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Anita Bane

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Associate Professor (Part-Time)OncologyMcMaster University

129 publications.

01

Clarifying risk-factor associations with quantitative breast tumor features: a pooled analysis of 24 studies

Adams D, Hurson AN, Ahearn TU, Andrulis IL, Antoniou AC, Auvinen P, Bane A, Behrens S, de Gonzalez AB, Białkowska K

Journal of the National Cancer Institute2026
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djag244
02

High-Risk Benign Breast Lesions: An Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) Recommendations Report

Eisen A, Bane A, Causer P, Cordeiro E, Fienberg S, Kornecki A, Kulkarni A, Hong NL, Mancuso T, Muradali D

Current Oncology2026
DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33020067
03

Prognostic and predictive capacity of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in the MA.20 regional node radiotherapy trial

Riaz N, Chen BE, Bane A, Gao D, Stovgaard ES, Kos Z, Leung SC, Shenasa E, Parulekar W, Chambers S

npj Breast Cancer20256 citations
DOI: 10.1038/s41523-025-00821-z
04

Canadian Recommendations on Optimal Breast Biopsy Practices Developed Using a Modified Delphi Panel

Kellow ZS, Alikhassi A, Bane A, Bissell MB, Cordeiro E, Dhamanaskar K, Jessup J, Kirwan RC, Ko G, Kos Z

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal20251 citations
DOI: 10.1177/08465371251325500
05

The Significance of Thyroid Hormone Receptors in Breast Cancer: A Hypothesis-Generating Narrative Review

Quan T, Cockburn J, Dhesy-Thind S, Bane A, Leong H, Geleff C, Devion C, Ajel N, Jerzak KJ

Current Oncology20248 citations
DOI: 10.3390/curroncol31050176
06

Omitting Radiotherapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery in Luminal A Breast Cancer

Chang L, Smith S, Bane A, Stevens C, Bowen J, Provencher S, Théberge V, Akra MA, Voduc KD, Whelan TJ

New England Journal of Medicine2023185 citations
DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2302344
07

Ovarian cancer pathology characteristics as predictors of variant pathogenicity in BRCA1 and BRCA2

O’Mahony DG, Ramus SJ, Southey MC, Meagher NS, Hadjisavvas A, John EM, Hamann U, Imyanitov EN, Andrulis IL, Sharma P

British Journal of Cancer202325 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1038/s41416-023-02263-5PMID: W4366448631
08

Ki67 in Breast Cancer Assay: An Ad Hoc Testing Recommendation from the Canadian Association of Pathologists Task Force

Faragalla H, Plotkin A, Barnes P, Lu F-I, Kos Z, Mulligan AM, Bane A, Mozes SN

Current Oncology202315 citations
DOI: 10.3390/curroncol30030233
09

Ki67 assessment protocol as an integral biomarker for avoiding radiotherapy in the LUMINA breast cancer trial

Nielsen TO, Leung SCY, Riaz N, Mulligan AM, Kos Z, Bane A, Whelan TJ

Histopathology20236 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1111/his.15032PMID: W4386084784
10

Abstract P4-02-16: Prognostic and Predictive Capacity of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in the MA.20 regional radiotherapy trial

Riaz N, Chen B, Bane A, Gao D, Stovgaard E, Kos Z, Leung S, Shenasa E, Parulekar W, Chambers S

Cancer Research20234 citations
DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs22-p4-02-16PMID: W4322760629

Frequent collaborators

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Anita BaneGregory PondTimothy WhelanMark Norman LevineJohn Algernon HassellSukhbinder Dhesy-ThindSameer ParpiaAmy GillgrassGabriela GohlaDamu TangAmeya Madhav KulkarniAmanda Lee
  • Oncology
  • Pathology & Molecular Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Medical Imaging
  • Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
  • Family Medicine

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Gregory Pond

Oncology

22 shared papers, latest 2023

Timothy Whelan

Oncology

19 shared papers, latest 2025

Mark Norman Levine

Oncology

18 shared papers, latest 2023

John Algernon Hassell

Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences

14 shared papers, latest 2018

Sukhbinder Dhesy-Thind

Oncology

9 shared papers, latest 2024

Sameer Parpia

Oncology

8 shared papers, latest 2023

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