2018
Does Provider Experience Treating Patients (pts) with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Explain Duration of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Therapy and Overall Survival (OS)? A Large Population-Based Analysis
Zeidan A, Hu X, Zhu W, Stahl M, Giri S, Huntington S, Wang R, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A. Does Provider Experience Treating Patients (pts) with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Explain Duration of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Therapy and Overall Survival (OS)? A Large Population-Based Analysis. Blood 2018, 132: 370. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-111052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHMA cyclesOverall survivalHMA initiationHMA therapyMyelodysplastic syndromeProvider typeCancer CenterMD volumeMultivariate Cox proportional hazardsKaplan-Meier log-rank testAZA-001 trialMedian overall survivalTwo-sided statistical testsLog-rank testReal-world survivalCox proportional hazardsLogistic regression analysisWilcoxon rank sum testChi-square testCommunity-based practiceRank sum testEligible ptsLookback periodEarly discontinuationAgent therapy
2012
Incidence and Outcomes for Low Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome: A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Study
Zhang Y, Podoltsev N, Rothberg BE, Dhodapkar M, Morgensztern D. Incidence and Outcomes for Low Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome: A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Study. Blood 2012, 120: 4944. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v120.21.4944.4944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-specific survivalLow-grade myelodysplastic syndromesRefractory anemiaMyelodysplastic syndromeOverall survivalAcute leukemiaIncidence rateStudy warrant further evaluationLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesLarge population-based studyMultivariable hazard ratiosRisk myelodysplastic syndromesEnd Results (SEER) databaseKaplan-Meier methodPopulation-based studyEnd-result studyCox proportional hazardsWarrants further evaluationCause of deathAdditional genetic abnormalitiesHazard ratioMultilineage dysplasiaRefractory cytopeniaCentral cancerMultivariable analysis