2019
Association Between Ownership of Imaging Equipment and Appropriateness of Staging Positron-Emission Tomography in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Huntington SF, Zhu W, Hoag JR, Wang R, Zeidan AM, Giri S, Podoltsev NA, Gore SD, Ma X, Gross CP, Davidoff AJ. Association Between Ownership of Imaging Equipment and Appropriateness of Staging Positron-Emission Tomography in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2019, 3: pkz030. PMID: 31360905, PMCID: PMC6649837, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkz030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositron emission tomographyStaging positron emission tomographyDiffuse large B-cell lymphomaLarge B-cell lymphomaLow-value imagingNon-Hodgkin lymphomaLow clinical utilityB-cell lymphomaCohort studyAppropriate imagingGuideline recommendationsConsensus guidelinesCancer careLymphoma subtypesCell lymphomaClinical utilityEmission tomographyRoutine useOlder adultsLymphomaPhysician ownershipPet ownershipTomographyImagingPatients
2018
Association between Oncologist Ownership of Imaging Facilities and Utilization: An Analysis of Positron-Emission Tomography (PET) Use in Lymphoma Settings with Variable PET Utility
Huntington S, Zhu W, Hoag J, Wang R, Zeidan A, Giri S, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Gross C, Davidoff A. Association between Oncologist Ownership of Imaging Facilities and Utilization: An Analysis of Positron-Emission Tomography (PET) Use in Lymphoma Settings with Variable PET Utility. Blood 2018, 132: 3538. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-115140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic lymphocytic leukemiaConsensus guidelinesFollicular lymphomaPET scansClinical utilityMedicare beneficiariesSetting of CLLEnd Results-Medicare dataPopulation-based cohort studyLarge B-cell lymphomaLow-value imagingLymphoma-directed therapyFirst-line therapyPatients' sociodemographic characteristicsElixhauser Comorbidity IndexPositron emission tomography useYears of treatmentLow clinical utilityLymphoma settingPet ownershipB-cell lymphomaHierarchical multivariable modelUse of PETTreating oncologistComorbidity index