Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin : Study of breast cancer ...

Cancer Australia (2012)
Study of breast cancer screening characteristics and breast cancer survival in Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander women of Australia
Surry Hills, NSW: Cancer Australia

This report presents the findings from two studies on breast cancer screening and survival rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women living in Australia.

For the first study, data for the years 1996-2005, collected from the state and territory BreastScreen agencies was used to compare screening, assessment and outcomes for 50-69 year old women by Indigenous status. Adjustments were made for differences in age, socio-economic status, remoteness and screening period to ascertain whether the less favorable outcomes for Indigenous women were due to these factors.

In the second study, invasive breast cancer survivals were compared by Indigenous status with other women who participated in the BreastScreen program.

The results identify areas where future work is required to improve the outcomes for Indigenous women. The data presented in the report provides a baseline for future monitoring and an evidence-base to inform health policy, health promotion and health services for Australian Indigenous women.

Adapted from Cancer Australia

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Dickey Ks 13 in latest 1-hitter; Mets beat O's 5-0

NEW YORK (AP) ? R.A. Dickey saved his career by cultivating a knuckleball. Now he's using it to rewrite the Mets' record book as baseball's most dominant pitcher.

Dickey became the first major leaguer in 24 years to throw consecutive one-hitters and Ike Davis hit a grand slam to lead New York past the Baltimore Orioles 5-0 on Monday night.

Coming off a one-hit gem at Tampa Bay last Wednesday, Dickey struck out a career-high 13 and allowed only Wilson Betemit's clean single in the fifth inning. He has not permitted an earned run in 42 2-3 innings, the second-longest stretch in club history behind Dwight Gooden's streak of 49 innings in 1985.

"I don't really feel much more confident than I did the last couple years," Dickey said. "I've always felt like I have a pretty good knuckleball. I worked hard to do that."

The previous pitcher to spin consecutive one-hitters was Dave Stieb for Toronto in September 1988, according to STATS LLC. The Mets said the last to match the feat ? or top it ? in the National League was Jim Tobin with the 1944 Boston Braves, according to research by the Elias Sports Bureau. Tobin tossed a one-hitter followed by a no-hitter.

The 37-year-old Dickey (11-1) walked two and became the first 11-game winner in the majors, befuddling Baltimore with knucklers that ranged from 66-81 mph in a game that took just 2 hours, 7 minutes. He fanned the final two hitters and four of his last five, topping his previous career best of 12 strikeouts set Wednesday against the Rays.

"Yeah, it's surreal," Dickey said. "You almost get emotional out there, especially that last hitter. You hear everybody, like one big heartbeat beating. That's the best way I could explain it."

A longtime journeyman before joining the Mets in 2010, Dickey has won a career-best nine straight decisions and six consecutive starts. He is tied for the major league lead in ERA (2.00), strikeouts (103) and complete games (three).

It was his fourth game this season with double-digit strikeouts, most in the majors, and the fifth of his career. The right-hander has an incredible 71 strikeouts and six walks in his last seven starts.

"I'm going to leave it to you guys to explain it. I'm just going to try to be in the moment with it," said Dickey, a deeply religious deep thinker.

Betemit's two-out single in the fifth ended Dickey's franchise-record streak of 13 hitless innings.

"Do I have a chance to appeal that base hit? Did anybody dive for that ball? I got a bad view," Mets manager Terry Collins said, drawing laughs.

The only blemish Wednesday night was B.J. Upton's infield single with two outs in the first, a high bouncer that third baseman David Wright tried to field with his bare hand.

After the game, the Mets appealed the official scoring decision to Major League Baseball, asking the commissioner's office to review the play and consider whether Wright should be charged with an error, thus giving Dickey the team's second no-hitter this month. The appeal was denied and Dickey said he was relieved, explaining that there would have been "an asterisk by it bigger than the no-hitter itself."

The only active knuckleballer in the majors, Dickey has a 1.21 ERA and 88 strikeouts during his nine-game winning streak. It was his fifth career shutout and second this season, both in June. Pretty amazing for a guy who relies on a seemingly uncontrollable pitch that he throws harder and with more precision than just about anyone else who's made a living on it.

"He has no wild pitches this year. That's impressive," Baltimore slugger Adam Jones said. "He's in a groove."

The Mets said Dickey has made five straight starts with no earned runs allowed and at least eight strikeouts, the longest streak in major league history, according to Elias.

One of the people Dickey can thank for his incredible success story is Orioles manager Buck Showalter, who was instrumental in persuading the pitcher to remake himself into a knuckleballer when both were with the Texas Rangers.

"He had every attribute of a major league pitcher except the arm," Showalter said, his thoughts then turning to the fact that his team was about to face Dickey. "I wish it hadn't happened."

After the game, Dickey said he would be remiss not to thank Showalter.

"You know, and this is a tip of the hat to him: It was fairly poetic, I thought. The last game he saw me pitch live I gave up six home runs and tied a modern-day major league record," Dickey said. "It's really incredible."

A member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team and a first-round draft pick out of Tennessee, Dickey was devastated when the Rangers reduced their signing-bonus offer from more than $800,000 to $75,000 after they discovered during a physical that he was missing a major ligament in his pitching elbow.

Undeterred, perseverance got him to the big leagues anyway. When he failed, the knuckleball brought him back.

Committed to his craft, Dickey enlisted the help of former knuckleballers like Charlie Hough and Hall of Famer Phil Niekro. Along the way, teammates and fans were introduced to his unique personality: A voracious reader, Dickey climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in January to raise money for charity and released an autobiography that revealed suicidal thoughts and the sexual abuse he endured as a child.

He's even featured in a documentary film called "Knuckleball."

Dickey made his mark at the plate on Monday, too, sparking New York's big rally with a leadoff single in the sixth against Jake Arrieta (3-9). Jordany Valdespin doubled with one out and Dickey had to scramble back to third after he initially broke the wrong way on Wright's lineout to shortstop. The pitcher barely beat the throw with a headfirst dive, which turned out to be a crucial play.

Lucas Duda walked and Davis hit the next pitch just to the left of center for his seventh home run of the year and first career slam.

Valdespin tripled off Kevin Gregg in the eighth and scored on Wright's single. The Mets, who lead the NL with seven shutouts, had lost three straight and nine of 13.

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Can Memphis? Will Barton sneak into 1st round of 2012 NBA Draft?

A breakout sophomore season in which he averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game, Memphis Tigers? shooting guard/small forward Will Barton earned Conference USA Player of the Year honors.? As a result, the Baltimore native decided to leave school early and enter the 2012 NBA Draft.? Even with those accolades, he remains a borderline first round pick.

At the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago, Barton said he?s been hearing his name discussed in the ?17 to early second? round range.? Like most college players leaving school early, Barton has higher expectations than that.? ?I feel like I?m a first rounder so that?s what I?m shooting for,? he stated.

One of the biggest concerns with Barton is his three-point shooting.? He did raise his long distance percentage from 26.5% as a freshman to 34.6% as a sophomore, partially because he cut down on his triple tries and tried to display his other offensive strengths including attacking the basket and his steady mid-range game.? ?Staying consistent with my shot? is something Barton has been working to improve during this draft process.

When compared to other shooting guard pegged to be selected in the late first/early second round, Barton is at a major disadvantage in that area.? Guys like Kentucky?s Doron Lamb, John Jenkins of Vanderbilt, and France?s Evan Fournier have proven to all be better outside shooters than Barton.

The 6?6 swing player is also rail thin, weighing in at 174 pounds at the combine which was the lowest number of the 60 participants.? The fact that he couldn?t even bench press 185 pounds once while in Chicago only magnifies his lack of strength which many feel will hinder his transition to the next level.

Still, Barton is hoping his many strengths (pardon the pun) outweigh some of his weaknesses.? Barton is by far a better athlete than the three previously mentioned shooting guards and is much more capable of attacking defenders in one-on-one situations.? ?My versatility, ability to defend, rebound, create for myself, and create for others? is what Barton listed as his strengths.? Because of that versatility, Barton compared his game to that of ?Jamal Crawford, MarShon Brooks, and a young Larry Hughes.?

So far, Barton has been on a whirlwind tour, working out for Boston, Miami, Cleveland, Golden State, Chicago, Memphis, Indiana, Milwaukee, and Denver .? ?I?m a competitive guy,? Barton said of the draft workout scenarios.? ?I like to compete.? I like to get after it.? That?s what I do best.? I thrive with stuff like that.?? Thriving in those match-ups in the final days leading up to the draft is the best way Barton can prove to some team that he is worthy of being a first round pick.

David Kay is a senior feature NBA Draft, NBA, and college basketball writer for the Sports Bank.? He also heads up the NBA and college basketball material at Walter Football.com and is a former contributor at The Washington Times Communities.? David has appeared on numerous national radio programs spanning from Cleveland to New Orleans to Honolulu.? He also had the most accurate 2011 NBA Mock Draft on the web.

You can follow him on Twitter at DavidKay_TSB.

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Romney says Michigan win would hand him presidency

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands during a campaign stop at Bavarian Inn Lodge on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in Frankenmuth, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands during a campaign stop at Bavarian Inn Lodge on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in Frankenmuth, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, Ann Romney, center, and Gov. Rick Snyder, R-Mich., arrive for a campaign stop at Bavarian Inn Lodge on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in Frankenmuth, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a campaign stop at Bavarian Inn Lodge on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in Frankenmuth, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (AP) ? Now the likely Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney was back home in Michigan on Tuesday ? where, he says, the "trees are the right height."

"I'm going to win Michigan, with your help!" Romney told the crowd gathered outside the sprawling Bavarian Inn Lodge in this resort town. "If I am lucky enough to be elected president, I'll be the first president in American history to have been born in Michigan."

Flying home on his campaign plane Monday night, Romney joked about a past comment that drew some ridicule ? and repeated it for his traveling press corps. "When we land, look around, and you'll see the trees are the right height," he said, to laughter. Asked if carrying the state in November would have special meaning, Romney said: "If I win in Michigan, then I become the president, and that would mean a lot to me personally."

Romney is the former governor of Massachusetts, but he was born in Michigan and raised in the suburbs outside Detroit. His father, George Romney, ran a car company ? American Motors Corp. ? and went on to run the state as governor.

In 1968, George Romney failed to win the Republican presidential nomination, a prize his son is set to be officially awarded at the Republican National Convention in August. It's been a long journey that began nearly six years ago, when Mitt Romney launched his unsuccessful bid for the 2008 GOP nod.

Michigan is one of several states that could make the difference in November. It's not on his campaign's list of top targets ? that's reserved for what the campaign sees as traditionally Republican states like Virginia and North Carolina and swing states like Ohio and Florida.

But it's one of a number of Rust Belt states President Barack Obama won in 2008 and where Romney's campaign team sees an opportunity.

"There's another level of states that are all states that Obama won last time," said deputy campaign manager Katie Packer Gage, a Michigan native. "And he won't win if he doesn't win them again."

Romney faces an uphill climb in Michigan. There's a strong Democratic base in Detroit, and he's already struggling to explain his opposition to the federal bailout that saved General Motors and Chrysler.

Romney started Tuesday in Frankenmuth, where he participated in a round-table discussion with small-business owners and then held an outdoor rally. He criticized Obama's energy policies, but steered clear of mentioning the bailouts.

Romney's campaign has been filled with reminders of his Michigan roots. George Romney's photo was tacked to a wall in the campaign bus during the primaries. Supporters come to campaign rallies armed with Romney '68 memorabilia and stories about volunteering on his father's presidential campaign.

The Republican presidential challenger also has talked about his love for Vernors, a distinctive ginger ale that's popular in Michigan and has strong carbonation that sometimes prompts sneezing. When he campaigned here during the primary, Romney was ridiculed for affectionately saying that in Michigan, "the trees are the right height."

Then, there are the cars ? the product of the industry that's driven Michigan's culture and economy. Romney loves them, and easily recalls exactly what he was driving during memorable moments in his life. On the campaign trail, he frequently mentions the Rambler, the car his father seized on as a way to revive a struggling American Motors.

In Troy, Ohio, on Sunday, Romney climbed into the front seat of an immaculately maintained 1961 Rambler owned by 20-year-old Michael Scheib. "I've got a '63, but it's not in as good condition," Romney told Scheib as the young man took his burger order at the local hamburger shop.

"Brings back memories," he told reporters afterward.

Still, cars caused Romney some problems before the Feb. 28 Michigan primary. During one event, Romney mentioned that his wife, Ann, drives "a couple of Cadillacs," a comment that helped paint him as out of touch with Americans struggling in a bad economy.

And while Romney's opposition to federal support for GM and Chrysler wasn't a big issue in the GOP primary, Democrats continue to criticize him for it. Romney has struggled to clarify his position, saying that he supported the managed bankruptcy that eventually restructured GM. Still, he was opposed to using federal money, and attacked the bailouts during the primary campaign.

There are already signs he plans to soften his tone. "He's going to acknowledge, as he has, that President Obama and he ultimately shared the same goal, which was to see the auto industry survive and thrive," said Gage, the deputy campaign manager. "They just had different ways of going about it. He's pleased to see that he does seem to be getting stronger."

Romney steered clear of the issue during his early events Tuesday. Instead, he and his wife told stories about growing up in Michigan.

"People don't know, like, how wonderful it is to be from Michigan," Ann Romney said, to cheers from the crowd. She held up her hand, as Michiganders do, to help outsiders understand its mitten-shaped geography. "I love coming here and showing the hand."

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Google reveals government censorship requests are on the rise

Google's updated its transparency report to show how many times governments worldwide sought to censor search results, drop YouTube videos or look at user data in the second half of last year. Each request is logged and detailed, with the most filings coming from the US, UK and India. The requests varied from censoring a video where a Canadian citizen creatively destroyed his passport (not complied with) through to blogs promoting hate speech and violence (complied with). Mountain View's list makes for interesting reading, but it's not all bad news: where videos were merely critical or satirical of the local authorities, the search giant refused to pull 'em, respecting private citizens right to free speech in a great majority of cases.

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PST: Spain's speed could kill Croatia

The one weakness Croatia harped upon ahead of Euro 2012 was a lack of speed, particularly at the back. Thus far, that weakness has rarely been tested, with only Mario Balotelli giving the Croats scares during their first two matches. And even though Balotelli had another bad game on Thursday, he has still able the draw a foul that led to Italy?s only goal.

Ireland?s goal also came from a dead ball, a threat Croatia?s won?t have to worry about against Spain. Instead, they?ll have to worry about that weakness they never bothered hiding. Spain?s speed?s could kill Croatia.

It was the biggest advantage the holders had over Ireland, who they beat 4-0. Still, Spain?s speed isn?t raw, Usain Bolt-style explosiveness. There are a number of players in this tournament that could beat Andres Iniesta, David Silva, Cesc Fabregas, and Xavi Hernandez is a 100 meter dash. What they can?t do is move full speed with the ball at their feet, and while it?s a slight exaggeration to say Spain?s playmakers can, they sure seem to come close.

That speed will be on display starting 2:45 p.m. Eastern. Both sides go through with a win, while any other result leaves them at the mercy of the Italy-Ireland result. That game kicks off at the some time.

Here?s your playlist:

Side 1: Spain vs. Croatia

1. Finally finding use for you

Since Vicente del Bosque took over for Luis Aragones, I?ve bemoaned the inclusion of Xabi Alonso in the Spanish national team, arguing that swapping a sitter in for an attacker limited what had the potential to be a dominant team. Against Croatia, however, having a second man in deep will help, especially considering the second man is Sergio Busquets.

Croatia plays with two forwards who can play as outright strikers. In Spain?s attacking phase (when fullbacks Alvaro Arbeloa and Jordi Alba are released), the leaves central defenders Gerard Pique and Sergio Ramos matched two-on-two with Nikica Jelavic and Mario Mandzukic. Basic defensive principles: That?s one defender too few.

That?s where Buquests comes in. For Barcelona, he?s used to dropping into defense, becoming a third man in the back. With Alonso in the team, he can do that while Spain retains one outlet when Croatia?s defense gets packed in.

2. The Next Coming, Again

A man who scored a stoppage time winner in a World Cup final doesn?t need a coming out party, especially when he has three Champions Leagues and a European Championship on his resum?. Yet through two games, Andres Iniesta is having his best major championship yet. Though no player has distinguished himself as a clear player of the tournament favorite, Iniesta is on top of our early list. For whatever that?s worth.

Of Spain?s five goals, he?s been involved in four, and he has been the driving force behind most of the Spain?s movements that haven?t come off. Among all of Spain?s weapons, he?s asserted himself as the one that needs to be stopped.

3. Resist the temptation

When Croatia came out of halftime against Italy with Luka Modric pushed higher up the pitch, their game against opened up. They looked like a completely different team, and by match?s end, they were pushing for a win that looked unlikely at halftime.

While there?s a temptation to say voila, Croatia found something that worked, they can?t go with that approach against Spain. Not only do they need the extra man deep to help break up Spanish possession, they need Modric?s distribution to get them into attack. Spain won?t sit back like Italy.

It?s always a difficult balance. You have to make allowances for Spain?s attack, but you can?t completely abandon yours. And you can?t get into a shootout against a team that?s never going to give you the ball.

4. Slow

Vedran Corluka has been the tournament?s worst central defender. He?s given up fouls that?ve led to goals, missed assignments in set pieces, been poorly positioned and not as strong in the air as you?d expect. And that was against Italy and Ireland.

Suffice to say, Corluka also hasn?t gotten any quicker since moving to Bayer Leverkusen mid-season. His partner, Gordon Schildenfeld, is also slow. They?re a pair ripe to be picked of by Spain, begging coach Slaven Bilic to reinforce his midfield. Ognjen Vukojevic can?t protect them by himself.

It makes the inability to find a second goal against Italy even more important. Spain looks like a terrible matchup for Croatia, who really couldn?t afford to go into this game needing points.

Thankfully (from their point of view), Italy?s yet to beat Ireland since Giovanni Trapattoni took over.
ProSoccerTalk is doing its best to keep you up to date on what?s going on in Poland and Ukraine.?Check out the site?s Euro 2012 page?and look at the site?s previews, predictions, and coverage of all the events defining UEFA?s championship.

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