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Brittany A Davidson

Brittany A Davidson

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
Box 3079 Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
25172 Morris Building, Box 3079 Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Conferences

Using Natural Language Processing to Assess Goals-of-Care Conversations for Patients With Cancer.

Conference JCO Clin Cancer Inform · October 2025 PURPOSE: Goals-of-care (GOC) discussions during advanced serious illness and end-of-life (EOL) care are critical. Institutions are increasingly tracking the frequency and timing of GOC documentation, but large-scale content assessments have been limited. W ... Full text Link to item Cite

Harnessing EHR for goals of care: The role of electronic alerts for care optimization in gynecologic cancer patients at risk of death in 6 months.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · June 2025 5571Background: This study employed the validated Surprise Question to evaluate the ability of an electronic health record (E ... Full text Cite

Development of a Predictive Model for Emergency Department Utilization and Unanticipated Hospital Admission in Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment for Solid Tumor Malignancies

Conference JCO Oncology Practice · September 1, 2024 PURPOSEUnanticipated health care resource utilization, in the form of either emergency department utilization (EDU) or hospital admission (HA), may be an indicator of lower-quality cancer care. The objective of this study was to develop a predictive model ... Full text Cite

Quality for all: Clinical trial enrollment and end-of-life care in solid and hematologic malignancies.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · June 1, 2023 12028 Background: All patients with cancer deserve quality end-of-life (EOL) care.Despite established EOL quality metrics, many patients with cancer receive futile, aggressive EOL care with infrequent palliative care involvement ... Full text Cite

Telemedicine and gynecologic oncology: caring for patients remotely during a global pandemic

Conference Ajog Global Reports · November 1, 2022 BACKGROUND: Telemedicine uses technology to deliver medical care remotely and has been shown to provide similar patient satisfaction and care outcomes compared with in-person visits. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the gynecologic oncology patient te ... Full text Cite

Presentation to Publication: Analysis of Departmental Research Funding and Trainee Research Productivity [A61]

Conference Obstetrics & Gynecology · May 2022 INTRODUCTION:Conducting research is critical to the development of physician scientists; the authors’ obstetrics and gynecology department requires each resident to conduct an original re ... Full text Cite

Risk and distribution of venous thromboembolic events during treatment for advanced endometrial cancer.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2021 e17565 Background: Understanding the incidence and timing of venous thromboembolic (VTE) events among patients receiving treatment for advanced endometrial cancer (EC) may help to inform VTE risk stratification and consideration ... Full text Cite

Therapy discontinuation processes in a gynecologic oncology population

Conference JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY · May 20, 2019 Link to item Cite

Management of high, moderate, and low penetrance ovarian cancer susceptibility gene mutations: An assessment of current practice patterns.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2019 1536 Background: Limited information exists regarding appropriate risk-reduction strategies for women with moderate and low penetrance ovarian cancer (OVCA) susceptibility mutations. We sought to assess current practice patterns ... Full text Cite

Recurrence rates in cervical cancer patients treated with abdominal versus minimally invasive radical hysterectomy: A multi-institutional analysis of 700 cases.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2019 5504 Background: Compare outcomes between open and minimally invasive radical hysterectomy. Methods: Retrospective multi-institutional review of patients undergoing radical hysterectomy for stage IA1, IA2 and IB1 squamous, adeno- ... Full text Cite

The feasibility of an inpatient intervention to improve end-of-life care in gynecologic oncology patients.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · December 1, 2018 69 Background: Unscheduled hospitalizations in patients with advanced cancer predicts < 6 month median survival. Patients with cancer hospitalized near the end of life (EOL) often receive aggressive treatments without survival ... Full text Cite