Physician volume and discontinuation of rituximab during lymphoma treatment.
Huntington S, Long J, Hoag J, Wang R, Zeidan A, Giri S, Gore S, Ma X, Gross C, Davidoff A. Physician volume and discontinuation of rituximab during lymphoma treatment. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 6593-6593. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.6593.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hodgkin lymphomaEarly discontinuationRituximab discontinuationPhysician volumeProvider volumeEnd Results-Medicare dataB-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomaCell non-Hodgkin lymphomaCox proportional hazards modelDiscontinuation of rituximabSevere infusion reactionsRetrospective cohort studyImpact of discontinuationDays of initiationProportional hazards modelDose-dependent mannerRituximab cyclesRituximab initiationInfusion reactionsOverall survivalCohort studyPrimary outcomeSystemic treatmentLymphoma treatmentRelative risk