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Dr Marie-Frances Burke OAM
MBBS, FRANZCR, Radiation Oncologist | Medical Director Queensland
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MBBS, FRANZCR, Radiation Oncologist | Medical Director Queensland
Locations
- St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside
- 627 Rode Rd, Chermside, QLD, 4032
- Availability: Wednesday mornings
Clinical interests
- Breast cancer
- Gynaecological cancer
- Skin cancer
- Metastatic cancer
Treatment techniques
- External beam radiation therapy (EBRT)
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
- Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
- Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
- Deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH)
- Tattoo-less breast radiation therapy
- Surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT)
- Palliative radiation therapy
- Brachytherapy
Languages
Fluent
- English
Biography
Clinical interests in breast, gynaecological, and skin cancers. Marie is also interested in patient satisfaction, quality control in radiation oncology, and mentoring junior colleagues.
Dr Marie Burke qualified in medicine from the University of Queensland in 1982, and was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) in 1989. Marie commenced private practice in radiation oncology at The Wesley in 1995.
She has been involved in National Breast Cancer Guideline development for Cancer Australia, as well as eviQ protocol development in breast cancer. Currently Dr Burke is Vice-Patron of the Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland.
She completed her training at The Queensland Radium Institute, based at the Royal Brisbane and Womens’ Hospital and the Mater Hospital. Her first consultant position was also at the QRI, at RBWH and at the Mater.
More information
- Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to oncology, Australia Day Honours (2022)
- Chief Medical Officer, GenesisCare Australia (2022–2025)
- Doctor Engagement Leader, Oncology, GenesisCare Australia
- Member, Radiation Oncology Faculty Council, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
- Member, Economics and Workforce Committee, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
- Secretary and Treasurer (former), Australasian Society of Breast Diseases
- Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors Course (February 2026)
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR)
- Australian Medical Association (AMA) Federal
- Australian Medical Association (AMA) Queensland
- Australasian Society for Breast Disease (ASBD)
- Breast Cancer Trials Group
- Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG)
- Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA)
- Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
- Burke, M. F., Allison, R., & Tripcony, L. (1995). Conservative therapy of breast cancer in Queensland. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 31(2), 295–303. https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(94)00394-9
- Bennett, I. C., McCaffrey, J. F., Baker, C. A., Burke, M. F., Lee, J. F., & Balderson, G. A. (1990). Changing patterns in the presentation of breast cancer over 25 years. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 60(9), 665–671. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197
- Leung, J., Munro, P. L., James, M., & Economic and Workforce Committee. (2015). Faculty of Radiation Oncology 2014 workforce census. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 59(6), 717–727. https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-9485.12320
- McKinnon, R., Christie, D., Peres, H., Burke, M., Le, T., & Lah, M. (2009). The prone technique for breast irradiation: Is it ready for clinical trials? The Breast, 18(1), 30–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2008.09.006
- Cancer Australia. (2015). Recommendations for use of hypofractionated breast radiation for early (operable) breast cancer (M. Burke et al., contributors). https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/publications-and-resources/clinical-practice-guidelines/recommendations-use-hypofractionated-breast-radiation-early-operable-breast-cancer
- Dr Burke is committed to clinical research, and has been the principal investigator on trials including STARS at GenesisCare, The Wesley.
- Dr Burke's interests include patient satisfaction, quality control in radiation oncology, and mentoring junior colleagues, as well as clinical governance.
