Book Chapter

  1. Bansal A, Pepe MS (2013). Estimating Improvement in Prediction with Matched Case-Control Designs. In MLT Lee, M Gail, G Satten, T Cai, A Gandy, R Pfeiffer (Ed.) Risk assessment and evaluation of predictions. Springer.

Articles Published in Refereed Journals

(*Trainee Author, +Senior Author)
[My Google Scholar Profile]
  1. Hershman DL, Bansal A, Barlow WE, Arnold KB, Watabayashi K, Bell-Brown A, Sullivan SD, Lyman G, Ramsey SD. Intervention non-adherence in the TrACER (S1415CD) study: A pragmatic randomized trial of a standardized order entry for CSF prescribing. Journal of Clinical Oncology: Oncology Practice, 2023 Oct 3:OP2300219. doi: 10.1200/OP.23.00219. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37788414.
  2. Rodriguez P*, Heagerty PJ, Clark S, Haupt E, Hahn EE, Shankaran V, Khor S, Chen Y, Bansal A+. Using machine learning to leverage biomarker change and predict colorectal cancer recurrence. Journal of Clinical Oncology: Clinical Cancer Informatics, 2023 Sep;7:e2300066. doi: 10.1200/CCI.23.00066. PMID: 37963310; PMCID: PMC10681492.
  3. Lyman GH, Bansal A, Sullivan SD, Arnold KB, Barlow WE, Hershman DL, Lad TE, Ramsey SD. Impact of treatment experience on patient knowledge of colony-stimulating factors among patients receiving cancer chemotherapy: evidence from S1415CD-a large pragmatic trial. Support Care Cancer. 2023 Sep 28;31(10):598. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-08056-z. PMID: 37770704.
  4. Khor S*, Haupt E, Hahn EE, Shankaran V, Bansal A+. Examining the effect on racial bias of omitting race from risk prediction models for colorectal cancer recurrence, JAMA Network Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2318495. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.18495. PubMed PMID: 37318804; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10273018.

    In the news:
    - STATNews. Getting rid of bias in clinical calculators isn’t as simple as taking race out of the equation; June 16, 2023.
    - Healio/HemoOnc Today. Omitting impact of race, ethnicity results in less accurate cancer risk prediction models; June 16, 2023.
    - MedScape. Race and Ethnicity in CRC Recurrence Risk Algorithms?; June 20, 2023
  5. Ramsey SD, Bansal A, Fuchs EJ, O’Donnell PV, Eapen M, Shah ND, Sangaralingham LR, ThaoV, Steuten LMG, Roth JA. Cost-Effectiveness of Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood vs HLA Haploidentical Related Bone Marrow Transplant: Evidence from BMT CTN 1101. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2023 Jul;29(7):464.e1-464.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.04.017. Epub 2023 Apr 27. PMID: 37120135; PMCID: PMC10353308.
  6. Khor S*, Heagerty PJ, Basu A, Haupt E, Lyons LJ, Hahn EE, Bansal A+. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Accuracy of Electronic Health Record-based Proxy for Cancer Recurrence: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology: Clinical Cancer Informatics, 2023 Jun;7:e2300004. doi: 10.1200/CCI.23.00004. PubMed PMID: 37267516.
  7. Chen Y*, Shankaran V, Hahn EE, Haupt E, Bansal A+. Underutilization or Appropriate Care? Assessing Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use and Survival in Three Heterogenous Subpopulations with Stage II/III Colorectal Cancer within a Large Integrated Health System. Journal of Managed Care + Specialty Pharmacy, 2023 Jun;29(6):635-646. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2023.29.6.635. PubMed PMID: 37276035.
  8. Naranjo D, Beaver K, Doll J, Maynard C, Bansal A, Helfrich CD (2023). Practice pattern variation in adoption of new and evolving percutaneous coronary intervention procedures. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2023 May 4;2023:2488045. doi: 10.1155/2023/2488045. PMID: 37181493; PMCID: PMC10175015.
  9. Canestaro WJ*, Devine EE, Bansal A, Sullivan SD, Carlson JJ. Adjustment of publication bias via a cumulative meta-analytic framework. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, in press.
  10. Bell-Brown A, Watabayashi K, Kreizenbeck K, Bansal A, Barlow WE, Lyman G, Hershman DL, Mercurio A, Segarra B, Sullivan SD, Ramsey SD. An Evaluation of Stakeholder Engagement in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Lessons Learned from SWOG S1415CD. Journal of Comparative Effectiveness, in press.
  11. Wang WJ, Bansal A, Bennette CS, Basu A (2022). Mimicking clinical trials using real-world data – A novel method and applications. Medical Decision Making, in press.
  12. Hershman DL, Bansal A, Sullivan SD, Barlow WE, Arnold KB, Watabayashi K, Bell-Brown A, Le-Lindqwister NA, Dul CL, Brown-Glaberman UA, Behrens RJ, Vogel V, Alluri N, Ramsey SD (2022). A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial of a Standing Order Entry Intervention for Colony Stimulating Factor Use among Patients at Intermediate Risk for Febrile Neutropenia. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Oct 13:JCO2201258. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.01258. Online ahead of print.
  13. Ramsey SD, Bansal A, Sullivan SD, Lyman G, Barlow WE, Arnold K, Watabayashi K, Bell-Brown A, Kreizenbeck K, Le-Lindqwister NA, Dul CL, Brown-Glaberman UA, Behrens RJ, Vogel V, Alluri N, Hershman D (2022). Effects of a Guideline-Informed Clinical Decision Support System Intervention to Improve Colony-Stimulating Factor Prescribing: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 5(10):e2238191. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38191.
  14. Bacci J, Rodriguez PJ, Hansen R, Marcum Z, Bansal A, Odegard P (2022). Community pharmacy intervention to close stain gaps in diabetes care: The GuIDE-S study. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. S1544-3191(22)00295-3. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2022.08.025. Online ahead of print.
  15. Lee W*, Schwartz N*, Bansal A, Khor S, Hammarlund N, Basu A, Devine B. A scoping review of the use of machine learning in health economics and outcomes research: Part 1 – Data from wearable devices. Value in Health. 2022;S1098-3015(22)02145-3. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2022.08.005. Online ahead of print.
  16. Lee W*, Schwartz N*, Bansal A, Khor S, Hammarlund N, Basu A, Devine B. A scoping review of the use of machine learning in health economics and outcomes research: Part 2 – Data from non-wearables. Value in Health, 2022;S1098-3015(22)02107-6. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2022.07.011. Online ahead of print.
  17. Ramos KJ, Wai TH, Stephenson AI, Sykes J, Stanojevic S, Rodriguez PJ, Bansal A, Mayer-Hamblett N, Goss CH, Kapnadak SG (2022). Prognostic model of 2-year death or lung transplant for severe cystic fibrosis lung disease. Chest, 162(4):757-767.
  18. Watabayashi K, Bell-Brown A, Kreizenbeck K, Egan K, Lyman G, Hershman D, Arnold K, Bansal A, Barlow WE, Sullivan SD, Ramsey SD (2022). Successes and challenges of implementing a cancer care delivery intervention in community oncology practices: lessons learned from SWOG S1415CD. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1):432.
  19. Rodriguez P*, Veenstra DL, Goss CH, Heagerty PJ, Ramos KJ, Bansal A+ (2022). A framework for using real-world data and health outcomes modelling to evaluate ML risk prediction models. Value in Health, 25(3): 350-358.
  20. Bansal A, Heagerty PJ, Inoue LYT, Veenstra DL, Wolock CJ, Basu A (2022). A value of information framework for personalizing the timing of surveillance testing. Medical Decision Making, 42(4): 474-486.
  21. Suh K*, Shankaran V, Bansal A+ (2022). Surveillance test utilization and value among commercially insured colorectal cancer patients. American Journal of Managed Care, 28(5): e163-e169.
  22. Wang WJ*, Ramsey SD, Bennette CS, Bansal A+ (2021). Racial disparities in the availability of prostate cancer clinical trials: A county-level analysis. JNCI Cancer Spectrum, 6(1):pkab093. doi:10.1093/jncics/pkab093.eCollection 2022 Feb.
  23. Kim A*, Devine EE, Campbell J, Shirneshan E, Zhao C, Bansal A+ (2021). Characterizing the healthcare resource utilization and costs in patients with geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration stratified by disease severity. Clinical Ophthamology, 15: 2643-2651.
  24. Hendrix ND*, Hauber A, Lee CI, Bansal A, Veenstra DL (2021). Artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening: Primary care provider preferences. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 28(6): 1117-1124.
  25. Wang WJ*, Devine EE, Bansal A, White HS, Basu A (2021). Meta-analyzing count events over varying durations using the convoluted Poisson model: The case for post stroke seizures. Research Synthesis Methods, 12(3): 347-356.
  26. Clark S*, Marcum ZA, Radich J, Bansal A+ (2021). Predictors of trajectories of tyrosine kinase inhibitor adherence in patients with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice, 27(8): 1842-1852.
  27. Chen S*, Graff J, Yun S, Ta JT, Bansal A, Carlson JJ, Veenstra DL, Basu A, Devine EE (2021). Online tools to synthesize real-world evidence of comparative effectiveness research to enhance formulary decision-making. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 27(1): 95-104. [2021 Health Economics and Outcomes Research Excellence - Application Award, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)]
  28. Othus M, Bansal A, Erba H, Ramsey SD (2020). Bias in mean survival from fitting cure models with limited follow-up. Value in Health, 23(8): 1034-1039. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2020.02.015.
  29. Ramsey SD, Hall IJ, Smith JL, Ekwueme DU, Fedorenko CR, Kreizenbeck K, Bansal A, Thompson IM, Penson DF (2020). A Comparison of general, genitourinary, bowel, and sexual quality of life among long term survivors of prostate, bladder, colorectal, and lung cancer. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, in press.
  30. Bansal A, Mayer-Hamblett N, Goss CH, Chan LN, Heagerty PJ (2019). Evaluating the value of updating markers over time for risk prediction in cystic fibrosis. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale), 9: 375.
  31. Bansal A, Heagerty PJ (2019). Using incident cases to evaluate the time-varying performance of baseline prognostic markers for survival outcomes. Invited article, Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 3: 14.
  32. Higa S*, Devine EE, Baradaran S, Patel V, Bansal A+ (2019). Psoriasis treatment patterns: A retrospective claims study. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 17: 1-7. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2019.1618805. [Epub ahead of print].
  33. Miles RC, Lee CI, Sun Q, Bansal A, Fedorenko C, Specht JM, Ramsey SD, Lyman GH, Lee JM (2019). Predictors of advanced imaging use during breast cancer surveillance. Journal of the National Comprehensive Care Network, 17(7): 813-820.
  34. Bansal A, Sullivan SD, Lin V, Purdum A, Navale L, Cheng P (2019). Ramsey SD. Estimating long-term survival for patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma treated with Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy: A comparison of standard and mixture cure models. Medical Decision Making, 39(3): 294-298.
  35. Goulart B, Silgard ET, Baik CS, Bansal A, Sun Q, Durbin EB, Hands I, Kavuluru R, Shah D, Arnold SM, Ramsey SD, Schwartz S (2019). Validity of Natural Language Processing for Ascertainment of EGFR and ALK Test Results in SEER Cases of Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. JCO Clinical Care Informatics, 3: 1-15.
  36. Roth JA, Sullivan SD, Lin V, Bansal A, Purdum A, Navale L, Cheng P, Ramsey SD (2018). Cost-Effectiveness of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel for Adult Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma in the United States. Journal of Medical Economics, 21(12): 1238-1245.
  37. McDermott CL*, Bansal A, Ramsey SD, Lyman GH, Sullivan SD (2018). Depression and healthcare utilization at end-of-life among older adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, in press.
  38. Bansal A, Heagerty PJ (2018). A tutorial on evaluating time-dependent discrimination accuracy for censored survival outcomes. Medical Decision Making, 38(8): 904-916.
  39. Canestaro WJ*, Hendrix N, Bansal A, Sullivan SD, Devine EB, Carlson JJ (2017). Favorable and publicly-funded studies are more likely to be published: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 92: 58-68.
  40. Yeung K*, Suh K, Basu A, Garrison LP, Bansal A, Carlson JJ (2017). Paying for cures: How can we afford it? Managed care pharmacy stakeholders’ perceptions of policy options to address affordability of prescription drugs. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, in press.
  41. Bansal A, Koepl LM, Fedorenko CR, Li C, Smith JL, Hall IJ, Penson DJ, Ramsey SD (2017). Information seeking and satisfaction with information sources among spouses of men with newly diagnosed local stage prostate cancer. Journal of Cancer Education, 2017 Feb 25. doi: 10.1007/s13187-017-1179-6. [Epub ahead of print].
  42. Bansal A, Sullivan SD, Lyman G, Hershman D, Barlow WE, McCune J, Ramsey SD (2017). A stakeholder- informed randomized, controlled comparative effectiveness study of an order prescribing intervention to improve colony stimulating factor use for cancer patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy, (SWOG S1415CD): The TrACER study. Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 6(5): 461-470.
  43. Dardas T, Kim M, Bansal A, Heagerty PJ, Cheng R, Mokadam N, Pal J, Smith J, Mahr C, Levy W (2017). The effect of the OPTN geographic distribution algorithm on concordance between risk and heart transplant priority. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 36(6): 666-672.
  44. Tung A*, Hepp Z, Bansal A+, Devine B+ (2017). Characterizing healthcare utilization, direct costs, and comorbidities associated with Interstitial Cystitis: A retrospective claims analysis. Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy, 23(4): 474-482.
  45. Othus M, Bansal A, Koepl L, Wagner S, Ramsey S (2017). Accounting for cured patients in cost-effectiveness analysis. Value in Health, 20(4): 705-709.
  46. Burnett-Hartman AN, Adams SV, Bansal A, McDougall JA, Shiovitz S, Karnopp A, Warren-Mears V, Ramsey SD. Indian Health Service care system and cancer stage in American Indians and Alaska Natives. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, in press.
  47. Bounthavong M*, Pruitt LD, Smolenski DJ, Gahm GA, Bansal A, Hansen RN (2016). Economic evaluation of In-Home Telehealth compared to In-Person Treatment Delivery for managing depression. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, pii: 1357633X16678147. [Epub ahead of print].
  48. Boldenow E, Gendrin C, Ngo L, Bierle C, Vornhagen J, Merillat S, Armistead B, Whidbey C, Alishetti V, Ogle J, Gough M, Srinouanprachanh S, MacDonald JW, Bammler TK, Bansal A, Liggitt HD, Rajagopal L, Adams Waldorf KM (2016). A bacterial hemolytic lipid toxin circumvents neutrophils and neutrophil extracellular traps to promote GBS invasion, fetal injury and preterm labor in nonhuman primates. Science Immunology, 1(4). pi: eaah4576.
  49. Adams SV, Burnett-Hartman AN, Bansal A, Karnopp A, Shiovitz S, Ramsey SD (2016). Cancer treatment delays in American Indians and Alaska Natives enrolled in Medicare. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 28(1): 350-361.
  50. Adams SV, Burnett-Hartman AN, Karnopp A, Bansal A, Cohen SA, Warren-Mears V, Ramsey SD (2016). Cancer stage in American Indians and Alaska Natives enrolled in Medicaid. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 51(3): 368-372.
  51. McDougall JA*, Bansal A, Goulart B, Sullivan S, McCune J, Karnopp A, Fedorenko C, Valderrama A, Seal B, Ramsey SD (2016). The clinical and economic impacts of skeletal related events among Medicare enrollees with prostate cancer metastatic to bone. The Oncologist, 21(3): 320-326.
  52. Ramsey SD, Bansal A, Fedorenko CR, Blough DK, Overstreet KA, Shankaran V, Newcomb P (2016). Financial insolvency as a risk factor for early mortality among patients with cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 34(9): 980-986.
  53. Bansal A, Radich JP (2016). Is cure for CML possible in the TKI era? Current Opinion in Hematology, 23(2): 115-120.
  54. Berriochoa CA, Hibbard D, Morcos M, Bansal A, Comstock B, Pellegrini C, Shankaran V, Patel S (2015). Tumor length as a prognostic factor in esophageal cancer management. Journal of Radiation Oncology, 4(1): 71-77.
  55. Adams Waldorf KM, Singh N, Mohan AR, Young RC, Ngo L, Das A, Tsai J, Bansal A, Paolella L, Herbert BR, Sooranna SR, Gough M, Astley C, Vogel K, Baldessari AE, Bammler TK, MacDonald J, Gravett MG, Rajagopal L, Johnson M (2015). Uterine overdistention induces preterm labor mediated by inflammation: Observations in pregnant women and nonhuman primates. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 213(6):830.e1-830.e19.
  56. Ramsey SD, Fedorenko CR, Chouhan R, McGee R, Lyman G, Kreizenbeck K, Bansal A (2015). Adherence to ASCO/ABIM Choosing Wisely Initiative among cancer patients enrolled in a large regional commercial health insurer. Journal of Oncology Practice, 11(4):338-43.
  57. Shiovitz S, Bansal A, Burnett-Hartman AN, Karnopp A, Adams SV, Korenbot C, Warren-Mears V, Ramsey S (2015). Cancer-directed therapy and hospice care for metastatic cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 24(7): 1138-1143.
  58. Solorio R, Bansal A, Comstock B, Ulatowski K (2014). Impact of a Chronic Care Coordinator Intervention on Diabetes Quality of Care in a Community Health Center. Health Services Research, 50(3): 730-749.
  59. Danielson J, Kim A, Bansal A, Weber S (2014). An Interprofessional education fingerprint for APPEs: Developing metrics for collaborative interactions. AACP Experiential Education Section Newsletter (Interprofessional Education Integration - Best Practices), 2(1): 1.
  60. Shankaran V, Mummy D, Kopel L, Bansal A, Mirich DK, Yu E, Morlock R, Ramsey SD (2014). Survival and lifetime costs associated with first-line bevacizumab use in older patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. The Oncologist, 19(8): 892-899.
  61. Khandelwal N, Hough CL, Bansal A, Veenstra DL, Treggiari MM (2014). Long-term Survival in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Rescue Therapies for Refractory Hypoxemia. Critical Care Medicine, 42(7): 1610-1618.
  62. Weinert C, Cudney S, Comstock B, Bansal A (2014). A Computer-Based Intervention for Illness Self-Management among Rural Women with Chronic Health Conditions: A Randomized Parallel-Group Study. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 46(1): 26-43.
  63. Vanderhoeven J, McAdams RM, Beyer RP, Bammler TK, Farin FM, Rajagopal L, Kapur RP, Bansal A, Spencer M, Deng M, Gravett MG, Rubens CE, Adams Waldorf KM (2014). Group B Streptococcal Infection of the Choriodecidua Induces Dysfunction of the Cytokeratin Network in Amniotic Epithelium: A Pathway to Premature Membrane Rupture. PLoS Pathogens, 10(3): e1003920.
  64. Salk JJ, Bansal A, Lai LA, Crispin DA, Ussakli CH, Horwitz MS, Bronner MP, Brentnall TA, Loeb LA, Rabinovitch PS, Risques RA (2013). Clonal expansions and shortened telomeres in non-dysplastic mucosa are associated with neoplasia in early-onset, but not late-onset, ulcerative colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 19(12): 2593-2602. [link]
  65. Novotny SC, Perusek GP, Rice AJ, Comstock BA, Bansal A, Cavanagh PR (2013). A Harness for Enhanced Comfort and Loading during Treadmill Exercise in Space. Acta Astronautica, 89: 205-214. [link]
  66. Bansal A, Pepe MS (2013). Estimating Improvement in Prediction with Matched Case-Control Designs. Lifetime Data Analysis, 19(2): 170-201. [link]
  67. Bansal A, Pepe MS (2013). When Does Combining Markers Improve Classification Performance and What Are Implications for Practice? Statistics in Medicine, 32(11): 1877-1892. [link] [Young Investigator Award, ASA Section on Statistics in Epidemiology]
  68. Kerr KF, Bansal A, Pepe MS (2012). Further Insight Into the Incremental Value of New Markers: The Interpretation of Performance Measures and the Importance of Clinical Context. American Journal of Epidemiology, 176(6): 482-487. [link]
  69. Larson-Meyer DE, Palm S, Bansal A, Austin KJ, Hart AM, Alexander BM (2012). Influence of Running and Walking on Hormonal Regulators of Appetite in Women. Journal of Obesity, vol. 2012, Article ID 730409. [link]
  70. Adams Waldorf KM, Gravett MG, McAdams RM, Paolella LJ, Gough GM, Carl DJ, Bansal A, Liggitt HD, Kapur RP, Reitz FB, Rubens CE (2011). Choriodecidual Group B Streptococcal Inoculation Induces Fetal Lung Injury without Intra-Amniotic Infection and Preterm Labor in Macaca Nemestrina. PLoS ONE 6(12): e28972. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028972 [link]
  71. Weinert C, Cudney S, Comstock B, Bansal A (2011). Computer Intervention Impact on Psychosocial Adaptation of Rural Women with Chronic Conditions. Nursing Research, 60(2), 82-91. [link]
  72. Soltes G, Hust M, Ng K, Bansal A, Field J, Dubel S, Cha S, Wiersma EJ (2007). On the Influence of Vector Design on Antibody Phage Display. Journal of Biotechnology, 127(4), 626-37. [link]

Other Articles

(*Trainee Author, +Senior Author)
  1. Khor S*, Bansal A+ (2022). The Promise and Biases of Prediction Algorithms in Health Economics and Outcomes Research. Value & Outcomes Spotlight magazine. 8(1): 27-29.
  2. Basu A, Hammarlund N, Khor S, Bansal A. Understanding Algorithmic Discrimination in Health Economics Through the Lens of Measurement Errors. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper, October 2021.