2019
Incidence and Risk Factors of Second Malignancies Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Newly-Diagnosed Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative Classical Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Receiving Cytoreductive Therapy with Hydroxyurea
Wang R, Shallis R, Huntington S, Zeidan A, Gore S, Davidoff A, Ma X, Podoltsev N. Incidence and Risk Factors of Second Malignancies Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Newly-Diagnosed Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative Classical Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Receiving Cytoreductive Therapy with Hydroxyurea. Blood 2019, 134: 330. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-127568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyeloid hematological malignanciesHU usersPopulation-based studyHematological malignanciesCumulative incidenceCelgene CorporationMPN diagnosisCytoreductive therapySolid malignanciesGray's testPolycythemia veraMPN patientsEssential thrombocythemiaContinuous Part D coverageBoehringer IngelheimAdvisory CommitteeLarge population-based studyDaiichi SankyoImpact of hydroxyureaRetrospective cohort studyElixhauser comorbidity scorePV/ET myelofibrosisRisk regression modelsSAS version 9.4Part D coverage
2015
Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Prostate Cancer Patients after Radiotherapy, a Population-Based Study
Wang R, Zeidan A, Soulos P, Yu J, Davidoff A, Gore S, Gross C, Ma X. Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Prostate Cancer Patients after Radiotherapy, a Population-Based Study. Blood 2015, 126: 3295. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v126.23.3295.3295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMDS/AMLProstate cancer patientsIntensity-modulated radiotherapyProstate cancer diagnosisImpact of radiotherapyCancer patientsMyelodysplastic syndromeProstate cancerMyeloid malignanciesSecond malignanciesHazard ratioCancer diagnosisRadiation modalitiesEnd Results-Medicare databaseElderly prostate cancer patientsRisk of MDSMultivariate modelRetrospective cohort studyRole of radiotherapyElixhauser comorbidity scoreAcute myeloid leukemia diagnosisHistory of anemiaAcute myeloid leukemiaEnd of studyExternal beam radiotherapyLack of Association Between Costs of Care and Overall Survival (OS) Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in the United States (US)
Zeidan A, Wang R, Davidoff A, Gore S, Soulos P, Huntington S, Gross C, Ma X. Lack of Association Between Costs of Care and Overall Survival (OS) Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in the United States (US). Blood 2015, 126: 873. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v126.23.873.873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisability Status ScoreOverall survivalMyelodysplastic syndromeMDS patientsCost of careStudy cohortLack of associationHistologic subtypeStatus scoreMedicare beneficiariesEnd Results-Medicare databaseProportional hazards regression modelsOverall study cohortMedian overall survivalOutcomes of patientsElixhauser comorbidity scoreDate of diagnosisEntire study cohortKaplan-Meier methodHazards regression modelsDisease-related costsNon-white raceEnd of studyDate of deathMedicare Part A