By Emeritus Professor Michael Barton

Journal articles

Yap ML; O'Connell DL; Goldsbury D; Weber M; Barton M, 2020, 'Factors Associated With Radiotherapy Utilisation In New South Wales, Australia: Results From The 45 and Up Study', Clinical Oncology, 32, pp. 282 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2020.01.007

Christie DRH; Barton MB, 2020, 'The Radiation Oncology trainee research programme is working well, so can anything else be done to help our trainees acquire research skills?', Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 64, pp. 303 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1754-9485.13003

Polo Rubio JA; Zubizarreta E; Lievens Y; Barton M; Rodin D; Jake VD; Grover S; Abdel-Wahab M, 2020, 'OC-0077: Factors Associated with the Global Availability of Radiotherapy Services: an IAEA analysis', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 152, pp. S35 - S36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-8140(21)00103-1

Pham TT; Stait-Gardner T; Lee CS; Barton M; Graham PL; Liney G; Wong K; Price WS, 2019, 'Correlation of ultra-high field MRI with histopathology for evaluation of rectal cancer heterogeneity', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 9311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45450-2

Merie R; Gabriel G; Shafiq J; Vinod S; Barton M; Delaney GP, 2019, 'Radiotherapy underutilisation and its impact on local control and survival in New South Wales, Australia', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 141, pp. 41 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2019.09.012

Spence D; Dyer R; Andall-Brereton G; Barton M; Stanway S; Argentieri MA; Bray F; Cawich S; Edwards-Bennett S; Fosker C; Gabriel O; Greaves N; Hanchard B; Hospedales J; Luciani S; Martin D; Nimrod M; Ragin C; Simeon D; Tortolero-Luna G; Wharfe G; Sarfati D, 2019, 'Cancer control in the Caribbean island countries and territories: some progress but the journey continues', The Lancet Oncology, 20, pp. e503 - e521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30512-1

Sarfati D; Dyer R; Sam FAL; Barton M; Bray F; Buadromo E; Ekeroma A; Foliaki S; Fong J; Herman J; Huggins L; Maoate K; Meredith I; Mola G; Palafox N; Puloka V; Shin HR; Skeen J; Snowdon W; Tafuna'i M; Teng A; Watters D; Vivili P, 2019, 'Cancer control in the Pacific: big challenges facing small island states', The Lancet Oncology, 20, pp. e475 - e492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30400-0

Wilson BE; Jacob S; Yap ML; Ferlay J; Bray F; Barton MB, 2019, 'Estimates of global chemotherapy demands and corresponding physician workforce requirements for 2018 and 2040: a population-based study (vol 20, pg 769, 2019)', LANCET ONCOLOGY, 20, pp. E346 - E346, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000473253800004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Batumalai V; Wong K; Shafiq J; Hanna TP; Gabriel G; Heberle J; Koprivic I; Kaadan N; King O; Tran T; Cassapi L; Forstner D; Delaney GP; Barton M, 2019, 'Estimating the cost of radiotherapy for 5-year local control and overall survival benefit', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 136, pp. 154 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2019.04.011

Rodin D; Burger EA; Atun R; Barton M; Gospodarowicz M; Grover S; Hanna TP; Jaffray DA; Knaul FM; Lievens Y; Zubizarreta E; Milosevic M, 2019, 'Scale-up of radiotherapy for cervical cancer in the era of human papillomavirus vaccination in low-income and middle-income countries: a model-based analysis of need and economic impact', The Lancet Oncology, 20, pp. 915 - 923, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30308-0

Wilson BE; Jacob S; Yap ML; Ferlay J; Bray F; Barton MB, 2019, 'Estimates of global chemotherapy demands and corresponding physician workforce requirements for 2018 and 2040: a population-based study', The Lancet Oncology, 20, pp. 769 - 780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30163-9

Yap ML; O'Connell DL; Goldsbury D; Weber M; Barton M, 2019, 'Comparison of four methods for estimating actual radiotherapy utilisation using the 45 and Up Study cohort in New South Wales, Australia', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 131, pp. 14 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2018.10.039

Barton M, 2018, 'What do undergraduate doctors really need to know about radiation oncology?', Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 62, pp. 823 - 825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1754-9485.12834

Batumalai V; Shafiq J; Gabriel G; Hanna TP; Delaney GP; Barton M, 2018, 'Impact of radiotherapy underutilisation measured by survival shortfall, years of potential life lost and disability-adjusted life years lost in New South Wales, Australia', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 129, pp. 191 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2018.06.026

Liney GP; Whelan B; Oborn B; Barton M; Keall P, 2018, 'MRI-Linear Accelerator Radiotherapy Systems', Clinical Oncology, 30, pp. 686 - 691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2018.08.003

Rosenblatt E; Fidarova E; Zubizarreta EH; Barton MB; Jones GW; Mackillop WJ; Cordero L; Yarney J; Lim G; Gan JV; Cernea V; Stojanovic-Rundic S; Strojan P; Kochbati L; Quarneti A, 2018, 'Radiotherapy utilization in developing countries: An IAEA study', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 128, pp. 400 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2018.05.014

Barton MB; Gabriel GS; Delaney GP, 2018, 'Testing criterion-based benchmarking for the appropriate use of radiotherapy', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 128, pp. 406 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2018.05.023

Whelan B; Welgampola M; McGarvie L; Makhija K; Turner RM; Holloway L; Feain I; Jackson M; Barton M; Keall P, 2018, 'Patient reported outcomes of slow, single arc rotation: Do we need rotating gantries?', Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 62, pp. 553 - 561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1754-9485.12688

Liney GP; Dong B; Weber E; Rai R; Destruel A; Garcia-Alvarez R; Manton DJ; Jelen U; Zhang K; Barton M; Keall P; Crozier S, 2018, 'Imaging performance of a dedicated radiation transparent RF coil on a 1.0 Tesla inline MRI-linac', Physics in Medicine and Biology, 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aac813

Rosenblatt E; Fidarova E; Ghosh S; Zubizarreta E; Unterkirhere O; Semikoz N; Sinaika V; Kim V; Karamyan N; Isayev I; Akbarov K; Lomidze D; Bondareva O; Tuzlucov P; Zardodkhonova M; Tkachev S; Kislyakova M; Alimov J; Pidlubna T; Barton M; Mackillop W, 2018, 'Quality of radiotherapy services in post-Soviet countries: An IAEA survey', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 127, pp. 171 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2018.03.028

Rai R; Manton D; Jameson MG; Josan S; Barton MB; Holloway LC; Liney GP, 2018, '3D printed phantoms mimicking cortical bone for the assessment of ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging:', Medical Physics, 45, pp. 758 - 766, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mp.12727

Borras JM; Grau C; Corral J; Wong K; Barton MB; Ferlay J; Bray F; Lievens Y, 2018, 'Estimating the number of fractions by tumour site for European countries in 2012 and 2025: An ESTRO-HERO analysis', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 126, pp. 198 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2017.11.009

Hanna TP; Shafiq J; Delaney GP; Vinod SK; Thompson SR; Barton MB, 2018, 'The population benefit of evidence-based radiotherapy: 5-Year local control and overall survival benefits', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 126, pp. 191 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2017.11.004

Yam C; Seth S; Hess KR; Mittendorf EA; Murthy RK; Damodaran S; Helgason T; Huo L; Thompson AM; Barton M; Huang ML; Arribas EM; Lane DL; Rauch GM; Adrada BE; Gilcrease MZ; Chang JT; Moulder SL, 2018, 'Impact of clinical, morphologic and molecular characteristics on response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST) in metaplastic breast cancer (MpBC)', Annals of Oncology, 29, pp. viii73 - viii74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdy270.223

Logeman CJ; Flanigan J; Foliaki S; Bray F; Barton M; Sitas F, 2017, 'Cancer in small states – No small matter', Cancer Epidemiology, 50, pp. 173 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2017.09.005

Barton MB; Zubizarreta EH; Polo Rubio JA, 2017, 'Radiotherapy in small countries', Cancer Epidemiology, 50, pp. 257 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2017.06.007

Pham TT; Liney G; Wong K; Rai R; Lee M; Moses D; Henderson C; Lin M; Shin JS; Barton MB, 2017, 'Study protocol: Multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging for therapeutic response prediction in rectal cancer', BMC Cancer, 17, pp. 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3449-4

Whelan B; Liney GP; Dowling JA; Rai R; Holloway L; McGarvie L; Feain I; Barton M; Berry M; Wilkins R; Keall P, 2017, 'An MRI-compatible patient rotation system - Design, construction, and first organ deformation results:', Medical Physics, 44, pp. 581 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mp.12065

Barton MB; Zubizarreta E; Gospodarowicz M, 2017, 'Radiotherapy in Low- and Middle-income Countries. What Can We Do Differently?', Clinical Oncology, 29, pp. 69 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2016.11.009

Yap ML; Hanna TP; Shafiq J; Ferlay J; Bray F; Delaney GP; Barton M, 2017, 'The Benefits of Providing External Beam Radiotherapy in Low- and Middle-income Countries', Clinical Oncology, 29, pp. 72 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2016.11.003

Pham TT; Liney GP; Wong K; Barton MB, 2017, 'Functional MRI for quantitative treatment response prediction in locally advanced rectal cancer', British Journal of Radiology, 90, pp. 20151078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20151078

Do V; Ng W; Jacob S; Delaney GP; Barton M, 2017, 'An estimation of the population survival benefit of first-course chemotherapy for head and neck cancers', Annals of Oncology, 28, pp. v388 - v388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdx374.043

Eduardo R; Gregorius BP; Michael B; Elena F; Jesper GE; Bruce H; Barbara AM; Anita B; Eduardo Z; May A-W; Barton M, 2017, 'Need for Competency-Based Radiation Oncology Education in Developing Countries', Creative Education, 08, pp. 66 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ce.2017.81006

Shafiq J; Hanna TP; Vinod SK; Delaney GP; Barton MB, 2016, 'A Population-based Model of Local Control and Survival Benefit of Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer', Clinical Oncology, 28, pp. 627 - 638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2016.05.006

Feain I; Shieh CC; White P; O'Brien R; Fisher S; Counter W; Lazarakis P; Stewart D; Downes S; Jackson M; Baxi S; Whelan B; Makhija K; Huang CY; Barton M; Keall P, 2016, 'Functional imaging equivalence and proof of concept for image-guided adaptive radiotherapy with fixed gantry and rotating couch', Advances in Radiation Oncology, 1, pp. 365 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2016.10.004

Liney GP; Dong B; Begg J; Vial P; Zhang K; Lee F; Walker A; Rai R; Causer T; Alnaghy SJ; Oborn BM; Holloway L; Metcalfe P; Barton M; Crozier S; Keall P, 2016, 'Technical Note: Experimental results from a prototype high-field inline MRI-linac', Medical Physics, 43, pp. 5188 - 5194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4961395

Hanna TP; Delaney GP; Barton MB, 2016, 'The population benefit of radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer: Local control and survival estimates', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 120, pp. 370 - 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2016.04.008

Hanna TP; Delaney GP; Barton MB, 2016, 'The population benefit of radiotherapy for malignant brain tumors: Local control and survival estimates for guideline-based use', JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 14, pp. 1111 - 1119, http://dx.doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2016.0120

Borras JM; Lievens Y; Barton M; Corral J; Ferlay J; Bray F; Grau C, 2016, 'How many new cancer patients in Europe will require radiotherapy by 2025? An ESTRO-HERO analysis', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 119, pp. 5 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2016.02.016

Thompson SR; Delaney GP; Jacob S; Shafiq J; Wong K; Hanna TP; Gabriel GS; Barton MB, 2016, 'Estimation of the optimal utilisation rates of radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer by a review of clinical practice guidelines', Radiotherapy and Oncology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2015.12.023

Wong K; Delaney GP; Barton MB, 2016, 'Evidence-based optimal number of radiotherapy fractions for cancer: A useful tool to estimate radiotherapy demand', Radiotherapy and Oncology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2015.12.001

Rodin D; Hanna TP; Burger E; Zubizarreta E; Yap ML; Barton M; Atun R; Knaul F; Van Dyk J; Lievens Y; Gospodarowicz M; Jaffray D; Milosevic M, 2016, '11: Global Access to Radiotherapy for Cervical Cancer: The Cost of Inaction', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 120, pp. S4 - S5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-8140(16)33410-7

Do V; Jacob S; Ng W; Delaney GP; Barton MB, 2016, '346P An estimation of the population survival benefit of first-course chemotherapy and immunotherapy for leukemia', Annals of Oncology, 27, pp. ix108 - ix108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0923-7534(21)00504-4

Yap ML; Zubizarreta E; Bray F; Ferlay J; Barton M, 2016, 'Global Access to Radiotherapy Services: Have We Made Progress During the Past Decade?', Journal of Global Oncology, 2, pp. 207 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.2015.001545

Borras JM; Lievens Y; Barton M; Corral J; Ferlay J; Bray F; Grau C, 2016, 'OC-0331: How many new cancer patients in Europe will require radiotherapy by 2025? An ESTRO-HERO analysis', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 119, pp. S153 - S153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-8140(16)31580-8

Borras JM; Dunscombe P; Barton M; Gasparotto C; Defourny N; Grau C; Lievens Y, 2015, 'ASSESSING THE GAP BETWEEN EVIDENCE BASED INDICATIONS FOR RADIOTHERAPY AND ACTUAL PRACTICE IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES', VALUE IN HEALTH, 18, pp. A481 - A482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.1311

Gabriel G; Barton M; Delaney GP, 2015, 'The effect of travel distance on radiotherapy utilization in NSW and ACT', Radiotherapy and Oncology, 117, pp. 386 - 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2015.07.031

Atun R; Jaffray DA; Barton MB; Bray F; Baumann M; Vikram B; Hanna TP; Knaul FM; Lievens Y; Lui TYM; Milosevic M; O'Sullivan B; Rodin DL; Rosenblatt E; Van Dyk J; Yap ML; Zubizarreta E; Gospodarowicz M, 2015, 'Expanding global access to radiotherapy', The Lancet Oncology, 16, pp. 1153 - 1186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00222-3

Jaffray DA; Knaul FM; Atun R; Adams C; Barton MB; Baumann M; Lievens Y; Lui TYM; Rodin DL; Rosenblatt E; Torode J; van Dyk J; Vikram B; Gospodarowicz M, 2015, 'Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control', The Lancet Oncology, 16, pp. 1144 - 1146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00285-5

Kang YJ; O'Connell DL; Tan J; Lew JB; Demers A; Lotocki R; Kliewer EV; Hacker NF; Jackson M; Delaney GP; Barton M; Canfell K, 2015, 'Optimal uptake rates for initial treatments for cervical cancer in concordance with guidelines in Australia and Canada: Results from two large cancer facilities', Cancer Epidemiology, 39, pp. 600 - 611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2015.04.009

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