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2025

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National Ranking
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Overview

Rachel Ballard-Barbash is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Oncology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Physiology. The scientific topics they cover include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Cancer Survivorship and Care, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Their recent publications have been featured exclusively in UNC Libraries, with a total of five papers spanning from 2020 to 2021. These publications are:

  • Evidence-based Target Recall Rates for Screening Mammography 1 (2021, UNC Libraries)
  • Performance Benchmarks for Screening Mammography (2021, UNC Libraries)
  • The Piper Fatigue Scale-12 (PFS-12): psychometric findings and item reduction in a cohort of breast cancer survivors (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Performance Benchmarks for Diagnostic Mammography (2021, UNC Libraries)
  • Deriving clinically meaningful cut-scores for fatigue in a cohort of breast cancer survivors: a Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle (HEAL) Study (2020, UNC Libraries)

These works cover aspects of mammography screening performance as well as clinical research related to fatigue measurement in breast cancer survivors.

Rachel Ballard-Barbash has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Bonnie C. Yankaskas
  • Robert Rosenberg
  • William E. Barlow
  • Rebecca Smith-Bindman
  • Edward A. Sickles

Their research contributions have been cited various times, with specific emphasis on screening mammography rates and diagnostic benchmarks. The scope of their work illustrates a blend of clinical screening methods and patient-centered outcomes in oncology-related studies.

Best Publications

  • Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of Persons 50 to 71 Years Old

    Kenneth F. Adams;Arthur Schatzkin;Tamara B. Harris;Victor Kipnis

  • American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Cancer with Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity

    Lawrence H. Kushi;Tim Byers;Colleen Doyle;Elisa V. Bandera

  • Individual and combined effects of age, breast density, and hormone replacement therapy use on the accuracy of screening mammography.

    Patricia A. Carney;Diana L. Miglioretti;Bonnie C. Yankaskas;Karla Kerlikowske

  • Using Intake Biomarkers to Evaluate the Extent of Dietary Misreporting in a Large Sample of Adults: The OPEN Study

    Amy F. Subar;Victor Kipnis;Richard P. Troiano;Douglas Midthune

  • Physical Activity, Biomarkers, and Disease Outcomes in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review

    Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Christine M. Friedenreich;Kerry S. Courneya;Sameer M. Siddiqi

  • Structure of Dietary Measurement Error: Results of the OPEN Biomarker Study

    Victor Kipnis;Amy F. Subar;Douglas Midthune;Laurence S. Freedman

  • Food Intakes of US Children and Adolescents Compared With Recommendations

    Kathryn A. Muñoz;Susan M. Krebs-Smith;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Linda E. Cleveland

  • Elevated Biomarkers of Inflammation Are Associated With Reduced Survival Among Breast Cancer Patients

    Brandon L. Pierce;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Leslie Bernstein;Richard N. Baumgartner

  • Progress in Cancer Screening Over a Decade: Results of Cancer Screening From the 1987, 1992, and 1998 National Health Interview Surveys

    Nancy Breen;Diane K. Wagener;Martin L. Brown;William W. Davis

  • Detection of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in Women Undergoing Screening Mammography

    Virginia L. Ernster;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;William E. Barlow;William E. Barlow;Yingye Zheng

  • Influence of Pre- and Postdiagnosis Physical Activity on Mortality in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle Study

    Melinda L. Irwin;Ashley Wilder Smith;Anne McTiernan;Rachel Ballard-Barbash

  • Physical activity levels before and after a diagnosis of breast carcinoma: The health, eating, activity, and lifestyle (HEAL) study

    Melinda L. Irwin;Diane Crumley;Anne McTiernan M.D.;Leslie Bernstein

  • Physical activity recommendations and decreased risk of mortality.

    Michael F. Leitzmann;Yikyung Park;Aaron Blair;Rachel Ballard-Barbash

  • Annual Report to the Nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2008, featuring cancers associated with excess weight and lack of sufficient physical activity.

    Christie Eheman;S. Jane Henley;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Eric J. Jacobs

  • Prospective Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Model for Women Undergoing Screening Mammography

    William E. Barlow;Emily White;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Pamela M. Vacek

  • Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m2) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies

    Cari M. Kitahara;Alan J. Flint;Amy Berrington de Gonzalez;Leslie Bernstein

  • Changes in body fat and weight after a breast cancer diagnosis: Influence of demographic, prognostic, and lifestyle factors

    Melinda L. Irwin;Anne McTiernan;Richard N. Baumgartner;Kathy B. Baumgartner

  • Factors Associated With Surgical and Radiation Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer in Older Women

    Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Arnold L. Potosky;Linda C. Harlan;Susan G. Nayfield

  • Cancer Screening — United States, 2010

    Carrie N. Klabunde;Martin Brown;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Mary C. White

  • Physical activity levels among breast cancer survivors.

    Melinda L. Irwin;Anne McTiernan;Leslie Bernstein;Frank D. Gilliland

Frequent Co-Authors

Karla Kerlikowske
Karla Kerlikowske University of California, San Francisco
Marian L. Neuhouser
Marian L. Neuhouser Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Melinda L. Irwin
Melinda L. Irwin Yale University
Stephen H. Taplin
Stephen H. Taplin National Institutes of Health
Cornelia M. Ulrich
Cornelia M. Ulrich University of Utah
William E. Barlow
William E. Barlow Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Leslie Bernstein
Leslie Bernstein University of Southern California
Frank D. Gilliland
Frank D. Gilliland University of Southern California
Diana L. Miglioretti
Diana L. Miglioretti University of California, Davis
Robert D. Rosenberg
Robert D. Rosenberg Technical University of Munich

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