2018
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and cardiovascular mortality (CVD) in men with early-stage prostate cancer (PC) receiving curative radiation therapy (RT).
Hanlon A, Fleming S, Hamilton A, Dinan M, Melloni C, Harrison M, Khouri M, Wu X, Wilson J, Lipscomb J, Cress R, Anderson R, Kimmick G. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and cardiovascular mortality (CVD) in men with early-stage prostate cancer (PC) receiving curative radiation therapy (RT). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 127-127. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.7_suppl.127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUse of ADTAndrogen deprivation therapyProstate cancerRadiation therapyAdult Comorbidity Evaluation-27National Death Index dataPopulation-based cancer registriesEarly-stage prostate cancerAge 67.7 yearsCV risk factorsDefinitive radiation therapyDeath Index dataRisk of CVDCurative radiation therapyGleason score 3Hazard of deathCause of deathProstate cancer patternsHigher socioeconomic statusRace/ethnicityCV deathCVD equivalentDeprivation therapyHigher CVDCV disease
2015
Resource Use in the Last Year of Life Among Patients Who Died With Versus of Prostate Cancer
Dinan MA, Li Y, Zhang Y, Stewart SB, Curtis LH, George DJ, Reed SD. Resource Use in the Last Year of Life Among Patients Who Died With Versus of Prostate Cancer. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2015, 14: 28-37.e2. PMID: 26382223, PMCID: PMC4698191, DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2015.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd Results-Medicare dataEnd of lifeProstate cancerOutpatient settingOutpatient useRetrospective analysisMore hospicesLower mean inpatient costsSkilled nursing facility daysIntensive care unit daysIntensive care unit useJudicious careAndrogen deprivation therapyOverall health care costsUse of chemotherapyMean inpatient costsMultiple invasive proceduresHealth care costsSignificant financial burdenDeprivation therapyNoncancer causesICU useSingle strongest predictorUnit daysInpatient costs
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