2025
Area Level Social Deprivation and Use of Prostate MRI Before Prostate Biopsy Among Commercial Insurance Beneficiaries
Smani S, Wang R, Zhou X, Sprenkle P, Kim I, Dinan M, Gross C, Ma X, Leapman M. Area Level Social Deprivation and Use of Prostate MRI Before Prostate Biopsy Among Commercial Insurance Beneficiaries. Urology 2025 PMID: 40759400, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.07.070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-biopsy magnetic resonance imagingProstate magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imaging useProstate biopsySocial deprivation indexArea-level measuresDynamic cohort studyMRI useMeasure of area-level deprivationSocioeconomic statusArea-level social deprivationArea-level measures of socioeconomic statusMeasures of socioeconomic statusStrata of socioeconomic statusArea-level deprivationCommercial insurance beneficiariesComposite measureBiopsyProstateNon-metropolitan areasDeprivation indexRural/urban statusResonance imagingSociodemographic factors
2024
Characterization of time toxicity in older patients with metastatic breast cancer
Atre S, Soulos P, Kuderer N, Gross C, Baum L, Dinan M, Lustberg M. Characterization of time toxicity in older patients with metastatic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2024, 207: 541-550. PMID: 38816556, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-024-07379-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic breast cancerBone-modifying agentsComorbid medical conditionsOlder patientsBreast cancerRetrospective cohort studySEER-Medicare databaseTreatment typeCancer treatment modalityTreatment modalitiesSEER-MedicareCohort studyUnadjusted analysisPatientsAge-related impactCancer treatmentComorbiditiesDay patientsCancerRadiotherapyOlder ageMedical conditionsToxicityTreatmentSociodemographic factors
2021
Mediators of racial disparity in the use of prostate MRI.
Leapman M, Dinan M, Pasha S, Washington S, Ma X, Gross C. Mediators of racial disparity in the use of prostate MRI. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 6554-6554. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProstate cancerRacial disparitiesProstate MRIMRI useArea-level measuresObserved racial disparitiesEligible patientsPathologic factorsDual eligibilityWhite patientsBlack patientsSEER regionMedicare databaseCancer careSix-month periodPatientsSociodemographic factorsCancerMRIZip codesOlder AmericansMediatorsDiagnostic toolObserved disparitiesHigh-poverty areas
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