CindyBrownMatsenMDMSCI

General Surgery • Salt Lake City, UT

Breast, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Utah

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Office
1950 Circle of Hope Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone+1 801-581-2431

Fax+1 801-587-8143
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Education & Training

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, 2013 - 2014
University of Utah HealthResidency, Surgery, 2006 - 2013
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

UT State Medical License 2007 - 2026
CO State Medical License 2020 - 2025
NV State Medical License 2020 - 2025
WY State Medical License 2020 - 2024
ID State Medical License 2020 - 2024
MT State Medical License 2020 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2013 - 2015
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Clinical Trials

Improving Decision Role Concordance in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Start of enrollment: 2016 Mar 07
Completed
Not Applicable
Understanding and Addressing Patient and Provider Preferences Around Discussions of Cost of Breast Cancer Care Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 05
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Global prevalence and content of information about alcohol use as a cancer risk factor on Twitter.
Andy J King, Natalie M Dunbar, Drew Margolin, Rumi Chunara, Chau Tong, Lea Jih-Vieira, Cindy B Matsen, Jeff Niederdeppe> ;Preventive Medicine. 2023 Dec 1
5 citations
Prospective Pilot Study ofF-Fluoroestradiol PET/CT in Patients With Invasive Lobular Carcinomas.
Matthew F Covington, John M Hoffman, Kathryn A Morton, Brandon Buckway, Kenneth M Boucher, Regina E Rosenthal, Jane M Porretta, Kirstyn E Brownson, Cindy B Matsen, Chr...> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2023 Aug 1
3 citations
Replicative Instability Drives Cancer Progression.
Benjamin B Morris, Jason P Smith, Qi Zhang, Zhijie Jiang, Oliver A Hampton, Michelle L Churchman, Susanne M Arnold, Dwight H Owen, Jhanelle E Gray, Patrick M Dillon, H...> ;Biomolecules. 2022 Oct 26
2 citations
Innovation in Breast Surgery: Practical and Ethical Considerations.
Paige Teller, Toan T Nguyen, Jennifer Tseng, Lisa Allen, Cindy B Matsen, Emily Bellavance, David Kaufman, Tina Hieken, Steven Nagel, Caitlin Patten, Laura Pomerenke, S...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2022 Oct 1
Current Practices in the Pathologic Assessment of Breast Tissue in Transmasculine Chest Surgery.
Isak A Goodwin, Jessica Luo, David A Magno-Pardon, Jacob Veith, James Willcockson, Gentry Carter, Cindy Matsen, Alvin C Kwok, Cori A Agarwal> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2022 Sep 1
Preoperative multimodal protocol reduced postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing mastectomy with reconstruction.
Victoria Serpico, Mary C. Mone, Chong Zhang, Angela P. Presson, Heather Killian, Jayant P. Agarwal, Cindy B. Matsen, Jane Porretta, Edward W. Nelson, Scott Junkins> ;Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 2021 Oct 22
3 citations
Breast Cancer Surgery Decision Role Perceptions and Choice of Surgery.
Lily Gutnik, Chelsea McCarty Allen, Angela P. Presson, Cindy B. Matsen> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2020 Jun 3
3 citations
Patient Satisfaction With Decision Making Does Not Correlate With Patient Centeredness of Surgeons.
Cindy B. Matsen, David M. Ray, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Chong Zhang, Angela P. Presson, Samuel R.G. Finlayson> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2019 Oct 1
3 citations
Exploring Surgeon Variability in Recommendations for Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy: What Matters Most?
Mark A Taylor, Chelsea McCarty Allen, Angela P. Presson, Morgan M. Millar, Rudi Zurbuchen, Cindy B. Matsen> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2019 Jul 24
5 citations
Population-based relative risks for specific family history constellations of breast cancer
Frederick S. Albright, Wendy Kohlmann, Leigh Neumayer, Saundra S. Buys, Cindy B. Matsen, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Lisa A. Cannon-Albright> ;Cancer Causes & Control. 2019 Apr 27
11 citations
Secretory breast carcinoma in an 8-year-old girl: A case report and literature review.
Jared W. Garlick, Kristofor A. Olson, Erinn Downs-Kelly, Brian T. Bucher, Cindy B. Matsen> ;The Breast Journal. 2018 Nov 1
10 citations
Decision role preferences for return of results from genome sequencing amongst young breast cancer patients.
Cindy B. Matsen, Sarah Lyons, Melody S. Goodman, Barbara B. Biesecker, Kimberly A. Kaphingst> ;Patient Education and Counseling. 2019 Jan 1
Preferences for Learning Different Types of Genome Sequencing Results Among Young Breast Cancer Patients: Role of Psychological and Clinical Factors
Cindy Matsen, MD> ;Translational Behavioral Medicine. 2018 Feb 01
Late Axillary Recurrence After Negative Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Is Uncommon
Hiram S. Cody, Cindy Matsen> ;Springer. 1900 Jan 01
Reoperative Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy is Feasible for Locally Recurrent Breast Cancer, But is it Worthwhile?
Ugras, S.,Matsen, C.,Eaton, A.,Stempel, M.,Morrow, M.,Cody, H. S.> ;Ann. Surg. Oncol.. 2015 Dec 09
92 citations
Skin Flap Necrosis After Mastectomy With Reconstruction: A Prospective Study.
Cindy B. Matsen, Babak J. Mehrara, Anne Eaton, Deborah Capko, Anastasia Berg, Michelle Stempel, Kimberly J. Van Zee, Andrea L. Pusic, Tari A. King, Hiram S. Cody, Meli...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2016 Jan 1
In the Modern Treatment Era, Is Breast Conservation Equivalent to Mastectomy in Women Younger Than 40 Years of Age? A Multi-Institution Study.
Frandsen, J.,Ly, D.,Cannon, G.,Suneja, G.,Matsen, C.,Gaffney, D. K.,Wright, M.,Kokeny, K. E.,Poppe, M. M.> ;Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.. 2015 Nov 20
31 citations
Breast cancer recurrence after nipple-sparing mastectomy: one institution's experience.
Katherine E. Poruk, Jian Ying, Jeremy R. Chidester, Joshua Olson, Cindy B. Matsen, Leigh Neumayer, Jayant P. Agarwal> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2015 Jan 1
31 citations
Extent of Microinvasion in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Is Not Associated with Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases
Cindy B. Matsen, Allison Hirsch, Anne Eaton, Michelle Stempel, Alexandra S. Heerdt, Kimberly J. Van Zee, Hiram S. Cody, Monica Morrow, George Plitas> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2014 Aug 5
104 citations
Breast Cancer: A Review for the General Surgeon
Cindy B. Matsen, Leigh Neumayer> ;JAMA Surgery. 2013 Oct 1
13 citations
Development of a screen to identify selective small molecules active against patient-derived metastatic and chemoresistant breast cancer cells
Keith M. Gligorich, Rachel M. Vaden, Dawne N. Shelton, Guoying Wang, Cindy B. Matsen, Ryan E. Looper, Matthew S. Sigman, Bryan E. Welm> ;Breast Cancer Research. 2013 Jul 23
An argument against heroic intervention.
Cindy B. Matsen> ;Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 2012 Nov 1
2 citations
A Match Made in Heaven? Trying To Combine ACS-NSQIP and NCDB Databases
Cindy B. Matsen, Stephen L. Luther, Andrew K. Stewart, William G. Henderson, Hyein Kim, Leigh Neumayer> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2011 Feb 1
54 citations
The fungus Neurospora crassa displays telomeric silencing mediated by multiple sirtuins and by methylation of histone H3 lysine 9
Kristina M. Smith, Gregory O. Kothe, Cindy B. Matsen, Tamir K. Khlafallah, Keyur K. Adhvaryu, Melissa Hemphill, Michael Freitag, Mohammad R. Motamedi, Eric U. Selker> ;Epigenetics & Chromatin. 2008 Nov 3
382 citations
Inhibition of DNA Methylation and Reactivation of Silenced Genes by Zebularine
Jonathan C. Cheng, Cindy B. Matsen, Felicidad A. Gonzales, Wei Ye, Sheldon Greer, Victor E. Marquez, Peter A. Jones, Eric U. Selker> ;Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2003 Mar 5
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Press Mentions

‘Mommy, I’ve Been Scared to Say This, but I Have a Big Bump on My Chest.’ I Lifted Her Shirt. Sheer Horror!’: 8-Year-Old Girl Diagnosed with Breast Cancer After Both Parents Beat Cancer, ‘We Are a Family of Fighters’October 28th, 2019