009)
Does HPV play a role in the outcome of head and neck cancer among Indigenous patients.
ANZ Journal of Surgery; 79(s1): A66
Janda M, DiSipio T, Hurst C, Cella D, Newman B (2009)
The Queensland cancer risk study: general population norms for the functional assessment of cancer therapy-general (FACT-G).
Psycho-Oncology; 18(6): 606-614
Martin JH, Coory MD, Valery PC, Green AC (2009)
Association of diabetes with survival among cohorts of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with cancer.
Cancer Causes and Control; 20(3): 355-360
Roder D, Currow D (2009)
Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia.
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention; 10(5): 729-733
Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2009)
Report on Government services 2009: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
Indigenous data from the Report of Government services 2009 are compiled in this compendium to provide a focus on the purchase and supply of services. In this edition, government services are divided into the following categories: early childhood, education and training, justice, emergency management, health, community services and housing. For each category a framework of performance indicators highlights the level of objectives attained regarding the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of services. The interpretation of the data enable comparisons of Commonwealth and State Government services, including intra-government services.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Stumpers S, Thomson N (2009)
Review of cancer among Indigenous peoples.
Retrieved from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/chronic-conditions/cancer/reviews/our-review
2008
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (2008)
Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)
Australia's health 2008: the eleventh biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australia's health 2008 was released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare as the eleventh edition of its biennial national health report. The report shows that Australia is one of the healthiest nations in the world, with most Australians generally have good health and access to a range of good health care services, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to have much poorer health than the general population.
Section 3.2 of the report compiles health information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Information about the demographic profile, health status, disability rates, and service use is provided. The section highlights that despite improvements in Indigenous death rates, the overall gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous rates appears to be widening with Indigenous Australians continuing to die at much younger ages. Indigenous Australians also continue to have a greater disease burden, higher rates of disability and a lower quality of life than other Australians. The section concludes with information on behaviours and health risk factors that shape the health status of Indigenous peoples such as tobacco use, alcohol misuse, illicit drug use, and housing conditions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)
Indicators for chronic diseases and their determinants: 2008.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Boffa J (2008)
Cancer care for Indigenous Australians: the great divide [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia; 188(10): 560-561
Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (2008)
Chronic conditions program.
Canberra: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Cunningham J, Rumbold AR, Zhang X, Condon JR (2008)
Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in Indigenous peoples in Australia.
Lancet Oncology; 9(6): 585-595
Luke C, Koczwara B, Karapetis C, Pittman K, Price T, Kotasek D, Beckman K, Brown MP, Roder D (2008)
Exploring the epidemiological characteristics of cancers of unknown primary site in an Australian population: implications for research and clinical care.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 32(4): 383-389
Murdoch S (2008)
Think pink! Stop breast cancer.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(6): 14-16
Newman C, Butow P, Knight R, McMillan K, Treloar C, Kippax S (2008)
Cancer and Aboriginal people in Australia: a review of the literature.
Critical Public Health; 18(1): 65-75
Newman C, Treloar C, Brener L, Ellard J, O'Connell D, Butow P, Supramaniam R, Dillon A (2008)
Aboriginal patterns of cancer care: a five-year study in New South Wales.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(3): 6-7
Population Health Division (NSW) (2008)
The health of the people of New South Wales – report of the Chief Health Officer, data book – Aboriginal peoples.
Sydney: NSW Department of Health
Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2008)
Report on Government services 2008: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
This compendium was produced by the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (SCRGSP) as a part of its Report on Government Services, an annual review of the performance government services provided in each jurisdiction.
The compendium, which contains all Indigenous data reported in the main report, includes information about: the Indigenous health workforce; selected health indicators; use of public hospitals; use of Indigenous community healthcare services; and health management issues.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
2007
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Cancer in Australia, 2006.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Rural, regional and remote health: a study on mortality (2nd edition).
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Cancer Council of New South Wales (2007)
No transport no treatment: community transport to health services in NSW.
Sydney: Cancer Council of New South Wales
Condon J (2007)
Submission to Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee inquiry into services and treatment options for persons with cancer.
Casuarina: Menzies School of Health Research
Hoy W, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Smith J, Sharma S (2007)
Western Australian chronic disease outreach program: Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service final report.
Brisbane: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland and Kidney Disease Research and Prevention
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2007)
Report on government services 2007: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission