2022
End-of-life care trajectories among older adults with lung cancer
Davidoff AJ, Canavan ME, Prsic E, Saphire M, Wang SY, Presley CJ. End-of-life care trajectories among older adults with lung cancer. Journal Of Geriatric Oncology 2022, 14: 101381. PMID: 36202695, PMCID: PMC9974538, DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2022.09.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-directed therapyLung cancerCare trajectoriesOlder adultsSupportive care servicesSEER-Medicare dataSkilled nursing facilitiesNon-Hispanic whitesRace/ethnicityCancer decedentsSymptom managementIntensive careOlder decedentsConcurrent careHospice careReferral regionsHigh riskMultinomial logistic regressionNursing facilitiesMedicare decedentsCare servicesLogistic regressionCancerHospiceDecedents
2020
The association between initial chemotherapy treatment timing, intensity, and end-of-life (EOL) care trajectory among older adults with advanced stage lung cancer (aLC).
Presley C, Shahzad H, Canavan M, Prsic E, Saphire M, Wang S, Davidoff A. The association between initial chemotherapy treatment timing, intensity, and end-of-life (EOL) care trajectory among older adults with advanced stage lung cancer (aLC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: e24009-e24009. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e24009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced-stage lung cancerDoublet chemotherapyEOL groupOlder adultsIntensity groupInitial chemotherapy regimenInitial chemotherapy treatmentPlatinum-based doubletsPlatinum-doublet chemotherapyFirst-line therapyUse of chemotherapyMajority of patientsEOL care preferencesStage lung cancerMain outcome measuresNon-Hispanic whitesMedicare registryChemotherapy regimenLine therapyCisplatin chemotherapyLung cancerChemotherapy treatmentAge 66Outcome measuresCare trajectories