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Shoshana M Rosenberg, ScD, MPH

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Shoshana M Rosenberg, ScD, MPH

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Research Abstract

I am a cancer epidemiologist and health services researcher with an interest in the unique issues affecting young women with breast cancer. My research focuses on survivorship, quality of life, and treatment decision-making in this population. I am trained in both quantitative and qualitative research methods and design, conduct, and analyze a wide range of studies. Current projects include exploring why young breast cancer patients are increasingly choosing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and understanding patterns of endocrine therapy non-initiation, non-adherence, and non-persistence in young women with breast cancer. Additionally, I am involved in designing and incorporating patient-reported outcome measures into therapeutic breast cancer clinical trials.

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  • Ligibel JA, Zheng Y, Barry WT, Sella T, Ruddy KJ, Greaney ML, Rosenberg SM, Emmons KM, Partridge AH. Effects of an educational physical activity intervention in young women with newly diagnosed breast cancer: Findings from the Young and Strong Study. Cancer 2023; 129:2135-2143. PubMed
  • Gibson CJ, Fell G, Sella T, Sperling AS, Snow C, Rosenberg SM, Kirkner G, Patel A, Dillon D, Bick AG, Neuberg D, Partridge AH, Miller PG. Clonal Hematopoiesis in Young Women Treated for Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2023; 29:2551-2558. PubMed
  • Lipsyc-Sharf M, Jain E, Collins LC, Rosenberg SM, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Schapira L, Come SE, Peppercorn JM, Borges VF, Warner E, Snow C, Krop IE, Kim D, Weiss J, Zanudo JGT, Partridge AH, Wagle N, Waks AG. Genomics of -Positive Breast Cancer in Young Women Before and After Exposure to Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab. JCO Precis Oncol 2023; 7:e2300076. PubMed
  • Sella T, Zheng Y, Rosenberg SM, Ruddy KJ, Gelber SI, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn JM, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Carey LA, Winer EP, Partridge AH. Extended adjuvant endocrine therapy in a longitudinal cohort of young breast cancer survivors. NPJ Breast Cancer 2023; 9:31. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Zheng Y, Gelber S, Ruddy KJ, Poorvu P, Sella T, Tamimi RM, Wassermann J, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come S, Peppercorn J, Sepucha KR, Partridge AH. Adjuvant endocrine therapy non-initiation and non-persistence in young women with early-stage breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2023; 197:547-558. PubMed
  • Krasne M, Ruddy KJ, Poorvu PD, Gelber SI, Tamimi RM, Schapira L, Peppercorn J, Come SE, Borges VF, Partridge AH, Rosenberg SM. Coping strategies and anxiety in young breast cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer 2022. PubMed
  • Tesch ME, Rosenberg SM, Collins LC, Wong JS, Dominici L, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi R, Schapira L, Borges VF, Warner E, Come SE, Partridge AH. Clinicopathologic Features, Treatment Patterns, and Disease Outcomes in a Modern, Prospective Cohort of Young Women Diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. Ann Surg Oncol 2022. PubMed
  • Sella T, Zheng Y, Tan-Wasielewski Z, Rosenberg SM, Poorvu PD, Tayob N, Ruddy KJ, Gelber SI, Tamimi RM, Schapira L, Come SE, Peppercorn JM, Borges VF, Partridge AH, Ligibel JA. Body weight changes and associated predictors in a prospective cohort of young breast cancer survivors. Cancer 2022. PubMed
  • Waks AG, Desai NV, Li T, Poorvu PD, Partridge AH, Sinclair N, Spring LM, Faggen M, Constantine M, Metzger O, Alberti J, Deane J, Rosenberg SM, Frank E, Tolaney SM, Krop IE, Tung NM, Tayob N, King TA, Mittendorf EA, Winer EP. A prospective trial of treatment de-escalation following neoadjuvant paclitaxel/trastuzumab/pertuzumab in HER2-positive breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer 2022; 8:63. PubMed
  • Borstelmann NA, Gray TF, Gelber S, Rosenberg S, Zheng Y, Meyer M, Ruddy KJ, Schapira L, Come S, Borges V, Cadet T, Maramaldi P, Partridge AH. Psychosocial issues and quality of life of parenting partners of young women with breast cancer. Support Care Cancer 2022; 30:4265-4274. PubMed
  • Barroso-Sousa R, Tarantino P, Tayob N, Dang C, Yardley DA, Isakoff SJ, Valero V, Faggen M, Mulvey T, Bose R, Hu J, Weckstein D, Wolff AC, Reeder-Hayes K, Rugo HS, Ramaswamy B, Zuckerman D, Hart L, Gadi VK, Constantine M, Cheng K, Briccetti F, Schneider B, Garrett AM, Marcom K, Albain K, DeFusco P, Tung N, Ardman B, Nanda R, Jankowitz RC, Rimawi M, Abramson V, Pohlmann PR, Van Poznak C, Forero-Torres A, Liu M, Ruddy KJ, Zheng Y, Rosenberg SM, Gelber RD, Trippa L, Barry W, DeMeo M, Burstein H, Partridge A, Winer EP, Krop I, Tolaney SM. Cardiac outcomes of subjects on adjuvant trastuzumab emtansine vs paclitaxel in combination with trastuzumab for stage I HER2-positive breast cancer (ATEMPT) study (TBCRC033): a randomized controlled trial. NPJ Breast Cancer 2022; 8:18. PubMed
  • Waks AG, Kim D, Jain E, Snow C, Kirkner GJ, Rosenberg SM, Oh C, Poorvu PD, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn J, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Brachtel EF, Warner E, Collins LC, Partridge AH, Wagle N. Somatic and germline genomic alterations in very young women with breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2022. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, O'Neill A, Sepucha K, Miller KD, Dang CT, Northfelt DW, Sledge GW, Schneider BP, Partridge AH. Quality of Life Following Receipt of Adjuvant Chemotherapy With and Without Bevacizumab in Patients With Lymph Node-Positive and High-Risk Lymph Node-Negative Breast Cancer. JAMA Netw Open 2022; 5:e220254. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Gierisch JM, Revette AC, Lowenstein CL, Frank ES, Collyar DE, Lynch T, Thompson AM, Partridge AH, Hwang ES. "Is it cancer or not?" A qualitative exploration of survivor concerns surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ. Cancer 2022; 128:1676-1683. PubMed
  • Guzmán-Arocho YD, Rosenberg SM, Garber JE, Vardeh H, Poorvu PD, Ruddy KJ, Kirkner G, Snow C, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn J, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Brachtel EF, Marotti JD, Warner E, Partridge AH, Collins LC. Clinicopathological features and BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status in a prospective cohort of young women with breast cancer. Br J Cancer 2021. PubMed
  • Schapira L, Zheng Y, Gelber SI, Poorvu P, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn J, Come SE, Borges VF, Partridge AH, Rosenberg SM. Trajectories of fear of cancer recurrence in young breast cancer survivors. Cancer 2021. PubMed
  • Poorvu PD, Hu J, Zheng Y, Gelber SI, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn JM, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Warner E, Lambertini M, Rosenberg SM, Partridge AH. Treatment-related amenorrhea in a modern, prospective cohort study of young women with breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer 2021; 7:99. PubMed
  • Tolaney SM, Tayob N, Dang C, Yardley DA, Isakoff SJ, Valero V, Faggen M, Mulvey T, Bose R, Hu J, Weckstein D, Wolff AC, Reeder-Hayes K, Rugo HS, Ramaswamy B, Zuckerman D, Hart L, Gadi VK, Constantine M, Cheng K, Briccetti F, Schneider B, Garrett AM, Marcom K, Albain K, DeFusco P, Tung N, Ardman B, Nanda R, Jankowitz RC, Rimawi M, Abramson V, Pohlmann PR, Van Poznak C, Forero-Torres A, Liu M, Ruddy K, Zheng Y, Rosenberg SM, Gelber RD, Trippa L, Barry W, DeMeo M, Burstein H, Partridge A, Winer EP, Krop I. Adjuvant Trastuzumab Emtansine Versus Paclitaxel in Combination With Trastuzumab for Stage I HER2-Positive Breast Cancer (ATEMPT): A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Clin Oncol 2021. PubMed
  • Sella T, Poorvu PD, Ruddy KJ, Gelber SI, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn JM, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Partridge AH, Rosenberg SM. Impact of fertility concerns on endocrine therapy decisions in young breast cancer survivors. Cancer 2021. PubMed
  • Kuijer A, Dominici LS, Rosenberg SM, Hu J, Gelber S, Di Lascio S, Wong JS, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Sprunck-Harrild K, Partridge AH, King TA. Arm Morbidity After Local Therapy for Young Breast Cancer Patients. Ann Surg Oncol 2021. PubMed
  • Klein IA, Rosenberg SM, Reynolds KL, Zubiri L, Rosovsky R, Piper-Vallillo AJ, Gao X, Boland G, Bardia A, Gaither R, Freeman H, Kirkner GJ, Rhee C, Klompas M, Baker MA, Wadleigh M, Winer EP, Kotton CN, Partridge AH. Impact of Cancer History on Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19. Oncologist 2021. PubMed
  • Sella T, Snow C, Freeman H, Poorvu PD, Rosenberg SM, Partridge AH. Young, Empowered and Strong: A Web-Based Education and Supportive Care Intervention for Young Women With Breast Cancer Across the Care Continuum. JCO Clin Cancer Inform 2021; 5:933-943. PubMed
  • Dominici L, Hu J, Zheng Y, Kim HJ, King TA, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn J, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Warner E, Wong JS, Partridge AH, Rosenberg SM. Association of Local Therapy With Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Young Women With Breast Cancer. JAMA Surg 2021; 156:e213758. PubMed
  • Kim HJ, Dominici L, Rosenberg SM, Zheng Y, Pak LM, Poorvu PD, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi R, Schapira L, Come SE, Peppercorn J, Borges VF, Warner E, Vardeh H, Collins LC, Gaither R, King TA, Partridge AH. Surgical Treatment after Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy in Young Women with Breast Cancer: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Surg 2020. PubMed
  • Poorvu PD, Gelber SI, Zheng Y, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn J, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Lambertini M, Rosenberg SM, Partridge AH. Pregnancy after breast cancer: Results from a prospective cohort of young women with breast cancer. Cancer 2020. PubMed
  • Pak LM, Gaither R, Rosenberg SM, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn J, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Warner E, Snow C, Collins LC, King TA, Partridge AH. Tumor phenotype and concordance in synchronous bilateral breast cancer in young women. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2020. PubMed
  • Sella T, Gelber SI, Poorvu PD, Kim HJ, Dominici L, Guzman-Arocho YD, Collins L, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Peppercorn JM, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Warner E, Snow C, Jakubowski DM, Russell CA, Winer EP, Rosenberg SM, Partridge AH. Response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and the 21-gene Breast Recurrence Score test in young women with estrogen receptor-positive early breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2020. PubMed
  • Cook EE, Rosenberg SM, Ruddy KJ, Barry WT, Greaney M, Ligibel J, Sprunck-Harrild K, Holmes MD, Tamimi RM, Emmons KM, Partridge AH. Prospective evaluation of the impact of stress, anxiety, and depression on household income among young women with early breast cancer from the Young and Strong trial. BMC Public Health 2020; 20:1514. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Dominici LS, Gelber S, Poorvu PD, Ruddy KJ, Wong JS, Tamimi RM, Schapira L, Come S, Peppercorn JM, Borges VF, Partridge AH. Association of Breast Cancer Surgery With Quality of Life and Psychosocial Well-being in Young Breast Cancer Survivors. JAMA Surg 2020. PubMed
  • Vazquez D, Rosenberg S, Gelber S, Ruddy KJ, Morgan E, Recklitis C, Come S, Schapira L, Partridge AH. Posttraumatic Stress in Breast Cancer Survivors Diagnosed at a Young Age. 2020. PubMed
  • Dominici LS, Rosenberg SM. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): The importance of patient-reported outcomes (PRO). Curr Breast Cancer Rep 2020; 12:90-97. PubMed
  • Parsons HA, Rhoades J, Reed SC, Gydush G, Ram P, Exman P, Xiong K, Lo CC, Li T, Fleharty M, Kirkner GJ, Rotem D, Cohen O, Yu F, Fitarelli-Kiehl M, Leong KW, Hughes ME, Rosenberg SM, Collins LC, Miller KD, Blumenstiel B, Trippa L, Cibulskis C, Neuberg DS, DeFelice M, Freeman SS, Lennon NJ, Wagle N, Ha G, Stover DG, Choudhury AD, Getz G, Winer EP, Meyerson M, Lin NU, Krop I, Love JC, Makrigiorgos GM, Partridge AH, Mayer EL, Golub TR, Adalsteinsson V. Sensitive detection of minimal residual disease in patients treated for early-stage breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2020. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Petrie KJ, Stanton AL, Ngo L, Finnerty E, Partridge AH. Interventions to enhance adherence to oral anti-neoplastic agents: A Scoping Review. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2020. PubMed
  • Poorvu PD, Gelber SI, Rosenberg SM, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Collins LC, Peppercorn J, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Warner E, Jakubowski DM, Russell C, Winer EP, Partridge AH. Prognostic Impact of the 21-Gene Recurrence Score Assay Among Young Women With Node-Negative and Node-Positive ER-Positive/HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol 2019. PubMed
  • Lee GE, Rosenberg SM, Mayer EL, Borges V, Meyer ME, Schapira L, Come SE, Partridge AH. Contemporary management of breast cancer during pregnancy and subsequent lactation in a multicenter cohort of young women with breast cancer. Breast J 2019. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Vaz-Luis I, Gong J, Rajagopal PS, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Schapira L, Come S, Borges V, de Moor JS, Partridge AH. Employment trends in young women following a breast cancer diagnosis. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2019. PubMed
  • Wassermann J, Gelber SI, Rosenberg SM, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Schapira L, Borges VF, Come SE, Meyer ME, Partridge AH. Nonadherent behaviors among young women on adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer. Cancer 2019. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Greaney ML, Patenaude AF, Partridge AH. Factors Affecting Surgical Decisions in Newly Diagnosed Young Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2019. PubMed
  • von Hippel C, Rosenberg SM, Austin SB, Sprunck-Harrild K, Ruddy KJ, Schapira L, Come S, Borges VF, Partridge AH. Identifying distinct trajectories of change in young breast cancer survivors' sexual functioning. 2019. PubMed
  • Partridge AH, Ruddy KJ, Barry WT, Greaney ML, Ligibel JA, Sprunck-Harrild KM, Rosenberg SM, Baker EL, Hoverman JR, Emmons KM. A randomized study to improve care for young women with breast cancer at community and academic medical oncology practices in the United States: The Young and Strong study. Cancer 2019. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Greaney ML, Patenaude AF, Sepucha KR, Meyer ME, Partridge AH. "I don't want to take chances.": A qualitative exploration of surgical decision making in young breast cancer survivors. 2018. PubMed
  • Park EM, Gelber S, Rosenberg SM, Seah DSE, Schapira L, Come SE, Partridge AH. Anxiety and Depression in Young Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study. Psychosomatics 2018. PubMed
  • Hubbeling HG, Rosenberg SM, González-Robledo MC, Cohn JG, Villarreal-Garza C, Partridge AH, Knaul FM. Psychosocial needs of young breast cancer survivors in Mexico City, Mexico. PLoS ONE 2018; 13:e0197931. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Ligibel JA, Meyerhardt JA, Jacobsen ED, Garber JE, Nekhlyudov L, Bunnell CA, Nutting P, Sprunck-Harrild K, Walsh SK, Partridge AH. Developing a Novel Model to Improve Research and care for Cancer Survivors: a Feasibility Study. J Cancer Educ 2017. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Gelber S, Gelber RD, Krop E, Korde LA, Pagani O, Partridge AH. Oncology Physicians' Perspectives on Practices and Barriers to Fertility Preservation and the Feasibility of a Prospective Study of Pregnancy After Breast Cancer. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2017. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Partridge AH. Looking back, moving forward: the evolution of cancer survivorship care. Lancet Oncol. 2017; 18:18-19. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, King TA. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and quality of life: answering the unanswered questions? Gland Surg 2016; 5:261-2. PubMed
  • Walker HE, Rosenberg SM, Stanton AL, Petrie KJ, Partridge AH. Perceptions, Attributions, and Emotions Toward Endocrine Therapy in Young Women with Breast Cancer. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2016; 5:16-23. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Gelber S, Schapira L, Come S, Borges VF, Larsen B, Garber JE, Partridge AH. BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Testing in Young Women With Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncol 2016. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Sepucha K, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Gelber S, Meyer ME, Schapira L, Come SE, Borges VF, Golshan M, Winer EP, Partridge AH. Local Therapy Decision-Making and Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Young Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2015. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Moskowitz CS, Ford JS, Henderson TO, Frazier AL, Diller LR, Hudson MM, Stanton AL, Chou JF, Smith S, Leisenring WM, Mertens AC, Cox CL, Nathan PC, Krull KR, Robison LL, Oeffinger KC. Health Care Utilization, Lifestyle, and Emotional Factors and Mammography Practices in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2015. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Partridge AH. New Insights Into Nonadherence With Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Among Young Women With Breast Cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2015. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Newman LA, Partridge AH. Breast Cancer in Young Women: Rare Disease or Public Health Problem? JAMA Oncol 2015; 1:877-8. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Stanton AL, Petrie KJ, Partridge AH. Symptoms and Symptom Attribution Among Women on Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer. Oncologist 2015; 20:598-604. PubMed
  • Rosenberg SM, Tracy MS, Meyer ME, Sepucha K, Gelber S, Hirshfield-Bartek J, Troyan S, Morrow M, Schapira L, Come SE, Winer EP, Partridge AH. Perceptions, knowledge, and satisfaction with contralateral prophylactic mastectomy among young women with breast cancer: a cross-sectional survey. Ann Intern Med 2013; 159:373-81. PubMed
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