2020
Birth Characteristics and Risk of Early-Onset Synovial Sarcoma
Wiemels JL, Wang R, Feng Q, Clark CJ, Amatruda JF, Rubin E, Yee AC, Morimoto LM, Metayer C, Ma X. Birth Characteristics and Risk of Early-Onset Synovial Sarcoma. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2020, 29: 1162-1167. PMID: 32245786, PMCID: PMC7605594, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynovial sarcomaBirth weightMultivariable logistic regression analysisEpidemiologic researchFurther epidemiologic researchLittle epidemiologic researchHigh birth weightSynovial sarcoma casesSiblings of patientsLogistic regression analysisBirth orderNon-Hispanic whitesYoung adult periodYear of birthElevated cancer incidencePoor outcomeBirth characteristicsPeak incidenceRare cancersRisk factorsCancer incidenceCancer casesAggressive cancerHigh riskSarcoma cases
2018
Does Provider Experience Treating Patients (pts) with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Explain Duration of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Therapy and Overall Survival (OS)? A Large Population-Based Analysis
Zeidan A, Hu X, Zhu W, Stahl M, Giri S, Huntington S, Wang R, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A. Does Provider Experience Treating Patients (pts) with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Explain Duration of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Therapy and Overall Survival (OS)? A Large Population-Based Analysis. Blood 2018, 132: 370. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-111052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHMA cyclesOverall survivalHMA initiationHMA therapyMyelodysplastic syndromeProvider typeCancer CenterMD volumeMultivariate Cox proportional hazardsKaplan-Meier log-rank testAZA-001 trialMedian overall survivalTwo-sided statistical testsLog-rank testReal-world survivalCox proportional hazardsLogistic regression analysisWilcoxon rank sum testChi-square testCommunity-based practiceRank sum testEligible ptsLookback periodEarly discontinuationAgent therapy
2017
Health Care Use by Older Adults With Acute Myeloid Leukemia at the End of Life
Wang R, Zeidan AM, Halene S, Xu X, Davidoff AJ, Huntington SF, Podoltsev NA, Gross CP, Gore SD, Ma X. Health Care Use by Older Adults With Acute Myeloid Leukemia at the End of Life. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: jco.2017.72.714. PMID: 28783450, PMCID: PMC5648174, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.72.7149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaDays of lifeEnd of lifeLife careHospice careOlder patientsHospice enrollmentMyeloid leukemiaIntensive care unit admissionMultivariable logistic regression analysisOlder adultsLate hospice enrollmentCare unit admissionRetrospective cohort studyUse of chemotherapyIntensive care unitHealth care useLogistic regression analysisYears of ageUnit admissionAggressive treatmentCohort studyOverall cohortAML diagnosisCare unit