Published Research

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2025

• Lymph Node Yield and Colorectal Cancer Survival: A Bowel Cancer Outcomes Registry Cohort Study. Wilkie BD, Chan JM, Paratz E, Proud D, Smart P, Vinna A. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Colon Cancer: A Case for Selective Adoption in pMMR and Transformation in dMMR. Gosavi R, Nguyen TC, Teoh W, Warrier S, Heriot A, Narasimhan. ANZ Journal of Surgery

2024

• Outcomes of rectal cancer treatment in rural Australia and New Zealand: analysis of the bowel cancer outcomes registry. Murshed I, Dinger TL, de Gaay Fortman DPE, Traeger L, Bedrikovetski S, Hunter A, Kroon HM, Sammour T. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Influence of the type of anatomic resection on anastomotic leak after surgery for colon cancer. Ng SC, McCombie A, Frizelle F, Eglinton T. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Does complete pathological response increase perioperative morbidity risk in rectal cancer? Tiang TKS, Yeoh ASS, Othman B, Mohan HM, Burgess AN, Smart PJ, Proud DM. Colorectal Disease

2023

• Clinical predictors of rectal cancer response after neo-adjuvant (Chemo)Radiotherapy in Australia and New Zealand: Analysis of the Bi-National Colorectal Cancer Audit (BCCA). Liu J, Lee JYT, Bedrikovetski S, Traeger L, Moore JW, Perry JL, Kroon HM, Sammour T. European Journal of Surgical Oncology

• Predictive Factors for Anastomotic Leak in Colorectal Surgery: A Bi-National Database Study. Prabhakaran S, Prabhakaran S, Lim WM, Guerra G, Heriot AG, Kong JC. Polish Journal of Surgery

• Right hemicolectomy for colon cancer: does the anastomotic configuration affect short-term outcomes? Rajagopalan A, Centauri S, Antoniou E, Arachchi A, Tay YK, Chouhan H, Lim JT-H, Nguyen TC, Narasimhan V, Teoh WMK. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Surgical management of splenic flexure cancer: is there an optimal technique? A bi-national registry analysis. Thungathurthi K, Antoniou E, Arachchi A, Tay Y, Nguyen TC, Lim J, Chouhan H, Narasimhan V, Teoh W. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Impact of obesity on patients undergoing surgery for rectal cancer in Australia and New Zealand. Yang PF, Ang ZH, Badiani S, Berney CR, Morgan MJ. International Journal of Colorectal Disease

• Right hemicolectomy anastomotic leak study: a review of right hemicolectomy in the binational clinical outcomes registry (BCOR). Koneru S, Reece MM, Dulani Goonawardhana D, Chapuis PH, Naidu K, Ng K-S, Rickard MJFX. ANZ Journal of Surgery

2022

• Regional variance in treatment and outcomes of locally invasive (T4) rectal cancer in Australia and New Zealand: analysis of the Bi-National Colorectal Cancer Audit. Dinger TL, Kroon HM, Traeger L, Bedrikovetski S, Hunter A, Sammour T. ANZ Journal of Surgery

2021

• Predictors of Surgical Difficulty in Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision. Kong JC, Prabhakaran S, Fraser A, Warrier S, Heriot AG. Polish Journal of Surgery

• Does the body mass index impact lymph node yield for colorectal cancer resection, and does operative approach influence this: a review of bi-national colorectal cancer audit database. Cheong JY, Young CJ, Byrne C. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer diagnosis and management: A Binational Colorectal Cancer Audit study. Williams E, Kong JC, Singh P, Prabhakaran S, Warrier SK, Bell S. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Current practice in Australia and New Zealand for defunctioning ileostomy after rectal cancer surgery with anastomosis: Analysis of the Bi‐National Colorectal Cancer Audit (BCCA). Grupa VEM,  Hidde KM, Ozmen I, Bedrikovetski S, Dudi‐Venkata NN, Hunter RA, Sammour T. Colorectal Disease

• Robotic versus laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a retrospective cohort study of the Binational Colorectal Cancer Database. Clarke EM, Rahme J, Larach T, Rajkomar A, Jain A, Hiscock R, Warrier S, Smart P. Journal of Robotic Surgery

2020

• Surgical outcomes following colorectal cancer resections in patients aged 80 years and over: results from the Australia and New Zealand Binational Colorectal Cancer Audit. Cross AJ, Kornfält P, Lidin J, Buchwald P, Frizelle FA, Eglinton TW. Colorectal Disease

• The short to medium term benefits of the Australian colorectal cancer screening program.

  Taylor S, Salimi F, Earnest A, Heriot AG, Zalcberg JR, Ahern S. The Medical Journal of Australia

• Australasian ACPGBI risk prediction model for 30-day mortality after colorectal cancer surgery.

  Wilkins S, Oliva K, Chowdhury E, Ruggiero B, Bennett A, AndrewsEJ, Dent O, Chapuis P, Platell C, Reid CM, McMurrick PM. British Journal of Surgery

• Minimally invasive surgery in elderly patients with rectal cancer: An analysis of the Bi-National Colorectal Cancer Audit (BCCA).
  Van Harten MJ, Greenwood EB, Bedrikovetski S, Dudi-Venkata NN, Hunter RA, Kroon HM, Sammour T. European Journal of Surgical Oncology

• Colorectal cancer in younger adults from a Bi‐National Colorectal Cancer Audit registry.

  Kong JC, Su WK, Ng CW, Guerra GR, Chakraborty J, Lutton N, Morris B, Gourlas P. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Rate of anastomotic leak following right hemicolectomy by general surgical trainees.

  Ng CW, Prabhakaran S, Chakraborty J, Lutton N, Gourlas P, Gillespie C, Kong JCH. International Journal of Colorectal Disease

• Abdominoperineal excision in Australasia: clinical outcomes, predictive factors and recent trends of nonrestorative rectal cancer surgery.

  Smith N, Waters PS, Peacock O, Kong JC, Lynch AC, McCormick JJ, Heriot A, Warrier SK. Colorectal Disease

• Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Versus Open Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer: A propensity-matched analysis of Bi-National Colorectal Cancer Audit data. Bedrikovetski S, Dudi-Venkata NN, Kroon HM, Moore JW, Hunter RA, Sammour T. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

• Retrospective analysis of a Bi‐National Colorectal Cancer Audit to characterize stage II colon cancer patients who were offered adjuvant chemotherapy. Cooper EA, Buxey KN, Maslen BJ, Muhlmann M. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Factors Predictive of Advanced Stage of Colorectal Cancer at Presentation - A Bi-National Study.

  Vather R, Petrushnko W, Chapman D, Sammour T, Mor I, Warner R. Colorectal Disease

2019

• Long‑term Outcomes of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: A Bi‑national Colorectal Cancer Audit study.

  Kong JC, Guerra GR, Lee A, Warrier SK, Lynch C, Heriot AG. World Journal of Colorectal Surgery

• Short-term outcome of emergency colorectal cancer surgery: results from Bi-National Colorectal Cancer Audit.

  Lee CHA, Kong JCH, Heriot AG, Warrier S, Zalcberg J, Sitzler P. International Journal of Colorectal Disease

2018

• Risk factors associated with circumferential resection margin positivity in rectal cancer: A Binational Registry Study.

  Warrier SK, Kong JC, Guerra GR, Chittleborough TJ, Naik A, Ramsay RG, Lynch AC, Heriot AG. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

• Monitoring excess unplanned return to theatre following colorectal cancer surgery.

  Rasmussen M, Platell C, Jones M. ANZ Journal of Surgery

2017

• Validation of an online risk calculator for the prediction of anastomotic leak after colon cancer surgery and preliminary exploration of artificial intelligence-based analytics. Sammour T, Cohen L, Karunatillake AL, Lewis M, Lawrence MJ, Hunter A, Moore JW, Thomas ML. Techniques in Coloproctology 

2016

• Analysis of mortality in colorectal surgery in the Bi-National Colorectal Cancer Audit.
  Teloken PE, Spilsbury K, Platell C; BCCA Operations Committee. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Evolution of the Bi-National Colorectal Cancer Audit: history, governance and future directions.

  Hunter RA, Moore J; BCCA Operations Committee. ANZ Journal of Surgery

• Reporting postoperative morbidity and mortality by hospital and surgeon: a new era in accountability.

  Lubowski DZ. ANZ Journal of Surgery