2023
Total and treatment-related costs of care associated with in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving targeted or immune therapy.
Rahman S, Long J, Westvold S, Wheeler S, Spees L, Leapman M, Hurwitz M, McManus H, Gross C, Dinan M. Total and treatment-related costs of care associated with in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving targeted or immune therapy. JCO Oncology Practice 2023, 19: 28-28. DOI: 10.1200/op.2023.19.11_suppl.28.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anticancer agentsInitial treatmentRetrospective cohort studyUse of immunotherapyYear of diagnosisRenal cell carcinomaDirect treatment costsMean Medicare paymentsMedicare paymentsMedicare Part DInitial therapyCohort studyMetastatic diagnosisCell carcinomaCombination therapyImmunotherapyMedicare beneficiariesPatientsAge 65Disease controlOlder ageStudy periodTherapyDiagnosis
2022
Incidence of circumcision among insured adults in the United States
Nabavizadeh B, Li KD, Hakam N, Shaw NM, Leapman MS, Breyer BN. Incidence of circumcision among insured adults in the United States. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0275207. PMID: 36251658, PMCID: PMC9576047, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult circumcisionIncidence rateAge-standardized incidence ratesIncidence of circumcisionAverage incidence rateYears of ageWide geographic variationInsured adultsCommon indicationIBM MarketScanMean ageDiseases codesInternational ClassificationHigh incidenceAge groupsIncidenceStudy periodCircumcisionRitual circumcisionUnited StatesPhimosisSurgeryBalanoposthitisHigh rateFuture studies
2018
National trends in the management of patients with positive surgical margins at the time of radical prostatectomy.
Ghabili K, Nguyen K, Hsiang W, Syed J, Suarez-Sarmiento A, Shuch B, Park H, Yu J, Leapman M. National trends in the management of patients with positive surgical margins at the time of radical prostatectomy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 111-111. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.6_suppl.111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdjuvant radiation therapyAndrogen deprivation therapyPositive surgical marginsNational Cancer DatabaseAdjuvant therapyRadical prostatectomyRadiation therapyProstate cancerPathologic featuresSurgical marginsAddition of ADTAdjuvant androgen deprivation therapyStudy periodPre-treatment PSAPrimary definitive treatmentMajority of patientsManagement of patientsGleason grade groupCourse of managementOptimal management approachNon-academic facilitiesLogistic regression modelsBinary logistic regression modelAnalysis menDeprivation therapy