2019
The Impact of the 2011 European Leukemianet (ELN) Guidelines for Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative Classical Myeloproliferative Neoplasms on Therapeutic Phlebotomy and Hydroxyurea Use in Patients with Polycythemia Vera and Essential Thrombocythemia
Podoltsev N, Wang R, Shallis R, Huntington S, Zeidan A, Gore S, Davidoff A, Ma X. The Impact of the 2011 European Leukemianet (ELN) Guidelines for Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative Classical Myeloproliferative Neoplasms on Therapeutic Phlebotomy and Hydroxyurea Use in Patients with Polycythemia Vera and Essential Thrombocythemia. Blood 2019, 134: 2125. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-127563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTherapeutic phlebotomyPopulation-based cohortPV patientsELN guidelinesET patientsPolycythemia veraEssential thrombocythemiaGuideline publicationCelgene CorporationCytoreductive therapyHU useMonthly proportionBoehringer IngelheimLarge population-based cohortAdvisory CommitteeDaiichi SankyoOlder adultsEuropean LeukemiaNet guidelinesEnd Results-MedicareProportion of patientsHealthcare Common Procedure Coding System codesPopulation-based studyPatterns of careTreatment of patientsPart D claims
2018
Use of Statins, Survival and Incidence of Thrombosis Among Older Adults with Essential Thrombocythemia: A Population-Based Study
Podoltsev N, Zhu M, Wang R, Zeidan A, Wang X, Huntington S, Giri S, Davidoff A, Gore S, Ma X. Use of Statins, Survival and Incidence of Thrombosis Among Older Adults with Essential Thrombocythemia: A Population-Based Study. Blood 2018, 132: 4865. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-119118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUse of statinsIncidence of thrombosisStatin usersLog-rank testRisk of thrombosisOverall survivalEssential thrombocythemiaET diagnosisPercentage of daysHydrophilic statinsOlder adultsET patientsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelLarge population-based cohort studyContinuous Medicare Parts APopulation-based cohort studyCox proportional hazards modelEnd Results-MedicareErythropoietin-independent erythroid colony formationBetter overall survivalKaplan-Meier curvesPopulation-based cohortEnd of studyProportional hazards modelPart D
2008
Prevalence of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia
Ma X, Vanasse G, Cartmel B, Wang Y, Selinger HA. Prevalence of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia. American Journal Of Hematology 2008, 83: 359-362. PMID: 18181200, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of PVPolycythemia veraEssential thrombocythemiaMyeloproliferative disordersUS populationAge-standardized prevalenceHealth claims dataAge-specific prevalenceLarge US populationEntire US populationClaims dataET patientsInsurance payerHealth claimsLogistic regressionPrevalencePatientsMedicaid ServicesMolecular etiologyCommon typeThrombocythemiaDisordersUnited StatesAffected populationVera