The impact of insurance status on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC)
Castro D, Tripathi N, Sayegh N, Gebrael G, Li X, Meza L, Zengin Z, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Govindarajan A, Dizman N, Ebrahimi H, Chawla N, Mercier B, BS J, Shi J, Philip E, Bergerot C, Barragan-Carrillo R, Pal S. The impact of insurance status on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). The Oncologist 2023, 28: s5-s6. PMCID: PMC10445577, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad216.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaMedian progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalLog-rank testMedian overall survivalOverall survivalMedicaid/Insurance statusSecondary insurancePrivate insurancePrimary insuranceSystemic therapyClinical outcomesEntire cohortInferior median progression-free survivalSuperior median progression-free survivalSignificant differencesCox proportional hazards regression modelFirst-line systemic therapyMedicaid/uninsured patientsSuperior progression-free survivalProportional hazards regression modelsLine systemic therapyFirst-line treatmentKaplan-Meier method