Medical Oncology

Gretchen Genevieve Kimmick, MD

Professor of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Campus mail 10 Bryan-Searle Drive, 441 Seeley G. Mudd Bldg, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 668-0718
Email address gretchen.kimmick@duke.edu

Breast cancer; treatment of breast cancer; management of menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors; survivorship issues after breast cancer; supportive care in managment of cancer patients; breast cancer and treatment of cancer in older persons; diagnosis and management of cancer in underserved populations.

In Their Words

Education and Training

  • Fellow in Oncology, Medicine, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, 1992 - 1994
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, University of Florida, 1989 - 1992
  • M.S., Wake Forest University, 2000
  • M.D., Wake Forest University, 1989

Grants

Publications

Camacho, Fabian, Roger Anderson, and Gretchen Kimmick. “Investigating confounders of the association between survival and adjuvant radiation therapy after breast conserving surgery in a sample of elderly breast Cancer patients in Appalachia..” Bmc Cancer 19, no. 1 (December 17, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6263-3.

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31847855
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Bowen, Deborah J., Eileen H. Shinn, Sophie Gregrowski, Gretchen Kimmick, Laura S. Dominici, Elizabeth S. Frank, Karen Lisa Smith, et al. “Patient-reported outcomes in the Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium..” Cancer, November 19, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32615.

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31743427
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Teo, Irene, Jennifer Plumb Vilardaga, Yee Pin Tan, Joseph Winger, Yin Bun Cheung, Grace Meijuan Yang, Eric A. Finkelstein, et al. “A feasible and acceptable multicultural psychosocial intervention targeting symptom management in the context of advanced breast cancer..” Psychooncology, November 8, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5275.

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31703146
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Ludmir, Ethan B., Ishwaria M. Subbiah, Walker Mainwaring, Austin B. Miller, Timothy A. Lin, Amit Jethanandani, Andres F. Espinoza, et al. “Decreasing incidence of upper age restriction enrollment criteria among cancer clinical trials..” J Geriatr Oncol, November 8, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2019.11.001.

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31711757
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Kikuchi, Robin, Gloria Broadwater, Rebecca Shelby, Jessica Robertson, Leah L. Zullig, Bailey Maloney, Claudia Meyer, et al. “Detecting geriatric needs in older patients with breast cancer through use of a brief geriatric screening tool..” J Geriatr Oncol 10, no. 6 (November 2019): 968–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2019.04.010.

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31005647
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Nyrop, Kirsten A., Allison M. Deal, Kathryn E. Reeder-Hayes, Shlomit S. Shachar, Bryce B. Reeve, Ethan Basch, Seul Ki Choi, et al. “Patient-reported and clinician-reported chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with early breast cancer: Current clinical practice..” Cancer 125, no. 17 (September 1, 2019): 2945–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32175.

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31090930
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Dorfman, Caroline S., Sarah S. Arthur, Gretchen G. Kimmick, Kelly W. Westbrook, Paul Kelly Marcom, Cheyenne Corbett, Sara N. Edmond, and Rebecca A. Shelby. “Partner status moderates the relationships between sexual problems and self-efficacy for managing sexual problems and psychosocial quality-of-life for postmenopausal breast cancer survivors taking adjuvant endocrine therapy..” Menopause 26, no. 8 (August 2019): 823–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/GME.0000000000001337.

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30994574
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Kelleher, Sarah A., Joseph G. Winger, Caroline S. Dorfman, Krista K. Ingle, Ashley A. Moskovich, Amy P. Abernethy, Francis J. Keefe, Greg P. Samsa, Gretchen G. Kimmick, and Tamara J. Somers. “A behavioral cancer pain intervention: A randomized noninferiority trial comparing in-person with videoconference delivery..” Psychooncology 28, no. 8 (August 2019): 1671–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5141.

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31162756
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Dent, Susan, Chiara Melloni, Josee Ivars, Sarah Sammons, and Gretchen Kimmick. “Cardiotoxicities of Modern Treatments in Breast Cancer..” Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 21, no. 7 (June 15, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11936-019-0738-z.

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31203459
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Alliance Cancer in the Older Adult Committee, Jennifer, Araba Adjei, Jan C. Buckner, Elizabeth Cathcart-Rake, Hongbin Chen, Harvey J. Cohen, Dyda Dao, et al. “Arti Hurria, M.D.: A tribute to her shining legacy in the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology..” J Geriatr Oncol, June 11, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2019.05.011.

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31201095
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