Sarah M. DeSnyder, M.D. FACS, CMQ, FSSO (Gainer)

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Postlewait LM, Teshome M, DeSnyder SM, Lim B, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, Woodward WA, Ueno NT, Lucci A. Factors Associated with Pathological Node Negativity in Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Are There Patients Who May be Candidates for a De-Escalation of Axillary Surgery?. Ann Surg Oncol 27(12):4603-4612, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32710271.
2. Tzeng CD, Teshome M, Katz MHG, Weinberg JS, Lai SY, Antonoff MB, Bird JE, Shafer A, Davis JW, Adelman DM, Moon B, Reece G, Prabhu SS, DeSnyder SM, Skibber JM, Mehran R, Schmeler K, Roland CL, Tran Cao HS, Aloia TA, Caudle AS, Swisher SG, Vauthey JN. Cancer Surgery Scheduling During and After the COVID-19 First Wave: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience. Ann Surg 272(2):e106-e111, 2020. PMID: 32675511.
3. Ridner SH, Shah C, Boyages J, Koelmeyer L, Ajkay N, DeSnyder SM, McLaughlin SA, Dietrich MS. L-Dex, Arm Volume, and Symptom Trajectories 24 months after Breast Cancer Surgery. Cancer Med 9(14):5164-5173, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32483861.
4. Kuritzky A, Reyna C, McGuire KP, Sun W, DeSnyder SM, Aubry S, Nayyar A, Strassle P, Hunt KK, Zhou JM, Lee MC. Evaluation of 2014 Margin Guidelines on Re-Excision and Recurrence rates after Breast-Conserving Surgery: A Multi-Institution Retrospective Study. Breast 51:29-33, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32199230.
5. Mericli AF, McHugh T, Kruse B, DeSnyder SM, Rebello E, Offodile AC. Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Model Cost Utility of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Pathways in Microvascular Breast Reconstruction. J Am Coll Surg 230(5):784-794.e3, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32224032.
6. Smith BD, Lei X, Diao K, Xu Y, Shen Y, Smith GL, Giordano SH, DeSnyder SM, Hunt KK, Teshome M, Jagsi R, Shaitelman SF, Peterson SK, Swanick CW. Effect of Surgeon Factors on Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes After Breast-Conserving Therapy in Older Breast Cancer Survivors. Ann Surg Oncol 27(4):1013-1022, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31916092.
7. Stecklein SR, Rosso KJ, Nuanjing J, Tadros AB, Weiss A, DeSnyder SM, Kuerer HM, Teshome M, Buchholz TA, Stauder MC, Ueno NT, Lucci A, Woodward WA. Excellent Locoregional control in inflammatory breast Cancer with a personalized radiotherapy approach. Pract Radiat Oncol 9(6):402-409, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31132433.
8. Kwon S, Janssen CF, Velasquez FC, Zhang S, Aldrich MB, Shaitelman SF, DeSnyder SM, Sevick-Muraca EM. Radiation Dose-Dependent Changes in Lymphatic Remodeling. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 105(4):852-860, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31394167.
9. Ridner SH, Dietrich MS, Cowher MS, Taback B, McLaughlin S, Ajkay N, Boyages J, Koelmeyer L, DeSnyder SM, Wagner J, Abramson V, Moore A, Shah C. A Randomized Trial Evaluating Bioimpedance Spectroscopy versus Tape Measurement for the Prevention of Lymphedema following Locoregional Treatment for Breast Cancer: Interim Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol 26(10):3250-3259, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31054038.
10. DeSnyder SM, Kheirkhah P, Travis ML, Lilly SE, Bedrosian I, Buchholz TA, Schaverien MV, Shaitelman SF. Optimizing Patient Positioning to Reduce Variation in the Measurement of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema. Lymphat Res Biol 17(4):440-446, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30562149.
11. Prinsloo S, Rebello E, Cata JP, Black D, DeSnyder SM, Cohen L. Electroencephalographic Correlates of Hypnosedation during Breast Cancer Surgery. Breast J 25(4):786-787, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31127667.
12. Coroneos CJ, Wong FC, DeSnyder SM, Shaitelman SF, Schaverien MV. Correlation of L-Dex Bioimpedance Spectroscopy with Limb Volume and Lymphatic Function in Lymphedema. Lymphat Res Biol 17(3):301-307, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30388062.
13. Park KU, Kyrish K, Terrell J, Yi M, Caudle AS, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, Thompson A, DeSnyder SM. Surgeon Perception Versus Reality: Opioid Use After Breast Cancer Surgery. J Surg Oncol, 2019. PMID: 30737785.
14. Caudle AS, Kuerer HM, Krishnamurthy S, Shin K, Hobbs BP, Ma J, Mittendorf EA, Washington AC, DeSnyder SM, Black DM, Hunt KK, Yang WT. Feasibility of fine-needle aspiration for assessing responses to chemotherapy in metastatic nodes marked with clips in breast cancer: A prospective registry study. Cancer 125(3):365-373, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30359480.
15. Tadros AB, Smith BD, Shen Y, Lin H, Krishnamurthy S, Lucci A, Barcenas CH, Hwang RF, Rauch G, Santiago L, Strom EA, DeSnyder SM, Yang WT, Black DM, Albarracin CT, Chavez-MacGregor M, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Margins <2mm: Contemporary Outcomes With Breast Conservation. Ann Surg 269(1):150-157, 2019. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28742682.
16. Tevis SE, Neuman HB, Mittendorf EA, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, DeSnyder SM, Thompson AM, Black DM, Scoggins ME, Sahin AA, Hunt KK, Caudle AS. Multidisciplinary Intraoperative Assessment of Breast Specimens Reduces Number of Positive Margins. Ann Surg Oncol 25(10):2932-2938, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29947001.
17. DeSnyder SM, Hunt KK, Dong W, Smith BD, Moran MS, Chavez-MacGregor M, Shen Y, Kuerer HM, Lucci A. American Society of Breast Surgeons' Practice Patterns After Publication of the SSO-ASTRO-ASCO DCIS Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole-Breast Irradiation. Ann Surg Oncol 25(10):2965-2974, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29987598.
18. Ridner SH, Dietrich MS, Spotanski K, Doersam JK, Cowher MS, Taback B, McLaughlin S, Ajkay N, Boyages J, Koelmeyer L, DeSnyder SM, Shah C, Vicini F. A Prospective Study of L-Dex Values in Breast Cancer Patients Pretreatment and Through 12 Months Postoperatively. Lymphat Res Biol 16(5):435-441, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30130147.
19. Parker PA, Peterson SK, Shen Y, Bedrosian I, Black DM, Thompson AM, Nelson JC, DeSnyder SM, Cook RL, Hunt KK, Volk RJ, Cantor SB, Dong W, Brewster AM. Prospective Study of Psychosocial Outcomes of Having Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Among Women With Nonhereditary Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol 36(25):2630-2638, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30044695.
20. Matsuda N, Wang X, Lim B, Krishnamurthy S, Alvarez RH, Willey JS, Parker CA, Song J, Shen Y, Hu J, Wu W, Li N, Babiera GV, Murray JL, Arun BK, Brewster AM, Reuben JM, Stauder MC, Barnett CM, Woodward WA, Le-Petross HTC, Lucci A, DeSnyder SM, Tripathy D, Valero V, Ueno NT. Safety and Efficacy of Panitumumab Plus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Primary HER2-Negative Inflammatory Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncol 4(9):1207-1213, 2018. PMID: 29879283.
21. Weiss A, Mittendorf EA, DeSnyder SM, Hwang RF, Bea V, Bedrosian I, Hoffman K, Adrade B, Sahin AA, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Caudle AS. Expanding Implementation of ACOSOG Z0011 in Surgeon Practice. Clin Breast Cancer 18(4):276-281, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29100726.
22. Kuerer HM, Rauch GM, Krishnamurthy S, Adrada BE, Caudle AS, DeSnyder SM, Black DM, Santiago L, Hobbs BP, Lucci A, Gilcrease M, Hwang RF, Candelaria RP, Chavez-MacGregor M, Smith BD, Arribas E, Moseley T, Teshome M, Miggins MV, Valero V, Hunt KK, Yang WT. A Clinical Feasibility Trial for Identification of Exceptional Responders in Whom Breast Cancer Surgery Can Be Eliminated Following Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy. Ann Surg 267(5):946-951, 2018. PMID: 28549010.
23. DeSnyder SM, Mittendorf EA, Le-Petross C, Krishnamurthy S, Whitman GJ, Ueno NT, Woodward WA, Kuerer HM, Akay CL, Babiera GV, Yang W, Lucci A. Prospective feasibility trial of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the setting of inflammatory breast cancer. Clin Breast Cancer 18(1):e73-e77, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28755879.
24. Ueno NT, Espinosa Fernandez JR, Cristofanilli M, Overmoyer B, Rea D, Berdichevski F, El-Shinawi M, Bellon J, Le-Petross HT, Lucci A, Babiera G, DeSnyder SM, Teshome M, Chang E, Lim B, Krishnamurthy S, Stauder MC, Parmar S, Mohamed MM, Alexander A, Valero V, Woodward WA. International Consensus on the Clinical Management of Inflammatory Breast Cancer from the Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program 10th Anniversary Conference. J Cancer 9(8):1437-1447, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29721054.
25. Marta GN, Poortmans P, de Barros AC, Filassi JR, Freitas Junior R, Audisio RA, Mano MS, Meterissian S, DeSnyder SM, Buchholz TA, Hijal T. Multidisciplinary International Survey of Post-Operative Radiation Therapy Practices after Nipple-Sparing or Skin-Sparing Mastectomy. Eur J Surg Oncol 43(11):2036-2043, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28967564.
26. Rosso KJ, Tadros AB, Weiss A, Werneckie C, DeSnyder SM Kuerer HM, Ueno N, Stecklein S, Woodward WA, Lucci A. Improved Locoregional Control in a Contemporary Cohort of Nonmetastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 24(10):2981-2988, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28766220.
27. Ayoub Z, Strom EA, Ovalle V, Perkins GH, Woodward WA, Tereffe W, Smith BD, Shaitelman SF, Stauder MC, Hoffman KE, DeSnyder SM, Garvey PB, Clemens MW, Barcenas CH, Kuerer HM, Kronowitz S. A Ten-Year Experience with Mastectomy and Tissue Expander Placement to Facilitate Subsequent Radiation and Reconstruction. Ann Surg Oncol 24(10):2965-2971, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28766219.
28. Fayanju OM, Hall CS, Bauldry JB, Karhade M, Valad LM, Kuerer HM, DeSnyder SM, Barcenas CH, Lucci A. Body Mass Index Mediates the Prognostic Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Am J Surg 214(4):666-671, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28720217.
29. McLaughlin SA, DeSnyder SM, Klimberg S, Alatriste M, Boccardo F, Smith M, Staley A, Thiruchevelan P, Hutchison N, Mendez J, MacNeil F, Vicini F, Rockson S, Feldman S. Considerations for Clinicians in the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema, Recommendations from an Expert Panel: Part 2: Preventive and Therapeutic Options. Ann Surg Oncol 24(10):2827-2835, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28766218.
30. Tadros AB, Yang WT, Krishnamurthy S, Rauch GM, Smith BD, Valero V, Black DM, Lucci A, Caudle AS, DeSnyder SM, Teshome M, Barcenas C, Miggins M, Adrada BE, Moseley T, Hwang RF, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Identification of Patients with Documented Pathologic Complete Response in the Breast After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Omission of Axillary Surgery. JAMA Surgery 152(7):665-670, 2017. PMID: 28423171.
31. Harao N, Forget MA, Roszik J, Gao H, Babiera GV, Krishnamurthy S, Chacon JA, Li S, Mittendorf EA, DeSnyder SM, Rockwood KF, Bernatchez C, Ueno NT, Raadvanyi LG, Vence L, Haymaker C, Reuben JM. 4-1BB-enhanced expansion of CD8+ TIL from triple-negative breast cancer unveils mutation-specific CD8+ T cells. Cancer Immunol Res 5(6):439-445, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28473315.
32. Shaitelman SF, Chiang YJ, Griffin KD, DeSnyder SM,Smith BD, Schaverien MV, Woodward WA, Cormier JN. Radiation Therapy Targets and the Risk of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Breast Cancer Res Treat 162(2):201-215, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28012086.
33. Carter SA, Lyons GR, Kuerer HM, Bassett RL, Oates S, Thompson A, Caudle AS, Mittendorf EA, Bedrosian I, Lucci A, DeSnyder SM, Babiera G, Yi M, Baumann DP, Clemens MW, Garvey PB, Hunt KK, Hwang RF. Operative and Oncologic Outcomes in 9861 Patients with Operable Breast Cancer: Single-Institution Analysis of Breast Conservation with Oncoplastic Reconstruction. Ann Surg Oncol 23(10):3190-8, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27406093.
34. Hall C, Karhade MG, Bowman Bauldry JB, Valad LM, Kuerer HM, DeSnyder SM, Lucci A. Prognostic Value of Circulating Tumor Cells Identified Before Surgical Resection in Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients. J Am oll Surg 223(1):20-29, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27049782.
35. Caudle AS, Yang WT, Krishnamurthy S, Mittendorf EA, Black DM, Gilcrease MZ, Bedrosian I, Hobbs BP, DeSnyder SM, Hwang RF, Adrada BE, Shaitelman SF, Chavez-MacGregor M, Smith BD, Candelaria RP, Babiera GV, Dogan BE, Santiago L, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Improved Axillary Evaluation Following Neoadjuvant Therapy for Patients With Node-Positive Breast Cancer Using Selective Evaluation of Clipped Nodes: Implementation of Targeted Axillary Dissection. J Clin Oncol 34(10):1072-8, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26811528.
36. Hall CS, Karhade M, Laubacher BA, Kuerer HM, Krishnamurthy S, DeSnyder SM, Anderson AE, Valero V, Ueno NT, Li Y, Su X, Lucci A. Circulating Tumor Cells and Recurrence After Primary Systemic Therapy in Stage III Inflammatory Breast Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 107(11), 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26374427.
37. DeSnyder SM, Hunt KK, Smith BD, Moran MS, Klimberg S, Lucci A. Assessment of Practice Patterns Following Publication of the SSO-ASTRO Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Therapy in Stage I and II Invasive Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 22(10):3250-6, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26202554.
38. Hall C, Karhade M, Laubacher B, Anderson A, Kuerer HM, DeSnyder SM, Lucci A. Circulating Tumor Cells After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage I-III Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 22:S552-S558, 2015. PMID: 25968619.
39. MacDermed DM, Houtman KM, Thang SH, Allen PK, Caudle AS, Gainer SM, Hunt KK, Perkins GH, Shaitelman SF, Smith BD, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Buchholz TA, Hoffman KE. Therapeutic Radiation Dose Delivered to the Low Axilla During Whole Breast Radiation Therapy in the Prone Position: Implications for Targeting the Undissected Axilla. Pract Radiat Oncol 4(2):116-22, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24890352.
40. Fitzsullivan E, Lari SA, Smith B, Caudle AS, Krishnamurthy S, Lucci A, Mittendorf EA, Babiera GV, Black DM, Wagner JL, Bedrosian I, Woodward W, Gainer SM, Hwang R, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Incidence and Consequence of Close Margins in Patients with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Treated with Mastectomy: Is Further Therapy Warranted?. Ann Surg Oncol 20(13):4103-12, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23975313.
41. Gainer SM, Hunt KK, Beitsch P, Caudle AS, Mittendorf EA, Lucci A. Changing Behavior in Clinical Practice in Response to the ACOSOG Z0011 Trial: A Survey of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. Ann Surg Oncol 19(10):3152-8, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22820938.
42. Caudle AS, Hunt KK, Tucker SL, Hoffman K, Gainer SM, Lucci A, Kuerer HM, Meric-Bernstam F, Shah R, Babiera GV, Sahin AA, Mittendorf EA. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011: Impact on Surgeon Practice Patterns. Ann Surg Oncol 19(10):3144-51, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22847123.
43. Gainer SM, Lodhi AK, Bhattacharyya A, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer HM, Lucci A. Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Predicts Micrometastasis in Breast Cancer. J Surg Res 177(1):93-6, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22482764.
44. Gainer SM, Patel SJ, Seethamraju H, Moore LW, Knight RJ, Gaber AO. Increased Mortality of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with H1N1 Infection: A Single Center Experience. Clin Transplant 26(2):229-37, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21501229.
45. Gainer SM, Lee E, Lucci A. The Suture Scaffold Technique for Improved Cosmesis in Partial Mastectomy Defects. J Surg Oncol 102(2):184-6, 2010. PMID: 20648592.
46. Tsonis PA, Madhavan M, Call MK, Gainer SM, Rice A, Del Rio-Tsonis K. Effects of a CDK Inhibitor on Lens Regeneration. Wound Repair Regen 12(1):24-9, 2004. PMID: 14974961.
47. Caudle AS, Bedrosian I, Milton DR, DeSnyder SM, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Mittendorf EA. Use of Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Node-Positive Breast Cancer at Diagnosis: Practice Patterns of American Society of Breast Surgeons Members. Ann Surg Oncol 224(10):2925-2934. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28766207.
48. Yi M, Chavez-MacGregor M, Smith BD, Caudle AS, DeSnyder SM, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK. Comparing Survival Differences Between Patients Undergoing Breast-Conserving Therapy vs. Total Mastectomy as a First Treatment for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. JAMA Surgery.
49. Postlewait LM, Teshome M, bDeSnyder SM, Lim B, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, Woodward W, Le-Petross H, Valero V, Ueno N, Lucci A. Contralateral Axillary Metastasis in Patients with Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol.
50. Singh P, Scoggins ME, Sahin AA, Hwang RF, Kuerer HM, Caudle AS, Mittendorf EA, Thompson AM, Bedrosian I, Teshome M, bDeSnyder SM, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK. Effectiveness and Safety of Magseed-localization of Excision of Breast Lesions: A Prospective, Phase IV Trial. Ann of Surg.
51. Partain N, Postlewait LM, Teshome M, Rosso K, Hall C, Song J, Meas S, DeSnyder SM, Lim B, Valero V, Woodward W, Ueno NT, Kuerer H, Lucci A. The Role of Mastectomy in De Novo Stage IV Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33403525.
52. Mericli AF, McHugh T, Kruse B, DeSnyder SM, Rebello E, Offodile AC. Time-driven Activity Based Costing (TDABC) to Model the Cost Utility of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathways in Microvascular Breast Reconstruction. JCAS.
53. Smith-Graziani D, Parker PA, Peterson SK Bedrosian I, Shen Y, Black DM, DeSnyder SM, Hunt KK, Dong W, Brewster AM. Prospective Study of Pain Outcomes Associated with Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Women with Nonhereditary Breast Cancer. Cancer.
54. Litton JK, Scoggins ME, Hess KR, Adrada BE, Murthy RK, Damodaran S, DeSnyder SM, Brewster AM, Barcenas CH, Valero V, Whitman GJ, Schwartz-Gomez J, Mittendorf EA, Thompson AM, Helgason T, Ibrahim N, Piwnica-Worms H, Moulder SL, Arun BK. Neoadjuvant Talazoparib for Patients With Operable Breast Cancer With a Germline BRCA Pathogenic Variant. J Clin Oncol:JCO1901304. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31461380.
55. Park KU, Kyrish K, Yi M, Bedrosian I, Caudle AS, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Miggins MV, DeSnyder SM. Opioid Use after Breast-Conserving Surgery: Prospective Evaluation of Risk Factors for High Opioid Use. Ann Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31820211.

Book Chapters

1. Gainer SM, Yamauchi H, Lucci A. Surgical Therapy for Inflammatory Breast Cancer. In: Inflammatory Breast Cancer: An Update. 1st. Springer: New York, 67-73, 2012.
2. Gainer SM, Lodhi AK, Lucci A. Breast Cancer Occult Micrometastasis in Bone Marrow and Blood. In: Advanced Therapy for Breast Disease. 3rd. People's Medical Publishing House-USA, 951-956, 2012.