What does optimal early detection and preventive care for breast cancer look like? As a key member of two large research consortiums focused on improving cancer screening and outcomes, Diana Buist is in a prime position to help answer this important question.

Dr. Buist is an epidemiologist whose work focuses primarily on early detection of breast cancer and reducing illness and death from breast cancer in populations. She is especially interested in translating research findings into clinically meaningful guidelines. Dr. Buist joined Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) in 1996 and within a few years became the Principal Investigator of the Group Health Breast Cancer Surveillance Project, one of five sites participating in the National Cancer Institute's Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. She has also played a key role in several collaborative projects conducted by the HMO Cancer Research Network. Dr. Buist has extensive experience working with these diverse data and expertise in both longitudinal studies and randomized trials and interventions. So she is uniquely positioned to examine cancer screening, care, and outcomes in health systems across the country.

Dr. Buist serves on the executive committee of the American Society for Preventive Oncology and was a founding member of their Junior Members group in 1999. She is also an affiliate investigator at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and an affiliate associate professor in the Epidemiology Department at the University of Washington. Dr. Buist enjoys sharing her expertise by mentoring junior faculty and PhD and MPH candidates and teaching courses in epidemiology internationally through the American Thoracic Society.

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Recent publications

Gold HT, Thwin SS, Buist DS, Field TS, Wei F, Yood MU, Lash TL, Quinn VP, Geiger AM, Silliman RA. Delayed radiotherapy for breast cancer patients in integrated delivery systems. Am J Manag Care. 2009;15(11):785-9. PubMed

Elmore JG, Jackson SL, Abraham L, Miglioretti DL, Carney PA, Geller BM, Yankaskas BC, Kerlikowske K, Onega T, Rosenberg RD, Sickles EA, Buist DS. Variability in interpretive performance at screening mammography and radiologists' characteristics associated with accuracy. Radiology. 2009 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed

Bosco JL, Lash TL, Prout MN, Buist DS, Geiger AM, Haque R, Wei F, Silliman RA. Breast cancer recurrence in older women five to ten years after diagnosis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Nov;18(11):2979-83. Epub 2009 Oct 20. PubMed

Miglioretti DL, Gard CC, Carney PA, Onega TL, Buist DS, Sickles EA, Kerlikowske K, Rosenberg RD, Yankaskas BC, Geller BM, Elmore JG. When radiologists perform best: the learning curve in screening mammogram interpretation. Radiology. 2009 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed

Buist DS, Chubak J, Prout M, Yood MU, Bosco JL, Thwin SS, Gold HT, Owusu C, Field TS, Quinn VP, Wei F, Silliman RA. Referral, receipt, and completion of chemotherapy in patients with early-stage breast cancer older than 65 years and at high risk of breast cancer recurrence. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Sep 20;27(27):4508-14. Epub 2009 Aug 17. PubMed

Hudson SV, Chubak J, Coups EJ, Blake-Gumbs L, Jacobsen PB, Neugut AI, Buist DS. Identifying key questions to advance research and practice in cancer survivorship follow-up care: a report from the ASPO Survivorship Interest Group. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009;18(7):2152-4. PubMed

Buist DS, Anderson ML, Reed SD, Aiello Bowles EJ, Fitzgibbons ED, Gandara JC, Seger D, Newton KM. Short-term hormone therapy suspension and mammography recall: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150(11):752-65. PubMed

Bosco JLF, Silliman RA, Thwin SS, Geiger AM, Buist DS, Prout MN, Yood MU, Haque R, Wei F, Lash TL. A most stubborn bias: no adjustment method fully resolves confounding by indication in observational studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 May 19. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed

Reed SD, Buist DS, Anderson ML, Aiello Bowles EJ, Fitzgibbons D, Seger D, Newton KM. Short-term (1-2 mo) hormone therapy cessation before mammography. Menopause. 2009 Nov-Dec;16(6):1125-31. Epub 2009 May 15. PubMed

Carney PA, Kettler M, Cook AJ, Geller BM, Karliner L, Miglioretti DL, Bowles EA, Buist DS, Gallagher TH, Elmore JG. An assessment of the likelihood, frequency, and content of verbal communication between radiologists and women receiving screening and diagnostic mammography. Acad Radiol. 2009 May 11. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed

To view more publications, please see Dr. Buist's CV.

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