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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1962 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Wendy A. Woodward is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on oncology, with particular attention to breast cancer treatment studies and cancer biology. The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with subfields emphasizing oncology, cancer research, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, pathology and forensic medicine, and molecular biology.

Their recent publications cover key issues related to cancer treatment and diagnostics, including:

  • Association Between 21-Gene Assay Recurrence Score and Locoregional Recurrence Rates in Patients With Node-Positive Breast Cancer, 2020, JAMA Oncology
  • Inflammatory breast cancer defined: proposed common diagnostic criteria to guide treatment and research, 2022, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Defining oligometastatic disease from a radiation oncology perspective: An ESTRO-ASTRO consensus document, 2020, Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • NRG-BR002: A phase IIR/III trial of standard of care systemic therapy with or without stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and/or surgical resection (SR) for newly oligometastatic breast cancer (NCT02364557), 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Decorin-mediated suppression of tumorigenesis, invasion, and metastasis in inflammatory breast cancer, 2021, Communications Biology

Woodward frequently collaborates with several researchers including Anthony Lucci, Naoto T. Ueno, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Michael C. Stauder, and Benjamin D. Smith.

Their work has been published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Cancer Research
  • Animal studies journal
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Research topics addressed by Woodward include:

  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment

Over their career, Woodward has received recognition such as being named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1996 and twice a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), in 1962 and 1963.

Best Publications

  • WNT/β-catenin mediates radiation resistance of mouse mammary progenitor cells

    Wendy A. Woodward;Mercy S. Chen;Fariba Behbod;Maria P. Alfaro

  • International expert panel on inflammatory breast cancer: consensus statement for standardized diagnosis and treatment

    S. Dawood;S. D. Merajver;P. Viens;P. B. Vermeulen

  • Defining oligometastatic disease from a radiation oncology perspective: An ESTRO-ASTRO consensus document

    Yolande Lievens;Matthias Guckenberger;Daniel Gomez;Morten Hoyer

  • EZH2 Promotes Expansion of Breast Tumor Initiating Cells through Activation of RAF1-β-Catenin Signaling

    Chun Ju Chang;Jer Yen Yang;Weiya Xia;Chun Te Chen

  • ATM-mediated stabilization of ZEB1 promotes DNA damage response and radioresistance through CHK1

    Peijing Zhang;Yongkun Wei;L. i. Wang;Bisrat G. Debeb

  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer: The Disease, the Biology, the Treatment

    Fredika M. Robertson;Melissa Bondy;Wei Yang;Hideko Yamauchi

  • On mammary stem cells.

    Wendy A. Woodward;Mercy S. Chen;Fariba Behbod;Jeffrey M. Rosen

  • Variability of Target and Normal Structure Delineation for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: An RTOG Multi-Institutional and Multiobserver Study

    X. Allen Li;An Tai;Douglas W. Arthur;Thomas A. Buchholz

  • Tumor Irradiation Increases the Recruitment of Circulating Mesenchymal Stem Cells into the Tumor Microenvironment

    Ann H. Klopp;Erika L. Spaeth;Jennifer L. Dembinski;Wendy A. Woodward

  • Prognostic impact of discordance between triple-receptor measurements in primary and recurrent breast cancer.

    C. Liedtke;C. Liedtke;K. Broglio;Stacy Moulder;L. Hsu

  • Acute and short-term toxic effects of conventionally fractionated vs hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation: A randomized clinical trial

    Simona F. Shaitelman;Pamela J. Schlembach;Isidora Arzu;Matthew Ballo

  • Inflammatory breast cancer biology: the tumour microenvironment is key

    Bora Lim;Wendy A. Woodward;Xiaoping Wang;James M. Reuben

  • Postmastectomy Radiation Improves the Outcome of Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Who Achieve a Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

    Sean E. McGuire;Ana M. Gonzalez-Angulo;Eugene H. Huang;Susan L. Tucker

  • Cerebrovascular Disease Risk in Older Head and Neck Cancer Patients After Radiotherapy

    Grace L. Smith;Benjamin D. Smith;Thomas A. Buchholz;Sharon H. Giordano

  • Wnt/β-catenin mediates radiation resistance of Sca1+ progenitors in an immortalized mammary gland cell line

    Mercy S. Chen;Wendy A. Woodward;Fariba Behbod;Sirisha Peddibhotla

  • Changes in the 2003 American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging for Breast Cancer Dramatically Affect Stage-Specific Survival

    Wendy A. Woodward;Eric A. Strom;Susan L. Tucker;Marsha D. McNeese

  • Prognostic Value of Nodal Ratios in Node-Positive Breast Cancer

    Wendy A. Woodward;Vincent Vinh-Hung;Naoto T. Ueno;Yee Chung Cheng

  • Thermal Enhancement with Optically Activated Gold Nanoshells Sensitizes Breast Cancer Stem Cells to Radiation Therapy

    Rachel L. Atkinson;Mei Zhang;Parmeswaran Diagaradjane;Sirisha Peddibhotla

  • The Impact of Pregnancy on Breast Cancer Outcomes in Women ≤35 Years

    Beth Michelle Beadle;Wendy Woodward;Lavinia P Middleton;Welela Tereffe

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Mammosphere Formation and Decrease E-Cadherin in Normal and Malignant Breast Cells

    Ann H. Klopp;Lara Lacerda;Lara Lacerda;Lara Lacerda;Anshul Gupta;Bisrat G. Debeb

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoto T. Ueno
Naoto T. Ueno University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
Thomas A. Buchholz
Thomas A. Buchholz The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
James M. Reuben
James M. Reuben The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Savitri Krishnamurthy
Savitri Krishnamurthy The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Anthony Lucci
Anthony Lucci The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Vicente Valero
Vicente Valero The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Massimo Cristofanilli
Massimo Cristofanilli Cornell University
Kelly K. Hunt
Kelly K. Hunt The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Richard A. Larson
Richard A. Larson University of Chicago

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