A
Alyson L. Mahar
Researcher at University of Manitoba
Publications - 206
Citations - 3244
Alyson L. Mahar is an academic researcher from University of Manitoba. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 161 publications receiving 2253 citations. Previous affiliations of Alyson L. Mahar include Sunnybrook Research Institute & Queen's University.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
American Joint Committee on Cancer acceptance criteria for inclusion of risk models for individualized prognosis in the practice of precision medicine.
Michael W. Kattan,Kenneth R. Hess,Mahul B. Amin,Ying Lu,Karl G.M. Moons,Jeffrey E. Gershenwald,Phyllis A. Gimotty,Justin Guinney,Susan Halabi,Alexander J. Lazar,Alyson L. Mahar,Tushar N. Patel,Daniel J. Sargent,Martin R. Weiser,Carolyn C. Compton +14 more
TL;DR: The committee established inclusion and exclusion criteria necessary for a risk model to potentially be endorsed by the AJCC, and identified 13 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria for AJCC risk model endorsement in cancer.
Journal ArticleDOI
How useful is preoperative imaging for tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging of gastric cancer? A meta-analysis
Rajini Seevaratnam,Roberta Cardoso,Caitlin McGregor,Laércio Gomes Lourenço,Alyson L. Mahar,Alyson L. Mahar,Rinku Sutradhar,Calvin Law,Lawrence Paszat,Natalie G. Coburn,Natalie G. Coburn +10 more
TL;DR: The agreement between pre-operative TNM staging by imaging scans and post-operative staging by pathology is not perfect and may affect treatment decisions, so physicians should consider this discrepancy when creating their treatment plans.
Journal ArticleDOI
Second malignancies after radiotherapy for prostate cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Christopher J.D. Wallis,Alyson L. Mahar,Richard Choo,Sender Herschorn,Ronald T. Kodama,Prakesh S. Shah,Cyril Danjoux,Steven A. Narod,Robert K. Nam +8 more
TL;DR: Radiotherapy for prostate cancer was associated with higher risks of developing second malignancies of the bladder, colon, and rectum compared with patients unexposed to radiotherapy, but the reported absolute rates were low.
Journal ArticleDOI
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the utility of EUS for preoperative staging for gastric cancer
Roberta Cardoso,Natalie G. Coburn,Rajini Seevaratnam,Rinku Sutradhar,Laércio Gomes Lourenço,Alyson L. Mahar,Calvin Law,Elaine Yong,Jill Tinmouth +8 more
TL;DR: EUS is a moderately accurate technique that seems to describeadvanced T stage (T3 and T4) better than N or less advanced T stage and Stratifying by EUS annual volume did not affect EUS performance in staging gastric cancer.
Journal ArticleDOI
Symptom Burden in the First Year After Cancer Diagnosis: An Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes.
Lev D. Bubis,Laura E. Davis,Alyson L. Mahar,Lisa Barbera,Qing Li,Lesley Moody,Paul J. Karanicolas,Rinku Sutradhar,Natalie G. Coburn +8 more
TL;DR: Patients are at risk of experiencing multiple symptoms in the immediate postdiagnosis period, which underscores the need to address supportive care requirements early in the cancer journey.