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  1. Supportive Care in What ? Myths and Misconceptions That Prevent the Provision of Excellent Cancer Care

    Article • JCO Global Oncology, June 2026, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Professor Ian Olver

  2. The Association Between Alignment to the Breast Cancer Optimal Care Pathways and Patient Survival in Victoria, Australia, 2012–2019: A Retrospective Population‐Based Cohort Study

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, March 2026, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  3. The Accordion Process: An Emancipatory Methodology for ‘How to’ Co-design Options for Health Policy to ‘Accord’ With Lay Priorities

    Article • International Journal of Qualitative Methods, January 2026, SAGE Publications

    Professor Ian Olver

  4. Factors associated with employment outcomes in cancer survivors: a systematic scoping review spanning a decade of international research

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  5. Patterns and Factors Associated with Podiatry Service Use Among Colorectal Cancer Patients Following Chemotherapy in South Australia: Focus on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)

    Article • Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, October 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ian Olver, Professor David Roder

  6. Australian parents’ attitudes, perceptions and supply of alcohol to adolescents: a national cross-sectional survey

    Article • Health Promotion International, December 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ian Olver

  7. Oral Cannabis Extract for Secondary Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting: Final Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase II/III Trial

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, August 2024, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Professor Ian Olver

  8. Ethics of artificial intelligence in supportive care in cancer

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, May 2024, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  9. “They start on the zero-alcohol and they wanna try the real thing”: Parents' views on zero-alcohol beverages and their use by adolescents

    Article • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, March 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Ian Olver, Robin Room

  10. Which parents provide zero-alcohol beverages to adolescents? A survey of Australian parents' practices and intentions

    Article • Preventive Medicine, February 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Ian Olver

  11. Experience of patients considering or using checkpoint inhibitors in cancer treatment: a systematic review of qualitative research

    Article • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, January 2024, BMJ

    Professor Ian Olver

  12. 2023 updated MASCC/ESMO consensus recommendations: controlling nausea and vomiting with chemotherapy of low or minimal emetic potential

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  13. Prevalence of parental supply of alcohol to minors: a systematic review

    Article • Health Promotion International, September 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ian Olver

  14. Effects of food-based interventions in the management of chemoradiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a systematic review

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  15. ‘It is a life changing experience’: The experiences of living kidney donors who live in rural Australia

    Article • Australian Journal of Rural Health, June 2023, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  16. Hypothesis‐free discovery of novel cancer predictors using machine learning

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Investigation, June 2023, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  17. A review of the utility of prognostic tools in predicting 6‐month mortality in cancer patients, conducted in the context of Voluntary Assisted Dying

    Article • Internal Medicine Journal, April 2023, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  18. Review of psychological interventions in patients with cancer

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  19. Examining social class as it relates to heuristics women use to determine the trustworthiness of information regarding the link between alcohol and breast cancer risk

    Article • PLOS One, September 2022, PLOS

    Professor Ian Olver

  20. How does social class shape women's alcohol stockpiling during COVID-19?: A qualitative study in South Australia during the 2020 lockdown

    Article • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, April 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Ian Olver

  21. Adaptive capacity: A qualitative study of midlife Australian women's resilience during COVID-19

    Article • SSM - Mental Health, February 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Ian Olver

  22. Choosing and Managing Aged Care Services from Afar: What Matters to Australian Long-Distance Care Givers

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Ian Olver

  23. Demonstrating the importance of cultural considerations at end of life utilizing the perspective of Indian patients with cancer

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  24. Psychosocial well-being and supportive care needs of cancer patients and survivors living in rural or regional areas: a systematic review from 2010 to 2021

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver, Associate professor Ilse Mesters

  25. Communicating cancer and its treatment to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients with cancer: a qualitative study

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  26. Improving Survivors’ Quality of Life Post-Treatment: The Perspectives of Rural Australian Cancer Survivors and Their Carers

    Article • Cancers, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Ian Olver

  27. Understanding the strategies rural cancer patients and survivors use to manage financial toxicity and the broader implications on their lives

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  28. The psychosocial experiences and supportive care preferences of organ transplant recipients and their carers who live in regional Australia

    Article • Australian Journal of Rural Health, February 2021, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  29. Now we are 30: 10 more years of MASCC

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  30. Optimal Supportive Care for Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer According to Their Disease Progression Phase

    Article • JCO Oncology Practice, January 2021, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Professor Ian Olver

  31. Optimizing Rural People’s Access to Relevant Cancer Education and Support Using Peer-Led YouTube Films

    Article • Journal of Cancer Education, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  32. Oral THC:CBD cannabis extract for refractory chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase II crossover trial

    Article • Annals of Oncology, August 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Ian Olver

  33. Intrinsic Radiosensitivity Is Not the Determining Factor in Treatment Response Differences between HPV Negative and HPV Positive Head and Neck Cancers

    Article • Cells, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Ian Olver

  34. Second opinions in medical oncology

    Article • BMC Palliative Care, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  35. Cancers of the corpus uteri treated in South Australian public hospitals: Trends in clinical management and survival across three decades

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, July 2020, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver, Professor David Roder

  36. Uncertainty upon uncertainty: supportive Care for Cancer and COVID-19

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  37. Engagement of General Practice in an Australian Organised Bowel Cancer Screening Program: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Knowledge and Practice

    Article • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, July 2020, EpiSmart Science Vector Ltd

    Professor David Roder, Professor Ian Olver

  38. Monitoring TNM stage of female breast cancer and survival across the South Australian population, with national and international TNM benchmarking: A population-based cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2020, BMJ

    Professor David Roder, Professor Ian Olver

  39. Clinicians’ attitudes and perceived barriers and facilitators to cancer treatment clinical practice guideline adherence: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative literature

    Article • Implementation Science, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  40. Dietary patterns of patients with psoriasis in a public institution in Brazil

    Article • Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, May 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Ian Olver

  41. Supportive care in cancer—a MASCC perspective

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  42. A review of factors influencing non-adherence to oral antineoplastic drugs

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  43. Online interventions aimed at reducing psychological distress in cancer patients

    Article • Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, March 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Ian Olver, Associate professor Ilse Mesters

  44. Online psychosocial interventions for posttreatment cancer survivors

    Article • Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, March 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Ian Olver, Associate professor Ilse Mesters

  45. Influence of the human papillomavirus on the radio-responsiveness of cancer stem cells in head and neck cancers

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  46. What are the attitudes of health professionals regarding patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in oncology practice? A mixed-method synthesis of the qualitative evidence

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  47. From participation to diagnostic assessment: a systematic scoping review of the role of the primary healthcare sector in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

    Article • Australian Journal of Primary Health, January 2020, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Ian Olver

  48. Development of a Smartphone Program to Support Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy in People with Cancer

    Article • Patient Preference and Adherence, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Xiomara Skrabal Ross, Professor Ian Olver

  49. Ethical considerations relating to healthcare resource allocation decisions

    Article • Internal Medicine Journal, November 2019, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  50. The impact of chemotherapy on cognitive function: a multicentre prospective cohort study in testicular cancer

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  51. Pain Education for Adolescents and Young Adults Living Beyond Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Meeting Report

    Article • Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, October 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Ian Olver

  52. What is multidisciplinary cancer care like in practice? a protocol for a mixed-method study to characterise ambulatory oncology services in the Australian public sector

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2019, BMJ

    Professor Ian Olver

  53. “Some sort of fantasy land”: A qualitative investigation of appropriate prescribing in cancer care

    Article • Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, September 2019, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  54. Time from diagnosis to treatment of colorectal cancer in a South Australian clinical registry cohort: how it varies and relates to survival

    Article • BMJ Open, September 2019, BMJ

    Professor David Roder, Professor Ian Olver

  55. Pre-diagnostic colonoscopies reduce cancer mortality - results from linked population-based data in South Australia

    Article • BMC Cancer, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David Roder, Professor Ian Olver

  56. Diversity of cancer stem cells in head and neck carcinomas: The role of HPV in cancer stem cell heterogeneity, plasticity and treatment response

    Article • Radiotherapy and Oncology, June 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Ian Olver

  57. Alcohol and breast cancer risk: Middle-aged women’s logic and recommendations for reducing consumption in Australia

    Article • PLOS One, February 2019, PLOS

    Professor Ian Olver

  58. What Caused My Cancer? Cancer Patients’ Perceptions on What May Have Contributed to the Development of Their Cancer: A Cross-Sectional, Cross-Country Comparison Study

    Article • Cancer Control, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    Professor Ian Olver

  59. Medicinal cannabis for chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting: prescribing with limited evidence

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, December 2018, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Professor Ian Olver

  60. Mobile-Based Oral Chemotherapy Adherence–Enhancing Interventions: Scoping Review

    Article • JMIR mhealth and uhealth, December 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Xiomara Skrabal Ross, Professor Ian Olver

  61. Cytokinesis Block Micronucleus Cytome (CBMN Cyt) Assay Biomarkers and Their Association With Radiation Sensitivity Phenotype in Prostate Cancer Cases and DNA Repair Gene hOGG1 (C1245G) Polymorphism

    Article • Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, September 2018, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  62. Using hospital registries in Australia to extend data availability on vulval cancer treatment and survival

    Article • BMC Cancer, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David Roder, Professor Ian Olver

  63. Mobile-Based Oral Chemotherapy Adherence–Enhancing Interventions: Scoping Review (Preprint)

    Article • July 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Professor Ian Olver

  64. Medical Oncology Group of Australia position statement and membership survey on voluntary assisted dying

    Article • Internal Medicine Journal, July 2018, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  65. Good training, systems and funding, not good luck: what hematologists and oncologists believe would make it easier for them to refer their cancer patients to psychosocial care

    Article • Translational Behavioral Medicine, June 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ian Olver

  66. Beyond PSA testing for prostate cancer

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, June 2018, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Professor Ian Olver

  67. The timeliness of patients reporting the side effects of chemotherapy

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  68. Examining variation across treatment clinics in cancer patients’ psychological outcomes: results of a cross sectional survey

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  69. Bowel cancer screening for women at midlife

    Article • Climacteric, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ian Olver

  70. Web-Based Communication Strategies Designed to Improve Intention to Minimize Risk for Colorectal Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • JMIR Cancer, February 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Professor Ian Olver

  71. A systematic review of quantitative observational studies investigating psychological distress in testicular cancer survivors

    Article • Psycho-Oncology, January 2018, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  72. Access to clinical trials among oncology patients: results of a cross sectional survey

    Article • BMC Cancer, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  73. Phase II study of celecoxib with docetaxel chemoradiotherapy followed by consolidation chemotherapy docetaxel plus cisplatin with maintenance celecoxib in inoperable stage III nonsmall cell lung cancer

    Article • Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, August 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  74. Survey of practices around pharmaceutical company funding for continuing professional development among medical oncologists and trainees in Australia

    Article • Internal Medicine Journal, August 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  75. Should disclosure of conflicts of interest in medicine be made public? Medical students’ views

    Article • Academic Medicine, July 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  76. Web-Based Communication Strategies Designed to Improve Intention to Minimize Risk for Colorectal Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

    Article • June 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Professor Ian Olver

  77. Web-Based Communication Strategies Designed to Improve Intention to Minimize Risk for Colorectal Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • June 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Professor Ian Olver

  78. e-TC: Development and pilot testing of a web-based intervention to reduce anxiety and depression in survivors of testicular cancer

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, May 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  79. Oesophageal cancer: Which treatment is the easiest to swallow? A review of combined modality treatments for resectable carcinomas

    Article • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, May 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Ian Olver

  80. Cocktail without hangover: in search for the optimal chemotherapy in the combined management of non-operable esophageal carcinomas

    Article • Acta Oncologica, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ian Olver

  81. Parallel multicentre randomised trial of a clinical trial question prompt list in patients considering participation in phase 3 cancer treatment trials

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2017, BMJ

    Professor Ian Olver

  82. Rolapitant in the Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting Associated With Chemotherapy

    Article • Clinical Medicine Insights Therapeutics, January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Professor Ian Olver

  83. History, development and future of cancer screening in Australia

    Article • Public Health Research & Practice, January 2017, The Sax Institutute

    Professor David Roder, Professor Ian Olver

  84. Cancer control-A global perspective

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, January 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  85. Financial toxicity in clinical care today: a “menu without prices”

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, December 2016, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Professor Ian Olver

  86. How Australian general practitioners engage in discussions about alcohol with their patients: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2016, BMJ

    Professor Ian Olver

  87. Prevention of breast cancer

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, November 2016, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Professor Ian Olver

  88. 2016 MASCC and ESMO guideline update for the prevention of chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and of nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer patients

    Article • Annals of Oncology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Ian Olver

  89. 2016 Updated MASCC/ESMO Consensus Recommendations: Controlling nausea and vomiting with chemotherapy of low or minimal emetic potential

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  90. 2016 updated MASCC/ESMO consensus recommendations: Anticipatory nausea and vomiting in children and adults receiving chemotherapy

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lee Dupuis, Professor Ian Olver

  91. The consumer-driven development and acceptability testing of a website designed to connect rural cancer patients and their families, carers and health professionals with appropriate information and psychosocial support

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, July 2016, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  92. The importance of supportive care for patients with cancer

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, June 2016, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Professor Ian Olver

  93. Should clinical trials be approached differently for rare cancers?

    Article • Future Oncology, May 2016, Future Medicine

    Professor Ian Olver

  94. Improving uptake of wiki-based guidelines with Qstream education

    Article • Academic Medicine, April 2016, Wiley

    Professor Ian Olver

  95. Spiritual history-taking

    Article • Palliative Medicine, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Megan C Best, Professor Ian Olver

  96. Ethical issues with xenotransplantation clinical trials

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, April 2016, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Professor Ian Olver

  97. Palliative care specialists’ beliefs about spiritual care

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Megan C Best, Professor Ian Olver

  98. Message on a bottle: are alcohol warning labels about cancer appropriate?

    Article • BMC Public Health, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  99. On the fragility of medical virtue in a neoliberal context: the case of commercial conflicts of interest in reproductive medicine

    Article • Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ian Olver

  100. Creating a safe space: A qualitative inquiry into the way doctors discuss spirituality

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, November 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Megan C Best, Professor Ian Olver

  101. Conceptual analysis of suffering in cancer: a systematic review

    Article • Psycho-Oncology, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Megan C Best, Professor Ian Olver