Dr Elysia Thornton-Benko

Research Fellow

BSc MBBS(Hons) PhD FRACGP

Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

A Specialist General Practitioner/Primary Care Physician and Research Fellow.  In clinical community practice managing all ages and health conditions, including preventative health and wellness. Special skills, experience and involvement in Oncology and Cancer Survivorship. Research Fellow Work with Sydney Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Behavioural Sciences Unit, Faculty of Medicine. A member of the Multidisciplinary Team for adult survivors of Childhood Cancers for the Engage and EngageBrain Projects.

Executive Committee Member of the  Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) Survivorship Group, Member of the COSA and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) CardioOncology working Group, Advisory Committee Member for Enhancing Cancer Management in Primary Care for the Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network, GP Circle Member of the Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PC4), Member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Cancer and Palliative Care Special Interest Group, Co-Author of the COSA position statement on Exercise in Cancer Care.

Published related research in various journals.

  • Journal articles | 2021
    Cehic DA; Sverdlov AL; Koczwara B; Emery J; Ngo DTM; Thornton-Benko E, 2021, 'The Importance of Primary Care in Cardio-Oncology.', Curr Treat Options Oncol, 22, pp. 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11864-021-00908-2
    Journal articles | 2021
    Koczwara B; Thornton-Benko E; Cohn RJ; Chan RJ; Rhee J; Joske D; Iddawela M; Vardy JL, 2021, 'Personalised cancer care in the era of precision medicine', Australian Journal of General Practice, 50, pp. 533 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-04-21-5953
    Journal articles | 2021
    McLoone J; Wakefield CE; Sansom-Daly UM; Thornton-Benko E; Govender D; Gabriel M; Walwyn T; Signorelli C; Johnston K; Cohn RJ; Thornton E, 2021, 'The lived experience of children and adolescents with cancer', Australian Journal of General Practice, 50, pp. 545 - 549, http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-04-21-5945
    Journal articles | 2020
    Cormie P; Trevaskis M; Thornton-Benko E; Zopf EM, 2020, 'Exercise medicine in cancer care.', Aust J Gen Pract, 49, pp. 169 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-08-19-5027
    Journal articles | 2020
    Jefford M; Koczwara B; Emery J; Thornton-Benko E; Vardy JL, 2020, 'The important role of general practice in the care of cancer survivors.', Aust J Gen Pract, 49, pp. 288 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-10-19-5133
    Journal articles | 2020
    Signorelli C; Wakefield CE; Johnston KA; Fardell JE; McLoone JK; Brierley MEE; Schaffer M; Thornton-Benko E; Girgis A; Hamish Wallace W; Cohn RJ; Thornton E, 2020, 'Re-engage: A novel nurse-led program for survivors of childhood cancer who are disengaged from cancer-related care', JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 18, pp. 1067 - 1074, http://dx.doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2020.7552
    Journal articles | 2019
    Signorelli C; Wakefield CE; Fardell JE; Foreman T; Johnston KA; Emery J; Thornton-Benko E; Girgis A; Lie HC; Cohn RJ; Alvaro F; Corbett R; Downie P; Egan K; Ellis S; Gabriel M; Graham K; Jones J; Lockwood L; Maguire A; McCarthy M; McLoone J; Mechinaud F; Molloy S; Moore L; Osborn M; Skeen J; Tapp H; Till T; Truscott J; Turpin K; Walwyn T; Yallop K; Thornton E, 2019, 'The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Childhood Cancer Survivorship Care: Multiperspective Interviews', Oncologist, 24, pp. 710 - 719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0103
    Journal articles | 2018
    Signorelli C; Wakefield CE; Fardell JE; Thornton-Benko E; Emery J; McLoone JK; Cohn RJ; McLoone J; Thornton E, 2018, 'Recruiting primary care physicians to qualitative research: Experiences and recommendations from a childhood cancer survivorship study', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26762
    Journal articles | 2018
    Signorelli C; Wakefield CE; Johnston KA; Fardell JE; Brierley MEE; Thornton-Benko E; Foreman T; Webber K; Wallace WH; Cohn RJ; Thornton E, 2018, 'Re-engage' pilot study protocol: A nurse-led eHealth intervention to re-engage, educate and empower childhood cancer survivors', BMJ Open, 8, pp. e022269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022269
    Journal articles | 2009
    Molnar J; Thornton B; Thornton-Benko E; Amaral L; Schelz Z; Novak M, 2009, 'Thermodynamics and Electro-Biologic Prospects for Therapies to Intervene in Cancer Progression', Current Cancer Therapy Reviews, 5, pp. 158 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339409788982241
    Journal articles | 2009
    Thornton-Benko E; Nguyen HT; Hung WT; Thornton BS, 2009, 'Improved observer dependent perception of weak edges when scanning an image in real time indicated by introducing 1/f noise into the primary visual cortex V1. Theory and experimental support', Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 32, pp. 136 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03178641
  • Conference Papers | 1998
    Nguyen H; Hung WT; Thornton BS; Thornton E; Lee W, 1998, 'Classification of microcalcifications in mammograms using artificial neural networks', in Chang HK; Zhang YT (ed.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOL 20, PTS 1-6, IEEE, PEOPLES R CHINA, HONG KONG, pp. 1006 - 1008, presented at 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society, PEOPLES R CHINA, HONG KONG, 29 October 1998 - 01 November 1998, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000079210400276&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1