Nina Afshar

Differences in cancer survival by remoteness of residence: an analysis of data from a population-based cancer registry

Nina Afshar, Dallas R English, James A Chamberlain, Tony Blakely, Vicky Thursfield, Helen Farrugia, Graham G Giles, Roger L Milne

Journal article  |  2020  |  Cancer Causes & Control

PURPOSE: Cancer survival is generally lower for rural compared with urban residents, but findings have been inconsistent. We aimed..

Differences in cancer survival by area-level socio-economic disadvantage: A population-based study using cancer registry data

Nina Afshar, Dallas R English, Tony Blakely, Vicky Thursfield, Helen Farrugia, Graham G Giles, Roger L Milne

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

Despite overall improvements in cancer survival due to earlier diagnosis and better treatment, socio-economically disadvantaged pe..

Trends and Inequalities in Cancer Survival in Victoria, Australia

Nina Afshar

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2020

Background: Cancer is the second-highest cause of mortality worldwide, accounting for 9.6 million deaths in 2017, and its burden o..

Rural-urban residence and cancer survival in high-income countries: A systematic review

Nina Afshar, Dallas R English, Roger L Milne

Journal article  |  2019  |  Cancer

Differences in cancer survival by sex: a population-based study using cancer registry data

Nina Afshar, Dallas R English, Vicky Thursfield, Paul L Mitchell, Luc Te Marvelde, Helen Farrugia, Graham G Giles, Roger L Milne

Journal article  |  2018  |  Cancer Causes & Control

Do Age at Diagnosis, Tumour Thickness and Tumour Site Explain Sex Differences in Melanoma Survival? A Sequential Causal Mediation Analysis Using Cancer Registry Data

N Afshar, SG Dashti, V Thursfield, H Farrugia, GG Giles, RL Milne, DR English

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Global Oncology

Background: Previous research has shown that women diagnosed with melanoma have better survival than their male counterparts, but ..