2021
Evaluation of the association of health care system access with kidney cancer surgical outcomes for hispanic and non-hispanic white patients
Javier-DesLoges JF, Meagher MF, Walia A, Nguyen MV, Perry JM, Narasimhan RS, Hakimi K, Soliman S, Yuan J, Chakoumakos MA, Ghali F, Patel DN, Wan F, Murphy JD, Derweesh IH. Evaluation of the association of health care system access with kidney cancer surgical outcomes for hispanic and non-hispanic white patients. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2021, 39: 837.e1-837.e7. PMID: 34580026, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.08.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-Hispanic white patientsCancer-specific survivalRenal cell carcinomaMedically Underserved AreasCause mortalityWhite patientsHealth care system accessSpecific survivalNon-Hispanic whitesLocalized Renal Cell CarcinomaTertiary referral centerCause mortality riskKaplan-Meier analysisLog-rank testCancer surgical outcomesOverall survivalReferral centerSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeHispanic patientsMeier analysisCox regressionSurgical outcomesCell carcinomaRisk factors
2020
Does delay in time to surgery impact outcome in renal cell carcinoma: Analysis based on tumor size utilizing the National Cancer Database.
Patel D, Ghali F, Meagher M, Bradshaw A, Patel S, Murphy J, Derweesh I. Does delay in time to surgery impact outcome in renal cell carcinoma: Analysis based on tumor size utilizing the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 664-664. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.6_suppl.664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultivariable Cox proportional hazardsNational Cancer DatabaseRenal cell carcinomaKaplan-Meier analysisYears of ageTumor sizeSurgery delayWorse OSOverall survivalHealthy patientsCell carcinomaCancer DatabaseLocalized Renal Cell CarcinomaNon-private insuranceTumor size 2Charlson comorbidity scoreCox proportional hazardsComorbidity scoreSurgical treatmentSurvival impactMedian timeEntire cohortFourth quartileBlack raceActive surveillance