2023
Disparities in immune and targeted therapy utilization for older US patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Chow R, Long J, Hassan S, Wheeler S, Spees L, Leapman M, Hurwitz M, McManus H, Gross C, Dinan M. Disparities in immune and targeted therapy utilization for older US patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2023, 7: pkad036. PMID: 37202354, PMCID: PMC10276895, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkad036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral anticancer agentsTherapy utilizationMedicare beneficiariesNon-Hispanic white raceMetastatic renal cell carcinomaNon-Hispanic black raceOlder US patientsUS Medicare beneficiariesRenal cell carcinomaLogistic regression modelsTherapy receiptMultivariable adjustmentSystemic therapyMale sexUS patientsCell carcinomaStudy criteriaBlack raceFemale sexPatient raceWhite raceImmunotherapyOutcomes persistSexPatientsAssociation between sociodemographic factors and diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer in early life.
Smani S, Novosel M, Jeong F, Marks V, Sprenkle P, Leapman M. Association between sociodemographic factors and diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer in early life. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 32-32. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.6_suppl.32.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced prostate cancerProstate cancerProstate cancer diagnosisSociodemographic factorsAdvanced diseaseYounger patientsNational Cancer DatabaseCancer diagnosisCharacteristics of patientsRetrospective cohort studySubset of patientsLethal prostate cancerMultivariable logistic regressionEarly prostate cancerHighest income quintileCohort studyAdvanced cancerInsurance statusCancer DatabaseSociodemographic disparitiesInclusion criteriaWhite raceGreater oddsPatientsAdvanced stage
2019
Associations of rurality and disease outcomes in urologic malignancies.
Abello A, Casilla-Lennon M, Kenney P, Leapman M. Associations of rurality and disease outcomes in urologic malignancies. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 661-661. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer-specific deathAssociation of ruralityUrologic malignanciesKidney cancerPoor cancer-specific survivalCox proportional hazards modelRural statusRural countiesCancer-specific survivalEnd Results (SEER) databaseProportional hazards modelPopulation-level dataDefinitive treatmentRural patientsGenitourinary malignanciesTestis cancerUrologic cancersWorse outcomesCancer incidenceDisease PDisease outcomeUrological cancersMultivariable regressionWhite raceOutcome data