Meron Pitcher

Unmet information needs predict anxiety in early survivorship in young women with breast cancer.

Kristen Barr, David Hill, Ashley Farrelly, Meron Pitcher, Victoria White

Journal article  |  2020  |  J Cancer Surviv

PURPOSE: To examine variations in anxiety and longitudinal associations between unmet supportive care needs and elevated anxiety i..

Victoria's perioperative response to theCOVID-19 pandemic

David A Watters, Wendy Brown, Andrew Hardidge

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Surgical Collaborative Research (SCoRe): a model to improve research output among surgical trainees

Milton Mui, Justin MC Yeung, Meron Pitcher, Julian Choi

Journal article  |  2019  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Physical activity and breast cancer survivors: Importance of adherence, motivational interviewing and psychological health.

Supa Pudkasam, Remco Polman, Meron Pitcher, Melanie Fisher, Nanthaphan Chinlumprasert, Lily Stojanovska, Vasso Apostolopoulos

Journal article  |  2018  |  Maturitas

Behavioral change theories have been used to support interventions that increase both motivation for and adherence to physical act..

Laparoscopic or open appendicectomy for suspected appendicitis in pregnancy and evaluation of foetal outcome in Australia

Nicole N Winter, Glenn D Guest, Michael Bozin, Benjamin N Thomson, G Bruce Mann, Stephanie BM Tan, David A Clark, Jurstine Daruwalla, Vijayaragavan Muralidharan, Neeha Najan, Meron E Pitcher, Karina Vilhelm, Michael R Cox, Steven E Lane, David A Watters

Journal article  |  2017  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Recent data suggest that laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA) in pregnancy is associated with higher rates of foetal loss ..

A multisite cancer survivorship clinical placement program for primary care practitioners (PCPs).

Michael Jefford, Georgina Wiley, Amanda Piper, Judy Evans, Linda Nolte, Allison Drosdowsky, Liz Simkiss, Kathryn Whitfield, Julie Cairns, Giovanna Raco, Bruce Mann, Kerry Shanahan, Meron Pitcher, Bianca Bell

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

95 Background: Following a successful pilot, a survivorship placement program for PCPs (general practitioners (GPs) and general p..

Implementation and evaluation of a checklist to improve patient care on surgical ward rounds

Meron Pitcher, Joshua TW Lin, Graeme Thompson, Ammar Tayaran, Steven Chan

Journal article  |  2016  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Key aspects of care may be overlooked on a busy surgical ward round. This study assessed the use of a checklist to cor..

New treatment sequence protocol to reconstruct locally advanced breast cancer.

Patrick Tansley, Kelvin Ramsey, Shirley Wong, Mario Guerrieri, Meron Pitcher, Damien Grinsell

Journal article  |  2013  |  ANZ J Surg

BACKGROUND: Current treatment for locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) includes neoadjuvant chemotherapy and post-mastectomy radi..

Improving the impact of didactic resident training with online spaced education

David E Gyorki, Tim Shaw, James Nicholson, Caroline Baker, Meron Pitcher, Anita Skandarajah, Eva Segelov, G Bruce Mann

Journal article  |  2013  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Educational programmes are frequently developed to improve the knowledge of medical trainees. The impact of a programm..

Estrogen related pancreatitis in the setting of plasma lipids

DW BLAKE, ME PITCHER

Journal article  |  2003  |  Menopause