THIS IS A PRE-PRINT VERSION OF AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN FINAL FORM IN PANCREAS 2015; 44 (8) 1259-65. Title: Describing Patterns of Care in Pancreatic Cancer – a population-based study Running Title: Population-based Pancreatic Cancer Patterns of Care Elizabeth A. Burmeister, MSc Population Health, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Dianne L. O’Connell, PhD Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW and theUniversity of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Vanessa L. Beesley, PhD Population Health, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia David Goldstein, FRACP Department of Medical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital and the University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia Helen M. Gooden, MPh Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, New South Wales,, Australia Monika Janda, PhD Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Susan J. Jordan, PhD Population Health, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia Neil D. Merrett, FRACS School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales,, Australia Madeleine E. Payne, BSc Population Health, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, AustraliaDavid Wyld, FRACP Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Rachel E. Neale, PhD Population Health, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia for The Pancreatic Cancer Patterns of Care Study Group Corresponding author: Elizabeth Burmeister QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute 300 Herston Road Herston Queensland Australia 4029 Ph: + 61 7 38453547 Fax: + 61 7 38453502 Email:
[email protected] This study was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia) project grant (#613654).