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Preface

Suggested Citation

Duncan, E. W., S. M. Cramb, P. D. Baade, K. L. Mengersen, T. Saunders, and J. F. Aitken. 2019. Developing a Cancer Atlas using Bayesian Methods: A Practical Guide for Application and Interpretation. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Cancer Council Queensland.

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABS \(\hspace{2.0em}\)Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACA \(\hspace{2.0em}\)Australian Cancer Atlas
BIC \(\hspace{2.2em}\)Bayesian information criterion
BYM \(\hspace{1.9em}\)a model named after the authors Besag, York, and Molli'e
CAR \(\hspace{1.9em}\)conditional autoregressive [model]
CI \(\hspace{2.8em}\)credible interval
CRAN \(\hspace{1.3em}\)Comprehensive R Archive Network
DAG \(\hspace{1.7em}\)directed acyclic graph
DCO \(\hspace{1.7em}\)death certificate only
DIC \(\hspace{2.2em}\)deviance information criterion
EHR \(\hspace{1.9em}\)excess hazard ratio
ESS \(\hspace{1.9em}\)effective sample size
GLM \(\hspace{1.8em}\)generalised linear model
i.i.d. \(\hspace{2.0em}\)independent and identically distributed
ICAR \(\hspace{1.6em}\)intrinsic conditional autoregressive [model]
INLA \(\hspace{1.8em}\)integrated nested Laplace approximation
IRSAD \(\hspace{1.1em}\)index of relative socioeconomic advantage and disadvantage
LPPD \(\hspace{1.4em}\)log pointwise predictive density
MCMC \(\hspace{1.1em}\)Markov chain Monte Carlo
PPD \(\hspace{1.9em}\)posterior probability difference
SA2 \(\hspace{2.0em}\)statistical area level 2
SIR \(\hspace{2.2em}\)standardised incidence ratio
SLA \(\hspace{2.1em}\)statistical local area
SRE \(\hspace{1.9em}\)spatial random effect
WAIC \(\hspace{1.5em}\)Watanabe-Akaike (or widely applicable) information criterion
WSSP \(\hspace{1.2em}\)weighted sum of spatial priors

Author Affiliations

Earl Duncan is a post-doc researcher in the School of Mathematics, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS).

Susanna Cramb is a Strategic Research Fellow at the Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) and Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS). Susanna was formerly a spatial modeller at the Cancer Council Queensland when this work was initially presented to the New Zealand Ministry of Health.

Peter Baade is a Senior Research Fellow at the Cancer Council Queensland and Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University.

Kerrie Mengersen is an Australian Laureate Fellow and Distinguished Professor of Statistics at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and Deputy Director and Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS).

Thom Saunders is a senior user experience designer at the Visualisation and eResearch (ViseR) group, Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

Joanne Aitken is the Director of the Viertel Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Council Queensland, and Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and University of Southern Queensland.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the many members of the Australian Cancer Atlas project team who contributed to this eBook, and the advice provided by the Project Advisory Team. We also appreciated the support of the individual state- and territory-based cancer registries, the Australasian Association of Cancer Registries, and Cancer Council Australia for this project. We acknowledge the expertise provided by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS)

The authors would also like to thank Jess Cameron, a Research Fellow at Cancer Council Queensland, for proofreading and providing feedback on earlier versions of this eBook

Contact

This eBook is maintained by the authors and may be updated periodically to add new content or make corrections. If you notice any errors, particularly with the code, or have any general enquiries, please contact the first author at earl.w.duncan@gmail.com.