2024
Area Vulnerability and Disparities in Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Rahman S, Long J, Westvold S, Leapman M, Spees L, Hurwitz M, McManus H, Gross C, Wheeler S, Dinan M. Area Vulnerability and Disparities in Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e248747. PMID: 38687479, PMCID: PMC11061765, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.8747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaArea-level measuresRenal cell carcinomaPatient-level factorsSystemic therapyEthnic disparitiesRelative risk ratiosSocially vulnerable areasCell carcinomaMeasures of social vulnerabilityMedicare beneficiariesCohort studyFee-for-service Medicare Parts AOdds ratioReceipt of systemic therapyLogistic regressionArea-level characteristicsAssociated with lack of treatmentNon-Hispanic blacksRetrospective cohort studyIndividual-level demographicsNon-Hispanic whitesAssociated with disparitiesUS Medicare beneficiariesMeasures of disadvantage
2021
Provider- and patient-level predictors of oral anticancer agent initiation and adherence in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Spees L, Wheeler S, Jackson B, Baggett C, Wilson L, Greiner M, Kaye D, Zhang T, George D, Scales C, Pritchard J, Leapman M, Gross C, Dinan M. Provider- and patient-level predictors of oral anticancer agent initiation and adherence in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 87-87. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.39.28_suppl.87.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaPatient-level factorsProvider-level factorsRenal cell carcinomaIndex dateRace/ethnicityInitial diagnosisCell carcinomaRisk ratioState cancer registry dataNumber of comorbiditiesMore comorbid conditionsPatient-level predictorsCancer registry dataProportion of daysProvider-level variablesPrescription drug filesMedian PDCMRCC diagnosisMRCC patientsPatient characteristicsPharmacy claimsComorbid conditionsMetastatic diagnosisMedical oncologyProvider‐ and patient‐level predictors of oral anticancer agent initiation and adherence in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Spees LP, Wheeler SB, Jackson BE, Baggett CD, Wilson LE, Greiner MA, Kaye DR, Zhang T, George D, Scales CD, Pritchard JE, Leapman M, Gross CP, Dinan MA. Provider‐ and patient‐level predictors of oral anticancer agent initiation and adherence in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Medicine 2021, 10: 6653-6665. PMID: 34480518, PMCID: PMC8495289, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaPatient-level factorsRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaRisk ratioState cancer registry dataPatient-level predictorsPatient-level characteristicsCancer registry dataProvider Enumeration SystemMRCC diagnosisMedical oncologyInsurance typeMedicare patientsRegistry dataFemale providersPatientsMedian proportionPoisson regressionCare issuesPrivate insuranceMale providersAdherenceCarcinomaAnticancer agents