2024
Impact of insurance payer status (IS) on practice patterns and overall survival (OS) in patients (pts) with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).
Mercier B, Tripathi N, Govindarajan A, Gebrael G, Narang A, Li X, Castro D, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Dizman N, Ebrahimi H, Chawla N, Hsu J, Bergerot C, Barragan-Carrillo R, Zengin Z, Meza L, Pal S, Agarwal N, Tripathi A. Impact of insurance payer status (IS) on practice patterns and overall survival (OS) in patients (pts) with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 547-547. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.4_suppl.547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic urothelial carcinomaOverall survivalCox proportional hazards multivariate modelPresence of visceral metastasesChi-square test/Fisher's exact testIS groupPractice patternsPredictors of OSKaplan-Meier methodImpact practice patternsLog-rank testMedicare groupPrivate insuranceMulti-institutional studyANOVA/Kruskal-Wallis testVisceral metastasesInsurance payer statusNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNCI-designated comprehensive cancer centerSystemic therapyUrothelial carcinomaMedian ageBaseline characteristicsExact testClinical trial participation
2021
Targeted therapies: Expanding the role of FGFR3 inhibition in urothelial carcinoma
Zengin Z, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Salgia N, Muddasani R, Ali S, Meza L, Pal S. Targeted therapies: Expanding the role of FGFR3 inhibition in urothelial carcinoma. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2021, 40: 25-36. PMID: 34840077, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.10.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsUrothelial carcinomaCheckpoint inhibitorsTargeted therapyLower tract diseaseMultiple disease stagesMetastatic urothelial carcinomaOverall response rateAntibody-drug conjugatesGrowth factor receptor familyFGFR3 inhibitionUC tumorsChemotherapy regimensUpper tractOngoing trialsDisease stageTract diseaseTreatment paradigmFactor receptor familyHigh incidenceActionable mutationsFGFR1-4FGFR3 inhibitorsSmall molecule inhibitorsFGFR3 mutations