2021
Adoption of New Risk Stratification Technologies Within US Hospital Referral Regions and Association With Prostate Cancer Management
Leapman MS, Wang R, Park HS, Yu JB, Sprenkle PC, Dinan MA, Ma X, Gross CP. Adoption of New Risk Stratification Technologies Within US Hospital Referral Regions and Association With Prostate Cancer Management. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2128646. PMID: 34623406, PMCID: PMC8501394, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingHospital referral regionsProportion of patientsProstate cancerGenomic testingCohort studyReferral regionsRetrospective cohort studyProstate cancer carePatient-level analysisCommercial insurance claimsProstate cancer managementUS hospital referral regionsYears of ageProportion of menPatients 40Definitive treatmentCancer careTesting uptakeHRR levelMAIN OUTCOMECancer managementPatientsRegional uptake
2019
Shared-patient physician networks and their impact on the uptake of genomic testing in breast cancer
Rotter J, Wilson L, Greiner MA, Pollack CE, Dinan M. Shared-patient physician networks and their impact on the uptake of genomic testing in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2019, 176: 445-451. PMID: 31028607, PMCID: PMC6556129, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-019-05248-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-level analysisOncotype DXBreast cancerMedical oncologistsEarly-stage breast cancerGenomic testingPhysician networksODX testingMore patientsRetrospective studySEER-MedicareStudy criteriaSuboptimal treatmentCancer patientsMedian numberModifiable driversModifiable meansPatientsOncologistsLogistic mixed modelsEarly adoption periodWomenCancerPhysiciansGenomic assays