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Overview

Megan J. Rutherford is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with specialized work in several subfields including Hematology, Genetics, Oncology, Physiology, and Geriatrics and Gerontology.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics that intersect with both clinical and biological aspects of disease and aging. Major themes include Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Frailty in Older Adults, Nutrition and Health in Aging, HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research, Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases, and Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances.

Megan J. Rutherford has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent contributions to Gastroenterology, Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia, Value in Health, as well as single papers in PLoS ONE and Current Problems in Cancer.

Recent published papers by the researcher include the following:

  • Body mass index and physical frailty among older Mexican Americans: Findings from an 18-year follow up (2022) in PLoS ONE
  • Current and emerging strategies for the management of advanced/metastatic lung neuroendocrine tumors (2024) in Current Problems in Cancer
  • An Uncharacteristic Presentation of Evans Syndrome Following Treatment With Dupilumab (2021) in Cureus

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Megan J. Rutherford include:

  • Hoora Moradian
  • Fei Huang
  • Ajibade Ashaye
  • Mehul Dalal
  • Elias Jabbour

Their work encompasses both clinical investigations and analyses of disease mechanisms, appearing in journals that focus on cancer, hematology, geriatrics, and related medical fields. This reflects a multidisciplinary approach bridging patient-centered research and molecular studies.

Best Publications

  • DSM-IV antisocial personality disorder field trial.

    Thomas A. Widiger;Remi Cadoret;Robert Hare;Lee Robins

  • The relationship of psychiatric comorbidity to treatment outcomes in methadone maintained patients.

    John S Cacciola;Arthur I Alterman;Megan J Rutherford;James R McKay

  • Gender differences in the relapse experiences of cocaine patients.

    James R. McKay;Megan J. Rutherford;John S. Cacciola;Rachel Kabasakalian-McKay

  • Group counseling versus individualized relapse prevention aftercare following intensive outpatient treatment for cocaine dependence: initial results.

    James R. McKay;Arthur I. Alterman;John S. Cacciola;Megan J. Rutherford

  • Personality disorders and treatment outcome in methadone maintenance patients.

    John S. Cacciola;Megan J. Rutherford;Arthur I. Alterman;James R. McKay

  • Reliability of the Revised Psychopathy Checklist in Substance Abuse Patients.

    Arthur I. Alterman;John S. Cacciola;Megan J. Rutherford

  • Reliability and Validity of the Revised Psychopathy Checklist in Women Methadone Patients

    Megan J. Rutherford;John S. Cacciola;Arthur I. Alterman;James R. McKay

  • An examination of the cocaine relapse process

    James R. McKay;Megan J. Rutherford;Arthur I. Alterman;John S. Cacciola

  • Prediction of 7 months methadone maintenance treatment response by four measures of antisociality

    Arthur I Alterman;Megan J Rutherford;John S Cacciola;James R McKay

  • Treatment response of antisocial substance abusers.

    John S. Cacciola;Arthur I. Alterman;Megan J. Rutherford;Edward C. Snider

  • Predictors of participation in aftercare sessions and self-help groups following completion of intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse.

    J R McKay;A T McLellan;A I Alterman;J S Cacciola

  • Latent Structure of the Davis Interpersonal Reactivity Index in Methadone Maintenance Patients

    Arthur I. Alterman;Paul A. McDermott;John S. Cacciola;John S. Cacciola;Megan J. Rutherford

  • A cocaine-positive baseline urine predicts outpatient treatment attrition and failure to attain initial abstinence

    Arthur I Alterman;Kyle Kampman;Chris R Boardman;John S Cacciola

  • Comparability of Telephone and In-Person Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) Diagnoses:

    John S. Cacciola;Arthur I. Alterman;Megan J. Rutherford;James R. McKay

  • A typology of antisociality in methadone patients.

    Arthur I. Alterman;Paul A. McDermott;John S. Cacciola;Megan J. Rutherford

  • The 2-year test-retest reliability of the Psychopathy Checklist Revised in methadone patients.

    Megan Rutherford;John S. Cacciola;Arthur I. Alterman;James R. McKay

  • Antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy in cocaine-dependent women.

    Megan J. Rutherford;John S. Cacciola;Arthur I. Alterman

  • New scales to assess change in the Addiction Severity Index for the opioid, cocaine, and alcohol dependent.

    Arthur I. Alterman;Paul A. McDermott;Terry G. Cook;David Metzger

  • The relationship of alcohol use to cocaine relapse in cocaine dependent patients in an aftercare study.

    J R McKay;A I Alterman;M J Rutherford;J S Cacciola

  • Generality of Psychopathy Checklist-Revised factors over prisoners and substance-dependent patients.

    Paul A. McDermott;Arthur I. Alterman;John S. Cacciola;Megan J. Rutherford

  • Response to methadone maintenance and counseling in antisocial patients with and without major depression

    Arthur I. Alterman;Megan J. Rutherford;John S. Cacciola;James R. McKAY

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur I. Alterman
Arthur I. Alterman University of Pennsylvania
John S. Cacciola
John S. Cacciola University of Pennsylvania
James R. McKay
James R. McKay University of Pennsylvania
Paul A. McDermott
Paul A. McDermott University of Pennsylvania
A. Thomas McLellan
A. Thomas McLellan University of Pennsylvania
Joseph P. Newman
Joseph P. Newman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kevin G. Lynch
Kevin G. Lynch University of Pennsylvania
Stephen D. Hart
Stephen D. Hart Simon Fraser University
Robert D. Hare
Robert D. Hare University of British Columbia
Mary C. Zanarini
Mary C. Zanarini Harvard University

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