Amanda Roberts, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Breast Cancer Surgery Wait Times and COVID-19: A Canadian Population-Based Analysis.
Annals of surgical oncology · 2026
High-Risk Benign Breast Lesions: An Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) Recommendations Report
Current Oncology · 2026
ASO Visual Abstract: Breast Cancer Surgery Wait Times and COVID-19-A Canadian Population-Based Analysis.
Annals of surgical oncology · 2026

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Rebooting Sensitivity to Checkpoint Blockade Therapy in TNBC (RESETT)
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$872,100
LOBCAN: a prospective, multi-centre cohort study of treatment and outcomes for invasive LOBular breast carcinoma in CANada.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$546,976
Using AI to predict the presence of occult invasive carcinoma following diagnosis of DCIS on biopsy
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$887,400

All 5 grants and awards

19 publications.

01

Breast Cancer Surgery Wait Times and COVID-19: A Canadian Population-Based Analysis.

Ko G, Li Q, Liu N, Amir E, Covelli AM, Eskander A, Freitas V, Koch CA, Ramruthan J, Reel E, Roberts A, Zhong T, Cil TD

Annals of surgical oncology20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-025-19029-3 PMID: 41580537

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 Oncology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33020067

03

ASO Visual Abstract: Breast Cancer Surgery Wait Times and COVID-19-A Canadian Population-Based Analysis.

Ko G, Li Q, Liu N, Amir E, Covelli AM, Eskander A, Freitas V, Koch CA, Ramruthan J, Reel E, Roberts A, Zhong T, Cil TD

Annals of surgical oncology2026

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-026-19185-0 PMID: 41772249

04

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer surgeries in a Canadian population.

Ko G, Li Q, Liu N, Amir E, Covelli A, Eskander A, Freitas V, Anne Koch C, Ramruthan J, Reel E, Roberts A, Zhong T, Cil TD

Breast cancer research and treatment20256 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s10549-024-07547-9 PMID: 39543062

05

Risk Factors for Treatment Toxicity and High Side Effect Burden Among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Retrospective Chart Review

Alkhaifi M, Zhang E, Peera M, Jerzak K, Czarnota G, Eisen A, Roberts A, Carmona-Gonzalez CA, Pezo R, Gandhi S

Cancers20255 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/cancers17020328

06

Quantitative ultrasound imaging for predicting response and guiding personalized neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: randomized phase 2 clinical trial results

Moore-Palhares D, Alberico D, Chan AW, DiCenzo D, Sannachi L, Dasgupta A, Yip J, Pena MLA, Gandhi S, Pezo R

npj Precision Oncology20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41698-025-01134-x

07

The Canadian Breast Cancer Symposium 2025: Meeting Report

Christine Brezden‐Masley, Katarzyna J. Jerzak, Nancy Alice Nixon, Anne Koch, Amanda Roberts, Jean-François Boileau, May Lynn Quan, MJ DeCoteau, Tulin D. Cil

Current Oncology2025Open Access

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33010015 PMID: 41590335

08

The Canadian Breast Cancer Symposium 2023 Meeting Report.

Cil T, Boileau JF, Chia S, DeCoteau MJ, Jerzak KJ, Koch A, Nixon N, Quan ML, Roberts A, Brezden-Masley C

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2024Open Access

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol31040135 PMID: 38668038

09

2023 Canadian Surgery Forum

Brière R, Habashi R, Merchant S, Cadili L, Alhumoud Z, Lau R, Gawad N, Valji R, Balmes PN, Tan JGK

Canadian Journal of Surgery20231 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1503/cjs.014223 PMID: W4389488805

10

Time to treatment and hospital visits for patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in a single payer system.

Guay E, Cordeiro E, Roberts A

Journal of surgical oncology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/jso.26786 PMID: 34989410

Rebooting Sensitivity to Checkpoint Blockade Therapy in TNBC (RESETT)

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Reedijk, Michael

Keywords: Caspase 1; Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte; Il1 Beta; Immune Checkpoint Blockade; Immunotherapy; Notch Signaling; Randomized Control Trial; Triple-Negative Breasat Cancer; Tumor Immune Microenvironment; Tumor-Associated Macrophage

$872,100

LOBCAN: a prospective, multi-centre cohort study of treatment and outcomes for invasive LOBular breast carcinoma in CANada.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lim, David W

Keywords: Breast Oncology; Health Outcomes; Invasive Breast Cancer; Lobular Breast Cancer; Observational; Prospective Cohort Study; Treatment

$546,976

Using AI to predict the presence of occult invasive carcinoma following diagnosis of DCIS on biopsy

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Martel, Anne L; Nofech-Mozes, Sharon

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Dcis; Digital Pathology; Mammography

$887,400

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer (TICTOC): a population-based study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Cil, Tulin D; Eskander, Antoine; Zhong, Toni

Keywords: Breast Cancer; Covid-19; Health Equity; Population-Based

$296,920

Development of a National Quality Improvement Program in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction to Optimize Patient-Centred Experience.

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Zhong, Toni

Keywords: Clinical Trials; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Knowledge Dissemination And Translation; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Population-Based Health Services Research; Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction; Randomized Controlled Trials; Shared-Decision Making And Support; Supportive Care; Surgical Techniques; Survivorship Quality Of Life

$860,006

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Gregory Czarnota and Ali Sadeghi-Naini: 79 shared papers
Frances Wright and Nicole Look Hong: 65 shared papers
Gregory Czarnota and Frances Wright: 35 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Frances Wright: 32 shared papers
Frances Wright and Ali Sadeghi-Naini: 28 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Frances Wright: 22 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Nicole Look Hong: 20 shared papers
Frances Wright and Sonal Gandhi: 20 shared papers
Gregory Czarnota and Sonal Gandhi: 18 shared papers
Toni Zhong and Tulin Cil: 18 shared papers
Frances Wright and Andrea Covelli: 18 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Gregory Czarnota: 17 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Toni Zhong: 17 shared papers
Ali Sadeghi-Naini and Sonal Gandhi: 17 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Andrea Covelli: 14 shared papers
Nicole Look Hong and Sonal Gandhi: 14 shared papers
Ahmad Elnahas and Allan Okrainec: 14 shared papers
Frances Wright and Antoine Eskander: 11 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Tulin Cil: 10 shared papers
Tulin Cil and Andrea Covelli: 10 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Muriel Brackstone: 9 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Sangeet Ghai: 9 shared papers
Antoine Eskander and Nicole Look Hong: 8 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Adena Scheer: 7 shared papers
Frances Wright and Muriel Brackstone: 7 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Muriel Brackstone: 6 shared papers
Tulin Cil and Amanda Roberts: 6 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Antoine Eskander: 5 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Ahmad Elnahas: 5 shared papers
Toni Zhong and Andrea Covelli: 5 shared papers
Toni Zhong and Amanda Roberts: 5 shared papers
Tulin Cil and Ahmad Elnahas: 5 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Adena Scheer: 4 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Amanda Roberts: 4 shared papers
Antoine Eskander and Amanda Roberts: 4 shared papers
Andrea Covelli and Amanda Roberts: 4 shared papers
Toni Zhong and Vivianne Freitas: 3 shared papers
Antoine Eskander and Vivianne Freitas: 3 shared papers
Antoine Eskander and Sangeet Ghai: 3 shared papers
Tulin Cil and Vivianne Freitas: 3 shared papers
Sonal Gandhi and Amanda Roberts: 3 shared papers
Amanda Roberts and Vivianne Freitas: 3 shared papers
Gregory Czarnota and Amanda Roberts: 2 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Alan Tinmouth: 2 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Amanda Roberts: 2 shared papers
Alan Tinmouth and Muriel Brackstone: 2 shared papers
Alan Tinmouth and Ahmad Elnahas: 2 shared papers
Frances Wright and Amanda Roberts: 2 shared papers
Muriel Brackstone and Amanda Roberts: 2 shared papers
Nicole Look Hong and Amanda Roberts: 2 shared papers
Amanda Roberts and Sangeet Ghai: 2 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Ameya Madhav Kulkarni: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Amanda Fowler-Woods: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Anand Ghanekar: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Alaa Rostom: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and A.J. Lowik: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Ameer Farooq: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Allan Okrainec: 1 shared paper
Ameya Madhav Kulkarni and Muriel Brackstone: 1 shared paper
Ameya Madhav Kulkarni and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Amanda Fowler-Woods: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Anand Ghanekar: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Alaa Rostom: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and A.J. Lowik: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Ameer Farooq: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Allan Okrainec: 1 shared paper
Alan Tinmouth and Amanda Fowler-Woods: 1 shared paper
Alan Tinmouth and Anand Ghanekar: 1 shared paper
Alan Tinmouth and Alaa Rostom: 1 shared paper
Alan Tinmouth and A.J. Lowik: 1 shared paper
Alan Tinmouth and Ameer Farooq: 1 shared paper
Alan Tinmouth and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Alan Tinmouth and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Amanda Fowler-Woods and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Anand Ghanekar and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Alaa Rostom and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Ahmad Elnahas and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Ali Sadeghi-Naini and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
A.J. Lowik and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Ameer Farooq and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Adena Scheer and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Amanda Roberts and Allan Okrainec: 1 shared paper

Department of Surgery
Department of Medicine
Department of Oncology
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
JDMI - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Department of Radiation Oncology
Institute of Health Policy
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Roberts, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Breast Cancer Surgery Wait Times and COVID-19: A Canadian Population-Based Analysis." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]