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Laura Jean Havrilesky

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
Box 3079 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
25172 Morris Bldg, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Conferences


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

Long-term survival outcomes for hormonal therapy in premenopausal patients with clinical stage I endometrial cancer

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · January 1, 2024 Background: As the number of young women with early-stage endometrial cancer is increasing, there is growing interest in use of progesterone-based therapy to allow fertility preservation. To date, there is a paucity of data on the safety and long-term outc ... 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

Therapy discontinuation processes in a gynecologic oncology population

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

Patient preferences for maintenance PARP therapy in ovarian cancer treatment.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2019 5558 Background: Maintenance therapy with PARP inhibitors has become prevalent in treating ovarian cancer. However, the preferences of women with ovarian cancer regarding the risks, side effects and benefits afforded by maintenan ... Full text 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

The cost-effectiveness of ertapenem for the treatment of chorioamnionitis after cesarean section

Conference American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · December 2018 Full text Cite

Health Care Disparities in Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation: Changes in Insurance Status After Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act.

Conference Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · May 1, 2018 PURPOSE: To compare insurance status in cancer patients receiving radiation before and after Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), in both expanded and non-expanded states. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Newly diagnosed can ... Full text Link to item Cite

Shared decision-making in ovarian cancer.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 5549 Background: The value of shared decision-making in ovarian cancer is relatively unexplored. The goal of this study was to test a new decision aid, Patient Centered Outcome Aid (PCOA), that facilitates shared decision-making ... Full text Cite

Management of platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer (PSROC) in the era of biologics: Can ASCO’s net health benefits (NHB) inform our decisions?

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 5544 Background: The ASCO value framework allows assessment of novel cancer therapies based on NHB. We assessed novel biologic therapies in the management of PSROC. Methods: ASCO’s revised value framework NHBs were constructed fo ... Full text Cite

Cost-effectiveness of ovarian cancer screening: An analysis of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) from a U.S. health system perspective.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 6608 Background: UKCTOCS is the largest randomized controlled trial to evaluate screening’s impact on ovarian cancer mortality, assigning women to multimodal screening (MMS) with serum CA125 interpreted with a risk algorithm; ann ... Full text Cite

Evaluating the repertoire of immune checkpoint markers expressed on peripheral and ascites CD8+ T cells in ovarian cancer.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 5571 Background: Understanding the immune checkpoint marker repertoire can facilitate development of therapeutic strategies to improve efficacy of immune-based therapies. We used a novel high-dimensional flow cytometry panel to d ... Full text Cite

Vaginal cuff thermal injury by mode of colpotomy at total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a randomized clinical trial.

Conference J Minim Invasive Gynecol · February 2015 STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if the use of Valleylab mode ("V mode") (Covidien, Mansfield, MA) electrothermal energy for colpotomy during total laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) results in a smaller margin of thermal injury to the upper vagina compared with t ... Full text Link to item Cite

The impact of diabetes and obesity on endometrial cancer outcomes

Conference JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY · May 20, 2013 Link to item Cite

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Conference International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · November 2006 Full text Cite

Tissue transglutaminase expression in early-stage cervical cancer

Conference INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS · 2006 Full text Link to item Cite