David Ball

TP53 Status, Patient Sex, and the Immune Response as Determinants of Lung Cancer Patient Survival.

Donald Freudenstein, Cassandra Litchfield, Franco Caramia, Gavin Wright, Benjamin J Solomon, David Ball, Simon P Keam, Paul Neeson, Ygal Haupt, Sue Haupt

Journal article  |  2020  |  Cancers

Lung cancer poses the greatest cancer-related death risk and males have poorer outcomes than females, for unknown reasons. Patient..

Does institutional patient accrual volume impact overall survival in patients with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer receiving radical (chemo)radiation? A secondary analysis of TROG 99.05

Mun Yee Tan, Richard Fisher, David Ball

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Adverse respiratory outcomes following conventional long-course radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer in patients with pre-existing pulmonary fibrosis: A comparative retrospective study

Clare Bajraszewski, Renee Manser, James Chu, R Ashley Cox, Phillip Tran, Mary Duffy, Louis Irving, Alan Herschtal, Shankar Siva, David Ball

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Radiation oncology trainee research requirements - re-thinking our intention and approach

Wee Loon Ong, Tze Lui Koh, Cristian Udovicich, Gerrard G Hanna, David Ball, Jeremy Millar, Farshad Foroudi

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Lung organ-at-risk volumes: A survey of practice and the need for a consistent definition in the 4DCT era

Shalini Vinod, Callie Choong, Philip Vial, Tomas Kron, David Ball

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

SABR-COMET: a new paradigm of care lights up the twilight of metastatic disease

Paolo Sogono, David L Ball, Shankar Siva

Journal article  |  2019  |  Annals of Translational Medicine

What Influences Patient Decision-Making About Lung-Cancer Treatment? A Discrete Choice Experiment

F Hegi-Johnson, M Haas, D Ball, G Wright, R De Abreu Lourenco

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

A Prospective Study of Swallowing and Voice Outcomes After Treatment for Small-Cell Lung Cancer

J Frowen, K Gough, J Phipps-Nelson, R Hughes, S Siva, A Drosdowsky, B Solomon, N Kiss, M Duffy, D Ball

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

A Post-Hoc Analysis of TROG 09.02 (CHISEL) Phase III Trial Investigating Pulmonary Function Changes After SABR and Conformal Radiation Therapy

N Bucknell, T Kron, A Herschtal, L Irving, S Siva, D Ball

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Low recurrence of lung adenoid cystic carcinoma with radiotherapy and resection

Varun J Sharma, Ankit Gupta, Nima Yaftian, David Ball, Robin Brown, Stephen Barnett, Phillip Antippa

Journal article  |  2019  |  ANZ Journal of Surgery

BACKGROUND: Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare cause of thoracic malignancy, and the prognosis may depend on the extent of surgica..

PET-detected pneumonitis following curative-intent chemoradiation in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): recognizing patterns and assessing the impact on the predictive ability of FDG-PET/CT response assessment

Amir Iravani, Guy-Anne Turgeon, Tim Akhurst, Jason W Callahan, Mathias Bressel, Sarah J Everitt, Shankar Siva, Michael S Hofman, Rodney J Hicks, David L Ball, Michael P Mac Manus

Journal article  |  2019  |  European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Systematic endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration improves radiotherapy planning in non-small cell lung cancer

Aidan Joseph Cole, Nicholas Hardcastle, Guy-Anne Turgeon, Roshini Thomas, Louis B Irving, Barton R Jennings, David Ball, Tomas Kron, Daniel P Steinfort, Shankar Siva

Journal article  |  2019  |  ERJ Open Research

Objectives: Patients suitable for radical chemoradiotherapy for lung cancer routinely have radiotherapy (planning) volumes based o..

TNM in non-small cell lung cancer: a staging system for all oncologists or just for surgeons?

David Ball

Journal article  |  2019  |  Annals of Translational Medicine

Development of a multicentre automated model to reduce planning variability in radiotherapy of prostate cancer

V Panettieri, D Ball, A Chapman, N Cristofaro, J Gawthrop, P Griffin, S Herath, S Hoyle, L Jukes, T Kron, C Markham, L Marr, P Moloney, F Nelli, P Ramachandran, A Smith, CJ Hornby

Journal article  |  2019  |  Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology

The potential "additive" thromboembolic risk of radiotherapy

Marliese Alexander, Rebekka Sryjanen, David Ball, Michael MacManus, Kate Burbury

Journal article  |  2019  |  Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

SABR versus conventional fractionation regimens in NSCLC reply

David Ball, Alan Herschtal

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Lancet Oncology

Long-term survival with FDG-PET directed therapy in NSCLC with synchronous solitary brain metastasis

SJ Newman, N Bucknell, M Bressel, P Tran, B Campbell, N Haghighi, D Kok, M MacManus, C Phillips, M Shaw, A Wirth, G Wheeler, D Ball, S Siva

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

Lung Organ-at-Risk volumes - The need for a better definition in the era of 4DCT

S Vinod, C Choong, P Vial, T Kron, D Ball

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

Single Fraction SBRT for Early Stage Lung Cancer-Less is More?

Shankar Siva, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus standard radiotherapy in stage 1 non-small-cell lung cancer (TROG 09.02 CHISEL): a phase 3, open-label, randomised controlled trial

David Ball, G Tao Mai, Shalini Vinod, Scott Babington, Jeremy Ruben, Tomas Kron, Brent Chesson, Alan Herschtal, Marijana Vanevski, Angela Rezo, Christine Elder, Marketa Skala, Andrew Wirth, Greg Wheeler, Adeline Lim, Mark Shaw, Penelope Schofield, Louis Irving, Benjamin Solomon

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Lancet Oncology

PCI in Small Cell-Review the Cohorts

Nicholas W Bucknell, David Ball

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

What F-18-FDG PET Response-Assessment Method Best Predicts Survival After Curative-Intent Chemoradiation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: EORTC, PERCIST, Peter Mac Criteria, or Deauville Criteria?

Guy-Anne Turgeon, Amir Iravani, Tim Akhurst, Alexis Beaulieu, Jason W Callahan, Mathias Bressel, Aidan J Cole, Sarah J Everitt, Shankar Siva, Rodney J Hicks, David L Ball, Michael P Mac Manus

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Radiation Therapy Modulates DNA Repair Efficiency in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Xiaoyu Yin, Joel Mason, Pavel N Lobachevsky, Laura Munforte, Lisa Selbie, David L Ball, Roger F Martin, Trevor Leong, Shankar Siva, Olga A Martin

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Dynamic Thromboembolic Risk Modelling to Target Appropriate Preventative Strategies for Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Marliese Alexander, David Ball, Benjamin Solomon, Michael MacManus, Renee Manser, Bernhard Riedel, David Westerman, Sue M Evans, Rory Wolfe, Kate Burbury

Journal article  |  2019  |  Cancers

PEARL: A randomised phase 3 trial of early referral to palliative care (PC) for patients with advanced thoracic malignancies

Linda R Mileshkin, Jaclyn Yoong, Anna K Nowak, Jennifer Philip, Brian H Lee, Meera Agar, Jane Phillips, Stephen Goodall, Penelope Schofield, Anna Ugalde, David Ball, David Currow, Ian Stubbin, Jennifer S Temel, Katherine Clark, Paula K Lorgelly, Chris Brown, Annette Tognela, Hannora Jurkovic, Antony Mersiades, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Development of the optimal care pathway for cancer of unknown primary

Linda Mileshkin, Laura Holliday, Amey Aurangabadkar, David Ball, David Bowtell, Cindy Bryant, Jonathan Clark, Katherine Clark, Anthony Gill, Julie Gottlieb, Laura Kirsten, Sally Lord, Siobhan O'Neill, Richard Osborne, Penelope Schofield, Martin Tattersall, Robert Thomas, Richard Tothill, Claire Vajdic, Desmond Yip, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Sex-Dependent Staging in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer; Analysis of the Effect of Sex Differences in the Eighth Edition of the Tumor, Node, Metastases Staging System

Zoe Wainer, Gavin M Wright, Karla Gough, Marissa G Daniels, Prudence A Russell, Peter Choong, Matthew Conron, David Ball, Benjamin Solomon

Journal article  |  2018  |  Clinical Lung Cancer

Functional lung imaging in radiation therapy for lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Nicholas W Bucknell, Nicholas Hardcastle, Mathias Bressel, Michael S Hofman, Tomas Kron, David Ball, Shankar Siva

Journal article  |  2018  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

Quality of life in the CHISEL randomized trial of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) versus standard radiotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer (Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group 09.02)

D Ball, GT Mai, S Vinod, S Babington, J Ruben, T Kron, B Chesson, A Herschtal, M Vanevski, A Rezo, C Elder, M Skala, A Wirth, G Wheeler, A Lim, M Shaw, P Schofield, L Irving, B Solomon

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  Annals of Oncology

Lung Cancer Stigma across the Social Network: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives

Stefano Occhipinti, Jeff Dunn, Dianne L O'Connell, Gail Garvey, Patricia C Valery, David Ball, Kwun M Fong, Shalini Vinod, Suzanne Chambers

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Association of primary, nodal and total metabolic tumor volume with response assessment and overall survival in non-surgical non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated by radical chemo-radiotherapy

Amir Iravani, Guy-Anne Turgeon, T Akhurst, Mathias Bressel, Sarah Everitt, Shankar Siva, Michael Hofman, Rodney Hicks, David Ball, Michael MacManus

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Inflammatory non-tumor FDG uptake in the lung on early follow-up PET/CT in non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated by chemo-radiotherapy: association with response and overall survival

Amir Iravani, Guy-Anne Turgeon, T Akhurst, Mathias Bressel, Sarah Everitt, Shankar Siva, Michael Hofman, Rodney Hicks, David Ball, Michael MacManus

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Dynamic thromboembolism risk modelling in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a prospective cohort study

M Alexander, D Ball, B Solomon, M MacManusb, R Manser, B Riedel, D Westerman, SM Evans, R Wolfe, K Burbury

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  Thrombosis Research

Single Fraction Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy for Oligometastasis: Outcomes from 132 Consecutive Patients

S Gandhidasan, D Ball, T Kron, M Bressel, M Shaw, J Chu, S Chander, G Wheeler, N Plumridge, B Chesson, S David, S Siva

Journal article  |  2018  |  Clinical Oncology

Development of a hospital-based patient-reported outcome framework for lung cancer patients: a study protocol

Natasha Moloczij, Karla Gough, Benjamin Solomon, David Ball, Linda Mileshkin, Mary Duffy, Mei Krishnasamy

Journal article  |  2018  |  Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Credentialing of radiotherapy centres in Australasia for TROG 09.02 (Chisel), a Phase III clinical trial on stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy of early stage lung cancer

Tomas Kron, Brent Chesson, Nicholas Hardcastle, Melissa Crain, Natalie Clements, Mark Burns, David Ball

Journal article  |  2018  |  The British Journal of Radiology

Survival difference according to mutation status in a prospective cohort study of Australian patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung carcinoma

Lavinia Tan, Marliese Alexander, Ann Officer, Michael MacManus, Linda Mileshkin, Ross Jennens, Dishan Herath, Richard de Boer, Stephen B Fox, David Ball, Benjamin Solomon

Journal article  |  2018  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Sixty years ago: The birth of The Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

David Ball

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Patterns of health services utilization in the last two weeks of life among cancer patients: Experience in an Australian academic cancer center

Wee Loon Ong, Richard Khor, Mathias Bressel, Phillip Tran, Jo Tedesco, Keen Hun Tai, David Ball, Gillian Duchesne, Farshad Foroudi

Journal article  |  2017  |  Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Impact of sex on prognostic host factors in surgical patients with lung cancer

Zoe Wainer, Gavin M Wright, Karla Gough, Marissa G Daniels, Peter Choong, Matthew Conron, Prudence A Russell, Naveed Z Alam, David Ball, Benjamin Solomon

Journal article  |  2017  |  ANZ Journal of Surgery

Prospective Study of Serial Imaging Comparing Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Fluorothymidine PET During Radical Chemoradiation for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Reduction of Detectable Proliferation Associated With Worse Survival

Sarah Everitt, David Ball, Rodney J Hicks, Jason Callahan, Nikki Plumridge, Jenny Trinh, Alan Herschtal, Tomas Kron, Michael Mac Manus

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Thrombogenic Biomarkers in Patients with NSCLC - Associations with Thrombosis, Progression, and Survival

M Alexander, D Ball, B Solomon, M Macmanus, R Manser, B Riedel, D Westerman, S Evans, R Wolfe, K Burbury

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY

The Lung Cancer Prognostic Index - a Risk Score to Predict Overall Survival after the Diagnosis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

M Alexander, R Wolfe, D Ball, M Conron, R Stirling, B Solomon, M Macmanus, A Officer, S Karnam, K Burbury, S Evans

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Quality of Data Informing Epidemiological Studies in Patients with Lung Cancer

M Alexander, S Evans, R Wolfe, A Officer, R Stirling, M Macmanus, B Solomon, D Ball, K Burbury

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Comparison of EORTC, PERCIST, PeterMac & Deauville PET Response Criteria after Radical ChemoRT in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

G Turgeon, A Iravani, T Akhurst, J Callahan, A Cole, M Bressel, S Everitt, S Siva, D Ball, M Mac Manus

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Developing a Lung Cancer Clinical Quality Registry Framework to Collect Longitudinal Patient-Reported Outcomes

N Moloczij, M Duffy, K Gough, D Ball, B Solomon, L Mileshkin, M Krishnasamy

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

A Randomized Trial of SABR vs Conventional Radiotherapy for Inoperable Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: TROG09.02 (CHISEL)

D Ball, T Mai, S Vinod, S Babington, J Ruben, T Kron, B Chesson, A Herschtal, A Rezo, C Elder, M Skala, A Wirth, G Wheeler, A Lim, M Vanevski, M Shaw

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Credentialing of Radiotherapy Centres in Australasia for a Phase III Clinical Trial on SABR (TROG 09.02 CHISEL)

T Kron, B Chesson, N Hardcastle, M Burns, M Crain, D Ball

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Acute radiation oesophagitis associated with 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose uptake on positron emission tomography/CT during chemo-radiation therapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

Sarah Everitt, Jason Callahan, Eman Obeid, Rodney J Hicks, Michael Mac Manus, David Ball

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Lung cancer prognostic index: a risk score to predict overall survival after the diagnosis of non-small-cell lung cancer

Marliese Alexander, Rory Wolfe, David Ball, Matthew Conron, Robert G Stirling, Benjamin Solomon, Michael MacManus, Ann Officer, Sameer Karnam, Kate Burbury, Sue M Evans

Journal article  |  2017  |  British Journal of Cancer

Risks of using medical record and administrative data for prognostic models

Marliese Alexander, Sue M Evans, Rory Wolfe, David L Ball, Kate Burbury

Journal article  |  2017  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Survival and central photopenia detected by fluorine-18 fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in patients with locoregional non-small cell lung cancer treated with radiotherapy

Richard Ashley Cox, Tim Akhurst, Mathias Bressel, Michael MacManus, David Ball

Journal article  |  2017  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

Routine Use of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Is Neither Choosing Wisely Nor Personalized Medicine

David Ball, Michael Mac Manus, Shankar Siva, Nikki Plumridge, Mathias Bressel, Tomas Kron

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Clinical Oncology

Cone-beam computed tomography for lung cancer - validation with CT and monitoring tumour response during chemo-radiation therapy

Alissa Michienzi, Tomas Kron, Jason Callahan, Nikki Plumridge, David Ball, Sarah Everitt

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Barriers to lung cancer care: health professionals' perspectives.

J Dunn, G Garvey, PC Valery, D Ball, KM Fong, S Vinod, DL O'Connell, SK Chambers

Journal article  |  2017  |  Supportive Care in Cancer

PURPOSE: Globally, lung cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death. Problematically, there is a wide v..

Veliparib in combination with whole-brain radiation therapy for patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: results of a randomized, global, placebo-controlled study

Pierre Chabot, Te-Chun Hsia, Jeong-Seon Ryu, Vera Gorbunova, Cristobal Belda-Iniesta, David Ball, Ebenezer Kio, Minesh Mehta, Katherine Papp, Qin Qin, Jane Qian, Kyle D Holen, Vince Giranda, John H Suh

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Australia and New Zealand Faculty of Radiation Oncology Lung Interest Cooperative: 2015 consensus guidelines for the use of advanced technologies in the radiation therapy treatment of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Patrick M Dwyer, Louis Lao, Jeremy D Ruben, Mei Ling Yap, Shankar Siva, Fiona Hegi-Johnson, Nicholas Hardcastle, Jeffrey Barber, Margot Lehman, David Ball, Shalini K Vinod

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Induces DNA Damage Response in Both Irradiated and Out-of-field Normal Tissues

Shankar Siva, Pavel Lobachevsky, Michael P MacManus, Tomas Kron, Andreas Moller, Richard J Lobb, Jessica Ventura, Nickala Best, Jai Smith, David Ball, Olga A Martin

Journal article  |  2016  |  Clinical Cancer Research

A Multidisciplinary Evaluation of a Web-based eLearning Training Programme for SAFRON II (TROG 13.01): a Multicentre Randomised Study of Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Lung Metastases

D Pham, N Hardcastle, F Foroudi, T Kron, M Bressel, B Hilder, B Chesson, R Oates, R Montgomery, D Ball, S Siva

Journal article  |  2016  |  Clinical Oncology

Impact of a specialist clinical cancer pharmacist at a multidisciplinary lung cancer clinic

Clare Walter, James D Mellor, Carol Rice, Sue Kirsa, David Ball, Mary Duffy, Alan Herschtal, Linda Mileshkin

Journal article  |  2016  |  Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Impact of the lung oncology multidisciplinary team meetings on the management of patients with cancer

Kim Ann Ung, Belinda A Campbell, Danny Duplan, David Ball, Steven David

Journal article  |  2016  |  Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

The Influence of Comorbidity and the Simplified Comorbidity Score on Overall Survival in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer-A Prospective Cohort Study

Marliese Alexander, Sue M Evans, Robert G Stirling, Rory Wolfe, Ann Officer, Michael MacManus, Benjamin Solomon, Kate Burbury, David Ball

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Curing Operable Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy: The Force Awakens

Shankar Siva, David Ball

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Oncologist

Difference in Restricted Mean Survival Time for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis: Evidence from a Case Study

Beranger Lueza, Audrey Mauguen, Jean-Pierre Pignon, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Julia Bonastre

Journal article  |  2016  |  PLOS ONE

A randomised phase II trial of Stereotactic Ablative Fractionated radiotherapy versus Radiosurgery for Oligometastatic Neoplasia to the lung (TROG 13.01 SAFRON II)

Shankar Siva, Tomas Kron, Mathias Bressel, Marion Haas, Tao Mai, Shalini Vinod, Giuseppe Sasso, Wenchang Wong, Hien Le, Thomas Eade, Nicholas Hardcastle, Brent Chesson, Daniel Pham, Morten Hoyer, Rebecca Montgomery, David Ball

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMC Cancer

Association of oesophageal radiation dose volume metrics, neutropenia and acute radiation oesophagitis in patients receiving chemoradiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Sarah Everitt, Mary Duffy, Mathias Bressel, Belinda McInnes, Christine Russell, Tim Sevitt, David Ball

Journal article  |  2016  |  Radiation Oncology

Ablative Approaches for Pulmonary Metastases

Matthew J Boyer, Umberto Ricardi, David Ball, Joseph K Salama

Journal article  |  2016  |  Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Ga-68 MAA Perfusion 4D-PET/CT Scanning Allows for Functional Lung Avoidance Using Conformal Radiation Therapy Planning

Shankar Siva, Thomas Devereux, David L Ball, Michael P MacManus, Nicholas Hardcastle, Tomas Kron, Mathias Bressel, Farshad Foroudi, Nikki Plumridge, Daniel Steinfort, Mark Shaw, Jason Callahan, Rodney J Hicks, Michael S Hofman

Journal article  |  2016  |  TECHNOLOGY IN CANCER RESEARCH & TREATMENT

Systematic Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Mediastinal Staging Versus Positron Emission Tomography for Comprehensive Mediastinal Staging in NSCLC Before Radical Radiotherapy of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer A Pilot Study

Daniel P Steinfort, Shankar Siva, Tracy L Leong, Morgan Rose, Dishan Herath, Phillip Antippa, David L Ball, Louis B Irving

Journal article  |  2016  |  Medicine

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project Proposals for the Revision of the N Descriptors in the Forthcoming 8th Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

Hisao Asamura, Kari Chansky, John Crowley, Peter Goldstraw, Valerie W Rusch, Johan F Vansteenkiste, Hirokazu Watanabe, Yi-Long Wu, Marcin Zielinski, David Ball, Ramon Rami-Porta

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Spleen Volume Variation in Patients with Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Platinum-Based Chemo-Radiotherapy

Shu Wen Wen, Sarah J Everitt, Justin Bedo, Marine Chabrot, David L Ball, Benjamin Solomon, Michael MacManus, Rodney J Hicks, Andreas Moeller, Antoine Leimgruber

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

Psychological distress and quality of life in lung cancer: the role of health-related stigma, illness appraisals and social constraints

Suzanne K Chambers, Peter Baade, Philippa Youl, Joanne Aitken, Stefano Occhipinti, Shalini Vinod, Patricia C Valery, Gail Garvey, Kwun M Fong, David Ball, Helen Zorbas, Jeff Dunn, Dianne L O'Connell

Journal article  |  2015  |  Psycho-Oncology

Ventilation/Perfusion Positron Emission Tomography-Based Assessment of Radiation Injury to Lung

Shankar Siva, Nicholas Hardcastle, Tomas Kron, Mathias Bressel, Jason Callahan, Michael P MacManus, Mark Shaw, Nikki Plumridge, Rodney J Hicks, Daniel Steinfort, David L Ball, Michael S Hofman

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Ablative therapies for lung metastases: a need to acknowledge the efficacy and toxicity of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy

S Siva, S Senan, D Ball

Journal article  |  2015  |  Annals of Oncology

Guidelines for safe practice of stereotactic body (ablative) radiation therapy

Matthew Foote, Michael Bailey, Leigh Smith, Shankar Siva, Fiona Hegi-Johnson, Anna Seeley, Tamara Barry, Jeremy Booth, David Ball, David Thwaites

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Accuracy and Utility of Deformable Image Registration in Ga-68 4D PET/CT Assessment of Pulmonary Perfusion Changes During and After Lung Radiation Therapy

Nicholas Hardcastle, Michael S Hofman, Rodney J Hicks, Jason Callahan, Tomas Kron, Michael P MacManus, David L Ball, Price Jackson, Shankar Siva

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Dosimetric Consequences of 3D Versus 4D PET/CT for Target Delineation of Lung Stereotactic Radiotherapy

Shankar Siva, Brent Chesson, Jason W Callahan, Nicholas Hardcastle, Lisa Crawford, Phillip Antippa, Gavin Wright, Michael P MacManus, Rodney J Hicks, Tomas Kron, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project Proposals for the Revisions of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

Ramon Rami-Porta, Vanessa Bolejack, John Crowley, David Ball, Jhingook Kim, Gustavo Lyons, Thomas Rice, Kenji Suzuki, Charles F Thomas, William D Travis, Yi-Long Wu

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Comparison of Single-fraction and Multi-fraction Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Patients with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-staged Pulmonary Oligometastases

S Siva, K Kirby, H Caine, D Pham, T Kron, L Te Marvelde, D Whalley, MJ Stevens, F Foroudi, M MacManus, D Ball, T Eade

Journal article  |  2015  |  Clinical Oncology

High-resolution pulmonary ventilation and perfusion PET/CT allows for functionally adapted intensity modulated radiotherapy in lung cancer

Shankar Siva, Roshini Thomas, Jason Callahan, Nicholas Hardcastle, Daniel Pham, Tomas Kron, Rodney J Hicks, Michael P MacManus, David L Ball, Michael S Hofman

Journal article  |  2015  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

Curing Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Radiotherapy: No Longer an Oxymoron

David Ball

Journal article  |  2015  |  Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Predictors of Respiratory-induced Lung Tumour Motion Measured on Four-dimensional Computed Tomography

KV Tan, R Thomas, N Hardcastle, D Pham, T Kron, F Foroudi, D Ball, L te Marvelde, M Bressel, S Siva

Journal article  |  2015  |  Clinical Oncology

Transient Hyperesthesia and Radicular Pain An Unrecognised Complication of Thoracic Radiotherapy

David W Chang, Claire Phillips, David Ball

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

CT perfusion imaging in response assessment of pulmonary metastases undergoing stereotactic ablative radiotherapy

Brooke Sawyer, Emma Pun, Michael Samuel, Huilee Tay, Tomas Kron, Mathias Bressel, David Ball, Shankar Siva

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Calculating radiotherapy margins based on Bayesian modelling of patient specific random errors

A Herschtal, L te Marvelde, K Mengersen, Z Hosseinifard, F Foroudi, T Devereux, D Pham, D Ball, PB Greer, P Pichler, T Eade, A Kneebone, L Bell, H Caine, B Hindson, T Kron

Journal article  |  2015  |  PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Tolerability and outcomes of curative radiotherapy in patients aged 85 or more years

Richard C Khor, Mathias Bressel, Jo Tedesco, Keen Hun Tai, David L Ball, Gillian M Duchesne, Helen Farrugia, Wai Kuan Yip, Farshad Foroudi

Journal article  |  2015  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Multimodality Guidance for Accurate Bronchoscopic Insertion of Fiducial Markers

Daniel P Steinfort, Shankar Siva, Tomas Kron, Raphael R Chee, Jeremy D Ruben, David L Ball, Louis B Irving

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Meetings: Improving the practice of radiation oncology and facing future challenges

Belinda A Campbell, David Ball, Francoise Mornex

Journal article  |  2015  |  Respirology

Small-cell lung cancer: local therapy for a systemic disease?

Jan P van Meerbeeck, David Ball

Journal article  |  2015  |  The Lancet

Respiratory-gated (4D) FDG-PET detects tumour and normal lung response after stereotactic radiotherapy for pulmonary metastases

Shankar Siva, Jason W Callahan, Tomas Kron, Brent Chesson, Stephen A Barnett, Michael P Macmanus, Rodney J Hicks, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2015  |  Acta Oncologica

Association between radiation pneumonitis and tumor response in patients with NSCLC treated with chemoradiation

Michael P MacManus, David Ball, Rodney J Hicks

Journal article  |  2014  |  Radiation Oncology

A Pattern of Early Radiation-Induced Inflammatory Cytokine Expression Is Associated with Lung Toxicity in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Shankar Siva, Michael MacManus, Tomas Kron, Nickala Best, Jai Smith, Pavel Lobachevsky, David Ball, Olga Martin

Journal article  |  2014  |  PLoS ONE

A prospective observational study of Gallium-68 ventilation and perfusion PET/CT during and after radiotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Shankar Siva, Jason Callahan, Tomas Kron, Olga A Martin, Michael P MacManus, David L Ball, Rodney J Hicks, Michael S Hofman

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMC Cancer

Bronchoscopic Delivery of Lipiodol as a Fiducial Marker in Lung Tumors Before Radiotherapy

Morgan Rose, Shankar Siva, David Ball, Louis B Irving, Daniel P Steinfort

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: proposal for an evidence-based stage classification system for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors.

Frank C Detterbeck, Kelly Stratton, Dorothy Giroux, Hisao Asamura, John Crowley, Conrad Falkson, Pier Luigi Filosso, Aletta A Frazier, Giuseppe Giaccone, James Huang, Jhingook Kim, Kazuya Kondo, Marco Lucchi, Mirella Marino, Edith M Marom, Andrew G Nicholson, Meinoshin Okumura, Enrico Ruffini, Paul Van Schil, undefined Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee, et al.

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

A universal and consistent stage classification system, which describes the anatomic extent of a cancer, provides a foundation for..

The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: proposals for the T Component for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors.

Andrew G Nicholson, Frank C Detterbeck, Mirella Marino, Jhingook Kim, Kelly Stratton, Dorothy Giroux, Hisao Asamura, John Crowley, Conrad Falkson, Pier Luigi Filosso, Giuseppe Giaccone, James Huang, Kazuya Kondo, Marco Lucchi, Edith M Marom, Meinoshin Okumura, Enrico Ruffini, Paul Van Schil, undefined Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee, undefined Members of the Advisory Boards, et al.

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Despite longstanding recognition of thymic epithelial neoplasms, there is no official American Joint Committee on Cancer/Union for..

The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: proposals for the N and M components for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors.

Kazuya Kondo, Paul Van Schil, Frank C Detterbeck, Meinoshin Okumura, Kelly Stratton, Dorothy Giroux, Hisao Asamura, John Crowley, Conrad Falkson, Pier Luigi Filosso, Giuseppe Giaccone, James Huang, Jhingook Kim, Marco Lucchi, Mirella Marino, Edith M Marom, Andrew G Nicholson, Enrico Ruffini, undefined Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee, undefined Members of the Advisory Boards, et al.

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Stage classification is an important underpinning of management of patients with cancer, and rests on a combination of three compo..

The ITMIG/IASLC Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: A Proposed Lymph Node Map for Thymic Epithelial Tumors in the Forthcoming 8th Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors.

Faiz Y Bhora, David J Chen, Frank C Detterbeck, Hisao Asamura, Conrad Falkson, Pier Luigi Filosso, Giuseppe Giaccone, James Huang, Jhingook Kim, Kazuya Kondo, Marco Lucchi, Mirella Marino, Edith M Marom, Andrew G Nicholson, Meinoshin Okumura, Enrico Ruffini, Paul Van Schil, undefined Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee, undefined Advisory Boards

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Although the presence of nodal disease is prognostic in thymic malignancy, the significance of the extent of nodal disease has yet..

Risk factors for radiotherapy incidents and impact of an online electronic reporting system

David W Chang, Lynn Cheetham, Luc te Marvelde, Mathias Bressel, Tomas Kron, Suki Gill, Keen Hun Tai, David Ball, William Rose, Linas Silva, Farshad Foroudi

Journal article  |  2014  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

Surgical and ablative therapies for the management of adrenal 'oligometastases' - A systematic review

Ashray Gunjur, Cuong Duong, David Ball, Shankar Siva

Journal article  |  2014  |  Cancer Treatment Reviews

Preoperative chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer

Gerard G Hanna, Shankar Siva, Nikki Plumridge, Benjamin Solomon, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2014  |  The Lancet

Effect of Platinum-Based Chemoradiotherapy on Cellular Proliferation in Bone Marrow and Spleen, Estimated by F-18-FLT PET/CT in Patients with Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Antoine Leimgruber, Andreas Moeller, Sarah J Everitt, Marine Chabrot, David L Ball, Ben Solomon, Michael MacManus, Rodney J Hicks

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Differential F-18-FDG and F-18-FLT Uptake on Serial PET/CT Imaging Before and During Definitive Chemoradiation for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Sarah J Everitt, David L Ball, Rodney J Hicks, Jason Callahan, Nikki Plumridge, Marnie Collins, Alan Herschtal, David Binns, Tomas Kron, Michal Schneider, Michael MacManus

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Thromboprophylaxis for lung cancer patients-multimodality assessment of clinician practices, perceptions and decision support tools

M Alexander, S Kirsa, M MacManus, D Ball, B Solomon, K Burbury

Journal article  |  2014  |  Supportive Care in Cancer

Thromboembolism in lung cancer - An area of urgent unmet need

M Alexander, S Kirsa, R Wolfe, M MacManus, D Ball, B Solomon, K Burbury

Journal article  |  2014  |  Lung Cancer

Vacuum immobilisation reduces tumour excursion and minimises intrafraction error in a cohort study of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for pulmonary metastases

Shankar Siva, Tomas Devereux, Tomas Kron, Suki Gill, Michael MacManus, Mathias Bressel, Brent Chesson, Jason Callahan, Daniel Pham, Rodney Hicks, Farshad Foroudi, David Ball

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Results of patient specific quality assurance for patients undergoing stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for lung lesions

Nicholas Hardcastle, Natalie Clements, Brent Chesson, Yolanda Aarons, Jim Cramb, Shankar Siva, Derrick M Wanigaratne, David Ball, Tomas Kron

Journal article  |  2014  |  Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Absence of a Relationship between Tumor 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Standardized Uptake Value and Survival in Patients Treated with Definitive Radiotherapy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Ming-Yin Lin, Muzo Wu, Sinead Brennan, Marie-Pierre Campeau, David Sidney Binns, Michael MacManus, Benjamin Solomon, Rodney J Hicks, Richard John Fisher, David Lee Ball

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Surgical resection and long-term survival outcome for non-small cell lung cancer: A comparison of Victorian population-based studies spanning a decade

Gavin M Wright, Vicky J Thursfield, David L Ball, Gary E Richardson, Louis Irving, Graham G Giles, Paul Mitchell

Journal article  |  2014  |  Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Mobilization of Viable Tumor Cells Into the Circulation During Radiation Therapy

Olga A Martin, Robin L Anderson, Prudence A Russell, R Ashley Cox, Alesia Ivashkevich, Agnieszka Swierczak, Judy P Doherty, Daphne HM Jacobs, Jai Smith, Shankar Siva, Patricia E Daly, David L Ball, Roger F Martin, Michael P MacManus

Journal article  |  2014  |  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Treatment of Brain Metastases in Lung Cancer: Strategies to Avoid/Reduce Late Complications of Whole Brain Radiation Therapy

Mark G Shaw, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2013  |  Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Lung cancer in Victoria: are we making progress?

Paul LR Mitchell, Vicky Thursfleld, David L Ball, Gary E Richardson, Louis B Irving, Yvonne Torn-Broers, Graham G Giles, Gavin M Wright

Journal article  |  2013  |  Medical Journal of Australia

A tailored, supportive care intervention using systematic assessment designed for people with inoperable lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial

Penelope Schofield, Anna Ugalde, Karla Gough, John Reece, Meinir Krishnasamy, Mariko Carey, David Ball, Sanchia Aranda

Journal article  |  2013  |  Psycho-Oncology

Evaluation of the Simplified Comorbidity Score (Colinet) as a prognostic indicator for patients with lung cancer: A cancer registry study

David Ball, Vicky Thursfield, Louis Irving, Paul Mitchell, Gary Richardson, Yvonne Torn-Broers, Gavin Wright, Graham Giles

Journal article  |  2013  |  Lung Cancer

A review of clinical practice guidelines for lung cancer

Jutta J von Dincklage, David Ball, Gerard A Silvestri

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Thoracic Disease

What causes early mortality in patients with large tumors receiving radical chemo-radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer? In response to Ball et al. Response

David Ball, Richard Fisher, Bev McClure

Journal article  |  2013  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

Patterns of retreatment with radiotherapy in a large academic centre

Richard Khor, Mathias Bressel, Keen Hun Tai, David Ball, Gillian Duchesne, William Rose, Jo Tedesco, Suki Gill, Claire Fitzpatrick, Farshad Foroudi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Patients Treated With Platinum-Doublet Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Have Inferior Outcomes If Previously Treated With Platinum-based Chemoradiation

Ashvin Paramanathan, Benjamin Solomon, Marnie Collins, Michael Franco, Sarah Kofoed, Heather Francis, David Ball, Linda Mileshkin

Journal article  |  2013  |  Clinical Lung Cancer

Suboptimal health literacy in patients with lung cancer or head and neck cancer

Kelvin Koay, Penelope Schofield, Karla Gough, Rachelle Buchbinder, Danny Rischin, David Ball, June Corry, Richard H Osborne, Michael Jefford

Journal article  |  2013  |  Supportive Care in Cancer

Understanding how cancer patients actualise, relinquish, and reject advance care planning: implications for practice

Natasha Michael, Clare O'Callaghan, Josephine Clayton, Annabel Pollard, Nikola Stepanov, Odette Spruyt, Michael Michael, David Ball

Journal article  |  2013  |  Supportive Care in Cancer

Asbcopal Effects after Conventional and Stereotactic Lung Irradiation of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Shankar Siva, Jason Callahan, Michael P MacManus, Olga Martin, Rodney J Hicks, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Imaging of hypoxia with F-18-FAZA PET in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy

Mateya E Trinkaus, Rob Blum, Danny Rischin, Jason Callahan, Mathias Bressel, Tatiana Segard, Peter Roselt, Peter Eu, David Binns, Michael P MacManus, David Ball, Rodney J Hicks

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Lymph Node Ratio May Predict the Benefit of Postoperative Radiotherapy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Damien Urban, Jair Bar, Benjamin Solomon, David Ball

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Radiotherapy in lung cancer

SK Vinod, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2013  |  Cancer Forum

Effect of Tumor Size on Prognosis in Patients Treated with Radical Radiotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

David Ball, Alan Mitchell, Dori Giroux, Ramon Rami-Porta

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

The complex relationship between lung tumor volume and survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated by definitive radiotherapy: A prospective, observational prognostic factor study of the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG 99.05)

David L Ball, Richard J Fisher, Bryan H Burmeister, Michael G Poulsen, Peter H Graham, Michael G Penniment, Shalini K Vinod, Hedley E Krawitz, David J Joseph, Greg C Wheeler, Bev E McClure

Journal article  |  2013  |  RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY

The use of fused PET/CT images for patient selection and radical radiotherapy target volume definition in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: Results of a prospective study with mature survival data

Michael P Mac Manus, Sarah Everitt, Mike Bayne, David Ball, Nikki Plumridge, David Binns, Alan Herschtal, Deborah Cruickshank, Mathias Bressel, Rodney J Hicks

Journal article  |  2013  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

The complex relationship between lung tumor volume and survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated by definitive radiotherapy: A prospective, observational prognostic factor study of the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG 99.05)

David L Ball, Richard J Fisher, Bryan H Burmeister, Michael G Poulsen, Peter H Graham, Michael G Penniment, Shalini K Vinod, Hedley E Krawitz, David J Joseph, Greg C Wheeler, Bev E McClure

Journal article  |  2013  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

The impact of time between staging PET/CT and definitive chemo-radiation on target volumes and survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Sarah Everitt, Nikki Plumridge, Alan Herschtal, Mathias Bressel, David Ball, Jason Callahan, Tomas Kron, Michal Schneider-Kolsky, David Binns, Rodney J Hicks, Michael Mac Manus

Journal article  |  2013  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

LUNG CANCER

David Ball

Journal article  |  2013  |  Cancer Forum

Let's Get SEERious: More Accurate Staging With Consequent High Management Impact Is Not Just Stage Migration

Michael S Hofman, David L Ball, Michael P Mac Manus, Robert Ware, Rodney J Hicks

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Clinical Oncology

The effect of irregular breathing patterns on internal target volumes in four-dimensional CT and cone-beam CT images in the context of stereotactic lung radiotherapy

N Clements, T Kron, R Franich, L Dunn, P Roxby, Y Aarons, B Chesson, S Siva, D Duplan, D Ball

Journal article  |  2013  |  Medical Physics

Computed tomographic atlas for the new international lymph node map for lung cancer: A radiation oncologist perspective.

Rod Lynch, Graham Pitson, David Ball, Line Claude, David Sarrut

Journal article  |  2013  |  Practical Radiation Oncology

PURPOSE: To develop a reproducible definition for each mediastinal lymph node station based on the new TNM classification for lung..

Analysis of the impact of chest wall constraints on eligibility for a randomized trial of stereotactic body radiotherapy of peripheral stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Shankar Siva, Mark Shaw, Brent Chesson, Suki Gill, David Ball

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Efficacy of Positron Emission Tomography Staging for Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Cost Analysis in the Australian Setting In Response

Jeremy D Ruben, David L Ball

Book Chapter  |  2012  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Hyperfractionated or Accelerated Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

Audrey Mauguen, Cecile Le Pechoux, Michele I Saunders, Steven E Schild, Andrew T Turrisi, Michael Baumann, William T Sause, David Ball, Chandra P Belani, James A Bonner, Aleksander Zajusz, Suzanne E Dahlberg, Matthew Nankivell, Sumithra J Mandrekar, Rebecca Paulus, Katarzyna Behrendt, Rainer Koch, James F Bishop, Stanley Dische, Rodrigo Arriagada, et al.

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Clinical Oncology

Effect of PET/CT on Management of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Results of a Prospective Study with 5-Year Survival Data

Deborah L Gregory, Rodney J Hicks, Annette Hogg, David S Binns, Poh Lin Shum, Alvin Milner, Emma Link, David L Ball, Michael P Mac Manus

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Nuclear Medicine

The Efficacy of PET Staging for Small-Cell Lung Cancer A Systematic Review and Cost Analysis in the Australian Setting

Jeremy D Ruben, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Implementation of a lung radiosurgery program: Technical considerations and quality assurance in an Australian institution

Shankar Siva, Brent Chesson, Yolanda Aarons, Natalie Clements, Tomas Kron, Michael MacManus, David Ball

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Unmet needs and distress in people with inoperable lung cancer at the commencement of treatment

Anna Ugalde, Sanchia Aranda, Meinir Krishnasamy, David Ball, Penelope Schofield

Journal article  |  2012  |  Supportive Care in Cancer

An unusual case of serotonin syndrome with oxycodone and citalopram.

Clare Walter, David Ball, Mary Duffy, James D Mellor

Journal article  |  2012  |  Case Reports in Oncological Medicine

A 77-year-old female with recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer presented to a hospital outpatient clinic with tremor, weakness, in..

A Randomized Phase II Trial of Two Regimens of Moderate Dose Chemoradiation Therapy for Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Not Suitable for Curative Therapy Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Study TROG 03.07

Bryan H Burmeister, Michael Michael, Elizabeth Burmeister, Sharon Cox, Margot Lehman, Andrew Wirth, Keith Horwood, Giuseppe Sasso, Barham Forouzesh, David Ball

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Radiochromic film for individual patient QA in extracranial stereotactic lung radiotherapy

T Kron, N Clements, Y Aarons, L Dunn, B Chesson, J Miller, K Roozen, D Ball

Journal article  |  2011  |  Radiation Measurements

Non-small-cell lung cancer

Peter Goldstraw, David Ball, James R Jett, Thierry Le Chevalier, Eric Lim, Andrew G Nicholson, Frances A Shepherd

Journal article  |  2011  |  The Lancet

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PULMONARY UPTAKE OF FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE DETECTED BY POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING AFTER RADIATION THERAPY FOR NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER AND RADIATION PNEUMONITIS

Michael P Mac Manus, Zhe Ding, Annette Hogg, Alan Herschtal, David Binns, David L Ball, Rodney J Hicks

Journal article  |  2011  |  International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics

CPD : A new way of obtaining CPD points online

David Ball

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Oncology Staff Reflections about a 52-Year-Old Staff Christmas Choir: Constructivist Research

Clare C O'Callaghan, Colin J Hornby, Elizabeth JM Pearson, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Palliative Medicine

High Rates of Tumor Growth and Disease Progression Detected on Serial Pretreatment Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Scans in Radical Radiotherapy Candidates With Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer

Sarah Everitt, Alan Herschtal, Jason Callahan, Nikki Plumridge, David Ball, Tomas Kron, Michal Schneider-Kolsky, David Binns, Rodney J Hicks, Michael MacManus

Journal article  |  2010  |  Cancer

REPRODUCIBILITY OF "INTELLIGENT" CONTOURING OF GROSS TUMOR VOLUME IN NON SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER ON PET/CT IMAGES USING A STANDARDIZED VISUAL METHOD

Michael Bayne, Rodney J Hicks, Sarah Everitt, Natalie Fimmell, David Ball, John Reynolds, Eddie Lau, Alex Pitman, Robert Ware, Michael MacManus

Journal article  |  2010  |  International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics

Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Pulmonary Oligometastases A Systematic Review

Shankar Siva, Michael MacManus, David Ball

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the staging and treatment response assessment of extra-pulmonary small-cell cancer

DL Gregory, SM Brennan, A Stillie, A Herschtal, RJ Hicks, MP MacManus, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

VARIATIONS IN TARGET VOLUME DEFINITION FOR POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY IN STAGE III NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER: ANALYSIS OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONTOURING STUDY

Femke OB Spoelstra, Suresh Senan, Cecile Le Pechoux, Satoshi Ishikura, Francesc Casas, David Ball, Allan Price, Dirk De Ruysscher, John R van Sornsen de Koste

Journal article  |  2010  |  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Should Extrapulmonary Small Cell Cancer Be Managed Like Small Cell Lung Cancer?

Sinead M Brennan, Deborah L Gregory, Alison Stillie, Alan Herschtal, Michael Mac Manus, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2010  |  Cancer

IMAGING CELLULAR PROLIFERATION DURING CHEMO-RADIOTHERAPY: A PILOT STUDY OF SERIAL F-18-FLT POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING FOR NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER

Sarah Everitt, Rodney J Hicks, David Ball, Tomas Kron, Michal Schneider-Kolsky, Tania Walter, David Binns, Michael Mac Manus

Journal article  |  2009  |  International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics

LOCAL CONTROL AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING CONCOMITANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY IN INOPERABLE STAGE I NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER

Marie-Pierre Campeau, Alan Herschtal, Greg Wheeler, Michael Mac Manus, Andrew Wirth, Michael Michael, Annette Hogg, Elizabeth Drummond, David Ball

Journal article  |  2009  |  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

The Lewis-Y Carbohydrate Antigen is Expressed by Many Human Tumors and Can Serve as a Target for Genetically Redirected T cells Despite the Presence of Soluble Antigen in Serum

Jennifer A Westwood, William K Murray, Melanie Trivett, Nicole M Haynes, Benjamin Solomon, Linda Mileshkin, David Ball, Michael Michael, Angela Burman, Preethi Mayura-Guru, Joseph A Trapani, Stefan Peinert, Dirk Honemann, H Miles Prince, Andrew M Scott, Mark J Smyth, Phillip K Darcy, Michael H Kershaw

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Immunotherapy

Long-term survival following chemoradiation for inoperable non-small cell lung cancer

Nikki M Plumridge, Michael J Millward, Danny Rischin, Michael P MacManus, Andrew Wirth, Michael Michael, Kally Yuen, David L Ball

Journal article  |  2008  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Extracranial Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Still Investigational or Standard of Care?

David Ball

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Stereotactic radiotherapy for nonsmall cell lung cancer

David Ball

Journal article  |  2008  |  Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

A message from the Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (JMIRO)

D Ball

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Comparison of CT and positron emission tomography/CT coregistered images,in planning radical radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

M MacManus, I D'Costa, S Everitt, J Andrews, T Ackerly, D Binns, E Lau, D Ball, L Weih, RJ Hicks

Journal article  |  2007  |  Australasian Radiology

Tolerability of accelerated chest irradiation and impact on survival of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer: Review of a single institution's experience

Michael Ng, Jennifer Chong, Alvin Milner, Michael MacManus, Greg Wheeler, Andrew Wirth, Michael Michael, Vinod Ganju, Joe McKendrick, David Ball

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

A journal for the 21st century: adapting Australasian Radiology to changing times

D Ball

Journal article  |  2007  |  Australasian Radiology

Bilateral patellar metastases from non-small cell lung cancer

Amy Yuen Meei Teh, David Ball, Robin Cassumbhoy, Sam Guglani

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Bilateral choroidal metastases from mesothelioma

Amy YM Teh, David Ball, Justin O'Day, Robin Cassumbhoy

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Stage is not a reliable indicator of tumor volume in non-small cell lung cancer: a preliminary analysis of the trans-tasman radiation oncology group 99-05 database

David L Ball, Richard Fisher, Bryan Burmeister, Peter Graham, David Joseph, Michael Penniment, Hedley Krawitz, Greg Wheeler, Michael Poulsen, Shalini Vinod, Bev McClure

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Magnetic resonance imaging changes in synchronous bilateral progressive facial nerve weakness

Gerald B Fogarty, Robin Cassumbhoy, David Ball

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Unexpected long-term survival after low-dose palliative radiotherapy for nonsmall cell lung cancer

MP Mac Manus, JP Matthews, M Wada, A Wirth, V Worotniuk, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2006  |  Cancer

Concomitant radio-chemotherapy based on platin compounds in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A meta-analysis of individual data from 1764 patients

A Auperin, C Le Pechoux, JP Pignon, C Koning, B Jeremic, G Clamon, L Einhorn, D Ball, MG Trovo, HJM Groen, JA Bonner, T Le Chevalier, R Arriagada

Journal article  |  2006  |  Annals of Oncology

A phase I trial of high-dose palliative radiotherapy plus concurrent weekly Vinorelbine and Cisplatin in patients with locally advanced and metastatic NSCLC

M Michael, A Wirth, DL Ball, M MacManus, D Rischin, L Mileshkin, B Solomon, J McKendrick, AD Milner

Journal article  |  2005  |  British Journal of Cancer

Metabolic (FDG-PET) response after radical radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer correlates with patterns of failure

MP Mac Manus, RJ Hicks, JP Matthews, A Wirth, D Rischin, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2005  |  Lung Cancer

Dose-volume histogram analysis as predictor of radiation pneumonitis in primary lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

M Fay, A Tan, R Fisher, M Mac Manus, A Wirth, D Ball

Journal article  |  2005  |  International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics

Randomized trial of 8 Gy in 1 versus 20 Gy in 5 fractions of radiotherapy for neuropathic pain due to bone metastases (Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group, TROG 96.05)

DE Roos, SL Turner, PC O'Brien, JG Smith, NA Spry, BH Burmeister, PJ Hoskin, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2005  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

Tracheo-innominate artery fistula following stenting, surgery and radiotherapy for large glomus tumour of the chest

J Chan, G Fogarty, D Ball, G Wright, J Slavin

Journal article  |  2005  |  ANZ Journal of Surgery

Letter to the editor regarding F Schwarz et al - are single fractions of radiotherapy suitable for plantar fasciitis?

DE ROOS, DL BALL, BH BURMEISTER, R FISHER

Journal article  |  2005  |  Australasian Radiology

PET imaging for suspected residual tumour or thoracic recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer after pneumonectomy

KB Roberts, MP Mac Manus, RJ Hicks, D Rischin, A Wirth, GM Wright, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2005  |  Lung Cancer

Differences of opinion - A survey of knowledge and bias among clinicians regarding the role of chemotherapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

RR Jennens, R de Boer, L Irving, DL Ball, WA Rosenthal

Journal article  |  2004  |  Chest

A randomised phase III study of palliative radiation with concomitant carboplatin for brain metastases from non-small cell carcinoma of the lung

M Guerrieri, K Wong, G Ryan, M Millward, G Quong, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2004  |  Lung Cancer

Early FDG-pet imaging after radical radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer: Inflammatory changes in normal tissues correlate with tumor response and do not confound therapeutic response evaluation

RJ Hicks, MP Mac Manus, JP Matthews, A Hogg, D Binns, D Rischin, DL Ball, LJ Peters

Journal article  |  2004  |  International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics

How should we introduce clinical positron emission tomography in the UK? Oncologists need to have a (clearer) view

M Mac Manus, L Peters, G Duchesne, J Zalcberg, RJS Thomas, D Ball, R Hicks

Journal article  |  2004  |  Clinical Oncology

An open letter to all members of the IASLC

F Macbeth, R Stephens, RP Abratt, R Arriagada, D Batt, A Bezjak, L Billingham, J Crowley, M O'Brien, T Shakespeare, E Thompson, J van Meerbeeck

Journal article  |  2004  |  Lung Cancer

Impact of positron emission tomography on the management of patients with small-cell lung cancer - Preliminary experience

R Blum, MP MacManus, D Rischin, M Michael, D Ball, RJ Hicks

Journal article  |  2004  |  American Journal of Clinical Oncology - Cancer Clinical Trials

Optimism and survival in lung carcinoma patients

P Schofield, D Ball, JG Smith, R Borland, P O'Brien, S Davis, I Olver, G Ryan, D Joseph

Journal article  |  2004  |  Cancer

Consensus report IASLC workshop Bruges, September 2002: pretreatment minimal staging for non-small cell lung cancer

PE Postmus, P Rocmans, H Asamura, D Ball, J Belderbos, M Cappello, J Jassem, S Novello, H Pass, B Passlick, R Pirker, N Ready, W Sause, G Scagliotti, J Vansteenkiste, V Westeel, N van Zandwijk

Journal article  |  2003  |  Lung Cancer

Consensus: the follow-up of the treated patient

M Saunders, JP Sculier, D Ball, M Capello, K Furuse, P Goldstraw, AP Meert, V Ninane, Y Ohe, M Paesmans, K Park, R Pirker, P Postmus, Y Sokolow

Journal article  |  2003  |  Lung Cancer

Chondrosarcoma of bone complicating Ollier's disease: report of a favourable response to radiotherapy.

Anhchuong Le, David Ball, Alex Pitman, Richard Fox, Kevin King

Journal article  |  2003  |  Australasian Radiology

Because chondrosarcoma of bone is traditionally thought to be a radioresistant malignancy, it is usually managed surgically. We re..

Phase I/II study of concurrent twice-weekly paclitaxel and weekly cisplatin with radiation therapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer

B Solomon, DL Ball, G Richardson, JG Smith, M Millward, M MacManus, M Michael, A Wirth, C O'Kane, L Muceniekas, G Ryan, D Rischin

Journal article  |  2003  |  Lung Cancer

Discrepancies in volume calculations between different radiotherapy treatment planning systems.

T Ackerly, J Andrews, D Ball, M Guerrieri, B Healy, I Williams

Journal article  |  2003  |  Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

It has been determined that, contrary to expectation, there is a clinically significant variation in the volume calculations of di..

Quality assurance experience with the randomized neuropathic bone pain trial (Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group, 96.05)

DE Roos, SR Davis, SL Turner, PC O'Brien, NA Spry, BH Burmeister, PJ Hoskin, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2003  |  Radiotherapy and Oncology

Positron emission tomography is superior to computed tomography scanning for response-assessment after radical radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

MP Mac Manus, RJ Hicks, JP Matthews, A McKenzie, D Rischin, EK Salminen, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2003  |  Journal of Clinical Oncology

FDG-PET-detected extracranial metastasis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing staging for surgery or radical radiotherapy - Survival correlates with metastatic disease burden

MP MacManus, R Hicks, R Fisher, D Rischin, M Michael, A Wirth, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2003  |  Acta Oncologica

Failure of T stage to predict survival in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer treated by radiotherapy with or without concomitant chemotherapy

D Ball, J Smith, A Wirth, M Mac Manus

Journal article  |  2002  |  International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics

Contemporary management of non-small cell lung cancer in Australia: Radiotherapy come in from the cold

D Ball

Journal article  |  2002  |  Cancer Forum

Measurement of lung tumor volumes using three-dimensional computer planning software

P Bowden, R Fisher, M Mac Manus, A Wirth, G Duchesne, M Millward, A McKenzie, J Andrews, D Ball

Journal article  |  2002  |  International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics

Display of positron emission tomography with Cadplan.

T Ackerly, J Andrews, D Ball, D Binns, R Clark, I D'Costa, RJ Hicks, M Kenny, E Lau, M MacManus, G Song

Journal article  |  2002  |  Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Recent clinical experience at Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (PMCI) with the use of unregistered Positron Emission Tomography (P..

Performance of sodium iodide based F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the characterization of indeterminate pulmonary nodules or masses

AG Pitman, RJ Hicks, DS Binns, RE Ware, V Kalff, AF McKenzie, DL Ball, MP MacManus

Journal article  |  2002  |  British Journal of Radiology

Exacerbation, then clearance, of mutation-proven Darier's disease of the skin after radiotherapy for bronchial carcinoma: A case of radiation-induced epidermal differentiation?

MP Mac Manus, G Cavalleri, DL Ball, M Beasley, H Rotstein, MJ McKay

Journal article  |  2001  |  Radiation Research

Imaging with F-18 FDG PET is superior to Tl-201 SPECT in the staging of non-small cell lung cancer for radical radiation therapy.

MP MacManus, RJ Hicks, DL Ball, F Ciavarella, D Binns, A Hogg, V Kalff, R Ware, A Wirth, E Salminen, A McKenzie

Journal article  |  2001  |  Australasian Radiology

Thallium-201 (Tl-201) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is funded for evaluation of malignancy in Australia and m..

The utility of F-18-FDG PET for suspected recurrent non-small cell lung cancer after potentially curative therapy: Impact on management and prognostic stratification

RJ Hicks, V Kalff, MP MacManus, RE Ware, AF McKenzie, JP Matthews, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2001  |  Journal of Nuclear Medicine

(18)F-FDG PET provides high-impact and powerful prognostic stratification in staging newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer.

RJ Hicks, V Kalff, MP MacManus, RE Ware, A Hogg, AF McKenzie, JP Matthews, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2001  |  Journal of Nuclear Medicine

UNLABELLED: Survival of lung cancer patients remains poor despite increasingly aggressive treatment. Conventional staging has well..

Positron emission tomography in pulmonary masses where tissue diagnosis is unhelpful or not possible

AG Pitman, RJ Hicks, V Kalff, DS Binns, RE Ware, AF McKenzie, DL Ball, MP MacManus

Journal article  |  2001  |  Medical Journal of Australia

F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography staging in radical radiotherapy candidates with nonsmall cell lung carcinoma - Powerful correlation with survival and high impact on treatment

MP Mac Manus, RJ Hicks, DL Ball, V Kalff, JP Matthews, E Salminen, P Khaw, A Wirth, D Rischin, A McKenzie

Journal article  |  2001  |  Cancer

Radiation recall reaction following gemcitabine

G Fogarty, D Ball, D Rischin

Journal article  |  2001  |  Lung Cancer

High rate of detection of unsuspected distant metastases by pet in apparent stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: Implications for radical radiation therapy

MP Mac Manus, RJ Hicks, JP Matthews, A Hogg, AF McKenzie, A Wirth, RE Ware, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2001  |  International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics

Carcinoid tumour of the orbital muscles: A rare occurrence.

P Khaw, D Ball, G Duchesne

Journal article  |  2001  |  Australasian Radiology

Malignant carcinoid tumours are rare and usually follow an indolent course. Metastases from these tumours are uncommon, and usuall..

Synchronous chemoradiation for squamous carcinomas - This has become the new gold standard - whatever the primary site

JS Tobias, D Ball

Journal article  |  2001  |  British Medical Journal

Combined modality treatment using concurrent radiotherapy and pharmacologically-guided carboplatin for inoperable and incompletely resected non-small cell lung cancer

M Grossi, M Millward, R Fisher, S Porceddu, M Mac Manus, G Ryan, A Wirth, D Ball

Journal article  |  2001  |  Lung Cancer

Clinical impact of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A prospective study

V Kalff, RJ Hicks, MP MacManus, DS Binns, AF McKenzie, RE Ware, A Hogg, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2001  |  Journal of Clinical Oncology

Relief of non-metastatic shoulder pain with mediastinal radiotherapy in patients with lung cancer

PYL Khaw, DL Ball

Journal article  |  2000  |  Lung Cancer