Alexandra C. Istl, MD, MPH, FRCSC

Publications

• Treatment patterns and outcomes for primary uterine leiomyosarcoma with synchronous isolated lung metastases: A National Cancer Database study of primary resection and metastasectomy.

  (Istl AC, Desravines N, Nudotor R, Stone R, Greer JB, Meyer CF, Johnston FM.) Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2024 Feb;51:101308 PMID: 38174328 PMCID: PMC10758710 01/04/2024

• Skin in the Game: Surgical delays in our patients with melanoma.

  (Istl AC.) Am J Surg. 2024 Feb;228:299-300 PMID: 37743216 09/25/2023

• Pride & prejudice: A scoping review of LGBTQ + medical trainee experiences.

  (Sorgini A, Istl AC, Downie ML, Kirpalani A.) Med Teach. 2024 Jan;46(1):73-81 PMID: 37418565 07/07/2023

• Reduced to My Race Once Again: Perceptions about Underrepresented Minority Medical School Applicants in Canada and the United States.

  (Barootes HC, Huynh AC, Maracle M, Istl AC, Wang P, Kirpalani A.) Teach Learn Med. 2024;36(1):1-12 PMID: 36351290 11/10/2022

• PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors in cold colorectal cancer: challenges and strategies.

  (Lin KX, Istl AC, Quan D, Skaro A, Tang E, Zheng X.) Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2023 Dec;72(12):3875-3893 PMID: 37831146 PMCID: PMC10700246 10/13/2023

• Across the Twitter-verse: Is Twitter an equitable tool in academic medicine? A scoping review.

  (Istl AC, Verma S, Jawa NA, Mackin R, Seemann NM, Kirpalani A.) Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2023 Aug;28(3):997-1013 PMID: 36637702 01/14/2023

• Comparative In Silico Analysis of Ultra-Hypofractionated Intensity-Modulated Photon Radiotherapy (IMRT) Versus Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) in the Pre-Operative Treatment of Retroperitoneal Sarcoma.

  (Gogineni E, Chen H, Istl AC, Johnston FM, Narang A, Deville C Jr.) Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jul 04;15(13) PMID: 37444592 PMCID: PMC10341304 07/14/2023

• Impact of Frailty Upon Surgical Decision-Making for Left-Sided Colon Cancer.

  (Sibia US, Badve SB, Istl AC, Klune JR, Riker AI.) Ochsner J. 2023;23(2):120-128 PMID: 37323515 PMCID: PMC10262939 06/16/2023

• Neoadjuvant Therapy for Primary Resectable Retroperitoneal Sarcomas-Looking Forward.

  (Istl AC, Gronchi A.) Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 05;14(7) PMID: 35406603 PMCID: PMC8998126 04/13/2022

• Good Bone Structure: A Call for Stronger Design and Methodology in Disparities Studies in Orthopedic Oncology.

  (Istl AC, Morris CD, Johnston FM.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Apr 04 PMID: 35377062 04/05/2022

• Role of Palliative Medicine Training in Surgical Oncology.

  (Istl AC, Johnston FM.) Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Jul;30(3):591-608 PMID: 34053671 06/01/2021

• 2021 Canadian Surgery Forum: Virtual, online Sept. 21-24, 2021.

  (Johnson G, Vergis A, Unger B, Park J, Gillman L, Hickey K, Pace D, Azin A, Guidolin K, Lam-Tin-Cheung K, Chadi S, Quereshy F, Guidolin K, Catton J, Rubin B, Bell J, Marangos J, Heesters A, Stuart-McEwan T, Quereshy F, Shariff F, Wright F, Ahmed N, Nadler A, Hallet J, Gentles J, Chen L, Hwang H, Parapini M, Hirpara D, Sidhu R, Scott T, Karimuddin A, Guo R, Nguyen A, Osborn J, Wiseman S, Nabata K, Ertel E, Hwang H, Lenet T, Baker L, Park L, Vered M, Zahrai A, Shorr R, Davis A, McIsaac D, Tinmouth A, Fergusson D, Martel G, Nabata K, Rummel S, Stefic-Cubic M, Karimuddin A, Stewart M, Melck A, McKechnie T, Anpalagan T, Ichhpuniani S, Lee Y, Ramji K, Eskicioglu C, Zhu A, Deng S, Greene B, Tsang M, Palter V, Jayaraman S, McKechnie T, Mann A, Tittley J, Cadeddu M, Nguyen M, Madani A, Pasternak J, McKechnie T, Ramji K, Hong D, Qu L, Istl A, Tang E, Gray D, Zuckerman J, Coburn N, Callum J, McLeod R, Pearsall E, Lin Y, Turgeon A, Martel G, Hallet J, Mahar A, Kammili A, Kriviraltcheva-Kaneva P, Lee L, Cools-Lartigue J, Ferri L, Mueller C, Zuckerman J, Haas B, Tillman B, Guttman M, Chesney T, Zuk V, Mahar A, Hsu A, Chan W, Vasdev R, Coburn N, Hallet J, D'Souza K, Huynh C, Ling LCJ, Warburton R, Hwang H, Hameed M, Glass L, Williamson H, Murphy P, Tang E, Leslie K, Hawel J, Kerr L, Zablotny S, Roldan H, He W, Jiang X, Zheng B, Lee L, Fiore J Jr, Feldman L, Fried G, Mueller C, Valanci S, Balvardi S, Cipolla J, Kaneva P, Demyttenaere S, Boutros M, Lee L, Feldman L, Fiore J, Balvardi S, Alhashemi M, Cipolla J, Lee L, Fiore J Jr, Feldman L, Miles A, Purich K, Verhoeff K, Shapiro J, Bigam D, Kung J, Fecso A, Chesney T, Mosko J, Skubleny D, Hamilton P, Ghosh S, Widder S, Schiller D, Do U, El Kefraoui C, Pook M, Barone N, Balvardi S, Montgomery H, Nguyen-Powanda P, Rajabiyazdi F, Elhaj H, Lapointe-Gagner M, Olleik G, Kaneva P, Antoun A, Safa N, Di Lena E, Meterissian S, Meguerditchian A, Fried G, Alhashemi M, Lee F, Baldini G, Feldman L, Fiore J Jr, Serrano Aybar PE, Parpia S, Ruo L, Tywonek K, Lee S, O'Neill C, Faisal N, Alfayyadh A, Gundayao M, Meyers BM, Habashi R, Kruse C, McKechnie T, Levin M, Aldrich K, Grantcharov T, Langerman A, Forbes H, Anantha R, Fawcett V, Hetherington A, Pravong V, Gervais M, Rakovich G, Selvam R, Hu R, Musselman R, Raiche I, Moloo H, Liu R, Elnahas A, Alkhamesi N, Hawel J, Tang E, Alnumay A, Schlachta C, Walser E, Zhang C, Cristancho S, Ott M, Lee A, Niu B, Balaa F, Gawad N, Ren K, Qiu Y, Hamann K, How N, Leveille C, Davidson A, Eqbal A, Sardiwalla Y, Korostensky M, McKechnie T, Lee E, Yang I, Ren K, Muaddi H, Stukel T, de Mestral C, Nathens A, Karanicolas P, Frigault J, Lemieux S, Breton D, Bouchard P, Bouchard A, Grégoire R, Letarte F, Bouchard G, Drolet S, Frigault J, Avoine S, Drolet S, Letarte F, Bouchard A, Gagné J, Thibault C, Grégoire R, Jutras Bouthillette N, Gosselin M, Bouchard P, Rosenzveig A, Stuleanu T, Jarrar A, Kolozsvari N, Skelhorne-Gross G, Nenshi R, Jerath A, Gomez D, Singh K, Amir T, Liu E, Farquharson S, Mao R, Lan L, Yan J, Allard-Coutu A, Mierzwa A, Tin R, Brisebois R, Bradley N, Wigen R, Walser E, Hartford L, Van Koughnett J, Vogt K, Hilsden R, Parry N, Allen L, Leslie K, Raskin R, Jones J, Neumann K, Dwyer C, Strickland M, Bradley N, O'Dochartaigh D, Lobay K, Kabaroff A, Chang E, Widder S, Anantha R, Sun W, Beck J, Anantha R, Liu R, Davidson J, Jones S, Van Hooren T, Van Koughnett J, Ott M, Schmitz E, Raiche I, Sun W, El Hafid M, Dang J, Mocanu V, Lutzak G, Sultanian R, Wong C, Karmali S, Schmitz E, Petrera M, Pickell M, Auer R, Patro N, Li B, Lee Y, Wilson H, Mocanu V, Sun W, Dang J, Jogiat U, Kung J, Switzer N, Karmali S, Wong C, Li C, Al Hinai A, Cieply A, Hawes H, Joos E, Saleh A, Li C, Saleh A, Engels P, Drung J, Allen L, Leslie K, Pang G, Kwong M, Schlachta C, Alkhamesi N, Hawel J, Elnahas A, Guidolin K, Ellsmere J, Chadi S, Quereshy F, Chang D, Hutter M, Spence R, Abou Khalil M, Boutros M, Vasilevsky C, Morin N, Longtin Y, Liberman S, Demyttenaere S, Montpetit P, Poirier M, Mukherj.) Can J Surg. 2021;64(6 Suppl 2):S80-S159 PMID: 35483046 PMCID: PMC8677574 04/29/2022