2023
Evolution of systemic therapy from 2015 to 2019 for older patients in the United States with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Chow R, Long J, Hassan S, Wheeler S, Spees L, Leapman M, Hurwitz M, McManus H, Gross C, Dinan M. Evolution of systemic therapy from 2015 to 2019 for older patients in the United States with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 610-610. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.6_suppl.610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsOral anti-cancer agentsNon-Hispanic white patientsSystemic therapyRenal cell carcinomaNHW patientsWhite patientsCell carcinomaMedicare beneficiariesService Medicare Parts ARetrospective cohort studyOverall treatment rateMedicare Part AIO therapyMRCC therapyAnti-cancer agentsCheckpoint inhibitorsCohort studyOlder patientsRandomized trialsSurvival improvementFirst therapyStudy criteriaTreatment receipt
2022
Factors associated with the quality of end-of-life care for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Dzimitrowicz H, Wilson L, Jackson B, Spees L, Baggett C, Greiner M, Kaye D, Zhang T, George D, Scales C, Pritchard J, Leapman M, Gross C, Dinan M, Wheeler S. Factors associated with the quality of end-of-life care for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 300-300. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anti-cancer agentsRenal cell carcinomaSEER-MedicareDays of lifeSystemic therapyICU admissionCell carcinomaOdds ratioLife careSEER-Medicare cohortSystemic therapy useMultivariable logistic regressionUse of hospiceQuality of endHigh-quality endMRCC diagnosisAnti-cancer agentsMost patientsOlder patientsHospital admissionMedian ageTherapy useImmunotherapy treatmentRetrospective study
2021
Patient- and provider-level predictors of mortality among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving oral anticancer agents.
Spees L, Dinan M, Jackson B, Baggett C, Wilson L, Greiner M, Kaye D, Zhang T, George D, Scales C, Pritchard J, Leapman M, Gross C, Wheeler S. Patient- and provider-level predictors of mortality among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving oral anticancer agents. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 116-116. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.39.28_suppl.116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anti-cancer agentsPatients' clinical characteristicsProvider-level factorsCause mortalityRenal cell carcinomaClinical characteristicsHazard ratioMetastatic diagnosisCell carcinomaState cancer registry dataCox proportional hazards modelProvider-level predictorsLower overall survivalOral anticancer agentsCancer registry dataReal-world populationProportional hazards modelSkilled nursing facilitiesProvider Enumeration SystemAnti-cancer agentsIndex dateOverall survivalPatient demographicsBlack patientsPatterns and predictors of oral anticancer agent utilization in diverse metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients.
Wheeler S, Spees L, Jackson B, Baggett C, Wilson L, Greiner M, George D, Scales C, Pritchard J, Dinan M. Patterns and predictors of oral anticancer agent utilization in diverse metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 279-279. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.6_suppl.279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinoma patientsRenal cell carcinoma patientsCell carcinoma patientsOral anti-cancer agentsCarcinoma patientsRisk ratioPatterns of useRisk differenceGreater comorbidity burdenMetastatic RCC patientsPopulation-based studyPatient-level characteristicsMonths of preAdjusted risk differencePoor quality careComorbidity burdenIndex dateAnti-cancer agentsMetastatic RCCPatient characteristicsContinuous enrollmentRCC patientsTreatment advancesType of insurancePatients