2022
Association between cognitive impairment and oral anticancer agent use in older patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Pritchard JE, Wilson LE, Miller SM, Greiner MA, Cohen HJ, Kaye DR, Zhang T, Dinan MA. Association between cognitive impairment and oral anticancer agent use in older patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 70: 2330-2343. PMID: 35499667, PMCID: PMC9378524, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anticancer agentsRenal cell carcinomaMRCC diagnosisCognitive impairmentCell carcinomaFive-year survival rateSEER-Medicare patientsMedicare Part D coveragePart D coverageMild cognitive impairmentMRCC patientsMRCC treatmentEligible patientsOlder patientsTreatment initiationKidney cancerAgent useOAA treatmentPatientsStage IVSurvival rateNew casesDiagnosisD diagnosis
2021
Oral anticancer agent (OAA) adherence and survival in elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Dinan M, Wilson L, Greiner M, Spees L, Pritchard J, Zhang T, Kaye D, George D, Scales C, Wheeler S. Oral anticancer agent (OAA) adherence and survival in elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 280-280. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.6_suppl.280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anticancer agentsDisease-specific survivalRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaPatient populationSEER-Medicare patientsDisease-specific mortalityNumber of comorbiditiesOlder patient populationProgression-free survivalReal-world adherenceRandomized clinical trialsTreatment of patientsAnalysis of patientsProportion of daysRCC-specific mortalityMinimum effective doseSignificant reductionOAA therapyCause mortalityElderly patientsFavorable survivalMetastatic RCCMultivariable analysis
2020
Disparities in utilization of oral anticancer agents and related costs in elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the United States.
Wilson L, Spees L, Pritchard J, Greiner M, Scales C, Baggett C, Kaye D, George D, Zhang T, Wheeler S, Dinan M. Disparities in utilization of oral anticancer agents and related costs in elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 106-106. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.29_suppl.106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anticancer agentsRenal cell carcinomaPatient characteristicsCell carcinomaManagement of mRCCSEER-Medicare patientsMultivariable-adjusted modelsMajority of patientsPatient-level characteristicsAnticancer agentsMedicare Part D benefitPart D benefitSurvival persistCertain comorbiditiesElderly patientsMultivariable adjustmentMarried patientsMetastatic diagnosisRace/ethnicity categoriesAdvanced ageInclusion criteriaHispanic ethnicityPatientsPocket spending