2023
Prostate cancer disparities among American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the United States
Chu C, Leapman M, Zhao S, Cowan J, Washington S, Cooperberg M. Prostate cancer disparities among American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the United States. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2023, 115: 413-420. PMID: 36629492, PMCID: PMC10086629, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer-specific mortalityProstate-specific antigenAlaska Native patientsCancer-specific mortalityGleason scoreNative patientsDefinitive treatmentWhite patientsProstate cancerTreatment accessAlaska NativesProvider densityHigher prostate-specific antigenAdvanced prostate cancerPatterns of careExternal beam radiationAmerican IndiansProstate cancer disparitiesCounty-level demographicsHealth policy interventionsLower ratesMultivariable adjustmentBaseline characteristicsPathologic factorsWorse survival
2019
The nonsurgical management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A role for active surveillance?
Syed J, Nguyen K, Javier-Desloges J, Leapman M, Raman J, Shuch B. The nonsurgical management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A role for active surveillance? Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 485-485. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUpper tract urothelial cancerMedian overall survivalOverall survivalTumor gradeCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsNational Cancer DatabaseKaplan-Meier methodHazards regression modelsHigh-grade tumorsGovernment health insuranceDefinitive surgeryDefinitive therapyOlder patientsPatient demographicsMedian ageWorse survivalUrothelial cancerGrade tumorsAlternative therapiesCancer DatabaseOS differenceRadiation therapyPatientsSurvival analysis