2024
Active Surveillance or Watchful Waiting for Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer, 2010-2020
Ajjawi I, Loeb S, Cooperberg M, Catalona W, Gross C, Ma X, Leapman M. Active Surveillance or Watchful Waiting for Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer, 2010-2020. JAMA 2024, 332 PMID: 39565605, PMCID: PMC11579888, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.20580.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Clinical trial data sharing: a cross-sectional study of outcomes associated with two U.S. National Institutes of Health models
Rowhani-Farid A, Grewal M, Solar S, Eghrari A, Zhang A, Gross C, Krumholz H, Ross J. Clinical trial data sharing: a cross-sectional study of outcomes associated with two U.S. National Institutes of Health models. Scientific Data 2023, 10: 529. PMID: 37553403, PMCID: PMC10409750, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02436-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCurrent use of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program surgical risk calculator in academic surgery: a mixed-methods study
Miller S, Azar S, Farrelly J, Salzman G, Broderick M, Sanders K, Anto V, Patel N, Cordova A, Schuster K, Jones T, Kodadek L, Gross C, Morton J, Rosenthal R, Becher R. Current use of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program surgical risk calculator in academic surgery: a mixed-methods study. Surgery In Practice And Science 2023, 13: 100173. PMID: 37502700, PMCID: PMC10373440, DOI: 10.1016/j.sipas.2023.100173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNSQIP Surgical Risk CalculatorSurgical Risk CalculatorNonelective casesRisk calculatorNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk CalculatorHigh-risk patientsGeneral clinical practiceSpecific clinical scenariosCross-sectional studyElectronic health recordsFrail patientsPrimary outcomeHalf of respondentsPreoperative assessmentContemporary surgical practiceClinical practiceClinical scenariosSurgical practicePast monthPatientsSurgeonsTraining statusSurrogate consentPotential interventionsHealth recordsMetrics, baseline scores, and a tool to improve sponsor performance on clinical trial diversity: retrospective cross sectional study
Varma T, Mello M, Ross J, Gross C, Miller J. Metrics, baseline scores, and a tool to improve sponsor performance on clinical trial diversity: retrospective cross sectional study. BMJ Medicine 2023, 2: e000395. PMID: 36936269, PMCID: PMC9951369, DOI: 10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRetrospective cross-sectional studyCross-sectional studyPivotal trialsOlder adultsSectional studyNovel oncology therapeuticsUS cancer populationUS Cancer StatisticsUS patient populationAmerican Cancer SocietyPatient populationCancer populationOncology therapeuticsCancer SocietyCancer statisticsNovel cancer therapeuticsOncology trialsBaseline scoresPatientsUS FoodDrug AdministrationTrial dataStudy participantsTrialsEthics Committee
2021
Association Between Sexual Orientation, Mistreatment, and Burnout Among US Medical Students
Samuels EA, Boatright DH, Wong AH, Cramer LD, Desai MM, Solotke MT, Latimore D, Gross CP. Association Between Sexual Orientation, Mistreatment, and Burnout Among US Medical Students. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2036136. PMID: 33528552, PMCID: PMC7856540, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.36136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOdds of burnoutAAMC Graduation QuestionnaireMedical studentsSexual orientationAssociated with increased odds of burnoutGraduation QuestionnaireMedical schoolsPoor quality careHeterosexual studentsProbability of burnoutFear of discriminationUS allopathic medical schoolsAssociated with increased oddsExperiences of mistreatmentUS medical studentsAllopathic medical schoolsCross-sectional studyMedical student burnoutLogistic regression modelsSexual minority groupsQuality careOldenburg Burnout Inventory for Medical StudentsLGB sexual orientationTrainee burnoutMain Outcomes
2018
Factors Associated With Cancer Disparities Among Low-, Medium-, and High-Income US Counties
O’Connor J, Sedghi T, Dhodapkar M, Kane MJ, Gross CP. Factors Associated With Cancer Disparities Among Low-, Medium-, and High-Income US Counties. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e183146. PMID: 30646225, PMCID: PMC6324449, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer death ratesDeath rateHigh-income countiesCancer disparitiesPossible mediatorsAge-standardized cancer death ratesLow-income countiesCross-sectional studyClinical care factorsIncome-related disparitiesNon-Hispanic blacksHealth risk behaviorsLow-quality careUS countiesPhysical inactivityCare factorsMAIN OUTCOMEFair healthDeath recordsMedian household incomeMedian incomeHealth StatisticsRisk behaviorsHealth policyCounty income levels
1999
Factors Affecting Prophylactic Oophorectomy in Postmenopausal Women
GROSS C, NICHOLSON W, POWE N. Factors Affecting Prophylactic Oophorectomy in Postmenopausal Women. Obstetrics And Gynecology 1999, 94: 962-968. DOI: 10.1097/00006250-199912000-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaginal hysterectomyConcomitant oophorectomyProphylactic oophorectomyTotal abdominal hysterectomyWomen 50 yearsHospital discharge databasePhysician practice styleCross-sectional studyMultiple logistic regressionType of procedureOophorectomy ratesAbdominal hysterectomyPostmenopausal womenPatient factorsSurgical morbidityNonclinical factorsDischarge databaseOvarian cancerOophorectomyHysterectomyCase volumeBenign conditionsPractice styleLogistic regressionIndependent effectsThe Relation between Funding by the National Institutes of Health and the Burden of Disease
Gross C, Anderson G, Powe N. The Relation between Funding by the National Institutes of Health and the Burden of Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 1999, 340: 1881-1887. PMID: 10369852, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199906173402406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomedical ResearchCost of IllnessCross-Sectional StudiesDiseaseFederal GovernmentHealth Care RationingHospitalizationHumansMorbidityMortalityNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)Quality-Adjusted Life YearsResearch Support as TopicResource AllocationSickness Impact ProfileSocial ChangeSocial ValuesUnited StatesConceptsBurden of diseaseYears of lifeHospital daysChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseDisease-specific fundingObstructive pulmonary diseaseCross-sectional studyNational InstituteNIH fundingInstitute of MedicineNumber of deathsDiabetes mellitusPulmonary diseaseImmunodeficiency syndromePeptic ulcerPerinatal conditionsBreast cancerTotal mortalityDiseaseBurdenRegression analysisPrevalenceIncidenceHealthDays