2018
Variation in guideline-concordant care for elderly patients with metastatic breast cancer in the United States
Poorvu PD, Vaz-Luis I, Freedman RA, Lin NU, Barry WT, Winer EP, Hassett MJ. Variation in guideline-concordant care for elderly patients with metastatic breast cancer in the United States. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2018, 168: 727-737. PMID: 29332137, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-018-4659-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitial systemic therapyMetastatic breast cancerSystemic therapyBreast cancerDe novo metastatic breast cancerNovo metastatic breast cancerEarly-stage breast cancerHuman epidermal receptor 2HR-positive patientsInitial systemic treatmentGuideline-concordant careHER2-positive patientsFirst-line therapyTriple-negative tumorsPatterns of careQuality of careGuideline concordanceInitial therapyMBC cohortUntreated patientsElderly patientsMost patientsSystemic treatmentInitial treatmentHospice utilization
2011
American Society of Clinical Oncology Policy Statement: Opportunities in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Reduce Cancer Care Disparities
Moy B, Polite BN, Halpern MT, Stranne SK, Winer EP, Wollins DS, Newman LA. American Society of Clinical Oncology Policy Statement: Opportunities in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Reduce Cancer Care Disparities. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2011, 29: 3816-3824. PMID: 21810680, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.35.8903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer care disparitiesCancer careCare disparitiesAffordable Care ActCancer disparitiesClinical Oncology Policy StatementSpecific vulnerable population groupsPatient ProtectionBurden of cancerCare ActAmerican SocietyQuality of careHealth care disparitiesHealth care workforceQuality health careVulnerable population groupsVulnerable patientsClinical OncologyCareCare workforceHealth carePatientsPopulation groupsCancerHealth care law