2024
Cost trends of metastatic renal cell carcinoma therapy: the impact of oral anticancer agents and immunotherapy
Forman R, Long J, Westvold S, Agnish K, McManus H, Leapman M, Hurwitz M, Spees L, Wheeler S, Gross C, Dinan M. Cost trends of metastatic renal cell carcinoma therapy: the impact of oral anticancer agents and immunotherapy. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2024, 8: pkae067. PMID: 39133171, PMCID: PMC11376369, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkae067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anticancer agentsOAA useAssociated with decreased adherenceRenal cell carcinomaAnticancer agentsDays of treatmentCombination therapyCell carcinomaStudy patientsInitial treatmentReal-world costsCombination groupImmunotherapyPatientsOOP costsTherapyTreatment typePercent daysPerspective of payersTreatmentClaims dataMedicare patientsAnalyzed differencesFee-for-service Medicare
2023
Total and treatment-related costs of care associated with in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving targeted or immune therapy.
Rahman S, Long J, Westvold S, Wheeler S, Spees L, Leapman M, Hurwitz M, McManus H, Gross C, Dinan M. Total and treatment-related costs of care associated with in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving targeted or immune therapy. JCO Oncology Practice 2023, 19: 28-28. DOI: 10.1200/op.2023.19.11_suppl.28.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaOral anticancer agentsInitial treatmentRetrospective cohort studyUse of immunotherapyYear of diagnosisRenal cell carcinomaDirect treatment costsMean Medicare paymentsMedicare paymentsMedicare Part DInitial therapyCohort studyMetastatic diagnosisCell carcinomaCombination therapyImmunotherapyMedicare beneficiariesPatientsAge 65Disease controlOlder ageStudy periodTherapyDiagnosisLocal Therapeutics for the Treatment of Oligo Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Jalfon M, Sakhalkar O, Lokeshwar S, Marks V, Choksi A, Klaassen Z, Leapman M, Kim I. Local Therapeutics for the Treatment of Oligo Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Current Urology Reports 2023, 24: 455-461. PMID: 37369828, DOI: 10.1007/s11934-023-01173-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOligometastatic prostate cancerCytoreductive radical prostatectomyMetastatic prostate cancerProstate cancerLocal therapyRadiation therapySystemic therapyClinical trialsDe novo metastatic prostate cancerProgression-free survivalWidespread metastatic diseaseStandard of careRecent FindingsTo dateClinician decision makingCytoreductive prostatectomySystemic chemotherapyMetastatic diseaseWidespread metastasesRetrospective studyRadical prostatectomyEarly treatmentLocal treatmentTreatment selectionTherapyPatients
2020
Utilization of next-generation sequencing and associated systemic therapy initiation in metastatic prostate cancer.
Yang D, Leapman M, Gross C, Yu J. Utilization of next-generation sequencing and associated systemic therapy initiation in metastatic prostate cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: e19308-e19308. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e19308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic prostate cancerSystemic therapy initiationTherapy initiationNGS test resultsNGS testingSystemic therapyMetastatic diagnosisNGS testsProstate cancerCommon systemic therapySystemic therapy selectionRetrospective observational studyNext-generation sequencing testDe-identified databaseMPC patientsTherapy startClinical outcomesMedian timeTherapy changesTreatment choiceObservational studyTherapy selectionGenomic classifierPatientsTherapy
2015
A Case-Based Illustration of Urinary Symptoms Following Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Polland A, Leapman M, Stone N. A Case-Based Illustration of Urinary Symptoms Following Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer. 2015, 151-172. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23817-3_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRadiation therapyProstate cancerLower urinary tract symptomsUrinary tract symptomsValuable treatment optionUrinary side effectsExternal beam radiationPosttreatment courseUrinary symptomsTract symptomsCounseling patientsUrinary effectsTreatment optionsSide effectsClinical scenariosTherapyPatientsBeam radiationSymptomsCancerIncontinenceHematuriaBrachytherapyMP87-04 TIMING OF SALVAGE ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY FOLLOWING PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT ALL-CAUSE OR PROSTATE CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL
Sagalovich D, Leapman M, Sfakianos J, Hall S, Stock R, Stone N. MP87-04 TIMING OF SALVAGE ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY FOLLOWING PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT ALL-CAUSE OR PROSTATE CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL. Journal Of Urology 2015, 193: e1085. DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.1949.Peer-Reviewed Original Research