By Associate Professor Mandy Ballinger

Journal articles

Butow P; Napier C; Campbell R; Bartley N; Best M; Ballinger ML, 2022, 'Validation of the Knowledge of Genome Sequencing (KOGS) scale in cancer patients', Patient Education and Counseling, 105, pp. 3110 - 3115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2022.06.009

Best MC; Butow P; Savard J; Jacobs C; Bartley N; Davies G; Napier CE; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Biesecker B; Tucker KM; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Schlub T; Newson AJ, 2022, 'Preferences for return of germline genome sequencing results for cancer patients and their genetic relatives in a research setting', European Journal of Human Genetics, 30, pp. 930 - 937, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41431-022-01069-y

Butow PN; Best MC; Davies G; Schlub T; Napier CE; Bartley N; Ballinger ML; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Goldstein D; Biesecker B; Thomas DM, 2022, 'Psychological impact of comprehensive tumor genomic profiling results for advanced cancer patients', Patient Education and Counseling, 105, pp. 2206 - 2216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2022.01.011

Best M; Napier C; Schlub T; Bartley N; Biesecker B; Ballinger M; Butow P, 2022, 'Validation of the multidimensional impact of Cancer Risk Assessment Questionnaire to assess impact of waiting for genome sequencing results', Psycho Oncology, 31, pp. 1204 - 1211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.5908

Meiser B; Butow P; Davies G; Napier CE; Schlub TE; Bartley N; Juraskova I; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Best MC, 2022, 'Psychological predictors of cancer patients' and their relatives’ attitudes towards the return of genomic sequencing results', European Journal of Medical Genetics, 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmg.2022.104516

Napier CE; Davies G; Butow PN; Schlub TE; Best MC; Bartley N; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Tucker KM; Biesecker BB; Thomas DM; Ballinger ML, 2022, 'Cancer patient knowledge about and behavioral intentions after germline genome sequencing', Patient Education and Counseling, 105, pp. 707 - 718, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.07.004

Willis AM; Terrill B; Pearce A; McEwen A; Ballinger ML; Young MA, 2022, 'My Research Results: a program to facilitate return of clinically actionable genomic research findings', European Journal of Human Genetics, 30, pp. 363 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41431-021-00973-z

Meiser B; Butow P; Davies G; Napier CE; Schlub TE; Bartley N; Juraskova I; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Tucker K; Goldstein D; Biesecker BB; Best MC; Young M-A, 2022, 'Psychological predictors of advanced cancer patients’ preferences for return of results from comprehensive tumor genomic profiling', American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 188, pp. 725 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62563

Bartley N; Best MC; Biesecker BB; Fisher A; Goldstein D; Meiser B; Thomas DM; Ballinger ML; Butow P, 2022, 'Effectively communicating comprehensive tumor genomic profiling results: Mitigating uncertainty for advanced cancer patients', Patient Education and Counseling, 105, pp. 452 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.05.018

Sylvester DE; Chen Y; Grima N; Saletta F; Padhye B; Bennetts B; Wright D; Krivanek M; Graf N; Zhou L; Catchpoole D; Kirk J; Latchoumanin O; Qiao L; Ballinger M; Thomas D; Jamieson R; Dalla-Pozza L; Byrne JA, 2022, 'Rare germline variants in childhood cancer patients suspected of genetic predisposition to cancer', Genes Chromosomes and Cancer, 61, pp. 81 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gcc.23006

Butow P; Davies G; Napier CE; Bartley N; Ballinger ML; Biesecker B; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Schlub T; Thomas DM; Goldstein D; Best MC, 2022, 'Value of whole-genome sequencing to Australian cancer patients and their first-degree relatives participating in a genomic sequencing study', Journal of Genetic Counseling, 31, pp. 96 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1455

Vatter S; Schlub TE; Napier CE; Best MC; Bartley N; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Ballinger ML; Biesecker BB; Goldstein D; Thomas DM; Butow P, 2022, 'Psychological Outcomes in Advanced Cancer Patients After Receiving Genomic Tumor Profiling Results', Health Psychology, 41, pp. 396 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0001181

Lin FP; Thavaneswaran S; Grady JP; Ballinger M; Kansara M; Oakes SR; Desai J; Lee CK; Simes J; Thomas DM, 2021, 'Criteria-based curation of a therapy-focused compendium to support treatment recommendations in precision oncology', Npj Precision Oncology, 5, pp. 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41698-021-00194-z

Bartley N; Davies G; Butow P; Napier CE; Schlub T; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Best MC, 2021, 'Fear of cancer recurrence in patients undergoing germline genome sequencing', Supportive Care in Cancer, 29, pp. 7289 - 7297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06311-9

Butow P; Müller F; Napier CE; Bartley N; Ballinger ML; Biesecker B; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Schlub TE; Thomas DM; Goldstein D; Best MC; Newson A; Tucker K; Vines R; Vines K; Kirk J; Young MA; Savard J; Jacobs C, 2021, 'Longitudinal patterns in fear of cancer progression in patients with rare, advanced cancers undergoing comprehensive tumour genomic profiling', Psycho Oncology, 30, pp. 1920 - 1929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.5764

Thavaneswaran S; Ballinger M; Butow P; Meiser B; Goldstein D; Lin F; Napier C; Thomas D; Best M, 2021, 'The experiences and needs of australian medical oncologists in integrating comprehensive genomic profiling into clinical care: A nation-wide survey', Oncotarget, 12, pp. 2169 - 2176, http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/ONCOTARGET.28076

Vatter S; Bartley N; Best M; Juraskova I; Jacobs C; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Butow P, 2021, 'Does undertaking genome sequencing prompt actual and planned lifestyle-related behavior change in cancer patients and survivors? A qualitative study', Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 3, pp. E059, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OR9.0000000000000059

Willis AM; Smith SK; Meiser B; James PA; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Yanes T; Young MA, 2021, 'Influence of lived experience on risk perception among women who received a breast cancer polygenic risk score: ‘Another piece of the pie’', Journal of Genetic Counseling, 30, pp. 849 - 860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1384

Smit AK; Bartley N; Best MC; Napier CE; Butow P; Newson AJ; Tucker K; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Jacobs C; Meiser B; Goldstein D; Savard J; Juraskova I, 2021, 'Family communication about genomic sequencing: A qualitative study with cancer patients and relatives', Patient Education and Counseling, 104, pp. 944 - 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.10.022

Bartley N; Napier CE; Butt Z; Schlub TE; Best MC; Biesecker BB; Ballinger ML; Butow P, 2021, 'Cancer Patient Experience of Uncertainty While Waiting for Genome Sequencing Results', Frontiers in Psychology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647502

Kovac M; Woolley C; Ribi S; Blattmann C; Roth E; Morini M; Kovacova M; Ameline B; Kulozik A; Bielack S; Hartmann W; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Tomlinson I; Nathrath M; Heinimann K; Baumhoer D, 2021, 'Germline RET variants underlie a subset of paediatric osteosarcoma', Journal of Medical Genetics, 58, pp. 20 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106734

Ballinger ML; Thomas D, 2021, 'Heritable cancer risk in the genomic ERA', Pathology, 53, pp. S10 - S10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2021.05.038

Heyer EE; Deveson IW; Wooi D; Selinger CI; Lyons RJ; Hayes VM; O’Toole SA; Ballinger ML; Gill D; Thomas DM; Mercer TR; Blackburn J; O'Toole S, 2020, 'Author Correction: Diagnosis of fusion genes using targeted RNA sequencing (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (1388), 10.1038/s41467-019-09374-9)', Nature Communications, 11, pp. 1810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15697-9

Bartley N; Best M; Jacobs C; Juraskova I; Newson AJ; Savard J; Meiser B; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Biesecker B; Butow P, 2020, 'Cancer patients' views and understanding of genome sequencing: A qualitative study', Journal of Medical Genetics, 57, pp. 671 - 676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106410

Davies G; Butow P; Napier CE; Bartley N; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Schlub TE; Best MC, 2020, 'Advanced Cancer Patient Knowledge of and Attitudes towards Tumor Molecular Profiling', Translational Oncology, 13, pp. 100799, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranon.2020.100799

Joshua AM; Prawira A; Thavaneswaran S; Cosman R; Lee CK; Sjoquist KM; Simes J; Thomas DM; Espinoza D; Sebastian L; Ballinger ML; Hague W; Chinchen S; Collignon E; Kansara M; Palacios T; Grady J; Barker H; Thornton K, 2020, 'A signal-seeking trial of olaparib and durvalumab in homologous repair-deficient tumors: A sub-study of the cancer molecular screening and therapeutics (MoST) program.', Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38, pp. 3073 - 3073, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.3073

Zaheed M; Tucker K; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM, 2020, 'Genotype and phenotype correlation of common cancer predisposition syndromes in sarcoma cases.', Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38, pp. 1524 - 1524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.1524

Butow P; Davies G; Napier C; Thomas DM; Bartley N; Goldstein D; Ballinger ML; Juraskova I; Schlub TE; Tucker K; Meiser B; Young M-A, 2020, 'Return of results after somatic tumor mutation profiling in advanced cancer: Psychological impacts.', Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38, pp. 1541 - 1541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.1541

Butow P; Davies G; Napier CE; Schlub T; Best MC; Bartley N; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Ballinger ML; Biesecker B; Goldstein D; Thomas DM, 2020, 'Assessment of the Value of Tumor Variation Profiling Perceived by Patients with Cancer', JAMA Network Open, 3, pp. e204721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.4721

Mirabello L; Zhu B; Koster R; Karlins E; Dean M; Yeager M; Gianferante M; Spector LG; Morton LM; Karyadi D; Robison LL; Armstrong GT; Bhatia S; Song L; Pankratz N; Pinheiro M; Gastier-Foster JM; Gorlick R; De Toledo SRC; Petrilli AS; Patino-Garcia A; Lecanda F; Gutierrez-Jimeno M; Serra M; Hattinger C; Picci P; Scotlandi K; Flanagan AM; Tirabosco R; Amary MF; Kurucu N; Ilhan IE; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Barkauskas DA; Mejia-Baltodano G; Valverde P; Hicks BD; Wang M; Hutchinson AA; Tucker M; Sampson J; Landi MT; Freedman ND; Gapstur S; Carter B; Hoover RN; Chanock SJ; Savage SA, 2020, 'Frequency of Pathogenic Germline Variants in Cancer-Susceptibility Genes in Patients with Osteosarcoma', JAMA Oncology, 6, pp. 724 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0197

Best MC; Butow P; Jacobs C; Savard J; Biesecker B; Ballinger ML; Bartley N; Davies G; Napier CE; Smit AK; Thomas DM; Newson AJ, 2020, 'Who should access germline genome sequencing? A mixed methods study of patient views', Clinical Genetics, 97, pp. 329 - 337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cge.13664

Shin SJ; Dodd-Eaton EB; Peng G; Bojadzieva J; Chen J; Amos CI; Frone MN; Khincha PP; Mai PL; Savage SA; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Yuan Y; Strong LC; Wang W, 2020, 'Penetrance of different cancer types in families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome: A validation study using multicenter cohorts', Cancer Research, 80, pp. 354 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-0728

Ballinger ML; Thomas D, 2020, 'Heritable cancer risk in the genomic era', Pathology, 52, pp. S28 - S29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2020.01.118

Heyer EE; Deveson IW; Wooi D; Selinger CI; Lyons RJ; Hayes VM; O’Toole SA; Ballinger ML; Gill D; Thomas DM; Mercer TR; Blackburn J; O'Toole S, 2019, 'Diagnosis of fusion genes using targeted RNA sequencing', Nature Communications, 10, pp. 1388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09374-9

Best MC; Bartley N; Jacobs C; Juraskova I; Goldstein D; Newson AJ; Savard J; Meiser B; Ballinger M; Napier C; Thomas D; Biesecker B; Butow P; Tucker K; Schlub T; Vines R; Vines K; Kirk J; Young MA, 2019, 'Patient perspectives on molecular tumor profiling: "why wouldn't you?"', BMC Cancer, 19, pp. 753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5920-x

Fortuno C; Cipponi A; Ballinger ML; Tavtigian SV; Olivier M; Ruparel V; Haupt Y; Haupt S; Study ISK; Tucker K; Spurdle AB; Thomas DM; James PA, 2019, 'A quantitative model to predict pathogenicity of missense variants in the TP53 gene', Human Mutation, 40, pp. 788 - 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/humu.23739

Thavaneswaran S; Rath E; Tucker K; Joshua AM; Hess D; Pinese M; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM, 2019, 'Author Correction: Therapeutic implications of germline genetic findings in cancer (Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, (2019), 16, 6, (386-396), 10.1038/s41571-019-0179-3)', Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 16, pp. 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41571-019-0212-6

Thavaneswaran S; Rath E; Tucker K; Joshua AM; Hess D; Pinese M; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM, 2019, 'Therapeutic implications of germline genetic findings in cancer', Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 16, pp. 386 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41571-019-0179-3

Thavaneswaran S; Napier C; Goldstein D; Meiser B; Butow P; Thomas DM; Ballinger ML; Best M, 2019, 'Medical oncologists’ experience with returning molecular tumor profiling to patients.', Journal of Clinical Oncology, 37, pp. 10521 - 10521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.10521

Jones RM; Melton PE; Pinese M; Rea AJ; Ingley E; Ballinger ML; Wood DJ; Thomas DM; Moses EK, 2019, 'Identification of novel sarcoma risk genes using a two-stage genome wide DNA sequencing strategy in cancer cluster families and population case and control cohorts', BMC Medical Genetics, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12881-019-0808-9

Thavaneswaran S; Sebastian L; Ballinger M; Best M; Hess D; Lee CK; Sjoquist KM; Hague WE; Butow PN; Simes RJ; Thomas D, 2018, 'Cancer Molecular Screening and Therapeutics (MoST): A framework for multiple, parallel signal-seeking studies of targeted therapies for rare and neglected cancers', Medical Journal of Australia, 209, pp. 354 - 354.e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/MJA18.00227

Willis AM; Smith SK; Meiser B; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Tattersall M; Young MA, 2018, 'Development and Pilot Testing of a Decision Aid for Genomic Research Participants Notified of Clinically Actionable Research Findings for Cancer Risk', Journal of Genetic Counseling, 27, pp. 1055 - 1066, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10897-018-0223-y

Best M; Newson AJ; Meiser B; Juraskova I; Goldstein D; Tucker K; Ballinger ML; Hess D; Schlub TE; Biesecker B; Vines R; Vines K; Thomas D; Young MA; Savard J; Jacobs C; Butow P, 2018, 'The PiGeOn project: Protocol of a longitudinal study examining psychosocial and ethical issues and outcomes in germline genomic sequencing for cancer', BMC Cancer, 18, pp. 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4366-x

Koster R; Panagiotou OA; Wheeler WA; Karlins E; Gastier-Foster JM; Caminada de Toledo SR; Petrilli AS; Flanagan AM; Tirabosco R; Andrulis IL; Wunder JS; Gokgoz N; Patiño-Garcia A; Lecanda F; Serra M; Hattinger C; Picci P; Scotlandi K; Thomas DM; Ballinger ML; Gorlick R; Barkauskas DA; Spector LG; Tucker M; Belynda DH; Yeager M; Hoover RN; Wacholder S; Chanock SJ; Savage SA; Mirabello L, 2018, 'Genome-wide association study identifies the GLDC/IL33 locus associated with survival of osteosarcoma patients', International Journal of Cancer, 142, pp. 1594 - 1601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.31195

Rasmussen V; Forrest LE; Rogasik M; Girodet M; Meeus P; Sunyach MP; Blay JY; Bally O; Brahmi M; Ballinger ML; Niedermayr E; Thomas DM; Halliday J; James P; Ray-Coquard I; Young MA, 2018, 'A comparison of Australian and French families affected by sarcoma: Perceptions of genetics and incidental findings', Personalized Medicine, 15, pp. 13 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/pme-2017-0035

Ballinger ML; Best A; Mai PL; Khincha PP; Loud JT; Peters JA; Achatz MI; Chojniak R; Balieiro Da Costa A; Santiago KM; Garber J; O'Neill AF; Eeles RA; Evans DG; Bleiker E; Sonke GS; Ruijs M; Loo C; Schiffman J; Naumer A; Kohlmann W; Strong LC; Bojadzieva J; Malkin D; Rednam SP; Stoffel EM; Koeppe E; Weitzel JN; Slavin TP; Nehoray B; Robson M; Walsh M; Manelli L; Villani A; Thomas DM; Savage SA, 2017, 'Baseline surveillance in li-fraumeni syndrome using whole-body magnetic resonance imaging ameta-analysis', JAMA Oncology, 3, pp. 1634 - 1639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.1968

Ballinger ML; Ferris NJ; Moodie K; Mitchell G; Shanley S; James PA; Thomas DM, 2017, 'Surveillance in Germline TP53 Mutation Carriers Utilizing Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging', JAMA Oncology, 3, pp. 1735 - 1736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.1355

Willis AM; Smith SK; Meiser B; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Young MA, 2017, 'Sociodemographic, psychosocial and clinical factors associated with uptake of genetic counselling for hereditary cancer: a systematic review', Clinical Genetics, 92, pp. 121 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cge.12868

Koster R; Zhu B; Yeager M; Dean M; Gianferante M; Song L; Sampson J; Gastier-Foster J; Gorlick R; Toledo SRCD; Petrilli A; Patiño-Garcia A; Lecanda F; Serra M; Hattinger C; Picci P; Scotlandi K; Flanagan A; Tirabosco R; Amary M; Kurucu N; Ilhan IE; Sari N; Ballinger M; Thomas D; Barkauskas D; Hicks B; Tucker M; Caporaso N; Hoover R; Chanock S; Savage S; Mirabello L, 2017, 'Abstract 4871: Whole-exome sequencing identifies a high frequency of germline deleterious variants in cancer predisposition genes in individuals with osteosarcoma', Cancer Research, 77, pp. 4871 - 4871, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.am2017-4871

McBride KA; Ballinger ML; Schlub TE; Young MA; Tattersall MHN; Kirk J; Eeles R; Killick E; Walker LG; Shanley S; Thomas DM; Mitchell G, 2017, 'Psychosocial morbidity in TP53 mutation carriers: is whole-body cancer screening beneficial?', Familial Cancer, 16, pp. 423 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10689-016-9964-7

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