Biography
Dr Daisy Atwell is committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based and patient-centred cancer care for patients in Far North Queensland.
Dr Daisy Atwell is a radiation oncologist at Icon Cancer Centre Liz Plummer. She completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at James Cook University and undertook specialist training in radiation oncology across major Queensland hospitals in Cairns, Townsville, the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane.
Dr Atwell has a strong interest in research, education and quality improvement. She is a PhD candidate at the University of the Sunshine Coast, with research focused on functional imaging guided radiation therapy dose escalation in head and neck cancer. She has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications and presented at national radiation conferences, including the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR).
She has clinical experience across a broad range of solid tumour malignancies and subspecialises in gastrointestinal cancer, lung cancer, haematological cancer, and head and neck cancer, as well as stereotactic radiotherapy techniques.
Publications
Atwell D, Elks J, Cahill K, Hearn N, Vignarajah D, Lagopoulos J, Min M. A Review of Modern Radiation Therapy Dose Escalation in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Oncology. 2020.
Atwell D, Vignarajah D, Chan BA, Buddle N, Manders PM, West K, Knesl M, Long J, Min M. Referral rates to multidisciplinary team meetings: Is there disparity between tumour streams? Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology. 2019.
Atwell D, Booth C, Vignarajah D, Knesl M, Buddle N, Hoozer M, Min M. Radiation Oncology Quality Assessment Tool: A proposal for a new audit tool in modern radiation oncology. Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology. 2019.
Hearn N, Atwell D, Cahill K, Elks J, Vignarajah D, Lagopoulos J, Min M. Neoadjuvant radiotherapy dose escalation in locally advanced rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of modern treatment approaches and outcomes. Clinical Oncology. 2020.
Dettrick A, Foden N, Hogan D, Azer M, Blazak J, Atwell D, Buddle N, Min M, Livingston R, Banney L, Donkin R. The hidden Australian skin cancer epidemic, high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a narrative review. Pathology. 2024.