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Timothy J. Whelan

Timothy J. Whelan

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Medicine

D-Index
95
Citations
62795
World Ranking
9846
National Ranking
395

Overview

Timothy J. Whelan is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has an extensive body of research within the medical and oncology fields. Their work primarily focuses on breast cancer treatment and related disciplines, with a significant volume of publications exploring therapeutic strategies and disease management.

Their recent papers demonstrate involvement in clinical and meta-analytical studies addressing breast cancer outcomes and treatment efficacy. Key publications include:

  • Omitting Radiotherapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery in Luminal A Breast Cancer (2023, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Effect of Metformin vs Placebo on Invasive Disease-Free Survival in Patients With Breast Cancer (2022, JAMA)
  • Trastuzumab for early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer: a meta-analysis of 13,864 women in seven randomised trials (2021, The Lancet Oncology)
  • Partial Breast Irradiation for Patients With Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer or Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline (2023, Practical Radiation Oncology)
  • Breast cancer mortality in 500,900 women with early invasive breast cancer diagnosed in England, 1993-2015: population based observational cohort study (2023, BMJ)

The frequent co-authors of Whelan include:

  • Sameer Parpia, with 23 co-publications
  • Anand Swaminath, with 15 co-publications
  • Bingshu E. Chen, with 14 co-publications
  • George W. Sledge, with 14 co-publications
  • Joseph A. Sparano, with 13 co-publications

Their research is prominently published in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (12 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (10 publications)
  • Cancer Research (9 publications)
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology (7 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (5 publications)

Whelan's main fields of study cover Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific emphasis on numerous subfields, including:

  • Cancer Research
  • Oncology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Surgery

The central topics of their work focus on:

  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Best Publications

  • Shared decision-making in the medical encounter: What does it mean? (or it takes at least two to tango)

    Cathy Charles;Amiram Gafni;Tim Whelan

  • Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10,801 women in 17 randomised trials

    S Darby;P McGale;C Correa

  • Decision-making in the physician-patient encounter: revisiting the shared treatment decision-making model.

    Cathy Charles;Amiram Gafni;Tim Whelan

  • Developing a quality criteria framework for patient decision aids: online international Delphi consensus process

    Glyn Elwyn;Annette O'Connor;Dawn Stacey;Robert Volk

  • Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer

    Joseph A. Sparano;Robert J. Gray;Della F. Makower;Kathleen I. Pritchard

  • Long-Term Results of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

    Timothy J Whelan;Jean-Philippe Pignol;Mark N Levine;Jim A Julian

  • Effect of radiotherapy after mastectomy and axillary surgery on 10-year recurrence and 20-year breast cancer mortality: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 8135 women in 22 randomised trials

    P McGale;C. Taylor;C Correa

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Technology Assessment on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors As Adjuvant Therapy for Postmenopausal Women With Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer: Status Report 2004

    Eric P. Winer;Clifford Hudis;Harold J. Burstein;Antonio C. Wolff

  • Prospective Validation of a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer

    J. A. Sparano;R. J. Gray;D. F. Makower;K. I. Pritchard

  • Family caregiver burden: results of a longitudinal study of breast cancer patients and their principal caregivers

    Eva Grunfeld;Doug Coyle;Timothy Whelan;Jennifer Clinch

  • Regional Nodal Irradiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

    Timothy J. Whelan;Ivo A. Olivotto;Wendy R. Parulekar;Ida Ackerman

  • Accelerated partial breast irradiation consensus statement from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

    Benjamin D. Smith;Benjamin D. Smith;Douglas W. Arthur;Thomas A. Buchholz;Bruce G. Haffty

  • De-escalating and escalating treatments for early-stage breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Expert Consensus Conference on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2017

    G. Curigliano;H. J. Burstein;E. P. Winer;M. Gnant

  • Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology*

    Abram Recht;Stephen B. Edge;Lawrence J. Solin;David S. Robinson

  • Long-term outcomes for neoadjuvant versus adjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer: meta-analysis of individual patient data from ten randomised trials

    Bernard Asselain;William Barlow;John Bartlett;Jonas Bergh

  • What do we mean by partnership in making decisions about treatment

    Cathy Charles;Tim Whelan;Amiram Gafni

  • Randomized Trial of Breast Irradiation Schedules After Lumpectomy for Women With Lymph Node-Negative Breast Cancer

    Timothy Whelan;Robert MacKenzie;Jim Julian;Mark Levine

  • Adjuvant bisphosphonate treatment in early breast cancer: meta-analyses of individual patient data from randomised trials

    J. Bergh;K. Pritchard;K. Albain;S. Anderson

  • Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer (MRC ASTEC and NCIC CTG EN.5 randomised trials): pooled trial results, systematic review, and meta-analysis.

    Astec;P Blake;Ann Marie Swart

  • Shared decision-making in the medical encounter

    Cathy. Charles;Amiram. Gafni;Timothy Joseph. Whelan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Levine
Mark Levine McMaster University
Kathleen I. Pritchard
Kathleen I. Pritchard University of Toronto
Amiram Gafni
Amiram Gafni McMaster University
Karen A. Gelmon
Karen A. Gelmon University of British Columbia
Jim A. Julian
Jim A. Julian McMaster University
Paul E. Goss
Paul E. Goss Harvard University
Joseph A. Sparano
Joseph A. Sparano Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Daniel F. Hayes
Daniel F. Hayes University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ivo A. Olivotto
Ivo A. Olivotto University of Calgary
Andrew R. Willan
Andrew R. Willan University of Toronto

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