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 metricsSurvival analysis of patients treated at oncology practices with more aggressive end-of-life practice patterns.
Canavan M, Wang X, Ascha M, Miksad R, Showalter T, Calip G, Gross C, Adelson K. Survival analysis of patients treated at oncology practices with more aggressive end-of-life practice patterns. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 6562-6562. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.6562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReal-world overall survivalSystemic anticancer therapySurvival analysisNon-small cell lungCox proportional hazards modelPractice-level factorsRenal cell carcinomaProportional hazards modelCommon cancer typesDe-identified databaseElectronic health recordsAdvanced diseaseAdult patientsHazard ratioMetastatic diseaseMost patientsOverall survivalSurvival benefitSystemic treatmentAggressive endPrimary outcomeCell carcinomaCell lungPrimary exposureCancer patients
2021
Differences by race in systemic oncologic end-of-life (EOL) care among patients with cancer.
Adelson K, Wang X, Ascha M, Miksad R, Showalter T, Calip G, Gross C, Canavan M. Differences by race in systemic oncologic end-of-life (EOL) care among patients with cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 137-137. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.39.28_suppl.137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlack patientsWhite patientsAggressive EOL careRetrospective cohort studyPractice-level factorsPractice-level characteristicsRacial differencesDe-identified databaseLogistic regression modelsAnti-cancer therapyElectronic health recordsImmunotherapy eraCohort studyICI useOncologic treatmentPayer cohortHigh patientEOL careAdjusted ratesOutcome measuresEOL treatmentMedicaid coveragePatientsPhysician ratioRoutine practiceTrends in end-of- life (EOL) systemic oncologic treatment in contemporary clinical practice: Insights from real-world data.
Canavan M, Wang X, Ascha M, Miksad R, Showalter T, Calip G, Gross C, Adelson K. Trends in end-of- life (EOL) systemic oncologic treatment in contemporary clinical practice: Insights from real-world data. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 253-253. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.39.28_suppl.253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDay of deathReal-world practiceTraditional chemotherapyCancer treatmentStudy periodPractice-level factorsOverall healthcare utilizationSystemic cancer treatmentRates of chemotherapyDays of lifeDe-identified databaseContemporary clinical practiceLogistic regression modelsElectronic health recordsCancer care organizationsSystemic therapySystemic treatmentOncologic treatmentHealthcare utilizationImmune therapyTargeted therapyStratified analysisHigher total costsLife careOncolytic therapy