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Dr

Louiza Velentzis

Honorary
Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health
Prevention
life sciences & biomedicine
science & technology
early detection of cancer
humans
women
female
adult
middle aged
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Dr

Louiza Velentzis

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Breast cancer
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Dr

Louiza Velentzis

 

Dr Velentzis has a PhD in epidemiology from University College London (UK). Her work encompasses a variety of projects on breast and cervical cancer prevention and screening within Australia.

She also has an interest in the effects of exogenous hormones (e.g. menopausal hormone therapy) as risk factors for female cancers. Dr Velentzis is involved in Pathways-Breast and Pathways-Cervix, programs of work conducted by Cancer Council NSW involving the evaluation and translation of new strategies for cancer control.

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 5 most recent scholarly works by Louiza Velentzis.

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Analytical performance of HPV assays on vaginal self -collected vs practitioner -collected cervical samples: the SCoPE study

M Saville, D Hawkes, MHT Keung, ELO Ip, J Silvers, F Sultana, MJ Malloy, LS Velentzis, K Canfel, CD Wrede, JML Brotherton

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Clinical Virology

BACKGROUND: In the last decade, human papillomavirus (HPV) testing has been evaluated extensively for cervical screening, with stu..

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Improving breast cancer screening in Australia: a public health perspective

Carolyn Nickson, Louiza S Velentzis, Patrick Brennan, G Bruce Mann, Nehmat Houssami

Journal article  |  2019  |  Public Health Research & Practice

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Pathways to a cancer-free future: A protocol for modelled evaluations to maximize the future impact of interventions on cervical cancer in Australia

Louiza S Velentzis, Megan A Smith, Kate T Simms, Michaela Hall, Suzanne Hughes, Susan Yuill, James Killen, Adam Keane, Katherine Butler, Jessica Darlington-Brown, Harriet Hui, Julia ML Brotherton, Rachel Skinner, Alison Brand, Lara Roeske, Stella Heley, Jonathan Carter, Deborah Bateson, Ian Frazer, Suzanne M Garlan, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Gynecologic Oncology

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Clinical Validation of the cobas HPV Test on the cobas 6800 System for the Purpose of Cervical Screening

Marion Saville, Farhana Sultana, Michael J Malloy, Louiza S Velentzis, Michael Caruana, Ellen LO Ip, Marco HT Keung, Karen Canfell, Julia ML Brotherton, David Hawkes

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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Prospective validation of the NCI Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (Gail Model) on 40,000 Australian women

Carolyn Nickson, Pietro Procopio, Louiza S Velentzis, Sarah Carr, Lisa Devereux, Gregory Bruce Mann, Paul James, Grant Lee, Cameron Wellard, Ian Campbell

Journal article  |  2018  |  BREAST CANCER RESEARCH

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Clinical Sciences
Expanding Knowledge
Health and Support Services
Medical Microbiology
Public Health and Health Services
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health

Education

Human Reproductive Biology and Assisted Reproduction

Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine

Biochemistry and Microbiology (Joint Honours)

King's College London

Cancer Epidemiology

University College London