2021
Patterns and Predictors of Oral Anticancer Agent Use in Diverse Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Wheeler SB, Spees LP, Jackson BE, Baggett CD, Wilson LE, Greiner MA, Kaye DR, Zhang T, George D, Scales CD, Pritchard JE, Dinan MA. Patterns and Predictors of Oral Anticancer Agent Use in Diverse Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. JCO Oncology Practice 2021, 17: e1895-e1904. PMID: 34138665, PMCID: PMC8678030, DOI: 10.1200/op.20.01082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anticancer agentsRenal cell carcinomaIndex dateCell carcinomaRisk ratioPatterns of usePatients age 80Patients age 18Population-based studyAdjusted risk differenceOral therapyPatient characteristicsContinuous enrollmentHigh frailtyAge 80Agent useRisk differencePatientsDiverse patientsComorbiditiesAge 18Regulatory approvalCarcinomaLog-Poisson modelPatterns 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
2015
Patterns of Use and Cost for Inappropriate Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Thyroid Cancer in the United States: Use and Misuse
Goffredo P, Thomas SM, Dinan MA, Perkins JM, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Patterns of Use and Cost for Inappropriate Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Thyroid Cancer in the United States: Use and Misuse. JAMA Internal Medicine 2015, 175: 638-640. PMID: 25686394, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Robotic Thyroidectomy for Cancer in the US: Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes
Abdelgadir Adam M, Speicher P, Pura J, Dinan MA, Reed SD, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Robotic Thyroidectomy for Cancer in the US: Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2014, 21: 3859-3864. PMID: 24934584, PMCID: PMC4519825, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-3838-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term outcomesRobotic thyroidectomyMultivariable analysisOpen thyroidectomyOpen surgeryThyroid cancerPatterns of useRobotic casesRobotic groupRobotic surgeryThyroidectomy-specific complicationsUnderwent open surgeryNational Cancer DatabaseLong-term outcomesLength of stayMulti-institutional studyNon-significant increaseMore Asian patientsTotal thyroidectomyUnderwent lobectomyUnderwent thyroidectomyLymph nodesSurgery useAsian patientsPositive margins