2021
Racial Disparities in Telemedicine Uptake during the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Patients with Hematologic Malignancies in the United States
Neparidze N, Lau K, Wang X, Davidoff A, Huntington S, Jamy O, Calip G, Shah H, Stephens D, Miksad R, Parikh R, Takvorian S, Goyal G, Seymour E. Racial Disparities in Telemedicine Uptake during the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Patients with Hematologic Malignancies in the United States. Blood 2021, 138: 1973. PMCID: PMC8701527, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-153787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCurrent equity holderWhite patientsBlack patientsInpatient treatmentVisit ratesTelemedicine uptakeTreatment categoriesPerson visitsHematologic malignanciesAdvisory CommitteeTreatment typeSignificant reductionRacial disparitiesLines of therapyDiagnosis of AMLDe-identified databaseEarly pandemic monthsPotential racial disparitiesCurrent employmentElectronic health recordsFlatiron HealthHospital admissionActive treatmentInitial diagnosisCSL Behring
2018
Trends in the use of puberty blockers among transgender children in the United States
Lopez CM, Solomon D, Boulware SD, Christison-Lagay ER. Trends in the use of puberty blockers among transgender children in the United States. Journal Of Pediatric Endocrinology And Metabolism 2018, 31: 665-670. PMID: 29715194, DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2018-0048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric Health Information SystemCentral precocious pubertyHistrelin acetatePrecocious pubertyMinority patientsWhite non-Hispanic patientsOlder ageNon-Hispanic patientsDistribution of patientsPotential racial disparitiesMajority of childrenBilling diagnosisPatient populationTransgender patientsLarge cohortPatientsAverage ageTreatment dataCommercial insuranceHealth information systemsTransgender careNatal femalesRacial disparitiesDiagnosisNational trendsMulti-institution analysis of racial disparity among African-American men eligible for prostate cancer active surveillance
Dinizo M, Shih W, Kwon Y, Eun D, Reese A, Giusto L, Trabulsi E, Yuh B, Ruel N, Marchalik D, Hwang J, Kundu S, Eggener S, Kim I. Multi-institution analysis of racial disparity among African-American men eligible for prostate cancer active surveillance. Oncotarget 2018, 9: 21359-21365. PMID: 29765545, PMCID: PMC5940363, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow-risk prostate cancerProstate cancerWhite American menActive surveillanceAfrican American menRacial disparitiesRadical prostatectomyProstate cancer active surveillanceActive surveillance eligibilityMulti-institution databaseRisk prostate cancerUnderwent radical prostatectomyActive surveillance criteriaPositive surgical marginsTertiary care institutionSingle-institution studyMulti-institution analysisPotential racial disparitiesSignificant racial disparitiesPercentage cancerOncologic outcomesSurgical marginsHigher BMIProspective studyCancer outcomes
2015
Racial disparities in the use of SBRT for treating early-stage lung cancer
Corso CD, Park HS, Kim AW, Yu JB, Husain Z, Decker RH. Racial disparities in the use of SBRT for treating early-stage lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2015, 89: 133-138. PMID: 26051446, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic body radiotherapyUse of SBRTEarly-stage lung cancerBlack patientsExternal beam radiationWhite patientsAggressive therapyLung cancerRacial disparitiesNon-operative cohortNational Cancer DatabaseStage I NSCLCPrimary treatment modalitySurgical resection rateMultivariable logistic regressionPopulation-based studyPotential racial disparitiesInoperable candidatesSBRT useSBRT utilizationInoperable patientsResection rateSurgical resectionMultivariable analysisSurgical intervention
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