2023
Estimating Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis After Screening Mammography Among Older Women in the United States.
Richman I, Long J, Soulos P, Wang S, Gross C. Estimating Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis After Screening Mammography Among Older Women in the United States. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2023, 176: 1172-1180. PMID: 37549389, PMCID: PMC10623662, DOI: 10.7326/m23-0133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCumulative incidenceBreast cancerBreast cancer screeningUnscreened womenOlder womenCancer screeningBreast cancer-specific deathBreast cancer overdiagnosisService Medicare claimsRetrospective cohort studyCancer-specific deathBreast cancer deathsWomen 70 yearsHarms of overdiagnosisNational Cancer InstituteBreast cancer diagnosisCohort studyCancer overdiagnosisCancer deathSEER programMedicare claimsCancer InstituteOverdiagnosisGreater incidenceCancer
2019
Effects of rising drug costs on efforts to control overall cost at a large academic cancer center.
Adelson K, Canavan M, Supalla S, Sedghi T, Chaudhry B, Sinanis N, Gross C. Effects of rising drug costs on efforts to control overall cost at a large academic cancer center. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 2-2. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.27_suppl.2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOncology Care ModelLarge academic cancer centerAcute care useAcademic cancer centerPost-acute careMean costCancer CenterCare useDrug costsEmergency department useCost of hospitalizationMean total costValue-based payment programsCost of pharmaceuticalsCancer HospitalCancer careDepartment useTotal episodesInpatient careMedicare claimsCare modelCareEpisodesUtilization categoriesPharmaceutical spendingAbandonment trajectories of conventionally fractionated adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer care.
Xu X, Soulos P, Herrin J, Wang S, Pollack C, Evans S, Gross C, Yu J. Abandonment trajectories of conventionally fractionated adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer care. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 531-531. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysician peer groupsBreast cancer careAdjuvant radiotherapyCancer careHigher useNational Medicare claimsPatient risk factorsDistinct trajectoriesYears of ageLow useDifferent baseline levelsRisk-adjusted ratesPatient cohortRisk factorsBreast cancerCost implicationsMedicare claimsBaseline levelsRadiotherapyMedicare perspectiveCFRTCurve analysisPhysiciansPatientsLatent growth curve analysis
2012
Short-term complications and use of breast brachytherapy in the national Medicare population in 2008-2009.
Presley C, Soulos P, Herrin J, Roberts K, Yu J, Killelea B, Lesnikoski B, Long J, Gross C. Short-term complications and use of breast brachytherapy in the national Medicare population in 2008-2009. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 1030-1030. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.1030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole breast irradiationHospital referral regionsBone complicationsClinical characteristicsSkin complicationsReferral regionsEarly-stage breast cancerNational treatment patternsOne-year overallReceipt of chemotherapyNumber of comorbiditiesShort-term complicationsDeep tissuesNational Medicare populationAdjuvant radiationComplication rateTreatment patternsDiagnosis codesBreast cancerMedicare claimsMedicare populationComplicationsMedicare beneficiariesTreatment groupsClinical practice
2006
The effect of age and chronic illness on life expectancy after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer: implications for screening.
Gross CP, McAvay GJ, Krumholz HM, Paltiel AD, Bhasin D, Tinetti ME. The effect of age and chronic illness on life expectancy after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer: implications for screening. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2006, 145: 646-53. PMID: 17088577, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-9-200611070-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic illnessColorectal cancerChronic conditionsLife expectancyCancer stageEarly-stage colorectal cancerPopulation-based cancer registriesPatients 67 yearsRetrospective cohort studyStage I cancerAdministrative claims dataChronic condition groupsFinal study sampleYears of ageShort life expectancyCohort studyEffect of agePatient ageI cancerCancer RegistryCancer variesHealthy patientsIndividual patientsMedicare claimsAdministrative claims