2023
End-of-Life Systemic Oncologic Treatment in the Immunotherapy Era: The Role of Race, Insurance, and Practice Setting
Canavan M, Wang X, Ascha M, Miksad R, Showalter T, Calip G, Gross C, Adelson K. End-of-Life Systemic Oncologic Treatment in the Immunotherapy Era: The Role of Race, Insurance, and Practice Setting. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 4729-4738. PMID: 37339389, PMCID: PMC10602547, DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.02180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic treatmentEnd of lifeWhite patientsBlack patientsOdds ratioLarge real-world populationPractice settingsTreatment ratesPatient-level factorsEmergency department useIntensive care unitReal-world populationDay of deathImmunotherapy eraSystemic therapyOncologic treatmentCare unitDeidentified databaseDepartment usePatient raceInsurance typeMetastatic cancerDownstream careMedicaid patientsHigher odds
2021
Patient- and provider-level predictors of mortality among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving oral anticancer agents.
Spees L, Dinan M, Jackson B, Baggett C, Wilson L, Greiner M, Kaye D, Zhang T, George D, Scales C, Pritchard J, Leapman M, Gross C, Wheeler S. Patient- and provider-level predictors of mortality among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving oral anticancer agents. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 116-116. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.39.28_suppl.116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anti-cancer agentsPatients' clinical characteristicsProvider-level factorsCause mortalityRenal cell carcinomaClinical characteristicsHazard ratioMetastatic diagnosisCell carcinomaState cancer registry dataCox proportional hazards modelProvider-level predictorsLower overall survivalOral anticancer agentsCancer registry dataReal-world populationProportional hazards modelSkilled nursing facilitiesProvider Enumeration SystemAnti-cancer agentsIndex dateOverall survivalPatient demographicsBlack patients
2019
1558P Biomarker status as a mediator of age-related overall survival (OS) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC)
Cohen A, Neri B, Adamson B, Scanlon C, Gross C, Meropol N, Miksad R. 1558P Biomarker status as a mediator of age-related overall survival (OS) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC). Annals Of Oncology 2019, 30: v642. DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz260.080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerFlatiron HealthOverall survivalBiomarker statusOlder ptsNon-small cell lung cancerAge groupsFred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterMedian overall survivalNon-squamous histologyCell lung cancerProportional hazards regressionReal-world populationCancer Research CenterAge-related outcomesPDL1 statusLonger OSSimilar OSStage IIIBBaseline characteristicsMetastatic NSCLCPrognostic factorsSmoking statusHazards regressionLung cancer