Marisa C. Weiss

About

• 1999-present – President and Founder, breastcancer.org
• 2002-present – Director of Breast Radiation Oncology, Lankenau Medical Center
• 2019-present – Adjunct Investigator, LIMR

Research descriptions

Dr. Weiss is a leading figure in the breast cancer community, having started the education and advocacy website breastcancer.org. Her present research interests focus on the use of cannabinoid compounds from hemp to relieve side effects in breast cancer patients.

Publications

Journal articles

• Increasing Clinical Trial Participation of Black Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Fairley R, Lillard JW … Weiss MC. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Jun;11(3):1701-1717. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01644-z
• Financial Toxicity among Patients with Breast Cancer during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States. Wu Y, Liu X, … Weiss MC, et al. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Dec 21;16(1):62. doi: 10.3390/cancers16010062
• Increasing Clinical Trial Participation of Black Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Fairley R, Lillard JW Jr, … Weiss MC. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Jun 14. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01644-z.
• Psychosocial Wellbeing among Patients with Breast Cancer during COVID-19. Maculaitis MC, Liu X, … Weiss MC, et al. Curr Oncol. 2023 Mar 30;30(4):3886-3900.
• Risk factors for heightened COVID-19-Related anxiety among breast cancer patients. Shah YB, Kjelstrom S, … Larson S, Weiss M. Cancer Med. 2022 Sep 4. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5184.
• A Survey of Breast Cancer Patients' Use of Cannabis During Radiation Therapy. Weiss M, Danese S, Ruiz KA, Kjelstrom S, Buckley M, … Larson S, DeNittis AS, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 1;111(3S):e165-e166.
• A Coala-T-Cannabis Survey Study of breast cancer patients' use of cannabis before, during, and after treatment. Weiss MC, Hibbs JE, Buckley ME, ... Meske SW, Aliano-Ruiz KE, McHugh TW, Larson SL, … Gilman PB, et al. Cancer. 2022 Jan 1;128(1):160-168.
• Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk by receptor status – a systemic review and meta-analysis. Islami F, Liu Y, Zhou J, Weiderpass E, Colditz G, Bofetta P, Weiss M. Annals of Oncology. 2015; 26(12);2398-407.

Books

• Weiss, MC, Weiss EW. Living Beyond Breast Cancer (Random House 1997, 1998, 2010)
• Weiss, MC. 7 Minutes! How to Get the Most from Your Doctor Visit (Random House Custom Media 2007).
• Weiss, MC, Friedman, I. Taking Care of Your “Girls:” A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens (Random House 2008).
• Weiss, MC, Weiss EW. Living Well Beyond Breast Cancer (Random House, 2010).