Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD

Emeritus Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Publications

  • Published 5/1/2025

    Woolpert KM, Cronin-Fenton DP, Damkier P, Kjærsgaard A, Hamilton-Dutoit S, Ejlertsen B, MacLehose RF, Christiansen P, Silliman RA, Lash TL, Ahern TP, Collin LJ. Drug Interactions With Tamoxifen and Treatment Effectiveness in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Patients: A Bayesian Joint Modeling Approach. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2025 May; 34(5):e70157. PMID: 40364655.

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  • Published 8/6/2024

    Collin LJ, Waller LA, Cronin-Fenton DP, Ahern TP, Goodman M, McCullough LE, Kjærsgaard A, Woolpert KM, Silliman RA, Christiansen PM, Ejlertsen B, Toft Sørensen H, Lash TL. The Population-level Effect of Adjuvant Therapies on Breast Cancer Recurrence: Application of the Trend-in-Trend Design. Epidemiology. 2024 Sep 01; 35(5):660-666. PMID: 39109817.

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  • Published 4/6/2020

    DuMontier C, Loh KP, Bain PA, Silliman RA, Hshieh T, Abel GA, Djulbegovic B, Driver JA, Dale W. Defining Undertreatment and Overtreatment in Older Adults With Cancer: A Scoping Literature Review. J Clin Oncol. 2020 08 01; 38(22):2558-2569. PMID: 32250717.

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  • Published 1/13/2020

    Ahern TP, Collin LJ, Baurley JW, Kjærsgaard A, Nash R, Maliniak ML, Damkier P, Zwick ME, Isett RB, Christiansen PM, Ejlertsen B, Lauridsen KL, Christensen KB, Silliman RA, Toft Sørensen H, Tramm T, Hamilton-Dutoit S, Lash TL, Cronin-Fenton D. Metabolic Pathway Analysis and Effectiveness of Tamoxifen in Danish Breast Cancer Patients. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 03; 29(3):582-590. PMID: 31932415.

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  • Published 8/1/2018

    Collin LJ, Cronin-Fenton DP, Ahern TP, Christiansen PM, Damkier P, Ejlertsen B, Hamilton-Dutoit S, Kjærsgaard A, Silliman RA, Sørensen HT, Lash TL. Cohort Profile: the Predictors of Breast Cancer Recurrence (ProBe CaRE) Premenopausal Breast Cancer Cohort Study in Denmark. BMJ Open. 2018 08 01; 8(7):e021805. PMID: 30068618.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Epidemiology
    Boston University School of Public Health

Education

  • University of Washington, MD
  • University of North Carolina, PhD
  • University of Washington, MPH
  • University of Washington, BA