2022
Factors associated with the quality of end-of-life care for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Dzimitrowicz H, Wilson L, Jackson B, Spees L, Baggett C, Greiner M, Kaye D, Zhang T, George D, Scales C, Pritchard J, Leapman M, Gross C, Dinan M, Wheeler S. Factors associated with the quality of end-of-life care for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 300-300. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anti-cancer agentsRenal cell carcinomaSEER-MedicareDays of lifeSystemic therapyICU admissionCell carcinomaOdds ratioLife careSEER-Medicare cohortSystemic therapy useMultivariable logistic regressionUse of hospiceQuality of endHigh-quality endMRCC diagnosisAnti-cancer agentsMost patientsOlder patientsHospital admissionMedian ageTherapy useImmunotherapy treatmentRetrospective study
2021
Provider- and patient-level predictors of oral anticancer agent initiation and adherence in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Spees L, Wheeler S, Jackson B, Baggett C, Wilson L, Greiner M, Kaye D, Zhang T, George D, Scales C, Pritchard J, Leapman M, Gross C, Dinan M. Provider- and patient-level predictors of oral anticancer agent initiation and adherence in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 87-87. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.39.28_suppl.87.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaPatient-level factorsProvider-level factorsRenal cell carcinomaIndex dateRace/ethnicityInitial diagnosisCell carcinomaRisk ratioState cancer registry dataNumber of comorbiditiesMore comorbid conditionsPatient-level predictorsCancer registry dataProportion of daysProvider-level variablesPrescription drug filesMedian PDCMRCC diagnosisMRCC patientsPatient characteristicsPharmacy claimsComorbid conditionsMetastatic diagnosisMedical oncology