2024
Area Vulnerability and Disparities in Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Rahman S, Long J, Westvold S, Leapman M, Spees L, Hurwitz M, McManus H, Gross C, Wheeler S, Dinan M. Area Vulnerability and Disparities in Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e248747. PMID: 38687479, PMCID: PMC11061765, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.8747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaArea-level measuresRenal cell carcinomaPatient-level factorsSystemic therapyEthnic disparitiesRelative risk ratiosSocially vulnerable areasCell carcinomaMeasures of social vulnerabilityMedicare beneficiariesCohort studyFee-for-service Medicare Parts AOdds ratioReceipt of systemic therapyLogistic regressionArea-level characteristicsAssociated with lack of treatmentNon-Hispanic blacksRetrospective cohort studyIndividual-level demographicsNon-Hispanic whitesAssociated with disparitiesUS Medicare beneficiariesMeasures of disadvantage
2023
Prostate cancer risk stratification using magnetic resonance imaging–ultrasound fusion vs systematic prostate biopsy
Khajir G, Press B, Lokeshwar S, Ghabili K, Rahman S, Gardezi M, Washington S, Cooperberg M, Sprenkle P, Leapman M. Prostate cancer risk stratification using magnetic resonance imaging–ultrasound fusion vs systematic prostate biopsy. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2023, 7: pkad099. PMID: 38085220, PMCID: PMC10733209, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkad099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imaging-ultrasound fusionMRF-TBLow-risk diseaseSystematic biopsyLower riskRisk groupingProstate biopsyActive surveillanceHigh riskProstate cancer risk stratificationIntermediate-risk criteriaIntermediate-risk diseaseSystematic prostate biopsyCancer risk stratificationPrimary study objectiveNCCN guidelinesImage-guided approachLocalized cancerRisk stratificationBenign findingsProstate cancerClinical riskDiagnostic yieldRetrospective analysisBiopsy