National sociodemographic disparities in the treatment of high‐risk prostate cancer: Do academic cancer centers perform better than community cancer centers?
Mahal B, Chen Y, Muralidhar V, Mahal A, Choueiri T, Hoffman K, Hu J, Sweeney C, Yu J, Feng F, Kim S, Beard C, Martin N, Trinh Q, Nguyen P. National sociodemographic disparities in the treatment of high‐risk prostate cancer: Do academic cancer centers perform better than community cancer centers? Cancer 2016, 122: 3371-3377. PMID: 27434225, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAgedBlack or African AmericanCancer Care FacilitiesCommunity Health ServicesDatabases, FactualDemographyFollow-Up StudiesHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMedically UninsuredNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm StagingPrognosisProstatic NeoplasmsQuality of Health CareRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsHigh-risk prostate cancerCommunity cancer centerProstate cancerAcademic cancer centerCancer CenterDefinitive therapyTreatment delayTreatment of high-risk prostate cancerAcademic centersNational Cancer Data BaseMultivariate Cox regression analysisSociodemographic disparitiesHigh-risk cancerCancer treatment patternsMultivariate Cox regressionTiming of therapyCox regression analysisMultivariate logistic analysisTreatment disparitiesCommunity centersExperience treatment delaysUninsured patientsTreatment patternsGray's testCox regressionNational trends and determinants of proton therapy use for prostate cancer: A National Cancer Data Base study
Mahal B, Chen Y, Efstathiou J, Muralidhar V, Hoffman K, Yu J, Feng F, Beard C, Martin N, Orio P, Nguyen P. National trends and determinants of proton therapy use for prostate cancer: A National Cancer Data Base study. Cancer 2016, 122: 1505-1512. PMID: 26970022, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29960.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProton therapy useProstate cancerProton therapyTherapy useIncreasing use of proton therapyMultivariable adjustmentUse of proton therapyNational Cancer Data BaseLong-term follow-upExternal beam radiotherapyMultivariate logistic regression analysisHigh-grade diseaseNonmetastatic prostate cancerFactors associated with receiptNationwide cancer registryLogistic regression analysisBeam radiotherapyDefinitive therapyOncological therapyNonacademic centersTreated patientsClinical factorsFollow-upProstateCancer Registry