2016
Surveillance Practice Patterns after Curative Intent Therapy for Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the Medicare Population
Erb CT, Su KW, Soulos PR, Tanoue LT, Gross CP. Surveillance Practice Patterns after Curative Intent Therapy for Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the Medicare Population. Lung Cancer 2016, 99: 200-207. PMID: 27565940, PMCID: PMC5003420, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.07.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerStage I non-small cell lung cancerCurative-intent therapyCell lung cancerLung cancerPractice patternsMedicare populationEarly-stage non-small cell lung cancerStage non-small cell lung cancerPositron emission tomography scanRoutine imaging surveillanceSpecialty society recommendationsPercent of patientsEmission tomography scanEvidence-based guidelinesRecent practice patternsMore comorbiditiesGuideline adherenceImaging surveillanceProvider factorsSociety guidelinesSurveillance guidelinesSurveillance imagingPrimary carePrimary treatment
2012
Thoroughness of Mediastinal Staging in Stage IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Vest MT, Tanoue L, Soulos PR, Kim AW, Detterbeck F, Morgensztern D, Gross CP. Thoroughness of Mediastinal Staging in Stage IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2012, 7: 188-195. PMID: 22134069, PMCID: PMC3253367, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e318236ecbb.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBiopsy, NeedleCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCohort StudiesComorbidityConfidence IntervalsGuideline AdherenceHumansLung NeoplasmsLymph NodesMediastinoscopyMediastinumMedicareMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm StagingOdds RatioPositron-Emission TomographySEER ProgramSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesConceptsStage IIIA non-small cell lung cancerIIIA non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerInvasive stagingCell lung cancerMediastinal stagingLung cancerClinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancerEnd Results-Medicare databaseStage IIIA NSCLC patientsPositron emission tomography scanningPathologic lymph nodesIIIA NSCLC patientsMultivariable logistic regressionInvasive mediastinal stagingNSCLC patientsOlder patientsPatient characteristicsLymph nodesPatient factorsHistologic confirmationPractice patternsMedicare claimsMedicare beneficiariesPET scanning