selected scholarly activity
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conferences
- A qualitative assessment of physician- perceived factors influencing the decision-making of elderly women with breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 374-375. 2018
- Readmission and emergency department visits in the peri-treatment period for head and neck cancers patients in Ontario.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 6044-6044. 2016
- A single institution experience of salvage therapy for locally advanced breast cancer: Treatments and trends.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1043-1043. 2015
- Identifying knowledge-translation opportunities in the treatment of locally advanced breast cancer.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 47-47. 2013
- Development of a practice consensus statement of the management of locally advanced breast cancer: Expert consensus and systematic review.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2013
- Identification of knowledge translation opportunities in the treatment of locally advanced breast cancer: Results of a national survey of physicians. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2013
- Prognostic factors in early stage head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients in a prospective clinical trial.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 491S-491S. 2004
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journal articles
- "How Can We Help You?" Older Adults' and Care Partners' Perspectives on Improving Care in Hospital: A Mixed Methods Study.. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 27:446-461. 2024
- OPAR: A Randomized Trial of Partial Breast Irradiation in Five Fractions Once Daily for Early Breast Cancer.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. JCO2400600. 2024
- In Reply to Chang and Liu. Practical Radiation Oncology. 14:358-359. 2024
- Locoregional Ablative Radiation Therapy for Patients With Breast Cancer Unsuitable for Surgical Resection. Practical Radiation Oncology. 14:316-327. 2024
- Radiation recall dermatitis induced by a second course of radiation therapy in the absence of clinically significant field overlap. Oncology in Clinical Practice. 20. 2024
- “Associations between patient characteristics and unplanned or delayed discharges from geriatric rehabilitation: A retrospective chart review”. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 102:1111-1115. 2023
- Cholinesterase inhibitors and falls, syncope and injuries in patients with cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing. 52:afad205. 2023
- The Effects of Exercise on Synaptic Plasticity in Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Protocol for a Pilot Intervention Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 12:e50030-e50030. 2023
- The Geras virtual frailty rehabilitation program to build resilience in older adults with frailty during COVID-19: a randomized feasibility trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9:124. 2023
- A phase 2 study of stereotactic body radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SHINE): a single arm clinical trial protocol. BMC Cancer. 23:379. 2023
- Effect of the GERAS DANcing for Cognition and Exercise Program on Physical Function in Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 31:182-190. 2023
- An update of the prevalence of osteoporosis, fracture risk factors, and medication use among community-dwelling older adults: results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Archives of Osteoporosis. 17:31. 2022
- Development of GERAS DANcing for Cognition and Exercise (DANCE): a feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 8:9. 2022
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Association Among Cognition, Frailty, and Falls and Self‐Reported Incident Fractures: Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (
CLSA ). JBMR Plus. 6:e10679. 2022 - High-Dose Thiamine Supplementation in Older Patients With Heart Failure: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial (THIAMINE-HF). CJC OPEN. 4:532-539. 2022
- A Canadian national guideline on the neoadjuvant treatment of invasive breast cancer, including patient assessment, systemic therapy, and local management principles. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 193:1-20. 2022
- Sleep monitoring challenges in patients with neurocognitive disorders: A cross‐sectional analysis of missing data from activity trackers. Health Science Reports. 5:e608. 2022
- Chemical and physical restraint use during acute care hospitalization of older adults: A retrospective cohort study and time series analysis. PLoS ONE. 17:e0276504-e0276504. 2022
- Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Hospitalized Older Adult High-Cost Health Care Users: A Pilot Study. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. 75:219-224. 2022
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Researching the effects of sleep on
step countduring the postoperative period. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 69:2990-2992. 2021 - Deprescribing fall-risk increasing drugs (FRIDs) for the prevention of falls and fall-related complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 11:e035978-e035978. 2021
- Medically inoperable Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy: a case report. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 10:2354-2358. 2021
- Burnout among Hospital Pharmacists: Prevalence, Self-Awareness, and Preventive Programs in Pharmacy School Curricula. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. 74:309-316. 2021
- Implementation of a multicomponent intervention sign to reduce delirium in orthopaedic inpatients (MIND-ORIENT): a quality improvement project. BMJ quality improvement reports. 10:e001186-e001186. 2021
- Medication use and its impact on high-cost health care users among older adults: protocol for the population-based matched cohort HiCOSTT study. CMAJ open. 9:E44-E52. 2021
- The Effect of Multiple Assessments on Delirium Detection: a Pilot Study*. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 23:277-282. 2020
- How personalized are benefit and harm results of randomized trials? A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 126:17-25. 2020
- Use of Adjuvant Breast Hypofractionation Radiation Treatment at a Cancer Center in Ontario From 2011 to 2018. Clinical Breast Cancer. 20:e612-e617. 2020
- Dosimetric impact of tracheostomy devices in head and neck cancer patients. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 21:26-32. 2020
- Fractionation in adjuvant radiotherapy for invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ in Ontario, Canada from 2009 to 2015. Breast Journal. 26:602-616. 2020
- Evaluation of online clinical pharmacology curriculum resources for medical students. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 85:2599-2604. 2019
- Incremental healthcare utilisation and costs among new senior high-cost users in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective matched cohort study. BMJ Open. 9:e028637-e028637. 2019
- Mepitel Film and Mepilex Lite for the prophylaxis and treatment of skin toxicities from breast radiation. Breast. 46:87-89. 2019
- Unplanned index hospital admissions among new older high-cost health care users in Ontario: a population-based matched cohort study. CMAJ open. 7:E537-E545. 2019
- Pooled RCTs: Lowering LDL-C levels using statins reduces major vascular events in all age groups. ACP journal club. 170:JC65-JC65. 2019
- Prospective evaluation of pretreatment and intratreatment FDG PET‐CT SUV stability in primary head and neck cancer. Head and Neck. 41:1889-1894. 2019
- De-prescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists taken for insomnia: a review and key messages from practice guidelines. Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej. 129:43-49. 2018
- Getting fit for hip and knee replacement: a protocol for the Fit-Joints pilot randomized controlled trial of a multi-modal intervention in frail patients with osteoarthritis. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 4:127. 2018
- Response to: The Survival Time of 8376 Male Breast Cancer Patients. Clinical Oncology. 30:818-819. 2018
- Thiamine versus placebo in older heart failure patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled crossover feasibility trial (THIAMINE-HF). Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 4:149. 2018
- Nursing perspectives on the confusion assessment method: a qualitative focus group study. Age and Ageing. 47:880-886. 2018
- Regional variation in healthcare spending and mortality among senior high-cost healthcare users in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective matched cohort study. BMC Geriatrics. 18:262-262. 2018
- A Systematic Review of Heart Dose in Breast Radiotherapy. Clinical Breast Cancer. 18:e819-e824. 2018
- Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: Updates and Proceedings From the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Canadian Consortium for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer. Current Oncology. 25:490-498. 2018
- Prospective Study of Breast Radiation Dermatitis. Clinical Breast Cancer. 18:e789-e795. 2018
- Radiation-induced Skin Toxicity in Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials. Clinical Breast Cancer. 18:e825-e840. 2018
- Radiotherapy for patients with unresected locally advanced breast cancer. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 7:373-384. 2018
- Use of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Geriatric Screening for Older Adults in the Radiation Oncology Setting: A Systematic Review. Clinical Oncology. 30:578-588. 2018
- Emergency department visits and unplanned hospitalizations in the treatment period for head and neck cancer patients treated with curative intent: A population-based analysis. Oral Oncology. 83:107-114. 2018
- Curative Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for a Locally Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma in an Elderly Patient. JCO Oncology Practice. 14:389-391. 2018
- Treatment Outcomes in Male Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of 161 Patients. Clinical Oncology. 30:354-365. 2018
- Managing High‐Cost Healthcare Users: The International Search for Effective Evidence‐Supported Strategies. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 66:1002-1008. 2018
- A retrospective review of phyllodes tumours of the breast: A single institution experience. Breast. 38:52-57. 2018
- Breast Cancer Patients’ Preferences for Adjuvant Radiotherapy Post Lumpectomy: Whole Breast Irradiation vs. Partial Breast Irradiation—Single Institutional Study. Journal of Cancer Education. 33:37-43. 2018
- Senior high-cost healthcare users’ resource utilization and outcomes: a protocol of a retrospective matched cohort study in Canada. BMJ Open. 7:e018488-e018488. 2017
- Symptom clusters using the Brief Pain Inventory in patients with breast cancer. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 6:S170-S176. 2017
- The efficacy of fall-risk-increasing drug (FRID) withdrawal for the prevention of falls and fall-related complications: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews. 6:33. 2017
- Magnetic field dose effects on different radiation beam geometries for hypofractionated partial breast irradiation. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 18:62-70. 2017
- A network meta-analysis of the sequencing and types of systemic therapies with definitive radiotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (LASCCHN)☆. Oral Oncology. 71:1-10. 2017
- DOES DEPRESCRIBING FALL-ASSOCIATED DRUGS REDUCE FALLS AND ITS COMPLICATIONS?: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Innovation in Aging. 1:268-268. 2017
- SENIOR HIGH COST HEALTHCARE USERS: HOW DO THEY DIFFER?. Innovation in Aging. 1:55-55. 2017
- A single-institution experience of salvage therapy for patients with early and locally advanced breast cancer who progress during neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 163:11-19. 2017
- In patients receiving palliative care, risperidone or haloperidol increased delirium symptoms vs placebo. ACP journal club. 166:JC32-JC32. 2017
- Quality of life (QOL) and symptom burden (SB) in patients with breast cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer. 25:409-419. 2017
- Comparison of survival between radiation therapy and trans-oral laser microsurgery for early glottic cancer patients; a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 45:42. 2016
- A dosimetric study of cardiac dose sparing using the reverse semi-decubitus technique for left breast and internal mammary chain irradiation. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 118:187-193. 2016
- Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer: An Addition to the Armamentarium Against Head and Neck Cancer. Future Oncology. 11:2937-2947. 2015
- Role of stereotactic body radiotherapy for symptom control in head and neck cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer. 23:1099-1103. 2015
- A Canadian National Expert Consensus on Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: Linking Practice to Evidence and Beyond. Current Oncology. 22:43-53. 2015
- Current challenges and future perspectives of radiotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer. Current opinion in supportive and palliative care. 8:46-52. 2014
- Management of Severe Dabigatran-Related Hemorrhage: Case Report, Considerations for Management, and Recommendations. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. 67:43-47. 2014
- Prognostic value of the trichorhinophalangeal syndrome-1 (TRPS-1), a GATA family transcription factor, in early-stage breast cancer. Annals of Oncology. 24:2534-2542. 2013
- Quantitative Ultrasound Evaluation of Tumor Cell Death Response in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. Clinical Cancer Research. 19:2163-2174. 2013
- Patient preferences for oropharyngeal cancer treatment de‐escalation. Head and Neck. 35:151-159. 2013
- A Review of Radiotherapy for Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Journal of Skin Cancer. 2012:1-6. 2012
- Extending Neoadjuvant Care through Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration: Proceedings from the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Consortium for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer. Current Oncology. 19:106-114. 2012