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Martin Yaffe
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Latest papers
Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer outcomes: A microsimulation model of the National Mammography Database.
American journal of preventive medicine · 2026
Heterogeneity and immune microenvironment of early invasive estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer reveal an immune-rich subset.
NPJ breast cancer · 2026
Screening for breast cancer: a systematic review update to inform the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline.
Systematic reviews · 2024
Latest funding
- $478,124
MRI parenchymal enhancement and risk of breast cancer: A population-based study of women screened in the Ontario Breast Screening Program
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
- $3,676,386
Development of next generation ultrasound imaging
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
- $4,950
Imaging Technologies Commercialization Workshop
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
24 publications.
Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer outcomes: A microsimulation model of the National Mammography Database.
Mainprize JG, Yaffe M, Pittman SM, Oluyemi ET, Fruscello T, Moy L, Grimm LJ
Heterogeneity and immune microenvironment of early invasive estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer reveal an immune-rich subset.
Jain D, Liao L, Talebian V, Hopkins M, Quintayo MA, Crozier C, Bayani J, Cheung AM, Yaffe M, Bartlett J, Spears M
Screening for breast cancer: a systematic review update to inform the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline.
Bennett A, Shaver N, Vyas N, Almoli F, Pap R, Douglas A, Kibret T, Skidmore B, Yaffe M, Wilkinson A, Seely JM, Little J, Moher D
Targeting tumour-associated macrophages in hodgkin lymphoma using engineered extracellular matrix-mimicking cryogels.
Bahlmann LC, Xue C, Chin AA, Skirzynska A, Lu J, Thériault B, Uehling D, Yerofeyeva Y, Peters R, Liu K, Chen J, Martel AL, Yaffe M, Al-Awar R, Goswami RS, Ylanko J, Andrews DW, Kuruvilla J, Laister RC, Shoichet MS
RE: Advanced Breast Cancer Definitions by Staging System Examined in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium.
Pisano ED, Gatsonis C, Sparano J, Troester MA, Yaffe M, Cole E, Schnall MD
Stiggelbout et al. Women's Acceptance of Overdetection in Breast Cancer Screening: Can We Assess Harm-Benefit Tradeoffs?
Gordon PB, Yaffe M
External validation of a mammographic texture marker for breast cancer risk in a case-control study.
Wang C, Brentnall AR, Mainprize J, Yaffe M, Cuzick J, Harvey JA
Predictors of mammographic density among women with a strong family history of breast cancer
Moran O, Eisen A, Demsky R, Blackmore K, Knight JA, Panchal S, Ginsburg O, Zbuk K, Yaffe M, Metcalfe KA
Serum osteoprotegerin levels and mammographic density among high-risk women
Moran O, Zaman T, Eisen A, Demsky R, Blackmore K, Knight JA, Elser C, Ginsburg O, Zbuk K, Yaffe M
Predicting breast cancer response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy using pretreatment diffuse optical spectroscopic texture analysis.
Tran WT, Gangeh MJ, Sannachi L, Chin L, Watkins E, Bruni SG, Rastegar RF, Curpen B, Trudeau M, Gandhi S, Yaffe M, Slodkowska E, Childs C, Sadeghi-Naini A, Czarnota GJ
MRI parenchymal enhancement and risk of breast cancer: A population-based study of women screened in the Ontario Breast Screening Program
Principal investigators: Brooks, Jennifer D
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Breast Density; Enhancment; Epidemiology; High-Risk; Mammogram; Mri; Screening
Development of next generation ultrasound imaging
Principal investigators: Foster, F. Stuart; Burns, Peter N
Keywords: Blood Flow Imaging; Cancer Models; Contrast Agents; Gas Vesicles; Mouse Imaging; Nanotechnology; Nonlinear Ultrasound Imaging; Potentiated Therapeutics; Ultrasound Imaging And Doppler; Ultrasound Transducers
Imaging Technologies Commercialization Workshop
Principal investigators: Yaffe, Martin
Assessment of breast density in young women using ultrasound tomography
Principal investigators: Boyd, Norman F
Keywords: Breast Density; Ultrasound Tomography; Young Women
An investigation of risk factors common to cancer at different sites
Principal investigators: Martin, Lisa J
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Mammographic Density; Melanoma; Thyroid Cancer
Forum on the Earlier Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Principal investigators: Yaffe, Martin J
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Early Detection And Diagnosis; Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations; Imaging; Screening
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
- Oncology
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health
- Department of Medical Biophysics
- Epidemiology Division
- Physics
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Maureen Trudeau
Physics
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Andrea Eisen
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Joanne Kotsopoulos
Epidemiology Division
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Andrea Eisen
Oncology
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Julian Little
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Frances Wright
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Lee Chin
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2017
John Kuruvilla
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Melanie Spears
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
David Uehling
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Justin Lee
Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2013
David Moher
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Leonardo Salmena
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
1 shared papers, latest 2018
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