2023
Prostate cancer disparities among American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the United States
Chu C, Leapman M, Zhao S, Cowan J, Washington S, Cooperberg M. Prostate cancer disparities among American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the United States. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2023, 115: 413-420. PMID: 36629492, PMCID: PMC10086629, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer-specific mortalityProstate-specific antigenAlaska Native patientsCancer-specific mortalityGleason scoreNative patientsDefinitive treatmentWhite patientsProstate cancerTreatment accessAlaska NativesProvider densityHigher prostate-specific antigenAdvanced prostate cancerPatterns of careExternal beam radiationAmerican IndiansProstate cancer disparitiesCounty-level demographicsHealth policy interventionsLower ratesMultivariable adjustmentBaseline characteristicsPathologic factorsWorse survival
2021
Mediators of racial disparity in the use of prostate MRI.
Leapman M, Dinan M, Pasha S, Washington S, Ma X, Gross C. Mediators of racial disparity in the use of prostate MRI. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 6554-6554. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProstate cancerRacial disparitiesProstate MRIMRI useArea-level measuresObserved racial disparitiesEligible patientsPathologic factorsDual eligibilityWhite patientsBlack patientsSEER regionMedicare databaseCancer careSix-month periodPatientsSociodemographic factorsCancerMRIZip codesOlder AmericansMediatorsDiagnostic toolObserved disparitiesHigh-poverty areas
2019
Clinical risk-based associations of lymph node dissection and detection of metastasis among men treated with radical prostatectomy.
Abello A, Kenney P, Leapman M. Clinical risk-based associations of lymph node dissection and detection of metastasis among men treated with radical prostatectomy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 284-284. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPelvic lymph node dissectionLymph node countLymph node dissectionLymph node yieldRadical prostatectomyRisk strataNode dissectionNode yieldProstate Risk Assessment (CAPRA) scoreConditional logistic regression modelsRisk statusNational Cancer DatabaseHigh-risk patientsLymph node involvementProportion of patientsGroup of patientsLymph node metastasisDetection of metastasesCancer detection rateClinical risk statusRisk assessment scoreNode countLogistic regression modelsNode involvementPathologic factors