2023
Disparities in immune and targeted therapy utilization for older US patients 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. Disparities in immune and targeted therapy utilization for older US patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2023, 7: pkad036. PMID: 37202354, PMCID: PMC10276895, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkad036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral anticancer agentsTherapy utilizationMedicare beneficiariesNon-Hispanic white raceMetastatic renal cell carcinomaNon-Hispanic black raceOlder US patientsUS Medicare beneficiariesRenal cell carcinomaLogistic regression modelsTherapy receiptMultivariable adjustmentSystemic therapyMale sexUS patientsCell carcinomaStudy criteriaBlack raceFemale sexPatient raceWhite raceImmunotherapyOutcomes persistSexPatients
2017
Racial disparities in the use of programmed death-1 checkpoint inhibitors.
O'Connor J, Seidl-Rathkopf K, Torres A, You P, Nussbaum N, Fessele K, Darius K, Adelson K, Yin E, Presley C, Chiang A, Ross J, Abernethy A, Gross C. Racial disparities in the use of programmed death-1 checkpoint inhibitors. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 3068-3068. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.3068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeath-1 checkpoint inhibitorsElectronic health record databaseLines of therapySystemic therapyCheckpoint inhibitorsCancer clinicRacial disparitiesAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerMetastatic renal cell carcinomaAnti-PD1 treatmentCell lung cancerRenal cell carcinomaHealth record databaseSignificant racial disparitiesNew cancer drugsSquamous histologyStudy drugReal-world practiceAdvanced melanomaTherapy linesWhite patientsMale sexCell carcinomaLung cancer