2022
Treatment patterns and health care resource use of patients with metastatic breast cancer with HER2-low expression: A cancer registry-linked insurance claims study.
Check D, Jackson B, Spees L, Dinan M, Kwong J, Mehta S, Wheeler S, Wilson L, Faherty E, Reeder-Hayes K, Lam C. Treatment patterns and health care resource use of patients with metastatic breast cancer with HER2-low expression: A cancer registry-linked insurance claims study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 399-399. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.28_suppl.399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic breast cancerAnti-HER2 therapyHER2-low expressionMBC patientsEmergency departmentIHC 0Endocrine monotherapyEndocrine therapyTreatment patternsInfusion visitsCDK4/6 inhibitorsHER2 expressionBreast cancerDe novo metastatic breast cancerRetrospective population-based cohort studyNovo metastatic breast cancerBreast cancer-specific mortalityCancer-specific mortality ratesPopulation-based cohort studyHealth care resource useState cancer registry dataHormone receptorsCancer-specific mortalityHealthcare resource utilizationHormone receptor statusMediators of Racial Disparity in the Use of Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging Among Patients With Prostate Cancer
Leapman MS, Dinan M, Pasha S, Long J, Washington SL, Ma X, Gross CP. Mediators of Racial Disparity in the Use of Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging Among Patients With Prostate Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2022, 8: 687-696. PMID: 35238879, PMCID: PMC8895315, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.8116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingPopulation-based cohort studyProstate cancerWhite patientsRacial disparitiesCohort studyMRI useIndividual-level socioeconomic statusEligible male patientsSocioeconomic statusNeighborhood-level socioeconomic statusLocalized prostate cancerProstate cancer diagnosisObserved racial disparitiesProstate magnetic resonanceMediation analysisPathologic factorsMale patientsUS SurveillanceBlack patientsMedicare databaseMAIN OUTCOMEUS adultsNew diagnosis
2021
Analysis of Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Genomic Factors Associated With Breast Cancer Mortality in the Linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results and Medicare Database
Robinson TJ, Wilson LE, Marcom PK, Troester M, Lynch CF, Hernandez BY, Parrilla E, Brauer HA, Dinan MA. Analysis of Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Genomic Factors Associated With Breast Cancer Mortality in the Linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results and Medicare Database. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2131020. PMID: 34714340, PMCID: PMC8556625, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual tissue repositoryBreast cancer outcomesSEER-Medicare dataCancer outcomesCox proportional hazards regression modelHealth servicesEstrogen receptor-positive invasive breast cancerSymptomatic detectionBreast cancer-specific survivalPopulation-based cohort studyEstrogen receptor-positive tumorsProportional hazards regression modelsExploratory genomic analysisSEER-Medicare cohortCancer-specific survivalSocioeconomic statusHigh-grade diseaseInvasive breast cancerReceptor-positive tumorsSubset of womenBreast cancer mortalityAdvanced disease stageHazards regression modelsClaims-based algorithmGrowth factor β activation