Dr. M. Robyn Andersen

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Public Health Sciences Division
Molecular Diagnostics Program
Associate MemberAppointed: 2003
University of Washington
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Health Services
Clinical Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 1999
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Mailing Address

P.O. Box 19024
M2-B230
1100 Fairview Avenue N
Seattle, Washington 98109-1024
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 667-6684
Fax: (206) 667-7264
rander@fhcrc.org

Qualifications

M.P.H., University of Washington, Public Health, 1996.
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, Social Psychology, 1994.
M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook, Psychology, 1992.

Expertise and Research Interests

As advances in medical care only improve public health when they are adopted and used by patients and physicians, my research examines issues related to the adoption of medical technologies for the prevention and treatment of cancer. In my work I try to bridge the disciplines of Health Psychology and Epidemiology using behavioral theory to understand the effect of medical interventions on people's understanding of their health and to develop interventions to improve public health.

This work has included; examinations of the effects of cancer screening on at risk women's sense of well being, and the effects of involvement in decision-making about testing for recurrant disease after cancer on breast cancer survivors' quality of life, effects of decision making about cancer treatment on cancer survivor's quality of life, and most recently on the effects of CAM use on cancer screening and diagnosis.

Future Research

I am currently involved in projects examining psychosocial predictors of quality of life for breast and ovarian cancer survivors, the influence of CAM on cancer diagnosis and treatment and the potential of a symptoms index to improve early diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Cancer or Carcinogenesis, Cancer Prevention, Medical Technology, Quality of Life Program.

Additional Terms:

Cancer Screening, Cancer Survivorship, Quality of Life.

Memberships

American Psychological Association
American Society of Preventive Oncology
Society of Behavioral Medicine

Honors and Awards

2002, Best Paper Award, Health Education and Behavior
2000-2002, Career Development Award, Pacific Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium Specialized program of research excellence (SPORE)
1996, New Young Investigator, American Society of Preventive Oncology
1994-1996, Post-doctoral Trainee, National Institutes of Health Training Grant, Cancer Prevention
1993, Contribution to Undergraduate Teaching Award, State University of New York @ Stony Brook

Previous Positions

1997-2003, Assistant Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention, Public Health Science
1996-1997, Staff Scientist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division
1994-1996, Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division

Funding Received

  • American Cancer Society (ACS): Study of Cancer Survivors - Prevalence, , Sep 2002 to Sep 2003.
  • National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute: SPORE Project 5: Improving Quality of Life for Women with Ovarian Cancer, , Sep 1999 to Oct 2004.
  • National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute: Quality of life effects of providing risk education and screening for ovarian cancer, Oct 1997 to Oct 2002.
  • National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute: Cost analysis of colon cancer screening promotion, May 2000 to May 2004.
  • National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute: Effects on Quality of Life of Consumer Involvement in Decision-Making, May 1996 to Sep 1997.
  • National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute: Assessment of quality of life and risk communications: The cancer genetic network ovarian cancer screening pilot trial in women at high risk for ovarian cancer, Jul 1998 to May 2003.
  • National Insitutes of Health / National Cancer Institute: Development of a strategy for examination of the hypothesis that distress influence cancer recovery through immunological mechansisms, , Dec 2000 to Dec 2002.
  • National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute: Predicting Ovarian Cancer in a Population of at Risk Women, , Dec 2000 to Dec 2002.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Use of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) providers by cancer patients, , 2005 to 2008.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Smoking Acquisition and Cessation During Young Adulthood, , 2004 to 2008.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Role of social enviroments on youth smoking acuisition, , 2003 to 2006.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): A longitudinal study of quality of life and immune system function in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, , 1999 to 2004.

Publications

  • Bricker JB, Andersen MR, Rajan KB, Sarason IG, Peterson AV (Oct 2007) The role of schoolmates' smoking and non-smoking in adolescents' smoking transitions: a longitudinal study., Addiction (Abingdon, England), 102 (10), 1665-75 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Drescher CW, Zheng Y, Bowen DJ, Wilson S, Young A, McIntosh M, Mahony BS, Lowe KA, Urban N (Sep 2007) Changes in cancer worry associated with participation in ovarian cancer screening., Psycho-oncology, 16 (9), 814-20 Abstract
  • Bowen DJ, Fann JR, Andersen MR, Rhew IC, Gralow JR, Lewis FM, Hunt JR, Palomares M, Moinpour CM, Ankerst DP (Sep 2007) Recruiting patients with breast cancer and their families to behavioral research in the post-HIPAA period., Oncology nursing forum, 34 (5), 1049-54 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Drescher CW, Zheng Y, Bowen DJ, Wilson S, Young A, McIntosh M, Mahony BS, Lowe KA, Urban N (Sep 2007) Changes in cancer worry associated with participation in ovarian cancer screening., Psycho-oncology, 16 (9), 814-20 Abstract
  • Bricker JB, Peterson AV, Andersen MR, Sarason IG, Rajan KB, Leroux BG (Sep 2007) Parents' and older siblings' smoking during childhood: changing influences on smoking acquisition and escalation over the course of adolescence., Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 9 (9), 915-26 Abstract
  • Bricker JB, Peterson AV, Sarason IG, Andersen MR, Rajan KB (Apr 2007) Changes in the influence of parents' and close friends' smoking on adolescent smoking transitions., Addictive behaviors, 32 (4), 740-57 Abstract
  • Goff BA, Mandel LS, Drescher CW, Urban N, Gough S, Schurman KM, Patras J, Mahony BS, Andersen MR (Jan 2007) Development of an ovarian cancer symptom index: possibilities for earlier detection., Cancer, 109 (2), 221-7 Abstract
  • Bricker JB, Peterson AV, Andersen MR, Rajan KB, Leroux BG, Sarason IG (May 2006) Childhood friends who smoke: do they influence adolescents to make smoking transitions?, Addictive behaviors, 31 (5), 889-900 Abstract
  • Peterson AV, Leroux BG, Bricker J, Kealey KA, Marek PM, Sarason IG, Andersen MR (May 2006) Nine-year prediction of adolescent smoking by number of smoking parents., Addictive behaviors, 31 (5), 788-801 Abstract
  • Bricker JB, Peterson AV, Robyn Andersen M, Leroux BG, Bharat Rajan K, Sarason IG (Apr 2006) Close friends', parents', and older siblings' smoking: reevaluating their influence on children's smoking., Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 8 (2), 217-26 Abstract
  • Bricker JB, Peterson AV, Leroux BG, Andersen MR, Rajan KB, Sarason IG (Jan 2006) Prospective prediction of children's smoking transitions: role of parents' and older siblings' smoking., Addiction (Abingdon, England), 101 (1), 128-36 Abstract
  • Bricker JB, Leroux BG, Robyn Andersen M, Rajan KB, Peterson AV (Aug 2005) Parental smoking cessation and children's smoking: mediation by antismoking actions., Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 7 (4), 501-9 Abstract
  • Bricker JB, Rajan KB, Andersen MR, Peterson AV (Mar 2005) Does parental smoking cessation encourage their young adult children to quit smoking? A prospective study., Addiction (Abingdon, England), 100 (3), 379-86 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Schroeder T, Gaul M, Moinpour C, Urban N (Feb 2005) Using a population-based cancer registry for recruitment of newly diagnosed patients with ovarian cancer., American journal of clinical oncology, 28 (1), 17-20 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Abullarade J, Urban N (2005) Assertiveness with physicians is related to women's perceived roles in the medical encounter., Women & health, 42 (2), 15-33 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Urban N, Ramsey S, Briss PA (Sep 2004) Examining the cost-effectiveness of cancer screening promotion., Cancer, 101 (5 Suppl), 1229-38 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Nelson J, Peacock S, Giedzinska A, Dresher C, Bowen D, Urban N (Aug 2004) Worry about ovarian cancer risk and use of screening by high-risk women: how you recruit affects what you find., American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 129 (2), 130-5 Abstract
  • Bowen DJ, Burke W, McTiernan A, Yasui Y, Andersen MR (Apr 2004) Breast cancer risk counseling improves women's functioning., Patient education and counseling, 53 (1), 79-86 Abstract
  • Drescher CW, Nelson J, Peacock S, Andersen MR, McIntosh MW, Urban N (Apr 2004) Compliance of average- and intermediate-risk women to semiannual ovarian cancer screening., Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 13 (4), 600-6 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Leroux BG, Bricker JB, Rajan KB, Peterson AV (Apr 2004) Antismoking parenting practices are associated with reduced rates of adolescent smoking., Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 158 (4), 348-52 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Guthrie KA, Urban N (2004) Assertiveness with physicians: does it predict mammography use?, Women and Health, 39 (2), 1-12
  • McGregor BA, Bowen DJ, Pauler D, Andersen MR, Yasui Y, McTiernan A (2004) Optimism, perceived risk of breast cancer, and cancer worry among a community-based sample of women, Health Psychology, 23 (4), 339-44
  • Bowen DJ, Alfano CM, McGregor BA, Andersen MR (2004) The relationship between perceived risk, affect, and health behaviors., Cancer detection and prevention, 28 (6), 409-17 Abstract
  • Rajan KB, Leroux BG, Peterson AV Jr, Bricker JB, Andersen MR, Kealey KA, Sarason IG, Nine-year prospective association between older siblings' smoking and children's daily smoking, The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 33(1), 25-30, July 2003 Abstract
  • Bricker JB, Leroux BG, Peterson AV Jr, Kealey KA, Sarason IG, Andersen MR, Marek PM, Nine-year prospective relationship between parental smoking cessation and children's daily smoking, Addiction (abingdon, England), 98(5), 585-93, May 2003 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Smith R, Meischke H, Bowen D, Urban N, Breast cancer worry and mammography use by women with and without a family history in a population-based sample, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology., 12(4), 314-20, April 2003 Abstract
  • Bowen DJ, Helmes A, Power D, Andersen MR, Burke W, McTiernan A, Durfy S, Predicting breast cancer screening intentions and behavior with emotion and cognition, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22(2), 213-232, 2003
  • Andersen, M.R., Bowen D., Yasui, Y., McTiernan, A., Awareness and concern about ovarian cancer among women at risk because of a family history of breast or ovairan cancer, American Journal fo Obstetrics and Gynecology, 33(1), 25-30, 2003
  • Urban N., McIntosh, M W., Andersen M. R., Karlan, B.Y., Ovarian Cancer Screening, Hematology/Oncology clinics of North America, 17, 989-1005, 2003
  • Kessler LG, Andersen MR, Etzioni R, Much ado about mammography variability, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 94(18), 1346-7, September 2002 Abstract
  • Thompson B, Thompson LA, Andersen MR, Hager S, Taylor V, Urban N, Costs and cost-effectiveness of a clinical intervention to increase mammography utilization in an inner city public health hospital, Preventive Medicine, 35(1), 87-96, July 2002 Abstract
  • Ramsey SD, Berry K, Moinpour C, Giedzinska A, Andersen MR, Quality of life in long term survivors of colorectal cancer, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 97(5), 1228-34, May 2002 Abstract
  • Meischke, H., Kuniuki, A., Yasui, Y., Bowen, D., Andersen, M. R., Urban, N., Women's acquisition of heat attack information: Source content and evaluation, Health Care for Women International, 23(2), 149-162, February 2002
  • Andersen, M. R., Peacock, S., Nelson, J., Wilson, S., McIntosh, M., Urban N., Worry about ovarian cancer risk and use of ovarian cancer screening by women at risk for ovarian cancer, Gynecologic Oncology, 85, 3-8, 2002
  • Andersen, M. R., Leroux, B. G., Peterson, A.V., Kealey, K. A., Bricker, J., Marek, P. M., Sarason, I.G., Maternal attitudes and concerns about their children smoking: Do they influence kids?, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34, 198-206, 2002
  • Andersen, M.R., Hager, M., Su, C., Urban, N., Analysis of the cost-effectiveness of mammography promotion by volunteers in rural communities, Health Education Quarterly, 26(6), 2002
  • Andersen, M.R., Bowen, D., Yasui, Y., McTiernan, A., Awareness and concern about ovarian cancer among women at risk due to a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, The Clinical Journal of Women's Health, 2002
  • Stoddard, A.M., Fox, S.A., Costanza, M.E., Lane S.D., Andersen, M.R., Urban, N., Lipkus, I., Rimer, B.R., for the NCI Breast Screening Consortium, Effectiveness of telephone counseling for mammography: Results from five randomized trials, Journal of preventive medicine, 34, 90-99, 2002
  • McTiernan, A., Kuniyuki, A., Yasui, Y., Bowen, D., Burke, W., Culver, J. B., Andersen, M. R., Durfy, S., comparisions of two breast cancer risk estimates in women with a family history of breast cancer, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 10, 333-338, 2001
  • Drescher C, Holt SK, Andersen MR, Anderson G, Urban N, Reported ovarian cancer screening among a population-based sample in Washington state, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 96(1), 70-4, July 2000 Abstract
  • Wilson SE, Andersen MR, Meischke H, Meeting the needs of rural breast cancer survivors: what still needs to be done?, Journal of Women's Health and Gender-based Medicine, 9(6), 667-77, 2000 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Yasui Y, Meischke H, Kuniyuki A, Etzioni R, Urban N, The effectiveness of mammography promotion by volunteers in rural communities, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 18(3), 199-207, April 2000 Abstract
  • Ramsey SD, Andersen MR, Etzioni R, Moinpour C, Peacock S, Potosky A, Urban N, Quality of life in survivors of colorectal carcinoma, Cancer, 88(6), 1294-303, March 2000 Abstract
  • Burke W, Culver JO, Bowen D, Lowry D, Durfy S, McTiernan A, Andersen MR, Genetic counseling for women with an intermediate family history of breast cancer, American Journal of Medical Genetics, 90(5), 361-8, February 2000 Abstract
  • Bowen, D. J., Andersen, M. R., & Urban, N., Volunteerism in a community-based sample of women, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 7, 1538-1551, 2000
  • Andersen, M. R., Hager, M., Meischke, H., Shaw, C., Yasui, Y., & Urban, N., Recruitment, retention and activity of volunteers promoting mammography use in rural communities, Health Promotion Practice, 1(4), 341-350, 2000
  • Edlefsen KL, Mandelson MT, McIntosh MW, Andersen MR, Wagner EH, Urban N, Prostate-specific antigen for prostate cancer screening. Do physician characteristics affect its use?, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 17(1), 87-90, July 1999 Abstract
  • Andersen MR, Urban N, Etzioni R, Community attitudes and mammography use: does it really matter what other people think?, Women and Health, 29(3), 83-95, 1999 Abstract
  • Andersen, M.R., Urban, N., Involvement in decision-making and breast cancer survivor quality of life, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 21(3), 1-9, 1999
  • Meischke, H., Yasui, Y., Kuniyuki, A., Bowen, D., Andersen, M.R., Urban, N., How women label and respond to common and less common symptoms of acute myocaridal infarction: Responses to hypothetical scenarios, Heart and Lung, 28(4), 83-95, 1999
  • Ramsey, S.D., Freedman, A. N., Berry, K., Andersen, M. R. & Urban N., Prevalence of Pedigrees suggestive of heretiary non-polyposis colorectal cancer among a community sample of women eligible for screening mammography, Community Genetics, 2, 173-178, 1999
  • Andersen MR, Urban N, The use of mammography by survivors of breast cancer, American Journal of Public Health, 88(11), 1713-4, November 1998 Abstract
  • Meischke, H., Andersen, M.R., Bowen, D., Urban, N., A health priorities model: Application to mammogrpahy screening, Health Education and Behavior, 25, 383-395, 1998
  • Rakowski, R., Andersen, M.R., Stoddard, A., Urban, N., Rimer, B., Lane D., Fox S., Constanza M., for the NCI Breast Cancer Screening Consortium, A confirmatory analysis of opinion regarding the pros and cons of mammography, Health Psychology, 16(5), 433-442, 1997
  • Andersen MR, Urban N, Physician gender and screening: do patient differences account for differences in mammography use?, Women and Health, 26(1), 29-39, 1997 Abstract
  • Andersen M.R., Lobel M., Predictors of health self-appraisal: What's involved in feeling healthy, Basic and Applied Social Psychology Bulletin, 16(1&2), 121-136, 1995
  • Bowen, D.J., Tomoyasu, N., Andersen, M.R., Carney, M., Kristal, A., Effects of expectancies and personalized feedback on fat consumption, taste, and preference, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22(13), 1061-1079, 1992
  • Andersen MR, Bricker JB, Leroux BG, Peterson AV Jr., Kealey KA, Sarason IG, Anti-smoking parenting practices are associated with reduced rates of adolescent smoking, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, in press
  • Andersen MR, Guthrie KA, Urban N, Assertiveness with physicians: does it predict mammography use?, Women and Health, in press
  • Andersen MR, Schroeder T, Gaul M, Moinpour C, Urban N, Using a population-based cancer registry for recruitment of newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients, American Journal of Clinical Oncology, in press
  • Drescher CW, Nelson J, Peacock S, Andersen MR, McIntosh MW, Urban N, Compliance of average- and intermediate-risk women to a semiannual ovarian cancer screening program, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, in press
  • Andersen MR, Ramsey S, Urban N, Examining the cost-effectiveness of screening promotion interventions, Cancer, in press
  • Bowen, D.J., Burke, W., McTiernan, A., Durfy, S., Yasui, Y., Andersen, MR., Breast cancer risk counseling improves women's functioning, Patient Education and Counseling, in press
  • McGregor, B.A., Bowen D. J., Pauler, D., Mandersen, M. R., Yasui, Y., McTiernan, A., Optimism, perceived risk of breast cancer, and cancer worry among a community-based sample of women, Health Psychology, in press
  • Andersen, M.R., Peacock, S., Nelson, J., Wilson, S., McIntosh, M., Urban, N., Worry about ovarian cancer risk and use of ovarian cancer screening by women at risk for ovarian cancer, Progress in Ovarian Cancer Research, In press

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