Dr Lena Von Schuckmann
Honorary Senior Fellow
Frazer Institute
Researcher biography
BSc, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRACGP, FACD
Dr Lena von Schuckmann has dual medical specialist training in dermatology and general practice. She is a clinician researcher with an interest in clinical and public health research. Her main research is focused on skin cancer prevention, early detection and optimising treatment. She is passionate about improving the cancer journey for patients.
Journal Articles
Lee, Ruby Chia‐Lin, Liyanage, Upekha, Fry, Kirsty, Brown, Susan, von Schuckmann, Lena, Spelman, Lynda, Soyer, H. Peter, Neale, Rachel E., Gordon, Louisa G., Whiteman, David C., Olsen, Catherine M., Janda, Monika and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2023). Patterns and cost of care according to keratinocyte cancer risk stratification in a volunteer population screening clinic: real‐world data from the TRoPICS study. Australasian Journal of Dermatology. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14054
Tedman, Alexander James, Liyanage, Upekha E., Chong, Sharene, Rowe, Casey, von Schuckmann, Lena A., Malt, Maryrose, Green, Adele C., Smithers, B. Mark and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2023). Conditional survival in patients with stage IB‐IIIA melanoma undergoing sentinel node biopsy in Queensland: a longitudinal study. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 64 (1), e34-e40. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13974
Gramp, Prudence, Zappala, Tania, Von Schuckmann, Lena, Payton, Diane and Wheller, Laura (2022). Importance of histopathological analysis and molecular genetics in a rare neonatal case of rhabdomyosarcoma. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 63 (3), 380-384. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13849
Ghiasvand, R., Khosrotehrani, K., Hughes, M.C.B., von Schuckmann, L. A., Beesley, V. L., Malt, M., Smithers, B. M. and Green, A. C. (2021). Patient age and risk of recurrence of primary melanoma at high risk of spread. British Journal of Dermatology, 184 (3) bjd.19601, 566-568. doi: 10.1111/bjd.19601
Shetty, A., Janda, M., Fry, K., Brown, S., Yau, B., Schuckmann, L. Von, Thomas, S., Rayner, J.E., Spelman, L., Wagner, G., Jenkins, H., Lun, K., Parbery, J., Soyer, H.P., Neale, R.E., Green, A.C., Whiteman, D.C., Olsen, C.M. and Khosrotehrani, K. (2020). Clinical utility of skin cancer and melanoma risk scores for population screening: TRoPICS study. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 35 (5) jdv.17062, 1094-1098. doi: 10.1111/jdv.17062
Beesley, Vanessa L., Hughes, Maria Celia B., Smithers, B. Mark, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Malt, Maryrose K., von Schuckmann, Lena A. and Green, Adèle C. (2020). Anxiety and depression after diagnosis of high-risk primary cutaneous melanoma: a 4-year longitudinal study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 14 (5), 712-719. doi: 10.1007/s11764-020-00885-9
von Schuckmann, Lena A., Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Hughes, Maria Celia B., van der Pols, Jolieke C., Malt, Maryrose, Smithers, B. Mark and Green, Adele C. (2020). Prognostic implications of biopsy with tumor transection for patients with high-risk primary melanoma. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 82 (6), 1521-1524. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.01.067
Mahamat-Saleh, Yahya, Hughes, Maria Celia B., Miura, Kyoko, Malt, Maryrose K., von Schuckmann, Lena, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Smithers, B. Mark and Green, Adèle C. (2020). Patterns of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acid Dietary Intake and Melanoma Thickness at Diagnosis. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 29 (8), 1647-1653. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0319
von Schuckmann, L. A., Khosrotehrani, K., Ghiasvand, R., Hughes, M. C.B., van der Pols, J. C., Malt, M., Smithers, B. M. and Green, A. C. (2020). Statins may reduce disease recurrence in patients with ulcerated primary melanoma. British Journal of Dermatology, 183 (6), 1049-1055. doi: 10.1111/bjd.19012
Kanellis, Vangelis G., Kanellis, Alice L., Von Schuckmann, Lena and Miller, Andrew (2020). Educating early childhood educators on rashes in children under their care in Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56 (1), 180-181. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14716
Kanellis, Vangelis George, Kanellis, Alice Louise, Von Schuckmann, Lena and Miller, Andrew (2019). Education of children, their parents and staff on sun safety practices in the Australian early childhood education setting. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 61 (2) ajd.13219, 160-161. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13219
Lindstrom, Akiaja R., von Schuckmann, Lena A., Hughes, Maria Celia B., Williams, Gail M., Green, Adele C. and van der Pols, Jolieke C. (2019). Regular sunscreen use and risk of mortality: long-term follow-up of a skin cancer prevention trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 56 (5), 742-746. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.11.025
Von Schuckmann, Lena A., Hughes, Maria Celia B., Ghiasvand, Reza, Malt, Maryrose, Van Der Pols, Jolieke C., Beesley, Vanessa L., Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Smithers, B. Mark and Green, Adele C. (2019). Risk of melanoma recurrence after diagnosis of a high-risk primary tumor. JAMA Dermatology, 155 (6), 688-693. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0440
von Schuckmann, Lena A., Wilson, Louise F., Hughes, Maria Celia B., Beesley, Vanessa L., Janda, Monika, van der Pols, Jolieke C., Smithers, B. Mark, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Green, Adele C. (2019). Sun protection behaviour after diagnosis of high-risk primary melanoma and risk of a subsequent primary. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 80 (1), 139-148.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.06.068
von Schuckmann, Lena A., Hughes, Maria Celia B., Lee, Rebecca, Lorigan, Paul, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Smithers, B. Mark and Green, Adele C. (2019). Survival of patients with early invasive melanoma down-staged under the new 8 AJCC edition. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 80 (1), 272-274. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.04.017
Green, Adèle C., Hughes, Maria Celia B., von Schuckmann, Lena A., Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Mark Smithers, B. (2018). Clustering of prevention behaviours in patients with high-risk primary melanoma. Psycho-Oncology, 27 (5), 1442-1449. doi: 10.1002/pon.4565
von Schuckmann, Lena A. (2018). Is occupational sun exposure important for squamous cell carcinoma risk?. British Journal of Dermatology, 178 (2), 325-326. doi: 10.1111/bjd.16168
von Schuckmann, Lena A., Smith, David, Hughes, Maria Celia B., Malt, Maryrose, van der Pols, Jolieke C., Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Smithers, Bernard M. and Green, Adele C. (2017). Associations of statins and diabetes with diagnosis of ulcerated cutaneous melanoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 137 (12), 2599-2605. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.07.836
von Schuckmann, Lena A., Smithers, Bernhard M., Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Beesley, Vanessa L., van der Pols, Jolieke C., Hughes, Maria B. and Green, Adele C. (2017). Use of support services in a sample of patients with high-risk primary melanomas in urban, regional and rural Queensland. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41 (3), 315-319. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12662
von Schuckmann, L. A., Hughes, M. C., Green, A. C. and van der Pols, J. C. (2016). Forearm hair density and risk of keratinocyte cancers in Australian adults. Archives of Dermatological Research, 308 (9), 617-624. doi: 10.1007/s00403-016-1680-5
Von Schuckmann, Lena A., Law, Matthew H., Montgomery, Grant W., Green, Adele C. and van der Pols, Jolieke C. (2016). Vitamin D pathway gene polymorphisms and keratinocyte cancers: a nested case-control study and meta-analysis. Anticancer Research, 36 (5), 2145-2152.
Conference Papers
von Schuckmann, L. A., Green, A. C. and van der Pols, J. C. (2015). Body hair density and risk of keratinocyte skin cancer in Australian adults. Australasian College of Dermatologists 48th Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, 16 May 2015. Richmond, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12337
von Schuckmann, L. A., Law, M. H., Montgomery, G. W., Green, A. C. and van der Pols, J. C. (2015). Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and keratinocyte skin cancers: a cohort study and meta-analysis. Australasian College of Dermatologists 48th Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, 16 May 2015. Richmond, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12337
Thesis
von Schuckmann, Lena (2020). Natural history of high-risk cutaneous primary melanoma and risk factors for disease progression. PhD Thesis, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/b9f67ab