Assessing the Impact of a Cooperative Group Trial on Breast Cancer Care in the Medicare Population
Soulos PR, Yu JB, Roberts KB, Raldow AC, Herrin J, Long JB, Gross CP. Assessing the Impact of a Cooperative Group Trial on Breast Cancer Care in the Medicare Population. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 1601-1607. PMID: 22393088, PMCID: PMC3383112, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.39.4890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansLife ExpectancyMastectomy, SegmentalMedicareNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingPrognosisRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRisk AssessmentSEER ProgramSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsUse of RTAdjuvant radiation therapyRadiation therapyOlder womenRT useLife expectancyBreast cancerMedicare populationEnd Results-Medicare dataStage I breast cancerStrata of ageCooperative group trialsI breast cancerBreast cancer careStrata of patientsHealth system characteristicsLog-binomial regressionShort life expectancySample of womenTreatment guidelinesCancer careInclusion criteriaGroup trialsMedicare beneficiariesClinical practiceThe influence of regional radiation oncologist and urologist capacities on treatment choice for prostate cancer management.
Yu J, Aneja S, Makarov D, Roberts K, Gross C. The influence of regional radiation oncologist and urologist capacities on treatment choice for prostate cancer management. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 108-108. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.5_suppl.108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth service areasOnly surgical treatmentSurgical treatmentHealth system characteristicsProstate cancer managementTreatment choiceCancer managementRadiation oncologistsRadiation oncologist densityEnd Results (SEER) databaseSeparate logistic regression modelsHealth system dataLogistic regression modelsArea Resource FileUse of RTUrologist densityHospital densityPatient factorsResults databaseSurgical interventionUrology serviceTreatment modalitiesProstate cancerNCI's SurveillanceRadiation therapy