Laura Adkins

Researcher

UAMS

Also affiliated: University of Alaska Anchorage (2026); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2004); Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (2008–2016); Alaska Neurology Center (2026)

Faculty Researcher

12 h-index 15 pubs 944 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

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Laura Adkins' research focuses on breast cancer treatment and surgical outcomes. She is the principal investigator on the Ablation after Breast Lumpectomy Added To Extend (ABLATE) trial, a prospective, multicenter phase II study investigating intraoperative margin ablation as a sole local treatment for breast cancer. Adkins has published on sentinel lymph node biopsy and its role in breast cancer management. Her work involves collaborations with other researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Daniela Ochoa, Ronda Henry‐Tillman, and V Suzanne Klimberg.

Adkins' scholarship metrics include an h-index of 12, with 15 total publications and 942 citations. She is noted as recently active in her research endeavors.

Metrics

h-index: 12
Publications: 15
Citations: 944

Selected Publications

ASO Visual Abstract: Prospective Phase II Multicenter Trial of Ablation after Breast Lumpectomy Added To Extend (ABLATE) Intraoperative Margins for the Sole Local Treatment of Breast Cancer (2026)

Annals of Surgical Oncology DOI OpenAlex
Prospective Phase II Multicenter Trial of Ablation after Breast Lumpectomy Added To Extend (ABLATE) Intraoperative Margins for the Sole Local Treatment of Breast Cancer (2026)

Annals of Surgical Oncology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Does Axillary Reverse Mapping Prevent Lymphedema After Lymphadenectomy? (2016)

Annals of Surgery 104 citations DOI OpenAlex
Long-Term Results of Phase II Ablation after Breast Lumpectomy Added to Extend Intraoperative Margins (ABLATE l) Trial (2014)

Journal of the American College of Surgeons 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
Axillary reverse mapping: Five-year experience (2014)

Surgery 83 citations DOI OpenAlex
Axillary reverse mapping (ARM): initial results of phase II trial in preventing lymphedema after lymphadenectomy. (2012)

PubMed 36 citations OpenAlex
Long-Term Results of Excision Followed by Radiofrequency Ablation as the Sole Means of Local Therapy for Breast Cancer (2012)

Annals of Surgical Oncology 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
Feasibility of Percutaneous Excision Followed by Ablation for Local Control in Breast Cancer (2011)

Annals of Surgical Oncology 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
Intraoperative Injection of Subareolar or Dermal Radioisotope Results in Predictable Identification of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer (2011)

Annals of Surgery 32 citations DOI OpenAlex
Scientific Impact Award: Axillary reverse mapping (ARM) to identify and protect lymphatics draining the arm during axillary lymphadenectomy (2009)

The American Journal of Surgery 94 citations DOI OpenAlex
Intraoperative Radioisotope Injection for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (2008)

Annals of Surgical Oncology 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
Axillary Reverse Mapping: Mapping and Preserving Arm Lymphatics May Be Important in Preventing Lymphedema During Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (2008)

Journal of the American College of Surgeons 141 citations DOI OpenAlex
Axillary Reverse Mapping (ARM): A New Concept to Identify and Enhance Lymphatic Preservation (2007)

Annals of Surgical Oncology 293 citations DOI OpenAlex
eRFA: Excision Followed by RFA—a New Technique to Improve Local Control in Breast Cancer (2006)

Annals of Surgical Oncology 45 citations DOI OpenAlex
Intraoperative Subareolar Radioisotope Injection for Immediate Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (2004)

Annals of Surgery 49 citations DOI OpenAlex