Associate Professor Brendon Coventry
MBBS PhD FRACS
Contact details
Discipline of Surgery
Level 5, Eleanor Harrald Building
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Ph: +61 8 8222 4440
Fax: +61 8222 5896
Email: brendon.coventry@adelaide.edu.au
Clinical interests
• General and Laparoscopic Surgery; Surgical Oncology
Special Interests:
• Melanoma Surgery
• Breast Surgery and Breast Reconstruction
• Salivary Gland Surgery
• Complex Tumour Surgery
Specialised Techniques:
• Selective (Sentinel ) Lymph Node Tracing and Biopsy
• Isolated Limb Infusion Chemotherapy
• Melanoma Vaccine Treatments
Research interests
• Anti-tumour immune response in human malignancies
• Tumour Immunology and Cancer Vaccine Treatments
• Tumour Growth Regulation
• Selective Lymph Node Biopsy and Lymphatic Tracing in Breast Cancer and Melanoma
• Surgical Complications and Risk Management
• Clinical Skills Teaching
• Novel Prognostic Markers of Cancers
• Cancer Patient Support and the Internet
Recent publications
• Coventry BJ (Chapter Leader) Treatment of Primary Melanoma in NHMRC and CAN Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management and Treatment of Melanoma in Australia and New Zealand: Evidence Based Best Practice Guidelines. Cancer Council Australia/Australian cancer network/Ministry of Health New Zealand, 2008. ISNBN 978-0-9775060-7-1
• Coventry BJ (Chapter Contributor) Appropriate Investigations in Melanoma in NHMRC and CAN Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management and Treatment of Melanoma in Australia and New Zealand: Evidence Based Best Practice guidelines. Cancer Council Australia/Australian Cancer Network/Ministry of Health New Zealand, 2008. ISNBN 978-0-9775060-7-1
• Heard AR, Coventry BJ, Milanowski B, Taylor D. The geography of melanoma in South Australia. Aust NZ J Pub Health 2009; 33(2): 105-8
• Coventry BJ. Core biopsy in preoperative planning of definitive soft-tissue tumour surgery. ANZ J Surg. 2008; 78(11): 945-6.
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