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Prof

David Ball

Honorary
The Sir Peter Maccallum Department Of Oncology
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
oncology
humans
lung neoplasms
male
female
respiratory system
carcinoma, non-small-cell lung
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Prof

David Ball

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Radiation oncology
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STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY (SBRT) AS A NEW STANDARD OF CARE FOR SPINAL METASTASES

Secondary spread of cancer to the spine affects about 40% of all cancer patients. The current standard of care, radiotherapy, does not provi..

2018 - 2020
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PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CIRCULATING TUMOUR BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH CURATIVE-INTENT RADIOTHERAPY FOR NSCLC

More than 50% of cancer patients in Australia receive radiotherapy but many later die from distant metastases. This study of circulating bio..

2016 - 2021
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A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF SWALLOWING AND VOICE OUTCOMES AFTER TREATMENT FOR SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER

2016 - 2019
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INVESTIGATING THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY, QUALITY OF LIFE, COST-EFFICIENCY AND IMMUNE POTENTIAL OF HIGH PRECISION LUNG RADIOTHERAPY

2015 - 2019
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PRECISION HIGH DOSE RADIOTHERAPY WITH A NEW TECHNIQUE COMPARED WITH TRADITIONAL RADIOTHERAPY OF LUNG CANCER

2014 - 2017
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Balancing higher cure rates with reduced side effects for cancer radiation therapy when using daily image guidance

When using radiotherapy to kill tumours, the radiation beams need to be targeted at the tumour, plus a margin of error around it to ensure t..

2012 - 2014
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Precision high dose radiation using a new technique compared with traditional radiotherapy of lung cancer

2009 - 2014
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Project Types

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Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Evaluation of an artificial intelligence clinical trial matching system in Australian lung cancer patients.

Marliese Alexander, Benjamin Solomon, David L Ball, Mimi Sheerin, Irene Dankwa-Mullan, Anita M Preininger, Gretchen Purcell Jackson, Dishan M Herath

Journal article  |  2020  |  JAMIA Open

Objective: The objective of this technical study was to evaluate the performance of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system f..

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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..

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Keyword Analysis

Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Clinical Sciences
Expanding Knowledge
Clinical (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Health and Support Services
Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology
Public Health and Health Services
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Human Pharmaceutical Products

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2011

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
2010

Award for Oustanding Contribution

Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group
2008

Paula Pitt Award for Outstanding Contribution

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

The Sir Peter Maccallum Department Of Oncology

Member

Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group

Member

Australian Medical Asssociation

Member

Clinical Oncology Society of Australia

Education

Bachelor of Science

Adelaide University

Bachelor of Medicine

Adelaide University

Doctor of Medicine

Adelaide University

Diploma

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

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