Publications

An exploration into the relationship between insomnia and repetitive negative thinking among cancer survivors

Kimberly A Arditte Hall, Sarah N Price, Alexander R Lucas, Elyse R Park, Lynne I Wagner, Helen R Mizrach, Michael H Werner, Brooke C Juhel, Michael R Goldstein, Mark J Gorman, others

Journal of psychosocial oncology, vol. 43, Routledge, 2025, pp. 59--72

Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a physical activity intervention in adults with lymphoma undergoing treatment

Juliana V Costa, Alexander R Lucas, Shannon L Mihalko, Peter H Brubaker, Alexandra Marshall, Brianna Leitzelar, Brianna R Wolle, Samuel Norton, R Lee Franco, Jeremy Via, others

Pilot and feasibility studies, vol. 11, BioMed Central London, 2025, p. 6

Major adverse cardiovascular events among Black and White Veterans receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Alexander R Lucas, Dustin Bastiach, Bassam Dahman, Asit K Paul, Samina Hirani, Vanessa B Sheppard, W Gregory Hundley, Bhaumik B Patel, Rhonda L Bitting, Michael G Chang

Cardio-Oncology, vol. 11, BioMed Central London, 2025, p. 12

Physical activity is associated with exercise capacity among patients undergoing chemotherapy: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Alexis Antonucci, Alexander R Lucas, Juliana Costa, Sam Norton, Peter Brubaker, Shannon Mihalko, Alexandra Marshall, Jeremy Via, R Lee Franco, Amy Ladd, others

PLoS One, vol. 20, Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA, 2025, pp. e0329774

Prevalence of substance use and knowledge of its effects among secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria

Tolulope O Kolawole, Adedoyin O Ogunyemi, Alexander R Lucas

South African Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 31, AOSIS, 2025, p. 2370

Socioeconomic status and left ventricular ejection fraction decline in breast cancer survivors following receipt of doxorubicin (PREVENT WF-98213)

Arnethea L Sutton, Nathaniel S O’Connell, Alexander R Lucas, Kristine C Olson, Kerryn W Reding, Vanessa B Sheppard, Bonnie Ky, Kathryn J Ruddy, Kathryn E Weaver, W Gregory Hundley

Cardio-Oncology, vol. 11, BioMed Central London, 2025, p. 11

The lived experiences and unmet needs of prostate and colorectal male cancer survivors in rural Virginia: A qualitative study

Fariha Tariq, Alexander R Lucas, Sherrick Hill, Malik Philips, Vanessa B Sheppard

The Journal of Rural Health, vol. 41, 2025, pp. e12897

Association of poverty-income ratio with cardiovascular disease and mortality in cancer survivors in the United States

Vidhushei Yogeswaran, Youngdeok Kim, R Lee Franco, Alexander R Lucas, Arnethea L Sutton, Jessica G LaRose, Jonathan Kenyon, Ralph B D’Agostino Jr, Vanessa B Sheppard, Kerryn Reding, others

Plos one, vol. 19, Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA, 2024, pp. e0300154

Black-White Disparities in Submaximal Exercise Capacity Reductions in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Prospective Cohort Study

Kerryn W Reding, Warren Szewczyk, Ralph B D’Agostino Jr, Nathaniel S O’Connell, Alexi Vasbinder, Moriah P Bellissimo, Alexander R Lucas, Vanessa B Sheppard, Arnethea L Sutton, Bonnie Ky, others

Cardio Oncology, vol. 6, American College of Cardiology Foundation Washington DC, 2024, pp. 467--469

Atorvastatin Does Not Attenuate Aortic Stiffening After Doxorubicin for Breast Cancer and Lymphoma (PREVENT-WF-98213)

Alexander R Lucas, Ralph D’Agostino Jr, Jennifer H Jordan, Kerryn W Reding, Nathaniel S O’Connell, Giselle C Melendez, Fadi N Salloum, Kathryn E Weaver, Glenn J Lesser, W Gregory Hundley

Cardio Oncology, vol. 5, American College of Cardiology Foundation Washington DC, 2023, pp. 412--414

Feasibility of home-based exercise training in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Erik D Hanson, Mohamdod Alzer, Jackson Carver, Cameron K Stopforth, Alexander R Lucas, Young E Whang, Matthew I Milowsky, David B Bartlett, Michael R Harrison, Rhonda L Bitting, others

Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases, vol. 26, Nature Publishing Group UK London, 2023, pp. 302--308

Longitudinal associations among physical activity and sitting with endocrine symptoms and quality of life in breast cancer survivors: A latent growth curve analysis

Alexander R Lucas, Youngdeok Kim, Autumn Lanoye, R Lee Franco, Arnethea L Sutton, Jessica G LaRose, Masey Ross, Vanessa B Sheppard

Cancer Medicine, vol. 12, 2023, pp. 20094--20105

Physical activity during breast cancer therapy associates with preserved exercise capacity and cardiac function (WF97415)

Moriah P Bellissimo, Justin M Canada, Jennifer H Jordan, Amy C Ladd, Kerryn W Reding, Tonya L Moore, William O Ntim, Emily M Heiston, Peter Brubaker, Shannon L Mihalko, others

Cardio Oncology, vol. 5, American College of Cardiology Foundation Washington DC, 2023, pp. 641--652

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Breast Cancer Survivors: Findings From the NHANES 2003-2018

Youngdeok Kim, R Lee Franco, Alexander R Lucas, Arnethea L Sutton, Jessica G LaRose, Jonathan Kenyon, Jeremy Via, Richard K Cheng, B D’Agostino Jr Ralph, Vanessa B Sheppard, others

American Journal of Health Promotion, vol. 37, SAGE Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA, 2023, pp. 233--238

Reduced Thoracic Aortic Distensibility Upon Breast Cancer Diagnosis (WF-97415 and WF-98213)

Suhas Suddala, Nathaniel O’Connell, Ralph D’Agostino Jr, Amy Ladd, Alexander R Lucas, Jennifer H Jordan, Fadi N Salloum, Bonnie Ky, Mary Helen Hackney, W Gregory Hundley

Cardio Oncology, vol. 5, American College of Cardiology Foundation Washington DC, 2023, pp. 704--706

Validation of the Lee-Jones theoretical model of fear of cancer recurrence among breast cancer survivors using a structural equation modeling approach

Alexander R Lucas, Jun-hao Pan, Edward H Ip, Daniel L Hall, Janet A Tooze, Beverly Levine, David C Mohr, Frank J Penedo, David Cella, Lynne I Wagner

Psycho-Oncology, vol. 32, 2023, pp. 256--265

Longitudinal Assessment of Racial Differences in Exercise Capacity After Breast Cancer Treatment: WF-97415

Kerryn Reding, Nathaniel S O'Connell, Warren Szewczyk, Richard K Cheng, Johnny Nguyen, Amy C Ladd, Jennifer H Jordan, Alexander R Lucas, Vanessa B Sheppard, Yaorong Ge, others

Circulation, vol. 146, Lippincott Williams \& Wilkins Hagerstown, MD, 2022, pp. A15439--A15439

Associations of accelerometer-determined sedentary behavior and physical activity with physical performance outcomes by race/ethnicity in older women

Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Carrie A Karvonen-Gutierrez, Alicia B Colvin, Kelly R Ylitalo, Kara M Whitaker, Brittney S Lange-Maia, Alexander R Lucas, Sheila A Dugan, Carol Derby, Jane A Cauley, others

Preventive medicine reports, vol. 23, Elsevier, 2021, p. 101408

Body composition, physical function and quality of life in healthy men and across different stages of prostate cancer

Erik D Hanson, Cameron K Stopforth, Mohamdod Alzer, Jackson Carver, Alexander R Lucas, Young E Whang, Matthew I Milowsky, David B Bartlett, Michael R Harrison, Alan Hayes, others

Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases, vol. 24, Nature Publishing Group UK London, 2021, pp. 725--732

Both intermuscular fat and LVEF decline promote heart failure symptoms in cancer survivors

Kerryn W Reding, Nathaniel S O’Connell, Ralph B D’Agostino Jr, William Hundley, Alexander R Lucas, Amy C Ladd, Jennifer H Jordan, Emily M Heiston, Yaorong Ge, W Gregory Hundley

Cardio-Oncology, vol. 7, BioMed Central London, 2021, p. 16

The role of motivation on physical activity and screen time behaviors among parent-adolescent dyads: The FLASHE study

AR Lucas, JM Salsman, BJ Levine, L Stoner, JA Skelton, JB Moore

Preventive medicine, vol. 153, Academic Press, 2021, p. 106725

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing--refining the clinical perspective by combining assessments

Ross Arena, Justin M Canada, Dejana Popovic, Cory R Trankle, Marco Giuseppe Del Buono, Alexander Lucas, Antonio Abbate

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, vol. 18, Taylor \& Francis, 2020, pp. 563--576

Effects of a lifestyle intervention on body composition in prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy

Zachary L Chaplow, Brian C Focht, Alexander R Lucas, Elizabeth Grainger, Christina Simpson, Jackie Buell, Ciaran M Fairman, Jennifer M Thomas-Ahner, Jessica Bowman, Victoria R DeScenza, others

JCSM clinical reports, vol. 5, 2020, pp. 52--60

Effects Of A Lifestyle Intervention On Simulated Activity Of Daily Living Performance In Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy: 3529 Board\# 350 May 29 2: 30 PM-4: 00 PM

Brian C Focht, Alexander R Lucas, Elizabeth Grainger, Christina Simpson, Ciaran M Fairman, Jessica Bowman, Victoria R DeScenza, Zachary L Chaplow, Kathryn Dispennette, Marcy Haynam, others

Medicine \& Science in Sports \& Exercise, vol. 52, LWW, 2020, p. 979

Physical activity, health-related quality of life, and adjuvant endocrine therapy--related symptoms in women with hormone receptor--positive breast cancer

Vanessa B Sheppard, Chiranjeev Dash, Sarah Nomura, Arnethea L Sutton, Robert Lee Franco, Alexander Lucas, Masey Ross, Lucile Adams-Campbell

Cancer, vol. 126, 2020, pp. 4059--4066

The impact of breast cancer on physical activity from midlife to early older adulthood and predictors of change post-diagnosis

Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Barbara Sternfeld, Alicia B Colvin, Alexander R Lucas, Carrie A Karvonen-Gutierrez, Ellen B Gold, Sybil Crawford, Gail A Greendale, Nancy E Avis

Journal of Cancer Survivorship, vol. 14, Springer US New York, 2020, pp. 545--555

Effects of a group-mediated cognitive behavioral lifestyle intervention on select social cognitive outcomes in prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy

Brian C Focht, Alexander R Lucas, Elizabeth Grainger, Christina Simpson, Ciaran M Fairman, Jennifer M Thomas-Ahner, Zachary L Chaplow, Victoria R DeScenza, Jessica Bowman, Steven K Clinton

Integrative cancer therapies, vol. 18, Sage Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA, 2019, p. 1534735419893764

Development of an eHealth system to capture and analyze patient sensor and self-report data: mixed-methods assessment of potential applications to improve cancer care delivery

Alexander R Lucas, Michael B Bass, Nan E Rothrock, Mary L O'Connor, Mia R Sorkin, Jason Nawyn, Fahd Albinali, Lynne I Wagner

JMIR Medical Informatics, vol. 6, JMIR Publications Inc., Toronto, Canada, 2018, pp. e9525

Effects of a group-mediated exercise and dietary intervention in the treatment of prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy: results from the IDEA-P trial

Brian C Focht, Alexander R Lucas, Elizabeth Grainger, Christina Simpson, Ciaran M Fairman, Jennifer M Thomas-Ahner, Jackie Buell, J Paul Monk, Amir Mortazavi, Steven K Clinton

Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 52, Oxford University Press US, 2018, pp. 412--428

Mindfulness-based movement: A polyvagal perspective

Alexander R Lucas, Heidi D Klepin, Stephen W Porges, W Jack Rejeski

Integrative Cancer Therapies, vol. 17, SAGE Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA, 2018, pp. 5--15

Monitoring resistance exercise intensity using ratings of perceived exertion in previously untrained patients with prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy

Ciaran M Fairman, Richard L LaFountain, Alexander R Lucas, Brian C Focht

The Journal of Strength \& Conditioning Research, vol. 32, LWW, 2018, pp. 1360--1365

Recruiting endometrial cancer survivors to studies examining lifestyle behaviors and quality of life: challenges faced and lessons learned

Alexander R Lucas, Brian C Focht, David E Cohn, Maryanna D Klatt, Janet Buckworth

Journal of Cancer Education, vol. 33, Springer US New York, 2018, pp. 857--864

A group-mediated physical activity intervention in older knee osteoarthritis patients: effects on social cognitive outcomes

Brian C Focht, Matthew J Garver, Alexander R Lucas, Steven T Devor, Charles F Emery, Kevin V Hackshaw, Ciaran M Fairman, Jessica Bowman, W Jack Rejeski

Journal of behavioral medicine, vol. 40, Springer US New York, 2017, pp. 530--537

Posttreatment trajectories of physical activity in breast cancer survivors

Alexander R Lucas, Beverly J Levine, Nancy E Avis

Cancer, vol. 123, 2017, pp. 2773--2780

A Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Obese, Inactive Endometrial Cancer Survivors: A Feasibility Study

AR Lucas, BC Focht, DE Cohn, J Buckworth, ME Klatt

Integr Cancer Ther, Sage, 2016

Effects of exercise interventions during different treatments in breast cancer

Ciaran M Fairman, Brian C Focht, Alexander R Lucas, Maryam B Lustberg

The journal of community and supportive oncology, vol. 14, 2016, p. 200

Affective responses to acute resistance exercise performed at self-selected and imposed loads in trained women

Brian C Focht, Matthew J Garver, Joshua A Cotter, Steven T Devor, Alexander R Lucas, Ciaran M Fairman

The Journal of Strength \& Conditioning Research, vol. 29, LWW, 2015, pp. 3067--3074

Associations among hemorheological factors and maximal oxygen consumption. Is there a role for blood viscosity in explaining athletic performance?

Michael M Smith, Alexander R Lucas, Robert L Hamlin, Steven T Devor

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 60, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2015, pp. 347--362

Effects of exercise on disablement process model outcomes in prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy.

Brian C Focht, Steven K Clinton, Alexander R Lucas, Nate Saunders, Elizabeth Grainger, Jennifer M Thomas-Ahner

The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology, vol. 12, 2014, pp. 278--292

Group-mediated physical activity promotion and mobility in sedentary patients with knee osteoarthritis: results from the IMPACT-pilot trial

Brian C Focht, Matthew J Garver, Steven T Devor, Justin Dials, Alexander R Lucas, Charles F Emery, Kevin V Hackshaw, W Jack Rejeski

The Journal of rheumatology, vol. 41, The Journal of Rheumatology, 2014, pp. 2068--2077

The Individualized Diet and Exercise Adherence Pilot Trial (IDEA-P) in prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Brian C Focht, Alexander R Lucas, Elizabeth Grainger, Christina Simpson, Jennifer M Thomas-Ahner, Steven K Clinton

Trials, vol. 15, BioMed Central London, 2014, p. 354

Weight status and differences in mobility performance, pain symptoms, and physical activity in older, knee osteoarthritis patients

Matthew J Garver, Brian C Focht, Justin Dials, Mark Rose, Alexander R Lucas, Steven T Devor, Charles F Emery, Kevin V Hackshaw, W Jack Rejeski

Arthritis, vol. 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014, p. 375909

Resistance exercise interventions across the cancer control continuum

Brian C Focht, Alexander R Lucas, Steven K Clinton

Resistance Training for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease, Taylor and Francis, 2013, pp. 41--60