John Slavin

Clinical, radiological and pathological outcomes following treatment of primary giant cell tumour of bone with Denosumab

Benjamin Murphy, Domagoj Vodanovich, Tim Spelman, James Gullifer, John Slavin, Gerard Powell, Grant Pang, Peter Choong

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Giant cell tumour of bone (GCTOB) is a relatively uncommon, benign, but locally aggressive neoplasm. Denosumab is a fu..

Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: dermal and subcutaneous

Gwyneth Natalie Wong, Angela Webb, David Gyorki, Chris McCormack, Phillip Tran, Samuel Y Ngan, John Slavin, Michael A Henderson

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Leiomyosarcoma of skin (LMS) can be sub-classified on pathology appearances as Dermal or Subcutaneous. ..

The role of Thallium-201 scintigraphy and Tc-99m pentavalent dimercaptosuccinic acid in diagnosis and grading of chondrosarcoma

Olivia Jo, Stephen Schlicht, John Slavin, Claudia Di Bella, Grant Pang, Gerard Powell, Tim Spelman, Peter FM Choong

Journal article  |  2020  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

PURPOSE: Distinguishing between enchondromas and low-grade (grade 1) chondrosarcomas can be challenging. The aim of this study was..

Correlation between percutaneous biopsy and final histopathology for retroperitoneal sarcoma: a single-centre study

Rebekah Young, Hayden Snow, Shona Hendry, Catherine Mitchell, John Slavin, Stephen Schlicht, Lumine Na, Michael S Hofman, David E Gyorki

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Retroperitoneal sarcomas are rare soft tissue tumours accounting for 10-15% of soft tissue sarcomas. Patient prognosis..

Predicting the prognosis of undifferentiated pleomorphic soft tissue sarcoma: a 20-year experience of 266 cases

Domagoj A Vodanovich, Tim Spelman, Deborah May, John Slavin, Peter FM Choong

Journal article  |  2019  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) is a rare malignant tumour of mesenchymal origin, which was conceived follo..

Clinical Features of High-Grade Extremity and Trunk Sarcomas in Patients Aged 80 Years and Older: Why Are Outcomes Inferior?

Jungo Imanishi, Lester WM Chan, Matthew L Broadhead, Grant Pang, Samuel Y Ngan, John Slavin, Stephen Sharp, Peter FM Choong

Journal article  |  2019  |  FRONTIERS IN SURGERY

Background: The population of many countries is aging and a significant number of elderly patients with soft-tissue sarcoma are be..

A Novel Approach to Detect Programed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Status and Multiple Tumor Mutations Using a Single Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Bronchoscopy Specimen

Amanda Vannitamby, Shona Hendry, Tanvi Makadia, Janine Danks, John Slavin, Louis Irving, Daniel Steinfort, Steven Bozinovski

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Multiple biomarkers are under evaluation to guide the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), i..

Dual-energy contrast-enhanced CT to evaluate scaphoid osteonecrosis with surgical correlation

Marcus Pianta, David McCombe, John Slavin, Shona Hendry, Warren Perera

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY

To evaluate the validity of contrast enhanced dual energy CT using a lung perfusion algorithm in assessing for post-traumatic scap..

Importance of preoperative diagnosis for management of patients with suspected retroperitoneal sarcoma

David E Gyorki, Peter FM Choong, John Slavin, Michael A Henderson

Journal article  |  2018  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Soft tissue sarcoma is an umbrella term which encompasses over 60 histological tumour types. Approximately 15% of soft tissue sarc..

Diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography-guided biopsy in pathological fractures

Christopher M Stokes, Osama Elsewaisy, Grant Pang, John L Slavin, Stephen M Schlicht, Peter FM Choong

Journal article  |  2017  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Obtaining a histological diagnosis is essential for appropriate management of pathological fractures. Computed tomogra..