2024
Trends in use of intensive care during hospitalizations at the end‐of‐life among older adults with advanced cancer
Jain S, Long J, Rao V, Law A, Walkey A, Prsic E, Lindenauer P, Krumholz H, Gross C. Trends in use of intensive care during hospitalizations at the end‐of‐life among older adults with advanced cancer. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024 PMID: 39090970, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-of-life hospitalizationsLife-sustaining treatmentEnd-of-lifeIntensity of careIn-hospital deathOlder adultsIntensive care unitAdvanced cancerRisk-adjusted hospitalEvaluate trendsIncreased intensity of careIntensive care unit useSEER-Medicare dataIntensive care unit careMultinomial regression modelsYear of diagnosisIntensive careHospital categoryMedicare beneficiariesSEER-MedicareHospitalization ratesCareCancer characteristicsNoninvasive ventilationHospital
2012
The relations between age and androgen deprivation therapy use among men receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer in the Medicare population.
Quon J, Yu J, Soulos P, Gross C. The relations between age and androgen deprivation therapy use among men receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer in the Medicare population. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: e15150-e15150. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.e15150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-risk groupShort life expectancyRisk groupsProstate cancerLife expectancyNational Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelinesAndrogen deprivation therapy useConcurrent androgen deprivation therapyEnd Results-Medicare databaseAndrogen deprivation therapyLow-risk cancersExternal beam radiationLow-risk groupLonger life expectancyDeprivation therapyNCCN guidelinesOlder patientsClinical factorsTherapy useGuideline recommendationsTumor characteristicsNetwork guidelinesCancer characteristicsRadiation therapyMedicare population