Colleen Murphy, MD

Publications

• Fisher CM, Diamond J, Kounalakis N, Kabos P, Mayordomo J, Rabinovitch R, Murphy C, Finlayson C, Borges V, Elias A. The integration of locoregional with systemic adjuvant therapy for early stage breast cancer: the shifting sands of decision making. Breast Cancer Manag. 2014 3(2):205-212
• Murphy CD, Schulick RD. Racial disparities in Breast Cancer: More Bad News JAMA Surg. 2014 Aug; 149(8)796-7.
• Brown RJ, Murphy CD, Lisella GH, Libby AL, Njiaju UO, Rabinovitch RA, Borges VF. A 40-Year-Old Woman With a New Triple-Negative Breast Mass, Shown on Biopsy to Be Metaplastic Carcinoma. Oncology (Williston Park). 2016 Jul;30(7):628-31, 652. PubMed PMID: 27432366
• Heelan Gladden AA, Sams S, Gleisner A, Finlayson C, Kounalakis N, Hosokawa P, Brown R, Chong T, Mathes D, Murphy C. Re-excision rates after breast conserving surgery following the 2014 SSO-ASTRO guidelines. Am J Surg. 2017 Dec;214(6):1104-1109. PubMed PMID: 28974314
• Brown RJ, Sams S, Wolverton DE, Chong T, Borges VF, Rabinovitch RA, Murphy CD. Don't Be Fooled by DCIS. Oncology (Williston Park). 2017 Jul 15;31(7):549-51, 560-1. PubMed PMID: 28712099
• Christian N, Heelan Gladden A, Friedman C, Gleisner-Patton A, Murphy C, Kounalakis N, Ahrendt G. Increasing omission of radiation therapy and sentinel node biopsy in elderly patients with early stage, hormone-positive breast cancer. Breast J. 2019 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31448508
• Huynh V, Rojas K, Ahrendt G, Murphy C, Jaiswal K, Cumbler E, Christian N, Tevis S. Reassessing Opioid Use in Breast Surgery. J Surg Res. 2020 Oct;254:232-241. PubMed PMID: 32474196
• Kovar A, Bronsert M, Jaiswal K, Murphy C, Wolverton D, Ahrendt G, Tevis S. The Waiting Game: How Long Are Breast Cancer Patients Waiting for Definitive Diagnosis?. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Oct;27(10):3641-3649. PubMed PMID: 32314153
• Ludwigson A, Huynh V, Bronsert M, Sloan K, Murphy C, Christian N, Jaiswal K, Ahrendt G, Tevis SE. A screening tool identifies high distress in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. Surgery. 2020 Nov;168(5):935-941. PubMed PMID: 32591140
• Christian N, Heelan Gladden A, Friedman C, Gleisner-Patton A, Murphy C, Kounalakis N, Ahrendt G. Increasing omission of radiation therapy and sentinel node biopsy in elderly patients with early stage, hormone-positive breast cancer. Breast J. 2020 Feb;26(2):133-138. PubMed PMID: 31448508
• Higgins MG, Chen D, Rodriguez Franco S, Murphy C, Christian N, Tevis S, Ahrendt G. Should frozen section analysis be routinely utilized in cN1 breast cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy? A retrospective review. American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting. April 2024. Orlando FL. Poster presentation.

Professional Memberships

• Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), Member
• American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBS), Member
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Member
• American College of Surgeons (ACS), Fellow

Practice Locations

UCHealth Ambulatory Surgery Center - Cherry Creek Medical Center
100 Cook Street
Suite 500
Denver, CO 80206
720-516-9373

CU Medicine Breast Surgical Oncology - Cherry Creek Medical Center
100 Cook Street
Suite 210
Denver, CO 80206
720-516-9402

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Surgery, Board Certification (2008)
• Breast Surgical Oncology, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

• Cancers - Breast Cancer
• Cancers