2024
Temporal and regional patterns of prostate cancer positron emission tomography imaging among commercial insurance beneficiaries in the United States.
Leapman M, Long J, Westvold S, Rabil M, Sprenkle P, Kim I, Saperstein L, Fallah J, Suzman D, Lerro C, Xu J, Kluetz P, Karnes R, Kunst N, Wang S, Ma X, Gross C. Temporal and regional patterns of prostate cancer positron emission tomography imaging among commercial insurance beneficiaries in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 34-34. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.4_suppl.34.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProportion of patientsProstate cancerPSMA-PETPET imagingProstate specific membrane antigen positron emission tomographyDiagnosis of prostate cancerProstate cancer visualizationPSMA PET imagingPSMA-targeted agentsPositron emission tomography imagingCochran-Armitage testDynamic cohort studyPositron emission tomographyCommercial insurance beneficiariesEmission tomography imagingChi-square testCancer visualizationCholine tracersCohort studyProstateTreatment decisionsBlue Cross Blue Shield AxisCochran-ArmitageEmission tomographyInsurance beneficiaries
2018
Does Provider Experience Treating Patients (pts) with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Explain Duration of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Therapy and Overall Survival (OS)? A Large Population-Based Analysis
Zeidan A, Hu X, Zhu W, Stahl M, Giri S, Huntington S, Wang R, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A. Does Provider Experience Treating Patients (pts) with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Explain Duration of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Therapy and Overall Survival (OS)? A Large Population-Based Analysis. Blood 2018, 132: 370. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-111052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHMA cyclesOverall survivalHMA initiationHMA therapyMyelodysplastic syndromeProvider typeCancer CenterMD volumeMultivariate Cox proportional hazardsKaplan-Meier log-rank testAZA-001 trialMedian overall survivalTwo-sided statistical testsLog-rank testReal-world survivalCox proportional hazardsLogistic regression analysisWilcoxon rank sum testChi-square testCommunity-based practiceRank sum testEligible ptsLookback periodEarly discontinuationAgent therapy