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
2022
Mediators of Racial Disparity in the Use of Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging Among Patients With Prostate Cancer
Leapman MS, Dinan M, Pasha S, Long J, Washington SL, Ma X, Gross CP. Mediators of Racial Disparity in the Use of Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging Among Patients With Prostate Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2022, 8: 687-696. PMID: 35238879, PMCID: PMC8895315, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.8116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingPopulation-based cohort studyProstate cancerWhite patientsRacial disparitiesCohort studyMRI useIndividual-level socioeconomic statusEligible male patientsSocioeconomic statusNeighborhood-level socioeconomic statusLocalized prostate cancerProstate cancer diagnosisObserved racial disparitiesProstate magnetic resonanceMediation analysisPathologic factorsMale patientsUS SurveillanceBlack patientsMedicare databaseMAIN OUTCOMEUS adultsNew diagnosis
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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