2024
Opioid prescribing trends and pain scores among adult patients with cancer in a large health system.
Baum L, Soulos P, KC M, Jeffery M, Ruddy K, Lerro C, Lee H, Graham D, Liberatore M, Rivera D, Leapman M, Jairam V, Dinan M, Gross C, Park H. Opioid prescribing trends and pain scores among adult patients with cancer in a large health system. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 11059-11059. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.11059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDocumented painHealth systemOpioid prescribingOpioid prescriptionsOpioid prescribing trendsYale New Haven Health SystemPrescribing trendsMetastatic cancerDocumented pain scoresUS health systemOpioid usePain scoresAdult patientsCalculated predicted probabilitiesFlowsheet dataRetrospective cohort studyRelated harmSolid tumor malignanciesCohort studyCancer painPrescribingContext of cancer treatmentStudy criteriaPainSurgery cohort
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 persistSexPatientsEvolution of systemic therapy from 2015 to 2019 for older patients in the United States 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. Evolution of systemic therapy from 2015 to 2019 for older patients in the United States with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 610-610. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.6_suppl.610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsOral anti-cancer agentsNon-Hispanic white patientsSystemic therapyRenal cell carcinomaNHW patientsWhite patientsCell carcinomaMedicare beneficiariesService Medicare Parts ARetrospective cohort studyOverall treatment rateMedicare Part AIO therapyMRCC therapyAnti-cancer agentsCheckpoint inhibitorsCohort studyOlder patientsRandomized trialsSurvival improvementFirst therapyStudy criteriaTreatment receipt