Christina D Williams | Scholars@Duke

Christina D Williams
Assistant Professor in Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2013
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2013

Contact Information

VA Med Ctr Bldg 16 Rm 57 508 F, Box 3445, Durham, NC 27705
christina.williams@duke.edu (919) 286-6936

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2009
Recognition
In the News
- FEB 27, 2018 Bass Connections
  
  Bass Connections Team Investigates Benefits of Exercise on the Female Brain
Research
Selected Grants
- EGFR Testing Patterns and Outcomes in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the VA Health System awarded by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP 2018 - 2020
- Stage III NSCLC in the VA Health System awarded by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP 2018 - 2019
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Spiegel, DY, Boyer, MJ, Hong, JC, Williams, CD, Kelley, MJ, Moore, H, Salama, JK, and Palta, M. "Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Nonoperative Management With Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 103, no. 3 (March 2019): 565-573. Full Text
  - Hong, JC, Boyer, MJ, Spiegel, DY, Williams, CD, Tong, BC, Shofer, SL, Moravan, MJ, Kelley, MJ, and Salama, JK. "Increasing PET Use in Small Cell Lung Cancer: Survival Improvement and Stage Migration in the VA Central Cancer Registry." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 17, no. 2 (February 2019): 127-139. Full Text
  - Zullig, LL, Goldstein, KM, Sims, KJ, Williams, CD, Chang, M, Provenzale, D, and Kelley, MJ. "Cancer Among Women Treated in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System." Journal of Women'S Health (2002) 28, no. 2 (February 2019): 268-275. Full Text
  - Boyer, MJ, Williams, CD, Harpole, DH, Onaitis, MW, Kelley, MJ, and Salama, JK. "Improved Survival of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A VA Central Cancer Registry Analysis." Journal of Thoracic Oncology : Official Publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 12, no. 12 (December 2017): 1814-1823. Full Text
  - Zullig, LL, Sims, KJ, McNeil, R, Williams, CD, Jackson, GL, Provenzale, D, and Kelley, MJ. "Cancer Incidence Among Patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 2010 Update." Military Medicine 182, no. 7 (July 2017): e1883-e1891. Full Text
  - Paulus, Jessica K., Christina D. Williams, Furha I. Cossor, Michael J. Kelley, and Robert E. Martell. “Metformin, Diabetes, and Survival among U.S. Veterans with Colorectal Cancer-Response..” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : A Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 26, no. 6 (June 2017). https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-1026.
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  - Zullig, Leah L., William R. Carpenter, and Christina D. Williams. “Next steps to improve disparities in lung cancer treatment clinical trial enrollment..” Annals of Translational Medicine 5, no. 5 (March 2017). https://doi.org/10.21037/atm.2017.01.25.
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  - Williams, Christina D., William M. Grady, and Leah L. Zullig. “Use of NCCN Guidelines, Other Guidelines, and Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer Screening..” Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 14, no. 11 (November 2016): 1479–85. https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2016.0154.
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  - Williams, Christina D., Joseph K. Salama, Drew Moghanaki, Tomer Z. Karas, and Michael J. Kelley. “Impact of Race on Treatment and Survival among U.S. Veterans with Early-Stage Lung Cancer..” Journal of Thoracic Oncology : Official Publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 11, no. 10 (October 2016): 1672–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2016.05.030.
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  - Paulus, JK, Williams, CD, Cossor, FI, Kelley, MJ, and Martell, RE. "Metformin, Diabetes, and Survival among U.S. Veterans with Colorectal Cancer." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 25, no. 10 (October 2016): 1418-1425. Full Text
  - Ganti, Apar Kishor, Christina D. Williams, Ajeet Gajra, and Michael J. Kelley. “Effect of age on the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy for resected non-small cell lung cancer..” Cancer 121, no. 15 (August 2015): 2578–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.29360.
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  - Vidal, Adriana C., Christina D. Williams, Emma H. Allott, Lauren E. Howard, Delores J. Grant, Megan McPhail, Katharine N. Sourbeer, et al. “Carbohydrate intake, glycemic index and prostate cancer risk..” The Prostate 75, no. 4 (March 2015): 430–39. https://doi.org/10.1002/pros.22929.
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  - Santana-Davila, R, Devisetty, K, Szabo, A, Sparapani, R, Arce-Lara, C, Gore, EM, Moran, A, Williams, CD, Kelley, MJ, and Whittle, J. "Cisplatin and etoposide versus carboplatin and paclitaxel with concurrent radiotherapy for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: an analysis of Veterans Health Administration data." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 33, no. 6 (February 2015): 567-574. Full Text
  - Zullig, Leah L., Christina D. Williams, and Alice G. Fortune-Britt. “Lung and colorectal cancer treatment and outcomes in the Veterans Affairs health care system..” Cancer Management and Research 7 (January 14, 2015): 19–35. https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S75463.
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  - Samuel, Cleo A., Mary Beth Landrum, Barbara J. McNeil, Samuel R. Bozeman, Christina D. Williams, and Nancy L. Keating. “Racial disparities in cancer care in the Veterans Affairs health care system and the role of site of care..” American Journal of Public Health 104 Suppl 4 (September 2014): S562–71. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2014.302079.
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  - Williams, CD, Gajra, A, Ganti, AK, and Kelley, MJ. "Use and impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer." Cancer 120, no. 13 (July 2014): 1939-1947. Full Text
  - Santana-Davila, R, Szabo, A, Arce-Lara, C, Williams, CD, Kelley, MJ, and Whittle, J. "Cisplatin versus carboplatin-based regimens for the treatment of patients with metastatic lung cancer. An analysis of Veterans Health Administration data." Journal of Thoracic Oncology : Official Publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 9, no. 5 (May 2014): 702-709. Full Text
  - Santana-Davila, R., A. Szabo, C. Arce-Lara, C. D. Williams, M. J. Kelley, and J. Whittle. “Cisplatin versus carboplatin-based regimens for the treatment of patients with metastatic lung cancer. An analysis of veterans health administration data.” Journal of Thoracic Oncology 9, no. 5 (2014): 702–9. https://doi.org/10.1097/JTO.0000000000000146.
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  - Williams, C. D., A. Gajra, A. K. Ganti, and M. J. Kelley. “Use and impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer.” Cancer 120, no. 13 (2014): 1939–47. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.28679.
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  - Nipp, Ryan D., Michael J. Kelley, Christina D. Williams, and Arif H. Kamal. “Evolution of the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative supportive care quality measures portfolio and conformance at a Veterans Affairs medical center..” Journal of Oncology Practice 9, no. 3 (May 2013): e86–89. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.2013.000923.
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  - Williams, Christina D. “Antioxidants and prevention of gastrointestinal cancers..” Current Opinion in Gastroenterology 29, no. 2 (March 2013): 195–200. https://doi.org/10.1097/mog.0b013e32835c9d1b.
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  - Williams, Christina D., Karen M. Stechuchak, Leah L. Zullig, Dawn Provenzale, and Michael J. Kelley. “Influence of comorbidity on racial differences in receipt of surgery among US veterans with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer..” Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 31, no. 4 (February 2013): 475–81. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2012.44.1170.
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  - Zullig, Leah L., William R. Carpenter, Dawn T. Provenzale, Morris Weinberger, Bryce B. Reeve, Christina D. Williams, and George L. Jackson. “The association of race with timeliness of care and survival among Veterans Affairs health care system patients with late-stage non-small cell lung cancer..” Cancer Management and Research 5 (January 2013): 157–63. https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S46688.
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  - Williams, Christina D., Brian M. Whitley, Cathrine Hoyo, Delores J. Grant, Gary G. Schwartz, Joseph C. Presti, Jared D. Iraggi, et al. “Dietary calcium and risk for prostate cancer: a case-control study among US veterans..” Preventing Chronic Disease 9 (January 12, 2012).
  - Vidal, Adriana C., Delores J. Grant, Christina D. Williams, Elizabeth Masko, Emma H. Allott, Kathryn Shuler, Megan McPhail, et al. “Associations between Intake of Folate, Methionine, and Vitamins B-12, B-6 and Prostate Cancer Risk in American Veterans..” Journal of Cancer Epidemiology 2012 (January 2012). https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/957467.
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  - Williams, Christina D., Brian M. Whitley, Cathrine Hoyo, Delores J. Grant, Jared D. Iraggi, Kathryn A. Newman, Leah Gerber, Loretta A. Taylor, Madeline G. McKeever, and Stephen J. Freedland. “A high ratio of dietary n-6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids is associated with increased risk of prostate cancer..” Nutrition Research (New York, N.Y.) 31, no. 1 (January 2011): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2011.01.002.
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  - Williams, Christina Dawn, Jessie A. Satia, Linda S. Adair, June Stevens, Joseph Galanko, Temitope O. Keku, and Robert S. Sandler. “Antioxidant and DNA methylation-related nutrients and risk of distal colorectal cancer..” Cancer Causes & Control : Ccc 21, no. 8 (August 2010): 1171–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9544-3.
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  - Freedland, Stephen J., Christina D. Williams, and Elizabeth M. Masko. “Adiponectin and prostate cancer mortality: to be or not to be skinny?.” Clinical Chemistry 56, no. 1 (January 2010): 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2009.137406.
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  - Williams, Christina Dawn, Jessie A. Satia, Linda S. Adair, June Stevens, Joseph Galanko, Temitope O. Keku, and Robert S. Sandler. “Associations of red meat, fat, and protein intake with distal colorectal cancer risk..” Nutrition and Cancer 62, no. 6 (January 2010): 701–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/01635581003605938.
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  - Williams, CD, Satia, JA, Adair, LS, Stevens, J, Galanko, J, Keku, TO, and Sandler, RS. "Dietary patterns, food groups, and rectal cancer risk in Whites and African-Americans." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 18, no. 5 (May 2009): 1552-1561. Full Text
  - Schmidt, Silke, Kelli D. Allen, Valerie T. Loiacono, Barbara Norman, Catherine L. Stanwyck, Kristina M. Nord, Christina D. Williams, et al. “Genes and Environmental Exposures in Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: the GENEVA study. Rationale, study design and demographic characteristics..” Neuroepidemiology 30, no. 3 (January 2008): 191–204. https://doi.org/10.1159/000126911.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

In the News

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles