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Email

polly.dufton@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Nursing
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
La Trobe University
ORCID

0000-0001-7784-3602

Dr Polly Dufton

Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Nursing

10 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Toward person-centred, age friendly care: The development of an Optimal Care Pathway for older adults with cancer as part of the Australian Cancer Plan (ACP)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102570
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Implementation and evaluation of a nurse-led geriatric oncology model of care for older adults with lung cancer
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102302
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    OA07.04 Optimising Care of Older Patients with Lung Cancer - An Innovative Nurse-led Model of Care
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2024.09.045
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Factors that influence presentation to an emergency department during systemic anti-cancer therapy: An exploratory qualitative study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2024.102607
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Implementation of a nurse-led, multidisciplinary model of care for older adults with cancer: a process evaluation protocol
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077005
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Caregiver and care recipient health literacy, social support and connectedness on caregiver psychological morbidity: A cross-sectional dyad survey
    DOI: 10.1002/pon.6177
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Methodological approaches to measuring the incidence of unplanned emergency department presentations by cancer patients receiving systemic anti-cancer therapy: a systematic review
    DOI: 10.1186/s12874-022-01555-3
Polly Dufton

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2021

    Conference Proceedings

    Treatment patterns of older patients receiving systemic anti-cancer therapy
  • 2021

    Thesis / Dissertation

    Unplanned Emergency Department Presentations by Cancer Patients Receiving Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Socio-demographic and disease related characteristics associated with unplanned emergency department visits by cancer patients: A retrospective cohort study
    DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4509-z

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