2023
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Women Older than 65 with Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
Upadhyay R, Klamer B, Perlow H, White J, Bazan J, Jhawar S, Blakaj D, Grecula J, Arnett A, Mestres-Villanueva M, Healy E, Thomas E, Chakravarti A, Raval R, Lustberg M, Williams N, Palmer J, Beyer S. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Women Older than 65 with Breast Cancer Brain Metastases. Cancers 2023, 16: 137. PMID: 38201564, PMCID: PMC10778270, DOI: 10.3390/cancers16010137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntracranial progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalBreast cancer patientsBrain metastasesOverall survivalYounger patientsCancer patientsRadiation necrosisOlder womenOlder patientsPositive diseaseSystemic therapyMultivariable analysisTreatment patternsBiopsy-proven breast cancer patientsCox proportional hazards regression methodsIncidence of BMOlder breast cancer patientsSingle-institutional retrospective reviewTreatment-related adverse eventsAge groupsBreast cancer brain metastasesMetastatic breast cancer patientsWorse progression-free survivalProportional hazards regression methods
2020
Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer
Paredes AZ, Hyer JM, Tsilimigras DI, Palmer E, Lustberg MB, Dillhoff ME, Cloyd JM, Tsung A, Ejaz A, Wells-Di Gregorio S, Pawlik TM. Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer. Hepato Pancreato Biliary 2020, 23: 451-458. PMID: 32843275, DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-specific mortalityLong-term outcomesPancreatic cancerMental illnessPre-existing mental illnessSchizophrenic disordersHigh riskMedicare beneficiariesCancer-directed surgerySEER-Medicare databasePre-existing historyAnxiety/depressionEarly-stage cancerCause mortalityMultivariable analysisPancreatic adenocarcinomaStage cancerPsychotic disordersPatientsBipolar disorderIllnessCancerMortalityDisordersDepressionRacial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospice Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries Dying from Pancreatic Cancer
Paredes AZ, Hyer JM, Palmer E, Lustberg MB, Pawlik TM. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospice Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries Dying from Pancreatic Cancer. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2020, 25: 155-161. PMID: 32193849, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-020-04568-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEthnic minority patientsPancreatic cancerHospice utilizationMinority patientsHospice servicesWhite patientsMedicare Standard Analytic FilesRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesStandard Analytic FilesDeceased individualsTime of deathOverall low useClinical factorsMost patientsMultivariable analysisAnalytic FilesMedicare beneficiariesPancreatectomyPatientsComparable oddsEthnic disparitiesCancerLogistic regressionLow useDeath
2019
Racial/ethnic disparities in hospice utilization among Medicare beneficiaries dying from pancreatic cancer.
Paredes A, Hyer M, Palmer E, Lustberg M, Pawlik T. Racial/ethnic disparities in hospice utilization among Medicare beneficiaries dying from pancreatic cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 41-41. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.31_suppl.41.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEthnic minority patientsWhite patientsHospice utilizationPancreatic cancerMinority patientsHospice servicesMedicare Standard Analytic FilesStandard Analytic FilesAspects of careTime of deathOverall low useComorbidity burdenMost patientsClinical factorsMultivariable analysisTreatment disparitiesAnalytic FilesMedicare beneficiariesPancreatectomyPatientsComparable oddsEthnic disparitiesCancerEthnic minoritiesLow use