2023
Awareness of racial/ethnic inequities in time to treatment among breast cancer providers.
Cohen I, Canavan M, Jacob A, Sondhi A, Silver H, Bramwell L, Lustberg M, Adelson K. Awareness of racial/ethnic inequities in time to treatment among breast cancer providers. JCO Oncology Practice 2023, 19: 584-584. DOI: 10.1200/op.2023.19.11_suppl.584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancer providersCancer providersRace/ethnicityEthnic inequitiesTreatment inequitiesExact testSmilow Cancer HospitalYale Cancer CenterHospital-level factorsEducational interventionAdverse social determinantsFisher's exact testDe-identified databaseBrief educational interventionNon-Latinx WhitesPatient factorsWhite patientsProvider factorsCancer HospitalCancer CenterCancer patientsOncological careCare metricsClinical armTreatment metrics
2018
Disparities in breast cancer tumor characteristics, treatment, time to treatment, and survival probability among African American and white women
Foy K, Fisher J, Lustberg M, Gray D, DeGraffinreid C, Paskett E. Disparities in breast cancer tumor characteristics, treatment, time to treatment, and survival probability among African American and white women. Npj Breast Cancer 2018, 4: 7. PMID: 29582015, PMCID: PMC5861087, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-018-0059-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchJames Cancer HospitalAA womenBreast cancerTumor characteristicsWhite womenCancer HospitalArthur G. James Cancer HospitalHigher breast cancer death rateBreast cancer tumor characteristicsCox proportional hazards regressionProgression-free survival probabilityBreast cancer death ratesLate-stage breast cancerLikelihood ratio chi-square testProportional hazards regressionStage breast cancerOverall survival probabilityCancer death ratesOnset of treatmentCurrent tobacco useChi-square testAfrican American womenPrompt treatmentCancer RegistryHazards regressionStrategic planning for implementation of Commission on Cancer standard 3.3 in a tertiary academic center.
Klemanski D, Scharschmidt T, Ramirez M, Browning K, Ghosh-Berkebile R, Hatfield R, Schimming D, Lustberg M. Strategic planning for implementation of Commission on Cancer standard 3.3 in a tertiary academic center. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 58-58. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.7_suppl.58.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurvivorship care plansAcademic cancer centerAdvanced practice providersCancer RegistryEligible survivorsSCP deliveryCancer CenterTertiary academic centerJames Cancer HospitalPerformance improvement planLack of reimbursementReview eligibility criteriaElectronic medical recordsProfessional practice evaluationCurative intentEligible patientsCancer HospitalCancer survivorsTreatment summaryDisease groupMedical recordsTreatment completionProvider awarenessPractice providersCare plans