2023
Alterations in Cancer Treatment During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
Janczewski L, Cotler J, Merkow R, Palis B, Nelson H, Mullett T, Boffa D. Alterations in Cancer Treatment During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2340148. PMID: 37902756, PMCID: PMC10616721, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.40148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseCancer treatmentAcademic hospitalCommunity hospitalMAIN OUTCOMECOVID-19 pandemicProportion of patientsRetrospective cohort studyAvailability of treatmentFirst yearUnderwent surgeryCohort studyMedian ageCancer surgeryMedian timeTreatment of cancerCancer careTreatment modalitiesCancer screeningCancer DatabaseMedian travel distancePatientsHospitalSurgeryCancerEffect of pandemic-related reductions in cancer care delivery on different US health systems.
Janczewski L, Cotler J, Merkow R, Palis B, Nelson H, Mullett T, Boffa D. Effect of pandemic-related reductions in cancer care delivery on different US health systems. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: e18811-e18811. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.e18811.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Cancer DatabaseHospital typeAcademic hospitalUS healthcare systemTreatment modalitiesCommunity hospitalTreatment utilizationCancer treatmentCOVID-19 pandemicCancer care deliveryTypes of malignanciesHealthcare systemDifferent hospital typesEvaluation of cancerChi-squared testUS health systemFirst yearUnderwent surgerySurgical patientsCancer careCancer DatabaseSurgical carePatientsTreatment declineDescriptive univariate statistics
2020
Association of hospital type and patient volume growth with timely cancer treatment.
Frosch Z, Illenberger N, Mitra N, Boffa D, Facktor M, Nelson H, Bekelman J, Shulman L, Takvorian S. Association of hospital type and patient volume growth with timely cancer treatment. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 2022-2022. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.2022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Cancer InstituteHospital typeAcademic hospitalPatient volumeCancer treatmentNational Cancer DatabaseRegional referral centerTime interactionComplex cancer careTimely cancer treatmentReferral centerPrimary outcomeInitial treatmentCancer careCancer DatabasePatient outcomesCommunity hospitalTimely treatmentNew diagnosisCancer InstituteLinear mixed effects modelsHospitalPatientsSuperior outcomesStudy period