Research themes and projects at the Centre for Womens Health, Gender and Society
Project title
The importance of age, use of hormone replacement therapy and mammographic density on the accuracy of mammographic screening
Major research theme
Investigators
- Professor Anne Kavanagh, CWHGS, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
- Dr Carolyn Nickson, CWHGS, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
- A/Prof Dorota Gertig, MEGA Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
- Prof John Hopper, MEGA Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
- Prof Graham Giles, Cancer Council of Victoria
- Dr Jennifer Cawson, St Vincents BreastScreen
- Dr Graham Byrnes, MEGA Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
Funding
- VicHealth grant now expired
Summary
This program of work investigates the significance of age, use of hormone replacement therapy and mammographic density, and the inter-relationships between them, in predicting how accurately mammographic screening detects breast cancer.