2024
County-level racial disparities in prostate cancer specific mortality from 2005 to 2020
Washington S, Fakunle M, Wang L, Braun A, Leapman M, Cowan J, Cooperberg M. County-level racial disparities in prostate cancer specific mortality from 2005 to 2020. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2024, pkae109. PMID: 39495143, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkae109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic blacksRacial disparitiesCancer-specific mortalityCancer outcomesAssociated with lower mortality riskProstate cancer-specific mortalityProstate cancer outcomesNon-Hispanic white patientsLinear mixed models evaluated associationsPrimary care providersSpecific mortalityRadiation oncologist densityLower mortality riskYear of deathBlack-white differencesRace-based disparitiesMortality disparitiesProvider densityCare providersCounty-level dataHospital bedsMortality riskData of menProstate cancer specific mortality riskWhite patients
2023
Evolution of systemic therapy from 2015 to 2019 for older patients in the United States with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Chow R, Long J, Hassan S, Wheeler S, Spees L, Leapman M, Hurwitz M, McManus H, Gross C, Dinan M. Evolution of systemic therapy from 2015 to 2019 for older patients in the United States with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 610-610. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.6_suppl.610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsOral anti-cancer agentsNon-Hispanic white patientsSystemic therapyRenal cell carcinomaNHW patientsWhite patientsCell carcinomaMedicare beneficiariesService Medicare Parts ARetrospective cohort studyOverall treatment rateMedicare Part AIO therapyMRCC therapyAnti-cancer agentsCheckpoint inhibitorsCohort studyOlder patientsRandomized trialsSurvival improvementFirst therapyStudy criteriaTreatment receipt