By Emeritus Professor Allan David Spigelman

Journal articles

Mireskandari S; Angster J; Meiser B; Thewes B; Groombridge C; Spigelman AD; Andrews L, 2009, 'Impact of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) on young adults: A qualitative study', Journal of Genetic Counseling, 18, pp. 409 - 417

Reeves S; Meldrum C; Groombridge C; Spigelman AD; Suchy J; Kurzawski G; Lubinski J; McElduff S; Scott R, 2009, 'MTHFR 677 C>T and 1298 A>C polymorphisms and the age of onset of colorectal cancer in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer', European Journal of Human Genetics, 17, pp. 629 - 635

Wolfenden L; Wiggers J; Campbell E; Knight J; Kerridge RK; Spigelman AD, 2009, 'Providing comprehensive smoking cessation care to surgical patients: The case for computers', Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 60 - 65

Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Clinical governance units in New South Wales, Australia', Clinical Governance: An International Journal, 13, pp. 15 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cgij.2008.24813cab.002

Aittomäki K; Spigelman A; Weber W; Zajac V, 2008, 'Other short opinions/comments on moderate/low cancer genetic risk markers in medical practice and the article Genetic contribution to all cancers: The first demonstration using the model of breast cancers from Poland stratified by age at diagnosis and tumour pathology by Lubinski et al., Breast Cancer Res Treat 2008 Apr 15', Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice, 6, pp. 67 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1897-4287-6-2-67

Zilliacus E; Meiser B; Lobb E; Kirk J; Spigelman A; Barlow-Stewart K; Warwick L; Tucker K, 2008, 'A balancing act - Practitioners' experiences of telehealth cancer genetic counselling', PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, 17, pp. S157 - S158, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000257874200297&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

McGrath DR; Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Putative mechanisms of action for indole-3-carbinol in the prevention of colorectal cancer', Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets, 12, pp. 729 - 738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1517/14728222.12.6.729

Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Déjà vu 4 U', Clinical Governance, 13, pp. 147 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14777270810867357

Wakefield CE; Meiser B; Homewood J; Peate ML; Taylor A; Lobb EA; Kirk J; Young M; Williams R; Dudding T; Tucker K, 2008, 'A randomized controlled trial of a decision aid for women considering genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk', Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 107, pp. 289 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10549-007-9539-2

Wakefield CE; Meiser B; Homewood J; Taylor A; Gleeson MA; Williams R; Tucker K; Ward RL, 2008, 'A randomized trial of a breast/ovarian cancer genetic testing decision aid used as a communication aid during genetic counseling', Psycho - Oncology, 17, pp. 844 - 854

Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Australian Perspectives: Clinical governance units in New South Wales, Australia', Clinical Governance: an International Journal, 13, pp. 225 - 226

Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Australian Perspectives: Deja vu 4 U', Clinical Governance: an International Journal, 13, pp. 147 - 148

Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Erratum: Pathology reporting of resected colorectal cancers in New South Wales in 2000 (vol 77, pg 963, 2007)', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 78, pp. 112 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04420.x

Wolfenden L; Wiggers J; Campbell E; Knight J; Kerridge RK; Moore CH; Spigelman AD; Harrison MJ, 2008, 'Feasibility, acceptability, and cost of referring surgical patients for postdischarge cessation support from a quitline', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10, pp. 1105 - 1108

Brand CL; Tropea J; Ibrahim JE; Elkadi S; Bain CJ; Ben-Tovim D; Bucknall T; Greenberg P; Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals', Medical Journal of Australia, 189, pp. 35 - 40

Kable A; Gibberd R; Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Measuring compliance with surgical antibotic protocols: an intervention', Clinical Governance: an International Journal, 13, pp. 296 - 304

Aittomaki K; Spigelman AD; Weber W; Zajac V, 2008, 'Other short opinions/comments on moderate/low cancer genetic risk markers in medical practice and the article Genetic contribution to all cancers: the first demonstration using the model of breast cancers from Poland stratified by age at diagnosis a', Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice, 6, pp. 67 - 68

Kable A; Gibberd R; Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Predictors of adverse events in surgical admissions in Australia', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 20, pp. 406 - 411

McGrath D; Spigelman AD, 2008, 'Putative mechanisms of action for indole-3-carbinol in the prevention of colorectal cancer', Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets, 12, pp. 729 - 738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1517/14728220802097748

Wakefield CE; Meiser B; Homewood J; Ward RL; O Donnell S; Kirk J, 2008, 'Randomized trial of a decision aid for individuals considering genetic testing for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer risk', Cancer, 113, pp. 956 - 965

Mcgrath DR; Frydoonfar HR; Hunt JJ; Dunkley CJ; Spigelman AD, 2007, 'Potential mechanisms for the chemoprotective effect of cruciferous vegetables in colo-rectal cancer: a clinical trial of indole-3-carbinol', PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY, 66, pp. 38A - 38A, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000252590100068&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Young JM; Leong D; Armstrong K; O Connell DL; Armstrong BK; Spigelman AD; Ackland S; Chapuis P; Kneebone AB; Solomon MJ, 2007, 'Concordance with national guidelines for colorectal cancer care in New South Wales: a population-based patterns of care study', Medical Journal of Australia, 186, pp. 292 - 295

Groombridge C; Burgess B; Spigelman AD; O Toole L, 2007, 'Disseminating risk information to familial adenomatous polyposis families', Familial Cancer, 6, pp. 323 - 324

Chapuis P; Chan C; Lin B; Armstrong K; Armstrong BK; Spigelman AD; O Connell DL; Leong D; Dent O, 2007, 'Pathology Reporting of Resected Colorectal cancers In New South Wales in 2000.', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 77, pp. 963 - 969

Chow E; Meldrum CJ; Crooks R; Macrae FA; Spigelman AD; Scott RJ, 2006, 'An updated mutation spectrum in an Australian series of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome patients provides further evidence for only one gene locus', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 21, pp. A262 - A262, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000247320600031&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hearle N; Schumacher V; Menko FH; Olschwang S; Boardman LA; Gille JJ; Keller JJ; Westerman AM; Scott RJ; Lim W; Trimbath JD; Giardiello FM; Gruber SB; Offerhaus GJ; Rooij FW; Wilson JH; Hansmann A; Möslein G; Royer-Pokora B; Vogel T; Phillips RK; Spigelman AD; Houlston RS, 2006, 'STK11 status and intussusception risk in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.', Journal of medical genetics, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jmg.2005.040535

Spigelman AD, 2006, 'Governance and innovation: Experience with a policy on the introduction of new interventional procedures', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 76, pp. 9 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03648.x

Spigelman AD, 2006, 'A comparison of colorectal neoplasia screening tests: a multicentre community-based study of the impact of consumer choice', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. 237 - 238

Chow E; Meldrum C; Crooks R; Macrae F; Spigelman AD; Scott R, 2006, 'An updated mutation spectrum in an Australian series of PJS patients provides further evidence for only one gene locus', Clinical Geriatrics, 70, pp. 409 - 414

Hearle N; Schumacher V; Menko F; Olschwang S; Boardman L; Gille J; Keller J; Westerman A; Scott R; Lim W; Trimbath J; Giardiello F; Gruber S; Offerhaus G; de Rooij F; Wilson JP; Hansmann A; Moslein G; Royer-Pokora B; Vogel T; Phillips R; Spigelman AD; Houlston R, 2006, 'Frequency and spectrum of cancers in the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome', Clinical Cancer Research, 12, pp. 3209 - 3215

Hitchins MP; Suter CM; Wong J; Cheong K; Hawkins NJ; Leggett B; Scott R; Spigelman AD; Tomlinson IP; Martin DI; Ward RL, 2006, 'Germline epimutations of APC are not associated with inherited colorectal polyposis', Gut, 55, pp. 586 - 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2005.087486

Weir L; Spigelman A; Scott R; Kirk J; Zeckendorf S; Sitas F, 2005, 'The NSW & act hereditary cancer registers', Australian Family Physician, 34, pp. 53 - 56

McGrath DR; Leong DC; Gibberd R; Armstrong B; Spigelman AD, 2005, 'Surgeon and hospital volume and the management of colorectal cancer patients in Australia', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 75, pp. 901 - 910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03543.x

Spigelman AD; Swan J, 2005, 'Review of the Australian incident monitoring system', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 75, pp. 657 - 661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03482.x

Spigelman AD; Swan JR, 2005, 'Skin antiseptics and the risk of operating theatre fires', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 75, pp. 556 - 558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03429.x

Mackenzie S; Swan JR; D'Este C; Spigelman AD, 2005, 'Elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a seven-year experience', Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 1, pp. 27 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/tcrm.s112753602

Wolfenden L; Wiggers J; Knight J; Campbell E; Rissel C; Kerridge R; Spigelman AD; Moore K, 2005, 'A programme for reducing smoking in pre-operative surgical patients: Randomised controlled trial', Anaesthesia, 60, pp. 172 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.04070.x

Spigelman A; Gani J, 2005, 'Pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy for advanced duodenal disease in familial adenomatous polyposis (Br J Surg 2004; 91: 1157-1164) [3]', British Journal of Surgery, 92, pp. 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bjs.4944

Wolfenden L; Wiggers J; Knight J; Campbell E; Spigelman A; Kerridge R; Moore K, 2005, 'Increasing smoking cessation care in a preoperative clinic: A randomized controlled trial', Preventive Medicine, 41, pp. 284 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.11.011

Mackenzie S; Swan JR; D'Este C; Spigelman AD, 2005, 'Elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a seven-year experience.', Ther Clin Risk Manag, 1, pp. 27 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/tcrm.1.1.27.53602

Hitchins MP; Williams RA; Cheong KF; Halani N; Lin V; Packham D; Ku S; Buckle AD; Hawkins NJ; Burn J, 2005, 'MLH1 Germline Epimutations as a Factor in Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer', Gastroenterology, 129, pp. 1392 - 1399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2005.09.003

Kairupan CF; Meldrum C; Crooks R; Milward EA; Spigelman AD; Burgess B; Groombridge C; Kirk J; Tucker K; Ward RL; Williams R; Scott R, 2005, 'Mutation analysis of the MYH gene in an Australian series of colorectal polyposis patients with or without germline APC mutations', International Journal of Cancer, 116, pp. 73 - 77

Thompson AL; Stonebridge P; Spigelman AD, 2005, 'Surgical accountability: a framework for trust and change', Medical Journal of Australia, 183, pp. 500 - 500

Scott RJ; Crooks R; Rose L; Attia J; Thakkinstian A; Thomas L; Spigelman AD; Meldrum CJ, 2004, 'Germline Missense Changes in the APC Gene and Their Relationship to Disease', Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1897-4287-2-2-81

McGrath DR; Spigelman AD, 2004, 'In the Beginning There Was Colectomy: Current Surgical Options in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis', Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1897-4287-2-4-153

Kable A; Gibberd R; Spigelman A, 2004, 'RE: RE: Complications after discharge for surgical patients', ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 74, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000223813900026&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Spigelman AD, 2004, 'People with colorectal cancer: Can we help them do better?', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 74, pp. 401 - 402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2004.03103.x

Kable A; Gibberd R; Spigelman A, 2004, 'Complications after discharge for surgical patients', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 74, pp. 92 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02922.x

Spigelman AD, 2004, 'Extracolonic polyposis in familial adenomatous polyposis: So near and yet so far', Gut, 53, pp. 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2003.032227

Thompson E; Meldrum CJ; Crooks R; McPhillips M; Thomas L; Spigelman AD; Scott RJ, 2004, 'Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer and the role of hPMS2 and hEXO1 mutations', Clinical Genetics, 65, pp. 215 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.2004.00214.x

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