Dr. Nancy Baxter

Head of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

Colorectal cancer, bowel disease, breast cancer, general surgery, quality of surgical care, health services, healthcare, women in surgery and medicine

Media

The effect or surgery type on survival and recurrence in very young women with breast cancer

by Quan ML, Paszat LF, Fernandes KA, Sutradhar R, McCready DR, Rakovitch E, Warner E, Wright FC, Hodgson N, Brackstone M, Baxter NN

Published by Journal of Surgical Oncology

February 1, 2017

The Australian-Canadian Adolescent and Young Adult Collaborative Cohort Initiative: Initial Meeting Report

by White V, Daly C, Anazoda A, Bibby H, Orme L, Pinkerton R, Pole J, Thompson K, Nathan PC, Baxter NN, Gupta S

Published by Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Pre-existing Malignancies in Remission: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

by Acuna SA, Huang JW*, Daly CA, Kim SJ, Shah PS, Baxter NN

Published by Transplantation

March 1, 2017

Do primary care provider strategies improve patient participation in colorectal cancer screening?

by Baxter NN, Daly C, Sutradhar R, Li Q, Honein-AbouHaidar, Richardson D, Del Giudice L, Tinmouth J, Paszat L, Rabeneck L

Published by American Journal of Gastroenterology

April 1, 2017

Universal tumor screening for Lynch Syndrome: Health Care Providers’ Perspectives’

by Bombard Y, Rozmovits L, Sorvari A, Daly C, Carroll JC, Kennedy E, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN.

Published by Genetics in Medicine

May 1, 2017

A watch-and-wait approach for locally advanced rectal cancer after a clinical complete response following neoadjuvant chemoradiation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

by Dossa F, Chesney TR, Acuna SA, Baxter NN.

Published by The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

July 1, 2017

Regionalization and outcomes of lung cancer surgery in Ontario, Canada

by Bendzsak AM, Baxter NN, Darling GE, Austin PC, Urbach DR

Published by Journal of Clinical Oncology

August 20, 2017

Validity of Administrative Data in Identifying Cancer-related Events in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Population-based Study Using the IMPACT Cohort

by Gupta S, Nathan PC, Baxter NN, Lau C, Daly C, Pole JD.

Published by Medical Care

July 20, 2017

Uptake of cancer screening tests among recipients of solid organ transplantation.

by Acuna SA, Sutradhar R, Camacho X, Daly C, Del Giudice M, Kim JS, Baxter NN

Published by American Journal of Transplantation

May 9, 2017

Repeated faecal occult blood testing is associated with decreased advanced colorectal cancer risk: A population-based study

by James PD, Rabeneck L, Yun L, Paszat L, Baxter NN, Govindarajan A, Antonova L, Tinmouth JM

Published by Journal of Medical Screening

September 1, 2017

Repeat Colonoscopy within 6 months after Initial Outpatient Colonoscopy in Ontario: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study

by Paszat L, Sutradhar R, Baxter NN, Tinmouth J, Rabeneck L

Published by Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

BETTER HEALTH: Durham- protocol for a cluster randomized trial of BETTER in community and public health settings

by Paszat L, Sutradhar R, O’Brien MA, Lofters A, Pinto A, Selby P, Baxter NN, Donnelly PD, Elliott R, Glazier RH, Kyle R, Manca D, Pietrusiak MA, Rabeneck L, Sopcak N, Tinmouth J, Wall B, Grunfeld E.

Published by BMC Public Health

September 29, 2017

Cancer recurrence after solid organ transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

by Acuna SA, Huang JW, Dossa F, Shah PS, Kim SJ, Baxter NN.

Published by Transplantation Review

October 1, 2017

A cost-utility analysis of non-surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence in women

by Simpson AN, Garbens A, Dossa F, Coyte PC, Baxter NN, McDermott CD

Published by Female Pelvic Medicine and Reproductive Surgery

October 18, 2017

The Final 30 Days of Life: A Study of Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer in Ontario, Canada

by Merchant SJ, Lajkosz K, Brogly SB, Booth CM, Nanjii S, Patel SV, Baxter NN

Published by Journal of Palliative Care

November 8, 2017

Melanoma patterns of care in Ontario: A call for a strategic alignment of multidisciplinary care.

by Look Hong NJ, Cheng SY, Baxter NN, Wright FC

Published by Journal of Surgical Oncology

December 11, 2017

Cancer Evaluation in the Assessment of Solid Organ Transplant Candidates: A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines

by Acuna SA, Lam W, Daly C, Kim SJ, Baxter NN

Published by Transplantation Reviews

Effect of Temperature and Time on Fecal Hemoglobin Stability in 5 Fecal Immunochemical Test Methods and One Guaiac Method

by Catomeris P, Baxter NN, Boss SC, Paszat LF, Rabeneck L, Randell E, Serenity ML, Sutradhar R, Tinmouth J

Published by Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Health State Utility Values for Illeostomies and Colostomies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

by Dossa F, Josse J, Acuna SA, Baxter NN

Published by Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

January 23, 2018

Symptom Severity and Quality of Life Among Long-Term Colorectal Cancer Survivors Compared with Matched Control Subjects: A Population-Based Study

by Hart TL, Charles ST, Gunaratne M, Baxter NN, Cotterchio M, Cohen Z, Gallinger S

Published by Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

January 24, 2018

A Population-Based Study of Complications After Colorectal Surgery in Patients Who Have Received Bevacizumab

by Baxter NN, Fischer HD, Richardson DF, Urbach DR, Bell CM, Rochon P, Brade A, Earle CC

Published by Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

March 1, 2018

Biography

Dr. Baxter is the Head of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. She continues to maintain her appointment as Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. She is an affiliate scientist with the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital and a Senior Adjunct Scientist in the Cancer Theme Group with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

She is a clinical epidemiology and health services researcher interested in the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening, long-term survivorship of cancer survivors and quality of surgical care. She has extensive experience in the use of administrative data and cancer registry data to evaluate long-term consequences of cancer care for adults.

Dr. Nancy Baxter obtained her MD from the School of Medicine at the University of Toronto and then completed her PhD in Clinical Epidemiology from the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. She trained extensively as a medical physician and completed her board certification in colon and rectal surgery.

Expertise

  • Colorectal cancer
  • Bowel disease
  • Breast cancer
  • Quality of surgical care
  • Health services
  • Healthcare
  • Women in surgery and medicine