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
The nonsurgical management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A role for active surveillance?
Syed J, Nguyen K, Javier-Desloges J, Leapman M, Raman J, Shuch B. The nonsurgical management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A role for active surveillance? Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 485-485. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUpper tract urothelial cancerMedian overall survivalOverall survivalTumor gradeCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsNational Cancer DatabaseKaplan-Meier methodHazards regression modelsHigh-grade tumorsGovernment health insuranceDefinitive surgeryDefinitive therapyOlder patientsPatient demographicsMedian ageWorse survivalUrothelial cancerGrade tumorsAlternative therapiesCancer DatabaseOS differenceRadiation therapyPatientsSurvival analysisUrologic malignancies: A comparison of outcomes after index surgery between academic and community hospitals.
Syed J, Abello A, Javier-Desloges J, Leapman M, Kenney P. Urologic malignancies: A comparison of outcomes after index surgery between academic and community hospitals. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 489-489. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.489.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVizient clinical databaseCase mix indexAcademic hospitalCommunity hospitalRadical prostatectomyReadmission ratesPartial cystectomyRadical cystectomyUrologic malignanciesPartial nephrectomyClinical databaseRate of hospitalDirect costsLength of stayICD-10 codesMean direct costComparison of outcomesPart of treatmentSignificant differencesStudent's t-testIndex admissionIndex surgeryRadical nephroureterectomyPatient demographicsSurgical treatment