2018
Defining, Measuring and Preventing the Diagnosis of Cancer as an Emergency: A Critical Review of Current Evidence
Zhou Y, Abel G, Hamilton W, Pritchard-Jones K, Gross C, Walter F, Renzi C, Johnson S, McPhail S, Elliss-Brookes L, Lyratzopoulos G. Defining, Measuring and Preventing the Diagnosis of Cancer as an Emergency: A Critical Review of Current Evidence. Journal Of Global Oncology 2018, 4: 48s-48s. DOI: 10.1200/jgo.18.45300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency presentationDiagnosis of cancerProportion of patientsPatient-reported outcomesPopulation-based studyHealth care useHealth care factorsHealth care interventionsPatient characteristicsPatient's symptomsLung cancerCurrent evidencePatientsDifferent tumorsCancerCancer typesLimited evidenceDiagnosisCancer diagnosisPublic healthPresentationSymptomsSuch presentationsConsistent inequalitiesRelevant evidence
2012
Proton radiotherapy for prostate cancer in the Medicare population: Patterns of care and comparison of early toxicity with IMRT.
Yu J, Soulos P, Cramer L, Roberts K, Herrin J, Potosky A, Gross C. Proton radiotherapy for prostate cancer in the Medicare population: Patterns of care and comparison of early toxicity with IMRT. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 4651-4651. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.4651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProstate cancer patientsSix monthsShort-term toxicityOne-yearCancer patientsPRT patientsProstate cancerProton radiotherapyLogistic regressionTreatment-related complicationsOne-year outcomesCumulative complication rateMultivariable logistic regressionPatient-reported outcomesPatterns of careConditional logistic regressionHigher socioeconomic statusGU complicationsGU toxicityComplication rateEarly toxicityDiagnosis codesLong-term effectsRadiation therapyMedicare population