2015
Lack of Association Between Costs of Care and Overall Survival (OS) Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in the United States (US)
Zeidan A, Wang R, Davidoff A, Gore S, Soulos P, Huntington S, Gross C, Ma X. Lack of Association Between Costs of Care and Overall Survival (OS) Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in the United States (US). Blood 2015, 126: 873. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v126.23.873.873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisability Status ScoreOverall survivalMyelodysplastic syndromeMDS patientsCost of careStudy cohortLack of associationHistologic subtypeStatus scoreMedicare beneficiariesEnd Results-Medicare databaseProportional hazards regression modelsOverall study cohortMedian overall survivalOutcomes of patientsElixhauser comorbidity scoreDate of diagnosisEntire study cohortKaplan-Meier methodHazards regression modelsDisease-related costsNon-white raceEnd of studyDate of deathMedicare Part A
2009
Geriatric assessment of older adults with cancer: Baseline data from a 500 patient multicenter study
Hurria A, Mohile S, Lichtman S, Owusu C, Klepin H, Gross C, Hansen K, Klapper S, Togawa K, Tew W. Geriatric assessment of older adults with cancer: Baseline data from a 500 patient multicenter study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: 9546-9546. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.9546.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeriatric assessmentOlder adultsBrief geriatric assessmentNew chemotherapy regimenStage IV diseaseComorbid medical conditionsMultivariate logistic regressionCommon tumor typesNon-white raceGross cognitive impairmentBlessed Orientation-MemoryChemotherapy regimenChemotherapy toxicityMetastatic diseaseOlder patientsPatient ageMulticenter studyFunctional statusProspective dataOncology practiceTreatment decisionsInstrumental activitiesMedical conditionsGYN cancersHigh school education