Overview
Background
Breast and Endocrine Surgeon, Mater Hospitals South Brisbane.
Previous Fellowships at University of Nottingham(UK) and Mayo Clinic (USA)
Chairman, Foundation for Breast Cancer Care
Senior Surgeon Breast Screen Qld Metro south Brisbane
Availability
- Professor Chris Pyke is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Research interests
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Breast Cancer
MPS and cancer prognosis, circulating fDNA, Sentinel Node biopsy trials Breast Cancer Audit and cancer registries
Research impacts
Breast Cancer Quality Audit - >140,000 entries , identiying gaps in service delivery to Breast Cancer patients
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Breast cancer-related arm lymphoedema: a critical unmet need
Hayes, Sandra C., Bernas, Michael, Plinsinga, Melanie L., Pyke, Christopher, Saunders, Christobel, Piller, Neil, Moffatt, Christine, Keeley, Vaughan, Kruger, Natalie, Reul-Hirche, Hildegard and McCarthy, Alexandra L. (2024). Breast cancer-related arm lymphoedema: a critical unmet need. eClinicalMedicine, 75 102762, 102762. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102762
2024
Journal Article
Individual and area level factors associated with the breast cancer diagnostic-treatment interval in Queensland, Australia
Retell, James D., Cameron, Jessica K., Aitken, Joanne F., Youl, Philippa, Pyke, Chris, Dunn, Jeff, Chambers, Suzanne and Baade, Peter D. (2024). Individual and area level factors associated with the breast cancer diagnostic-treatment interval in Queensland, Australia. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 203 (3), 575-586. doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-07134-4
2023
Journal Article
Treatment intervals and survival for women diagnosed with early breast cancer in Queensland: the Breast Cancer Outcomes Study, a population‐based cohort study
Kou, Kou, Aitken, Joanne F, Pyke, Christopher, Chambers, Suzanne, Dunn, Jeff and Baade, Peter D (2023). Treatment intervals and survival for women diagnosed with early breast cancer in Queensland: the Breast Cancer Outcomes Study, a population‐based cohort study. Medical Journal of Australia, 219 (9), 409-416. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52091
2023
Journal Article
Does breast cancer policy meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia? a review
Christie, Vita, Riley, Lynette, Green, Deb, Snook, Kylie, Henningham, Mandy, Rambaldini, Boe, Amin, Janaki, Pyke, Chris, Varlow, Megan, Goss, Sally, Skinner, John, O’Shea, Ross, McCowen, Deb and Gwynne, Kylie (2023). Does breast cancer policy meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia? a review. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22 (1) 129. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-01941-3
2023
Journal Article
“Everyone needs a Deb”: what Australian Indigenous women say about breast cancer screening and treatment services
Christie, Vita, Green, Deb, Skinner, John, Riley, Lynette, O’Shea, Ross, Littlejohn, Karen, Pyke, Christopher, McCowen, Debbie, Rambaldini, Boe and Gwynne, Kylie (2023). “Everyone needs a Deb”: what Australian Indigenous women say about breast cancer screening and treatment services. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 672, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09633-y
2023
Journal Article
Severity and risk factors of interval breast cancer in Queensland, Australia: a population-based study
Kou, Kou, Cameron, Jessica, Youl, Philippa, Pyke, Chris, Chambers, Suzanne, Dunn, Jeff, Aitken, Joanne F. and Baade, Peter D. (2023). Severity and risk factors of interval breast cancer in Queensland, Australia: a population-based study. Breast Cancer, 30 (3), 466-477. doi: 10.1007/s12282-023-01439-4
2023
Journal Article
GelMA, click-chemistry gelatin and bioprinted polyethylene glycol-based hydrogels as 3D ex vivo drug testing platforms for patient-derived breast cancer organoids
Bock, Nathalie, Forouz, Farzaneh, Hipwood, Luke, Clegg, Julien, Jeffery, Penny, Gough, Madeline, van Wyngaard, Tirsa, Pyke, Christopher, Adams, Mark N., Bray, Laura J., Croft, Laura, Thompson, Erik W., Kryza, Thomas and Meinert, Christoph (2023). GelMA, click-chemistry gelatin and bioprinted polyethylene glycol-based hydrogels as 3D ex vivo drug testing platforms for patient-derived breast cancer organoids. Pharmaceutics, 15 (1) 261, 261. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010261
2023
Journal Article
Healthcare costs and health status: Insights from the SHARE survey
Cygańska, Małgorzata, Kludacz-Alessandri, Magdalena and Pyke, Chris (2023). Healthcare costs and health status: Insights from the SHARE survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (2) 1418, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20021418
2022
Journal Article
A cost-consequences analysis of the SAFE trial: a comparative, effectiveness trial evaluating high- versus low-supervision of an exercise intervention for women with breast cancer
Watzek, Jessica T., Gordon, Louisa G., Sandler, Carolina X., Spence, Rosalind R., Vagenas, Dimitrios, Pyke, Christopher and Hayes, Sandra C. (2022). A cost-consequences analysis of the SAFE trial: a comparative, effectiveness trial evaluating high- versus low-supervision of an exercise intervention for women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer, 30 (2), 249-258. doi: 10.1007/s12282-022-01418-1
2022
Journal Article
Supportive care needs and psychosocial outcomes of rural versus urban women with breast cancer
Eggins, Renee, Fowler, Helen, Cameron, Jessica, Aitken, Joanne F., Youl, Philippa, Turrell, Gavin, Chambers, Suzanne K., Dunn, Jeff, Pyke, Chris, Baade, Peter D. and Goodwin, Belinda (2022). Supportive care needs and psychosocial outcomes of rural versus urban women with breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 31 (11), 1951-1957. doi: 10.1002/pon.5977
2022
Journal Article
A prognostic survival model for women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in Queensland, Australia
Baade, Peter D., Fowler, Helen, Kou, Kou, Dunn, Jeff, Chambers, Suzanne K., Pyke, Chris and Aitken, Joanne F. (2022). A prognostic survival model for women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in Queensland, Australia. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 195 (2), 191-200. doi: 10.1007/s10549-022-06682-5
2022
Journal Article
A randomised, comparative, effectiveness trial evaluating low- versus high-level supervision of an exercise intervention for women with breast cancer: the SAFE trial
Spence, Rosalind R., Sandler, Carolina X., Singh, Benjamin, Tanner, Jodie, Pyke, Christopher, Eakin, Elizabeth, Vagenas, Dimitrios and Hayes, Sandra C. (2022). A randomised, comparative, effectiveness trial evaluating low- versus high-level supervision of an exercise intervention for women with breast cancer: the SAFE trial. Cancers, 14 (6) 1528, 1528. doi: 10.3390/cancers14061528
2022
Journal Article
Improving breast cancer outcomes for Aboriginal women: A mixed-methods study protocol
Christie, Vita, Rice, Mackenzie, Dracakis, Jocelyn, Green, Deb, Amin, Janaki, Littlejohn, Karen, Pyke, Christopher, McCowen, Debbie and Gwynne, Kylie (2022). Improving breast cancer outcomes for Aboriginal women: A mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 12 (1) e048003. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048003
2021
Journal Article
Surgical education: the RACS model
Pyke, Chris, Anthony, Adrian and Archer, Julian (2021). Surgical education: the RACS model. Indian Journal of Surgery, 84 (S1), 213-221. doi: 10.1007/s12262-021-03156-8
2021
Conference Publication
Predicting endocrine sensitivity in breast cancer
Snell, Cameron E., Smith, Deborah, Gough, Madeline, Liu, Cheng, Middleton, Kathryn, Pyke, Christopher, Shannon, Catherine and Woodward, Natasha (2021). Predicting endocrine sensitivity in breast cancer. Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia - Pathology Update 2021, Virtual, 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.05.005
2021
Journal Article
What is the evidence globally for culturally safe strategies to improve breast cancer outcomes for indigenous women in high income countries? A systematic review
Christie, Vita, Green, Debbie, Amin, Janaki, Pyke, Christopher, Littlejohn, Karen, Skinner, John, McCowen, Deb and Gwynne, Kylie (2021). What is the evidence globally for culturally safe strategies to improve breast cancer outcomes for indigenous women in high income countries? A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (11) 6073, 6073. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18116073
2020
Journal Article
Factors associated with being diagnosed with high severity of breast cancer: a population-based study in Queensland, Australia
Kou, Kou, Cameron, Jessica, Aitken, Joanne F., Youl, Philippa, Turrell, Gavin, Chambers, Suzanne, Dunn, Jeff, Pyke, Chris and Baade, Peter D. (2020). Factors associated with being diagnosed with high severity of breast cancer: a population-based study in Queensland, Australia. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 184 (3), 937-950. doi: 10.1007/s10549-020-05905-x
2020
Journal Article
Cost-effectiveness analysis from a randomized controlled trial of tailored exercise prescription for women with breast cancer with 8-year follow-up
Gordon, Louisa G., Eakin, Elizabeth G., Spence, Rosalind R., Pyke, Christopher, Bashford, John, Saunders, Christobel and Hayes, Sandra C. (2020). Cost-effectiveness analysis from a randomized controlled trial of tailored exercise prescription for women with breast cancer with 8-year follow-up. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (22) 8608, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228608
2020
Conference Publication
Development of novel biomarkers predictive of endocrine sensitivity in breast cancer
Snell, Cameron E., Smith, Deborah, Gough, Madeline, Liu, Cheng, Middleton, Kathryn, Pyke, Christopher, Shannon, Catherine and Woodward, Natasha (2020). Development of novel biomarkers predictive of endocrine sensitivity in breast cancer. Pathology Update 2020, Sydney, NSW Australia, 20-22 March 2020. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2020.01.067
2019
Journal Article
Breast cancer incidence and survival among young females in Queensland, Australia
Youlden, Danny R., Baade, Peter D., Walker, Rick, Pyke, Christopher M., Roder, David M. and Aitken, Joanne F. (2019). Breast cancer incidence and survival among young females in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 9 (3) jayao.2019.0119, 402-409. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2019.0119
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Chris Pyke is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Epigenomic determinants of chemotherapy response in triple-negative breast cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Adam Ewing, Dr Jodi Saunus
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Doctor Philosophy
Novel Biomarkers and Therapy Approaches in Breast Cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shannon Joseph, Associate Professor Fiona Simpson
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Master Philosophy
Treatment patterns and prognostic indicators in triple-negative breast cancer: a multicentre study of contemporary cases from Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marina Reeves, Dr Jodi Saunus
Media
Enquiries
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- Breast Cancer
- College of Surgeons
- Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
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