2023
Self‐reported COVID‐19 infection, and illness severity associated with a large professional‐society meeting of the AAPM in 2022
Talcott W, Ford E, Johnson J, Lincoln H, Evans S. Self‐reported COVID‐19 infection, and illness severity associated with a large professional‐society meeting of the AAPM in 2022. Medical Physics 2023, 50: 4689-4694. PMID: 37415569, DOI: 10.1002/mp.16592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmerican Association of Physicists in MedicineCOVID-19 infectionIn-person attendeesOdds ratioSeverity of COVID-19 infectionConfidence intervalsMultivariate logistic regressionAssociated with COVID-19 infectionInfection rateSeverity of infectionNational medical conferenceEmergency room visitsMultivariate analysisSelf-limitingCOVID-19 treatmentResponse rateIllness severityInfectionHospital admissionIn-person meetingsLogistic regressionRoom visitsIn-personSeverityCOVID-19Lessons Learned From an Educational Pilot: High-Yield Physics Videos for Radiation Oncology Residents
Peters G, Atwood T, Brown D, Burmeister J, Ford E, Juang T, Lincoln H, Evans S. Lessons Learned From an Educational Pilot: High-Yield Physics Videos for Radiation Oncology Residents. Practical Radiation Oncology 2023, 13: e370-e373. PMID: 37029043, DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2023.01.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAging a Decade in a Day: Age Cutoff Bias in Adjuvant Therapy Allocation for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Talcott W, Cain D, Yang D, Mougalian S, Evans S. Aging a Decade in a Day: Age Cutoff Bias in Adjuvant Therapy Allocation for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2023, 116: 747-756. PMID: 37125983, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.12.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-stage breast cancerAdjuvant therapy recommendationsMultivariable logistic regressionTherapy recommendationsBreast cancerAge 70Cohort 2Odds ratioCohort 1Years age differenceLogistic regressionNational Cancer DatabaseHigh-risk featuresHormone receptor positivityConfidence intervalsAdjuvant treatmentEndocrine therapyPatient ageIndependent predictorsReceptor positivityTherapy allocationAge 69Cancer DatabaseTreatment allocationAge differences
2022
Restricted Access to Abortion, the Dobbs Ruling, and Radiation Oncology: Standing United Against Reproductive Injustice
Evans SB, Blitzblau RC, Chapman CH, Chollet-Lipscomb C, Deville C, Ford E, Gibbs IC, Howell K, Peters GW, Ponce SB, Seldon C, Spector-Bagdady K, Tarbell N, Terezakis S, Vyfhius MAL, Wright J, Zietman A, Jagsi R. Restricted Access to Abortion, the Dobbs Ruling, and Radiation Oncology: Standing United Against Reproductive Injustice. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2022, 114: 385-389. PMID: 35963470, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.1843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-Reported COVID-19 Infections and Social Mixing Behavior at Oncology Meetings
Talcott WJ, Chen K, Peters GW, Reddy KK, Weintraub SM, Mougalian SS, Adelson K, Evans SB. Self-Reported COVID-19 Infections and Social Mixing Behavior at Oncology Meetings. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2022, 114: 30-38. PMID: 35598798, PMCID: PMC9119957, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-reported COVID-19 infectionCOVID-19 infectionOncology meetingsEra of vaccinationCOVID-19 positivityCOVID-19 positivity ratesOncology annual meetingsPerson attendeesAmerican SocietyCOVID-19Risk of diseasePerson meetingsPositivity rateNew COVID-19 infectionsResponse rateEvent ratesSocial distancing mandates
2021
Benefit of Deep Inspiratory Breath Hold for Right Breast Cancer When Regional Lymph Nodes Are Irradiated
Peters GW, Gao SJ, Knowlton C, Zhang A, Evans SB, Higgins S, Wilson LD, Saltmarsh N, Picone M, Moran MS. Benefit of Deep Inspiratory Breath Hold for Right Breast Cancer When Regional Lymph Nodes Are Irradiated. Practical Radiation Oncology 2021, 12: e7-e12. PMID: 34508890, DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2021.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight-sided breast cancerRegional nodal irradiationLiver VBreast cancerLung VDIBH plansLiver parametersLung doseComprehensive regional nodal irradiationLeft-sided breast cancerRight breast cancerWilcoxon signed-rank testingRegional lymph nodesTotal liver volumeIpsilateral lung VLiver DHeart VNodal irradiationRBC patientsHeart doseLymph nodesInspiratory breathLiver volumeLarge cohortTreatment plan
2018
Incident learning in radiation oncology: A review
Ford EC, Evans S. Incident learning in radiation oncology: A review. Medical Physics 2018, 45: e100-e119. PMID: 29419944, DOI: 10.1002/mp.12800.Peer-Reviewed Original Research