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Tim A. Ahles is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a significant emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, genetics, oncology, psychiatry and mental health, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Glioma diagnosis and treatment
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Brain metastases and treatment
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Childhood cancer survivors' quality of life
  • Frailty in older adults

Tim A. Ahles has published extensively in various journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Journal of Cancer Survivorship
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

The scientist has contributed to several notable recent papers, including:

  • "Strategies to Prevent or Remediate Cancer and Treatment-Related Aging" (2020), JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "Loneliness and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in older breast cancer survivors and noncancer controls" (2021), Cancer
  • "Deficit Accumulation Frailty Trajectories of Older Breast Cancer Survivors and Non-Cancer Controls: The Thinking and Living With Cancer Study" (2021), JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "Cognitive Function in Older Adults With Cancer: Assessment, Management, and Research Opportunities" (2021), Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Late-onset Cognitive Impairment and Modifiable Risk Factors in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors" (2023), JAMA Network Open

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • James C. Root
  • Sunita K. Patel
  • Jeanne S. Mandelblatt
  • Andrew J. Saykin
  • Judith Carroll

Best Publications

  • Effects of a Palliative Care Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer: The Project ENABLE II Randomized Controlled Trial

    Marie Bakitas;Kathleen Doyle Lyons;Mark T. Hegel;Stefan Balan

  • Early Versus Delayed Initiation of Concurrent Palliative Oncology Care: Patient Outcomes in the ENABLE III Randomized Controlled Trial

    Marie A. Bakitas;Tor D. Tosteson;Zhigang Li;Kathleen D. Lyons

  • Effect of duloxetine on pain, function, and quality of life among patients with chemotherapy-induced painful peripheral neuropathy: a randomized clinical trial

    Ellen M. Lavoie Smith;Herbert Pang;Constance Cirrincione;Stewart Fleishman

  • Candidate mechanisms for chemotherapy-induced cognitive changes.

    Tim A. Ahles;Andrew J. Saykin;Andrew J. Saykin

  • International Cognition and Cancer Task Force recommendations to harmonise studies of cognitive function in patients with cancer

    Jeffrey S Wefel;Janette Vardy;Tim Ahles;Sanne B Schagen

  • Neuropsychologic Impact of Standard-Dose Systemic Chemotherapy in Long-Term Survivors of Breast Cancer and Lymphoma

    Tim A. Ahles;Andrew J. Saykin;Charlotte T. Furstenberg;Bernard Cole

  • Prevalence, mechanisms, and management of cancer-related cognitive impairment.

    Michelle C. Janelsins;Shelli R. Kesler;Tim A. Ahles;Gary R. Morrow

  • Cancer- and Cancer Treatment–Associated Cognitive Change: An Update on the State of the Science

    Tim A. Ahles;James C. Root;Elizabeth L. Ryan

  • Longitudinal Assessment of Cognitive Changes Associated With Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer: Impact of Age and Cognitive Reserve

    Tim A. Ahles;Andrew J. Saykin;Brenna C. McDonald;Yuelin Li

  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment: an update on state of the art, detection, and management strategies in cancer survivors

    M. Lange;F. Joly;J Vardy;J Vardy;T. Ahles

  • Cognitive Impairment Associated With Chemotherapy for Cancer: Report of a Workshop

    Ian F. Tannock;Tim A. Ahles;Patricia A. Ganz;Frits S. van Dam

  • Cognitive function in breast cancer patients prior to adjuvant treatment

    Tim A. Ahles;Tim A. Ahles;Andrew J. Saykin;Andrew J. Saykin;Brenna C. McDonald;Brenna C. McDonald;Charlotte T. Furstenberg

  • Cancer and cancer-therapy related cognitive dysfunction: an international perspective from the Venice cognitive workshop

    J. Vardy;J. S. Wefel;T. Ahles;I. F. Tannock

  • The relationship of APOE genotype to neuropsychological performance in long-term cancer survivors treated with standard dose chemotherapy

    Tim A. Ahles;Andrew J. Saykin;Walter W. Noll;Charlotte T. Furstenberg

  • An update on cancer- and chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction: current status.

    Michelle C. Janelsins;Sadhna Kohli;Supriya G. Mohile;Kenneth Usuki

  • Cognitive Complaints in Survivors of Breast Cancer After Chemotherapy Compared With Age-Matched Controls: An Analysis From a Nationwide, Multicenter, Prospective Longitudinal Study

    Michelle C. Janelsins;Charles E. Heckler;Luke J. Peppone;Charles Kamen

  • The multidimensional nature of cancer-related pain

    Tim A. Ahles;Edward B. Blanchard;John C. Ruckdeschel

  • Distress, psychiatric syndromes, and impairment of function in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer

    Mark T. Hegel;Caroline P. Moore;E. Dale Collins;Stephen Kearing

  • Gray matter reduction associated with systemic chemotherapy for breast cancer: a prospective MRI study.

    Brenna C. McDonald;Susan K. Conroy;Tim A. Ahles;Tim A. Ahles;John D. West

  • Brain Structure and Function Differences in Monozygotic Twins: Possible Effects of Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

    Robert J. Ferguson;Brenna C. McDonald;Andrew J. Saykin;Tim A. Ahles

  • Cognitive Effects of Cancer and Cancer Treatments

    Tim A. Ahles;James C. Root

  • Effects of a Palliative Care Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer

    Kathleen Doyle Lyons;Mark T. Hegel;Stefan Balan;Frances C. Brokaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Brent J. Small
Brent J. Small University of South Florida
Jay G. Hull
Jay G. Hull Dartmouth College
Yuelin Li
Yuelin Li Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Judith Campisi
Judith Campisi Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Darlene V. Howard
Darlene V. Howard Georgetown University
Jimmie C. Holland
Jimmie C. Holland Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Töres Theorell
Töres Theorell Karolinska Institute
Gordon Winocur
Gordon Winocur University of Toronto

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