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Research
Latest papers
Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA surgery · 2026
Outcomes and Predictors of Recurrence and Survival in Surgically Resected Localized Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from the Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System (CKCis)
Current Oncology · 2026
Effect of Sex Differences on Cancer Outcomes After Chemo-Radiation for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study.
Urology · 2025
Latest funding
- $4,039,200
The TOPGUN trial: Threshold for OPerative hemoGlobin trigger for red blood cell transfUsioN
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $765,001
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $400,000
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
8 publications.
Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
McIsaac DI, Lee S, Fergusson D, Gillis C, Khadaroo RG, Meliambro A, Muscedere J, Eskander A, Moloo H, Nelson G, Saha T, Chun R, Serrano PE, Wijeysundera DN, Taljaard M, PREPARE Trial Investigator Group, Barnes K, Boet S, Boland L, Branje K, Breau R, Bryson GL, Dhalla I, Dixon E, Dobson G, Farnand M, Forster A, Gagne S, Hladkowicz E, Holroyd-Leduc J, Huang A, Hutton J, Jacobsohn E, Joanisse J, Johnson A, Johnson S, Khalil N, Kidd G, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Le T, Levine M, Love C, McCartney C, McMullen M, Bergamascki LM, Moore R, Mozel M, Nagpal S, Nantel J, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Tamblyn-Watts L, Thavorn K, Trottier D, van Walraven C, Yang I
Outcomes and Predictors of Recurrence and Survival in Surgically Resected Localized Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from the Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System (CKCis)
Arenovich E, Breau R, Rendon R, Mallick R, Tanguay S, Pouliot F, Lavallee L, Feifer A, Finelli A, Bansal R
Effect of Sex Differences on Cancer Outcomes After Chemo-Radiation for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study.
MacIntyre I, Kool R, Marcq G, Kulkarni GS, Breau R, Busca I, Uy M, Fervaha G, Alimohamed N, Rendon R, Black P, Kassouf W, Siemens DR, Canadian Bladder Preservation Research Collaborative
Is there a minimum percentage of sarcomatoid component required to affect outcomes of localised renal cell carcinoma?
Soytas M, Dragomir A, Sawaya GB, Hesswani C, Tanguay M, Finelli A, Wood L, Rendon R, Bansal R, Lalani A
Ultrasound Correlates Highly With Cross Sectional Imaging for Small Renal Masses in a Contemporary Cohort.
Kim SSY, Breau R, Mallick R, Kapoor A, Finelli A, Pouliot F, Tanguay S, Fairey A, Bhindi B, Lavallee L, So A, Rendon R
Fish-Derived Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review
Aucoin M, Cooley K, Knee C, Fritz H, Balneaves LG, Breau R, Fergusson D, Skidmore B, Wong R, Seely D
Management of advanced kidney cancer: Canadian Kidney Cancer Forum consensus update.
North SA, Canadian Kidney Cancer Forum 2015, Basappa N, Basiuk J, Bjarnason G, Breau R, Canil C, Heng D, Jewett MA, Kapoor A, Kollmannsberger C, Potvin K, Neil Reaume M, Dean Ruether J, Venner P, Wood L
CyberKnife for inoperable renal tumors: Canadian pioneering experience.
Nair VJ, Szanto J, Vandervoort E, Cagiannos I, Breau R, Malone C, Avruch L, Pantarotto J, Malone S
The TOPGUN trial: Threshold for OPerative hemoGlobin trigger for red blood cell transfUsioN
Principal investigators: Martel, Guillaume; Breau, Rodney H; Carrier, François M; McGinn, Ryan N; McIsaac, Daniel I; Taljaard, Monica; Turgeon, Alexis F; Verret, Michael
Keywords: Anesthesiology; Blood Transfusion; Cancer Outcomes; Perioperative Care; Perioperative Complications; Surgery
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Lee, Susan M; Mayson, Kelly V; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wallace, Tom; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Lee, Susan M; Mayson, Kelly V; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wallace, Tom; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
VIRTUAL Study: Virtual vs In peRson comparaTive effectiveness evaluation of Anesthesiology consuLtations
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Holst, Patricia A; Moloo, Husein; Trivedi, Vatsal; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness Research; Health Services Research; Outcomes Research
Non-hOme Transition rIsk Following surgerY (NOTIFY) study
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Flexman, Alana M; Garland, Allan; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Kobewka, Daniel M; Van Walraven, Carl; Wijeysundera, Duminda N; Wong, Camilla L
Keywords: Geriatrics; Health Services Research; Outcomes Research; Risk Communication; Risk Prediction; Surgery
PREPARE for Cancer Surgery Trial: multimodal PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive disability, cancer RecurrencE and mortality in older people with frailty
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Eskander, Antoine; Fergusson, Dean A; Gillis, Chelsia A; Khadaroo, Rachel; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Muscedere, John; Taljaard, Monica
Keywords: Cancer; Exercise; Frailty; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
PREVENT GU: Prevention of thromboembolism with rivaroxaban in GU cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial
Principal investigators: Lavallée, Luke T; Bossé, Dominick; Breau, Rodney H; Carrier, Marc
Keywords: Anticoagulants; Bladder Cancer; Bleeding; Chemotherapy; Genitourinary Malignancy; Thromboprophylaxis
STRIVE before surgery trial: a vanguard pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Mcneely, Margaret L; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
The impact of 1-year of adjuvant androgen deprivation following radical prostatectomy on prostate cancer recurrence: An internal pilot randomized trial
Principal investigators: Breau, Rodney H; Fergusson, Dean A; Lavallée, Luke T
Keywords: Adjuvant; Androgen Deprivation; High Risk; Prevention Of Recurrence; Prostate Cancer; Radical Prostatectomy; Urology
PREPARE Trial: a parallel arm multicenter randomized trial of frailty-focused PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive complication Rates and disability scorEs
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Fergusson, Dean A; Khadaroo, Rachel; Muscedere, John; Taljaard, Monica
Keywords: Complications; Disability; Exercise; Frailty; Geriatrics; Patient Reported Outcomes; Perioperative Care; Randomized Trials; Surgery
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Department of Medicine
- Surgery
- Surgery and Cancer
- Urologic Sciences
- Oncology
- Public Health Sciences
- Human Nutrition
- Other
Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Luke Lavallée
Surgery and Cancer
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Dean Fergusson
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Alan So
Urologic Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Antonio Finelli
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Rahul Bansal
Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Aly-Khan Lalani
Oncology
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc
Family Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Kednapa Thavorn
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Gregg Nelson
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Sylvain Boet
Anesthesiology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Irfan Dhalla
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Manoj Lalu
Anesthesiology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Carl van Walraven
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Wassim Kassouf
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Antoine Eskander
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Laura Boland
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Kednapa Thavorn
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Gregg Nelson
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2026
John Muscedere
Critical Care Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Husein Moloo
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Chelsia Gillis
Human Nutrition
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Michael Bonert
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Raimond Wong
Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2017
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