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 periodTherapyDiagnosis
2012
Changes in Initial Treatment for Prostate Cancer Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999–2007
Dinan MA, Robinson TJ, Zagar TM, Scales CD, Curtis LH, Reed SD, Lee WR, Schulman KA. Changes in Initial Treatment for Prostate Cancer Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999–2007. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2012, 82: e781-e786. PMID: 22331001, PMCID: PMC3418871, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.11.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAndrogen deprivation therapyThree-dimensional conformal radiation therapyProportion of patientsInvasive radical prostatectomyOpen surgical approachProstate cancerIntensity-modulated radiation therapyRadiation therapyDeprivation therapyConformal radiation therapyRadical prostatectomySurgical approachMedicare populationRetrospective claims-based analysisIncident prostate cancerClaims-based analysisManagement of patientsLarge clinical trialsLocalized prostate cancerTreatment of patientsExternal beam radiotherapyHealth care costsActive therapyInitial treatmentOptimal therapy
2011
Financial implications of changes in the initial treatment of prostate cancer among Medicare beneficiaries.
Dinan M, Robinson T, Zagar T, Scales C, Curtis L, Reed S, Schulman K, Lee W. Financial implications of changes in the initial treatment of prostate cancer among Medicare beneficiaries. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2011, 29: 6115-6115. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.6115.Peer-Reviewed Original Research