Gretchen Genevieve Kimmick

Gretchen Genevieve Kimmick
Professor of Medicine

Breast cancer; treatment of breast cancer; management of menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors; survivorship issues after breast cancer; supportive care in managment of cancer patients; breast cancer and treatment of cancer in older persons; diagnosis and management of cancer in underserved populations.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2018
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2004

Contact Information

10 Bryan-Searle Drive, 441 Seeley G. Mudd Bldg, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Box 3204, Durham, NC 27710
gretchen.kimmick@duke.edu (919) 668-0718

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.S., Wake Forest University 2000
- Fellow in Oncology, Medicine, North Carolina Baptist Hospital 1992 - 1994
- Medical Resident, Medicine, University of Florida 1989 - 1992
- M.D., Wake Forest University 1989
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2012 - 2018
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2005 - 2012
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2004 - 2005
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2004
Recognition
In the News
- DEC 9, 2015
  
  Older Breast Cancer Patients Defy Survival Models
- AUG 18, 2015 Fox News, Reuters
  
  Side effects may lead breast cancer patients to skip drugs
Research
Selected Grants
- Optimizing Delivery of a Behavioral Cancer Pain Intervention Using a SMART awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- A Self-Management Intervention for Women with Breast Cancer and Diabetes awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. 2016 - 2020
- A novel strategy to see and treat breast cancer: translation to intra-operative breast margin assessment awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
- Harnessing the power of light to see and treat breast cancer awarded by United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command 2009 - 2015
- Improving Adherence to Recommended Surveillance in Breast Cancer Survivors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2015
- Daughters And MothErS (DAMES) Against Breast Cancer awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2010
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Kimmick, GG, Lenihan, DJ, Sawyer, DB, Mayer, EL, Hershman, DL, Kimmick, GG, Lenihan, DJ, Sawyer, DB, Mayer, EL, and Hershman, DL. Cardio-oncology: The clinical overlap of cancer and heart diseasePreface (PublishedPublished). April 11, 2017. Full Text
- Book Sections
  - Gilstrap, L, Harrison, M, Kimmick, GG, and Nohria, A. "Management of chemotherapy-associated cardiomyopathy." In Cardio-Oncology: The Clinical Overlap of Cancer and Heart Disease, 81-104. April 11, 2017. Full Text
  - Lenneman, CG, Kimmick, GG, and Sawyer, DB. "Epidemiology of cardio-oncology." In Cardio-Oncology: The Clinical Overlap of Cancer and Heart Disease, 1-14. April 11, 2017. Full Text
  - Fleming, ST, Sarfati, D, Kimmick, G, Schoenberg, N, and Cunningham, R. "Impact of comorbidity on cancer screening and diagnosis." In Cancer and Chronic Conditions: Addressing the Problem of Multimorbidity in Cancer Patients and Survivors, 105-129. January 1, 2016. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Irwin, B, Kimmick, G, Altomare, I, Marcom, PK, Houck, K, Zafar, SY, and Peppercorn, J. "Patient experience and attitudes toward addressing the cost of breast cancer care." November 2014. Full Text
- Journal Articles
  - Martin, M, Holmes, FA, Ejlertsen, B, Delaloge, S, Moy, B, Iwata, H, von Minckwitz, G, Chia, SKL, Mansi, J, Barrios, CH, Gnant, M, Tomašević, Z, Denduluri, N, Šeparović, R, Gokmen, E, Bashford, A, Ruiz Borrego, M, Kim, S-B, Jakobsen, EH, Ciceniene, A, Inoue, K, Overkamp, F, Heijns, JB, Armstrong, AC, Link, JS, Joy, AA, Bryce, R, Wong, A, Moran, S, Yao, B, Xu, F, Auerbach, A, Buyse, M, Chan, A, and ExteNET Study Group, . "Neratinib after trastuzumab-based adjuvant therapy in HER2-positive breast cancer (ExteNET): 5-year analysis of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial." The Lancet. Oncology 18, no. 12 (December 2017): 1688-1700. Full Text
  - Kimmick, GG, Li, X, Fleming, ST, Sabatino, SA, Wilson, JF, Lipscomb, J, Cress, R, Bergom, C, Anderson, RT, Wu, X-C, and Written on behalf of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention National Program of Cancer Registry Patterns of Care Study Group, . "Risk of cancer death by comorbidity severity and use of adjuvant chemotherapy among women with locoregional breast cancer." Journal of geriatric oncology (November 22, 2017). Full Text
  - Durá-Ferrandis, E, Mandelblatt, JS, Clapp, J, Luta, G, Faul, L, Kimmick, G, Cohen, HJ, Yung, RL, and Hurria, A. "Personality, coping, and social support as predictors of long-term quality-of-life trajectories in older breast cancer survivors: CALGB protocol 369901 (Alliance)." Psycho-oncology 26, no. 11 (November 2017): 1914-1921. Full Text
  - Ma, CX, Bose, R, Gao, F, Freedman, RA, Telli, ML, Kimmick, G, Winer, E, Naughton, M, Goetz, MP, Russell, C, Tripathy, D, Cobleigh, M, Forero, A, Pluard, TJ, Anders, C, Niravath, PA, Thomas, S, Anderson, J, Bumb, C, Banks, KC, Lanman, RB, Bryce, R, Lalani, AS, Pfeifer, J, Hayes, DF, Pegram, M, Blackwell, K, Bedard, PL, Al-Kateb, H, and Ellis, MJC. "Neratinib Efficacy and Circulating Tumor DNA Detection of HER2 Mutations in HER2 Nonamplified Metastatic Breast Cancer." Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 23, no. 19 (October 2017): 5687-5695. Full Text
  - Mandelblatt, JS, Cai, L, Luta, G, Kimmick, G, Clapp, J, Isaacs, C, Pitcher, B, Barry, W, Winer, E, Sugarman, S, Hudis, C, Muss, H, Cohen, HJ, and Hurria, A. "Frailty and long-term mortality of older breast cancer patients: CALGB 369901 (Alliance)." Breast cancer research and treatment 164, no. 1 (July 2017): 107-117. Full Text
  - Kelleher, SA, Dorfman, CS, Plumb Vilardaga, JC, Majestic, C, Winger, J, Gandhi, V, Nunez, C, Van Denburg, A, Shelby, RA, Reed, SD, Murphy, S, Davidian, M, Laber, EB, Kimmick, GG, Westbrook, KW, Abernethy, AP, and Somers, TJ. "Optimizing delivery of a behavioral pain intervention in cancer patients using a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial SMART." Contemporary clinical trials 57 (June 2017): 51-57. Full Text
  - Kimmick, GG, Major, B, Clapp, J, Sloan, J, Pitcher, B, Ballman, K, Barginear, M, Freedman, RA, Artz, A, Klepin, HD, Lafky, JM, Hopkins, J, Winer, E, Hudis, C, Muss, H, Cohen, H, Jatoi, A, Hurria, A, and Mandelblatt, J. "Using ePrognosis to estimate 2-year all-cause mortality in older women with breast cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 49907 and 369901 (Alliance A151503)." Breast cancer research and treatment 163, no. 2 (June 2017): 391-398. Full Text
  - Freedman, RA, Foster, JC, Seisler, DK, Lafky, JM, Muss, HB, Cohen, HJ, Mandelblatt, J, Winer, EP, Hudis, CA, Partridge, AH, Carey, LA, Cirrincione, C, Moreno-Aspitia, A, Kimmick, G, Jatoi, A, and Hurria, A. "Accrual of Older Patients With Breast Cancer to Alliance Systemic Therapy Trials Over Time: Protocol A151527." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 35, no. 4 (February 2017): 421-431. Full Text
  - Freedman, RA, Seisler, DK, Foster, JC, Sloan, JA, Lafky, JM, Kimmick, GG, Hurria, A, Cohen, HJ, Winer, EP, Hudis, CA, Partridge, AH, Carey, LA, Jatoi, A, Klepin, HD, Citron, M, Berry, DA, Shulman, LN, Buzdar, AU, Suman, VJ, and Muss, HB. "Risk of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome among older women receiving anthracycline-based adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer on Modern Cooperative Group Trials (Alliance A151511)." Breast cancer research and treatment 161, no. 2 (January 2017): 363-373. Full Text
  - Karuturi, M, Wong, ML, Hsu, T, Kimmick, GG, Lichtman, SM, Holmes, HM, Inouye, SK, Dale, W, Loh, KP, Whitehead, MI, Magnuson, A, Hurria, A, Janelsins, MC, and Mohile, S. "Understanding cognition in older patients with cancer." Journal of geriatric oncology 7, no. 4 (July 2016): 258-269. (Review) Full Text
  - Loh, KP, Janelsins, MC, Mohile, SG, Holmes, HM, Hsu, T, Inouye, SK, Karuturi, MS, Kimmick, GG, Lichtman, SM, Magnuson, A, Whitehead, MI, Wong, ML, and Ahles, TA. "Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment in older patients with cancer." Journal of geriatric oncology 7, no. 4 (July 2016): 270-280. (Review) Full Text
  - Kimmick, G. "Clinical trial accrual in older cancer patients: The most important steps are the first ones." Journal of Geriatric Oncology 7, no. 3 (May 2016): 158-161. Full Text
  - Lipscomb, J, Fleming, ST, Trentham-Dietz, A, Kimmick, G, Wu, X-C, Morris, CR, Zhang, K, Smith, RA, Anderson, RT, Sabatino, SA, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Program of Cancer Registries Patterns of Care Study Group, . "What Predicts an Advanced-Stage Diagnosis of Breast Cancer? Sorting Out the Influence of Method of Detection, Access to Care, and Biologic Factors." Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 25, no. 4 (April 2016): 613-623. Full Text
  - Somers, TJ, Kelleher, SA, Westbrook, KW, Kimmick, GG, Shelby, RA, Abernethy, AP, and Keefe, FJ. "A Small Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Comparing Mobile and Traditional Pain Coping Skills Training Protocols for Cancer Patients with Pain." Pain research and treatment 2016 (January 2016): 2473629-. Full Text
  - Kimmick, G, Edmond, SN, Bosworth, HB, Peppercorn, J, Marcom, PK, Blackwell, K, Keefe, FJ, and Shelby, RA. "Medication taking behaviors among breast cancer patients on adjuvant endocrine therapy." Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) 24, no. 5 (October 2015): 630-636. Full Text
  - Sutton, LM, Geradts, J, Hamilton, EP, Havlin, KA, Kimmick, GG, Marcom, PK, Spector, NL, Watson, M, Rabin, DU, Bruno, TO, Noe, A, Miller, S, Subramaniam, C, Layton, S, and Grichnik, K. "CHAMBER: A Regional Performance Improvement CME Initiative for Breast Cancer Health Care Providers." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 13, no. 8 (August 2015): 1005-1011. Full Text
  - Ursem, CJ, Bosworth, HB, Shelby, RA, Hwang, W, Anderson, RT, and Kimmick, GG. "Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: importance in women with low income." Journal of women's health (2002) 24, no. 5 (May 2015): 403-408. (Review) Full Text
  - Anderson, RT, Morris, CR, Kimmick, G, Trentham-Dietz, A, Camacho, F, Wu, X-C, Sabatino, SA, Fleming, ST, and Lipscomb, J. "Patterns of locoregional treatment for nonmetastatic breast cancer by patient and health system factors." Cancer 121, no. 5 (March 2015): 790-799. Full Text
  - Decoster, L, Van Puyvelde, K, Mohile, S, Wedding, U, Basso, U, Colloca, G, Rostoft, S, Overcash, J, Wildiers, H, Steer, C, Kimmick, G, Kanesvaran, R, Luciani, A, Terret, C, Hurria, A, Kenis, C, Audisio, R, and Extermann, M. "Screening tools for multidimensional health problems warranting a geriatric assessment in older cancer patients: an update on SIOG recommendations†." Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 26, no. 2 (February 2015): 288-300. Full Text
  - Kimmick, GG, Camacho, F, Mackley, HB, Kern, T, Yao, N, Matthews, SA, Fleming, S, Lipscomb, J, Liao, J, Hwang, W, and Anderson, RT. "Individual, Area, and Provider Characteristics Associated With Care Received for Stages I to III Breast Cancer in a Multistate Region of Appalachia." Journal of oncology practice 11, no. 1 (January 2015): e9-e18. Full Text
  - Miller, KD, Althouse, SK, Nabell, L, Rugo, H, Carey, L, Kimmick, G, Jones, DR, Merino, MJ, and Steeg, PS. "A phase II study of medroxyprogesterone acetate in patients with hormone receptor negative metastatic breast cancer: translational breast cancer research consortium trial 007." Breast cancer research and treatment 148, no. 1 (November 2014): 99-106. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Edmond, SN, Wren, AA, Keefe, FJ, Peppercorn, JM, Marcom, PK, Blackwell, KL, and Kimmick, GG. "Self-efficacy for coping with symptoms moderates the relationship between physical symptoms and well-being in breast cancer survivors taking adjuvant endocrine therapy." Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 22, no. 10 (October 2014): 2851-2859. Full Text
  - Fleming, ST, Hamilton, AS, Sabatino, SA, Kimmick, GG, Wu, X-C, Owen, JB, Huang, B, Hwang, W, and Patterns of Care Study Group, . "Treatment patterns for prostate cancer: comparison of Medicare claims data to medical record review." Med Care 52, no. 9 (September 2014): e58-e64. Full Text Link to Item
  - Klepin, HD, Pitcher, BN, Ballman, KV, Kornblith, AB, Hurria, A, Winer, EP, Hudis, C, Cohen, HJ, Muss, HB, and Kimmick, GG. "Comorbidity, chemotherapy toxicity, and outcomes among older women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer on a clinical trial: CALGB 49907 and CALGB 361004 (alliance)." Journal of oncology practice 10, no. 5 (September 2014): e285-e292. Full Text
  - Demark-Wahnefried, W, Jones, LW, Snyder, DC, Sloane, RJ, Kimmick, GG, Hughes, DC, Badr, HJ, Miller, PE, Burke, LE, and Lipkus, IM. "Daughters and Mothers Against Breast Cancer (DAMES): main outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of weight loss in overweight mothers with breast cancer and their overweight daughters." Cancer 120, no. 16 (August 2014): 2522-2534. Full Text
  - Sheppard, VB, Faul, LA, Luta, G, Luta, G, Clapp, JD, Yung, RL, Wang, JH-Y, Kimmick, G, Isaacs, C, Tallarico, M, Barry, WT, Pitcher, BN, Hudis, C, Winer, EP, Cohen, HJ, Muss, HB, Hurria, A, and Mandelblatt, JS. "Frailty and adherence to adjuvant hormonal therapy in older women with breast cancer: CALGB protocol 369901." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 32, no. 22 (August 2014): 2318-2327. Full Text
  - Shulman, LN, Berry, DA, Cirrincione, CT, Becker, HP, Perez, EA, O'Regan, R, Martino, S, Shapiro, CL, Schneider, CJ, Kimmick, G, Burstein, HJ, Norton, L, Muss, H, Hudis, CA, and Winer, EP. "Comparison of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide versus single-agent paclitaxel as adjuvant therapy for breast cancer in women with 0 to 3 positive axillary nodes: CALGB 40101 (Alliance)." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 32, no. 22 (August 2014): 2311-2317. Full Text
  - Tew, WP, Muss, HB, Kimmick, GG, Von Gruenigen, VE, and Lichtman, SM. "Breast and ovarian cancer in the older woman." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 32, no. 24 (August 2014): 2553-2561. (Review) Full Text
  - Tew, WP, Muss, HB, Kimmick, GG, Von Gruenigen, VE, and Lichtman, SM. "Breast and ovarian cancer in the older woman." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 32, no. 24 (August 2014): 2553-2561.
  - Barginear, MF, Muss, H, Kimmick, G, Owusu, C, Mrozek, E, Shahrokni, A, Ballman, K, and Hurria, A. "Breast cancer and aging: results of the U13 conference breast cancer panel." Breast cancer research and treatment 146, no. 1 (July 2014): 1-6. (Review) Full Text
  - Sabatino, SA, Thompson, TD, Wu, X-C, Fleming, ST, Kimmick, GG, Trentham-Dietz, A, Cress, R, and Anderson, RT. "The influence of diabetes severity on receipt of guideline-concordant treatment for breast cancer." Breast cancer research and treatment 146, no. 1 (July 2014): 199-209. Full Text
  - Kimmick, G, Fleming, ST, Sabatino, SA, Wu, X-C, Hwang, W, Wilson, JF, Lund, MJ, Cress, R, Anderson, RT, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Program of Cancer Registry Patterns of Care Study Group, . "Comorbidity burden and guideline-concordant care for breast cancer." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 62, no. 3 (March 2014): 482-488. Full Text
  - Anderson, RT, Yang, T-C, Matthews, SA, Camacho, F, Kern, T, MacKley, HB, Kimmick, G, Louis, C, Lengerich, E, and Yao, N. "Breast cancer screening, area deprivation, and later-stage breast cancer in appalachia: Does geography matter?." Health Services Research 49, no. 2 (2014): 546-567. Full Text
  - Barginear, MF, Muss, H, Kimmick, G, Owusu, C, Mrozek, E, Shahrokni, A, Ballman, K, and Hurria, A. "Breast cancer and aging: Results of the U13 conference breast cancer panel." Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 146, no. 1 (2014): 1-6. Full Text
  - Fleming, ST, Hamilton, AS, Sabatino, SA, Kimmick, GG, Wu, XC, Owen, JB, Huang, B, and Hwang, W. "Treatment patterns for prostate cancer: Comparison of medicare claims data to medical record review." Medical Care 52, no. 9 (January 1, 2014). (Review) Full Text
  - Hornsby, WE, Douglas, PS, West, MJ, Kenjale, AA, Lane, AR, Schwitzer, ER, Ray, KA, Herndon, JE, Coan, A, Gutierrez, A, Hornsby, KP, Hamilton, E, Wilke, LG, Kimmick, GG, Peppercorn, JM, and Jones, LW. "Safety and efficacy of aerobic training in operable breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a phase II randomized trial." Acta Oncol 53, no. 1 (January 2014): 65-74. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kimmick, G, Fleming, ST, Sabatino, SA, Wu, XC, Hwang, W, Wilson, JF, Lund, MJ, Cress, R, and Anderson, RT. "Comorbidity burden and guideline-concordant care for breast cancer." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 62, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 482-488. Full Text
  - Kimmick, G, and White, H. "Getting beyond screening for frailty in older patients with cancer." Journal of geriatric oncology 5, no. 1 (January 2014): 8-10. Full Text
  - Miller, KD, Althouse, SK, Nabell, L, Rugo, H, Carey, L, Kimmick, G, Jones, DR, Merino, MJ, and Steeg, PS. "A phase II study of medroxyprogesterone acetate in patients with hormone receptor negative metastatic breast cancer: translational breast cancer research consortium trial 007." Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 148, no. 1 (2014): 99-106. Full Text
  - Sabatino, SA, Thompson, TD, Wu, XC, Fleming, ST, Kimmick, GG, Trentham-Dietz, A, Cress, R, and Anderson, RT. "The influence of diabetes severity on receipt of guideline-concordant treatment for breast cancer." Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 146, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 199-209. Full Text
  - Shelby, RA, Edmond, SN, Wren, AA, Keefe, FJ, Peppercorn, JM, Marcom, PK, Blackwell, KL, and Kimmick, GG. "Self-efficacy for coping with symptoms moderates the relationship between physical symptoms and well-being in breast cancer survivors taking adjuvant endocrine therapy." Supportive Care in Cancer 22, no. 10 (2014): 2851-2859. Full Text
  - Hamilton, E, Kimmick, G, Hopkins, J, Marcom, PK, Rocha, G, Welch, R, Broadwater, G, and Blackwell, K. "Nab-paclitaxel/bevacizumab/carboplatin chemotherapy in first-line triple negative metastatic breast cancer." Clinical Breast Cancer 13, no. 6 (December 1, 2013): 416-420. Full Text
  - Hamilton, E, Kimmick, G, Hopkins, J, Marcom, PK, Rocha, G, Welch, R, Broadwater, G, and Blackwell, K. "Nab-paclitaxel/bevacizumab/carboplatin chemotherapy in first-line triple negative metastatic breast cancer." Clin Breast Cancer 13, no. 6 (December 2013): 416-420. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jones, LW, Fels, DR, West, M, Allen, JD, Broadwater, G, Barry, WT, Wilke, LG, Masko, E, Douglas, PS, Dash, RC, Povsic, TJ, Peppercorn, J, Marcom, PK, Blackwell, KL, Kimmick, G, Turkington, TG, and Dewhirst, MW. "Modulation of circulating angiogenic factors and tumor biology by aerobic training in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy." Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 6, no. 9 (September 2013): 925-937. Full Text Link to Item
  - Freedman, RA, Pitcher, B, Keating, NL, Ballman, KV, Mandelblatt, J, Kornblith, AB, Kimmick, GG, Hurria, A, Winer, EP, Hudis, CA, Cohen, HJ, Muss, HB, and Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, . "Cognitive function in older women with breast cancer treated with standard chemotherapy and capecitabine on Cancer and Leukemia Group B 49907." Breast Cancer Res Treat 139, no. 2 (June 2013): 607-616. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lyman, GH, Baker, J, Geradts, J, Horton, J, Kimmick, G, Peppercorn, J, Pruitt, S, Scheri, RP, and Hwang, ES. "Multidisciplinary care of patients with early-stage breast cancer." Surg Oncol Clin N Am 22, no. 2 (April 2013): 299-317. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Anderson, RT, Yang, T-C, Matthews, SA, Camacho, F, Kern, T, Mackley, HB, Kimmick, G, Louis, C, Lengerich, E, and Yao, N. "Breast Cancer Screening, Area Deprivation, and Later Stage Breast Cancer in Appalachia: Does Geography Matter?." Health Services Research (2013). Full Text
  - Edmond, SN, Shelby, RA, Kimmick, GG, Marcom, PK, Peppercorn, JM, and Keefe, FJ. "Symptom communication in breast cancer: relationships of holding back and self-efficacy for communication to symptoms and adjustment." J Psychosoc Oncol 31, no. 6 (2013): 698-711. Full Text Link to Item
  - Freedman, RA, Pitcher, B, Keating, NL, Ballman, KV, Mandelblatt, J, Kornblith, AB, Kimmick, GG, Hurria, A, Winer, EP, Hudis, CA, Cohen, HJ, and Muss, HB. "Cognitive function in older women with breast cancer treated with standard chemotherapy and capecitabine on Cancer and Leukemia Group B 49907." Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 139, no. 2 (2013): 607-616. Full Text
  - Mandelblatt, JS, Makgoeng, SB, Luta, G, Hurria, A, Kimmick, G, Isaacs, C, Tallarico, M, Barry, WT, Pitcher, B, Winer, EP, Hudis, C, Cohen, HJ, and Muss, HB. "A planned, prospective comparison of short-term quality of life outcomes among older patients with breast cancer treated with standard chemotherapy in a randomized clinical trial vs. an observational study: CALGB #49907 and #369901." Journal of Geriatric Oncology 4, no. 4 (2013): 353-361. Full Text
  - Mandelblatt, JS, Makgoeng, SB, Luta, G, Hurria, A, Kimmick, G, Isaacs, C, Tallarico, M, Barry, WT, Pitcher, B, Winer, EP, and al, E. "A planned, prospective comparison of short-term quality of life outcomes among older breast cancer patients treated with standard chemotherapy in a randomized clinical trial vs. an observational study: CALGB #49907 and #369901." Journal of Geriatric Oncology (2013). Full Text
  - Weaver, KE, Camacho, F, Hwang, W, Anderson, R, and Kimmick, G. "Adherence to adjuvant hormonal therapy and its relationship to breast cancer recurrence and survival among low-income women." American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials 36, no. 2 (2013): 181-187. Full Text
  - Fleming, ST, Kimmick, GG, Sabatino, SA, Cress, RD, Wu, X-C, Trentham-Dietz, A, Huang, B, Hwang, W, Liff, JM, and Patterns of Care Study Group, . "Defining care provided for breast cancer based on medical record review or Medicare claims: information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Patterns of Care Study." Ann Epidemiol 22, no. 11 (November 2012): 807-813. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kanesvaran, R, White, HK, and Kimmick, GG. "(AI) Can't get off my chair." J Am Geriatr Soc 60, no. 10 (October 2012): 1978-1979. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Kamal, AH, Camacho, F, Anderson, R, Wei, W, Balkrishnan, R, and Kimmick, G. "Similar survival with single-agent capecitabine or taxane in first-line therapy for metastatic breast cancer." Breast Cancer Res Treat 134, no. 1 (July 2012): 371-378. Full Text Link to Item
  - Anderson, RT, Kimmick, GG, McCoy, TP, Hopkins, J, Levine, E, Miller, G, Ribisl, P, and Mihalko, SL. "A randomized trial of exercise on well-being and function following breast cancer surgery: the RESTORE trial." J Cancer Surviv 6, no. 2 (June 2012): 172-181. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kimmick, GG, Camacho, F, Hwang, W, Mackley, H, Stewart, J, and Anderson, RT. "Adjuvant Radiation and Outcomes After Breast Conserving Surgery in Publicly Insured Patients." J Geriatr Oncol 3, no. 2 (April 1, 2012): 138-146. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wu, X-C, Lund, MJ, Kimmick, GG, Richardson, LC, Sabatino, SA, Chen, VW, Fleming, ST, Morris, CR, Huang, B, Trentham-Dietz, A, and Lipscomb, J. "Influence of race, insurance, socioeconomic status, and hospital type on receipt of guideline-concordant adjuvant systemic therapy for locoregional breast cancers." J Clin Oncol 30, no. 2 (January 10, 2012): 142-150. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shulman, LN, Cirrincione, CT, Berry, DA, Becker, HP, Perez, EA, O'Regan, R, Martino, S, Atkins, JN, Mayer, E, Schneider, CJ, Kimmick, G, Norton, L, Muss, H, Winer, EP, and Hudis, C. "Six cycles of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide or paclitaxel are not superior to four cycles as adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in women with zero to three positive axillary nodes: Cancer and leukemia group B 40101." Journal of Clinical Oncology 30, no. 33 (2012): 4071-4076. Full Text
  - Weaver, KE, Camacho, F, Hwang, W, Anderson, R, and Kimmick, G. "Adherence to adjuvant hormonal therapy and its relationship to breast cancer recurrence and survival among low-income women." American Journal of Clinical Oncology (2012). Full Text
  - Herold, CI, Chadaram, V, Peterson, BL, Marcom, PK, Hopkins, J, Kimmick, GG, Favaro, J, Hamilton, E, Welch, RA, Bacus, S, and Blackwell, KL. "Phase II trial of dasatinib in patients with metastatic breast cancer using real-time pharmacodynamic tissue biomarkers of Src inhibition to escalate dosing." Clin Cancer Res 17, no. 18 (September 15, 2011): 6061-6070. Full Text Link to Item
  - Fleming, ST, Sabatino, SA, Kimmick, G, Cress, R, Wu, X-C, Trentham-Dietz, A, Huang, B, Hwang, W, and Liff, J. "Developing a claim-based version of the ACE-27 comorbidity index: A comparison with medical record review." Medical Care 49, no. 8 (2011): 752-760. Full Text
  - Kimmick, G. "Adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in older women: Emerging evidence to aid in decision making." Current Treatment Options in Oncology 12, no. 3 (2011): 286-301. Full Text
  - Kornblith, AB, Lan, L, Archer, L, Partridge, A, Kimmick, G, Hudis, C, Winer, E, Casey, R, Bennett, S, Cohen, HJ, and Muss, HB. "Quality of life of older patients with early-stage breast cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: A companion study to cancer and leukemia group B 49907." Journal of Clinical Oncology 29, no. 8 (2011): 1022-1028. Full Text
  - Shenoy, C, Klem, I, Crowley, AL, Patel, MR, Winchester, MA, Owusu, C, and Kimmick, GG. "Cardiovascular complications of breast cancer therapy in older adults." Oncologist 16, no. 8 (2011): 1138-1143. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Garber, JE, Halabi, S, Tolaney, SM, Kaplan, E, Archer, L, Atkins, JN, Edge, S, Shapiro, CL, Dressler, L, Paskett, ED, Kimmick, G, Orcutt, J, Scalzo, A, Winer, E, Levine, E, Shahab, N, Berliner, N, and Cancer and Leukemia Group B, . "Factor V Leiden mutation and thromboembolism risk in women receiving adjuvant tamoxifen for breast cancer." J Natl Cancer Inst 102, no. 13 (July 7, 2010): 942-949. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lipkus, IM, Peters, E, Kimmick, G, Liotcheva, V, and Marcom, P. "Breast cancer patients' treatment expectations after exposure to the decision aid program adjuvant online: the influence of numeracy." Med Decis Making 30, no. 4 (July 2010): 464-473. Full Text Link to Item
  - Perez, AT, Arun, B, Tripathy, D, Tagliaferri, MA, Shaw, HS, Kimmick, GG, Cohen, I, Shtivelman, E, Caygill, KA, Grady, D, Schactman, M, and Shapiro, CL. "A phase 1B dose escalation trial of Scutellaria barbata (BZL101) for patients with metastatic breast cancer." Breast Cancer Res Treat 120, no. 1 (February 2010): 111-118. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kimmick, G, Broadwater, G, and Vitolins, M. "Hot flashes in breast cancer survivors and an association with calcium supplement use." International Journal of Women's Health 2, no. 1 (2010): 291-294. Full Text
  - Mandelblatt, JS, Sheppard, VB, Hurria, A, Kimmick, G, Isaacs, C, Taylor, KL, Kornblith, AB, Noone, A-M, Luta, G, Tallarico, M, Barry, WT, Hunegs, L, Zon, R, Naughton, M, Winer, E, Hudis, C, Edge, SB, Cohen, HJ, and Muss, H. "Breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in older women: The role of patient preference and interactions with physicians." Journal of Clinical Oncology 28, no. 19 (2010): 3146-3153. Full Text
  - Shayne, M, and Kimmick, G. "Management of breast cancer in older adults." (January 1, 2010): 89-109. (Chapter) Full Text
  - McLaughlin, JM, Balkrishnan, R, Paskett, ED, Kimmick, GG, and Anderson, RT. "Patient and provider determinants associated with the prescription of adjuvant hormonal therapies following a diagnosis of breast cancer in Medicaid-enrolled patients." J Natl Med Assoc 101, no. 11 (November 2009): 1112-1118. Link to Item
  - Kimmick, GG, Cirrincione, C, Duggan, DB, Bhalla, K, Robert, N, Berry, D, Norton, L, Lemke, S, Henderson, IC, Hudis, C, Winer, E, and Cancer and Leukemia Group B, . "Fifteen-year median follow-up results after neoadjuvant doxorubicin, followed by mastectomy, followed by adjuvant cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil (CMF) followed by radiation for stage III breast cancer: a phase II trial (CALGB 8944)." Breast Cancer Res Treat 113, no. 3 (February 2009): 479-490. Full Text Link to Item
  - Camacho, FT, Wu, J, Wei, W, Kimmick, G, Anderson, RT, and Balkrishnan, R. "Cost impact of oral capecitabine compared to intravenous taxane-based chemotherapy in first-line metastatic breast cancer." Journal of Medical Economics 12, no. 3 (2009): 238-245. Full Text
  - Kimmick, G, Anderson, R, Camacho, F, Bhosle, M, Hwang, W, and Balkrishnan, R. "Adjuvant hormonal therapy use among insured, low-income women with breast cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology 27, no. 21 (2009): 3445-3451. Full Text
  - Loprinzi, CL, Sloan, J, Stearns, V, Slack, R, Iyengar, M, Diekmann, B, Kimmick, G, Lovato, J, Gordon, P, Pandya, K, Jr, TG, Barton, D, and Novotny, P. "Newer antidepressants and gabapentin for hot flashes: An individual patient pooled analysis." Journal of Clinical Oncology 27, no. 17 (2009): 2831-2837. Full Text
  - Anderson, RT, Kimmick, GG, Camacho, F, Whitmire, JT, Dickinson, C, Levine, EA, Torti, FM, and Balkrishnan, R. "Health system correlates of receipt of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery: a study of low-income Medicaid-enrolled women." Am J Manag Care 14, no. 10 (October 2008): 644-652. Link to Item
  - Rao, AV, Hurria, A, Kimmick, G, Pinheiro, S, and Seo, PH. "Geriatric oncology: past, present, future." J Oncol Pract 4, no. 4 (July 2008): 190-192. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vitolins, MZ, Kimmick, GG, and Case, LD. "BMI influences prognosis following surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy for lymph node positive breast cancer." Breast J 14, no. 4 (July 2008): 357-365. Full Text Link to Item
  - Anders, C, Marcom, PK, Peterson, B, Gu, L, Unruhe, S, Welch, R, Lyons, P, Behera, M, Copland, S, Kimmick, G, Shaw, H, Snyder, S, Antenos, M, Woodruff, T, and Blackwell, K. "A pilot study of predictive markers of chemotherapy-related amenorrhea among premenopausal women with early stage breast cancer." Cancer Invest 26, no. 3 (April 2008): 286-295. Full Text Link to Item
  - Anders, C, Marcom, PK, Peterson, B, Gu, L, Unruhe, S, Welch, R, Lyons, P, Behera, M, Copland, S, Kimmick, G, Shaw, H, Snyder, S, Antenos, M, Woodruff, T, and Blackwell, K. "A pilot study of predictive markers of chemotherapy-related amenorrhea among premenopausal women with early stage breast cancer (Cancer Investigation 26, 3, (286-295))." Cancer Investigation 26, no. 10 (2008): 1068--. Full Text
  - Carpenter, JS, Neal, JG, Payne, J, Kimmick, G, and Storniolo, AM. "Cognitive-behavioral intervention for hot flashes." Oncology nursing forum 34, no. 1 (2007): 37--. Full Text
  - Foley, KL, Kimmick, G, Camacho, F, Levine, EA, Balkrishnan, R, and Anderson, R. "Survival disadvantage among Medicaid-insured breast cancer patients treated with breast conserving surgery without radiation therapy." Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 101, no. 2 (2007): 207-214. Full Text
  - Kimmick, GG, Lovato, J, McQuellon, R, Robinson, E, and Muss, HB. "Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of sertraline (Zoloft) for the treatment of hot flashes in women with early stage breast cancer taking tamoxifen." Breast J 12, no. 2 (March 2006): 114-122. Full Text Link to Item
  - Anders, CK, and Kimmick, G. "The Extermann article reviewed." ONCOLOGY 20, no. 11 (2006): 1360+1362-.
  - Hawfield, A, Lovato, J, Covington, D, and Kimmick, G. "Retrospective study of the effect of comorbidity on use of adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with breast cancer in a tertiary care setting." Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 59, no. 3 (2006): 250-255. Full Text
  - Kelly, H, Kimmick, G, Dees, C, Collichio, F, Gatti, L, Sawyer, L, Ivanova, A, Dressler, L, Graham, ML, and Carey, LA. "Response and cardiac toxicity of trastuzumab given in conjunction with weekly paclitaxel after doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide." Clinical Breast Cancer 7, no. 3 (2006): 237-243.
  - Misra, D, and Kimmick, GG. "The Witherby/Muss article reviewed." ONCOLOGY 20, no. 9 (2006): 1017-1018.
  - Kimmick, GG, Peterson, BL, Kornblith, AB, Mandelblatt, J, Johnson, JL, Wheeler, J, Heinze, R, Cohen, HJ, and Muss, HB. "Improving accrual of older persons to cancer treatment trials: a randomized trial comparing an educational intervention with standard information: CALGB 360001." J Clin Oncol 23, no. 10 (April 1, 2005): 2201-2207. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kimmick, GG, Peterson, BL, Kornblith, AB, Mandelblatt, J, Johnson, JL, Wheeler, J, Heinze, R, Cohen, HJ, and Muss, HB. "In reply [10]." Journal of Clinical Oncology 23, no. 30 (2005): 7752-7753. Full Text
  - Kimmick, G, and Muss, HB. "Breast cancer in older patients." Semin Oncol 31, no. 2 (April 2004): 234-248. (Review) Link to Item
  - Kimmick, G, Ratain, MJ, Berry, D, Woolf, S, Norton, L, Muss, HB, and Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB 9041), . "Subcutaneously administered recombinant human interleukin-2 and interferon alfa-2a for advanced breast cancer: a phase II study of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB 9041)." Invest New Drugs 22, no. 1 (January 2004): 83-89. Link to Item
  - Kimmick, GG, Shelton, BJ, Case, LD, Cooper, MR, and Muss, HB. "Long-term follow-up of a phase II trial studying a weekly doxorubicin-based multiple drug adjuvant therapy for stage II node-positive carcinoma of the breast." Breast Cancer Res Treat 72, no. 3 (April 2002): 233-243. Link to Item
  - Case, LD, Kimmick, G, Paskett, ED, Lohman, K, and Tucker, R. "Interpreting measures of treatment effect in cancer clinical trials." Oncologist 7, no. 3 (2002): 181-187. Link to Item
  - Kimmick, GG, and Muss, HB. "Systemic therapy for older women with breast cancer." Oncology (Williston Park) 15, no. 3 (March 2001): 280-291. (Review) Link to Item
  - Kimmick, GG, and Balducci, L. "Breast cancer and aging. Clinical interactions." Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 14, no. 1 (February 2000): 213-234. (Review) Link to Item
  - Kimmick, GG, and Muss, HB. "Endocrine therapy in metastatic breast cancer." Cancer Treat Res 94 (1998): 231-254. (Review) Link to Item
  - Gade, JN, Kimmick, G, Hitchcock, MG, and McMichael, AJ. "Generalized cutaneous metastases from breast adenocarcinoma." J Am Acad Dermatol 37, no. 1 (July 1997): 129-130. Link to Item
  - Kimmick, G, and Muss, HB. "Breast cancer in older women." Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 13, no. 2 (May 24, 1997): 265-282. (Review)
  - Kimmick, G, and Muss, HB. "Breast cancer in older women." Clin Geriatr Med 13, no. 2 (May 1997): 265-282. (Review) Link to Item
  - Kimmick, GG, Bell, RA, and Bostick, RM. "Vitamin E and breast cancer: a review." Nutr Cancer 27, no. 2 (1997): 109-117. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Kimmick, GG, Fleming, R, Muss, HB, and Balducci, L. "Cancer chemotherapy in older adults. A tolerability perspective." Drugs Aging 10, no. 1 (January 1997): 34-49. (Review) Link to Item
  - McQuellon, RP, Kimmick, G, and Hurt, GJ. "Quality-of-life measurement in women with breast cancer." Breast Journal 3, no. 4 (1997): 178-186. Full Text
  - Kimmick, G, and Owen, J. "Rhabdomyolysis and hemolysis associated with sickle cell trait and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency." South Med J 89, no. 11 (November 1996): 1097-1098. Link to Item
  - Robinson, E, Kimmick, GG, and Muss, HB. "Tamoxifen in postmenopausal women a safety perspective." Drugs Aging 8, no. 5 (May 1996): 329-337. (Review) Link to Item
  - Kimmick, G, and Muss, HB. "Current status of endocrine therapy for metastatic breast cancer." Oncology (Williston Park) 9, no. 9 (September 1995): 877-890. (Review) Link to Item
  - Kimmick, G, and Muss, HB. "Breast cancer in older women." Breast Journal 1, no. 5 (1995): 300-307.
  - Kimmick, G, Muss, HB, Case, LD, and Stanley, V. "A comparison of treatment outcomes for black patients and white patients with metastatic breast cancer. The Piedmont Oncology Association experience." Cancer 67, no. 11 (June 1, 1991): 2850-2854. Link to Item
  - Kimmick, G, Muss, HB, Douglas Case, L, and Stanley, V. "A comparison of treatment outcomes for black patients and white patients with metastatic breast cancer. The piedmont oncology association experience." Cancer 67, no. 11 (January 1, 1991): 2850-2854. Full Text

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