2019
Treatment disparities among patients in the National Cancer Database (NCDB) with clinical TIa and TIb renal masses.
Sterling J, Rivera-Nunez Z, Farber N, Modi P, Radadia K, Kim S, Sharad G, Rahul P, Weiss R, Kim I, Elsamra S, Jang T, Singer E. Treatment disparities among patients in the National Cancer Database (NCDB) with clinical TIa and TIb renal masses. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 648-648. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.648.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRenal cell carcinomaNational Cancer DatabaseCT1b patientsPartial nephrectomyCT1a patientsOpen procedureAcademic centersCT1 renal cell carcinomaUtilization of PNPrivate insuranceClinical T1a tumorsPatterns of careLower household incomeLogistic regression modelsCT1a tumorsCT1b tumorsRCC surgeryT1a tumorsClinical characteristicsCT1 tumorsT1b tumorsTreatment disparitiesImpact of regionalizationCell carcinomaAUA guidelines
2017
Local Therapy Improves Overall Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Parikh R, Byun J, Goyal S, Kim I. Local Therapy Improves Overall Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer. The Prostate 2017, 77: 559-572. PMID: 28093791, DOI: 10.1002/pros.23294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseMetastatic prostate cancerLocal therapyOverall survivalProstate cancerRadiation therapyMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsLower co-morbidity scoreFive-year overall survivalCox proportional hazards modelAcademic/research programCo-morbidity scoreSuperior overall survivalNode-negative statusProspective clinical trialsKaplan-Meier methodLower T stagePatterns of careProportional hazards modelPropensity-score matchingPrimary diseaseT stageMedicare insuranceGleason scoreCancer Database