2025
Initial management of patients with acquired aplastic anemia in the United States: results from a large national claims database
Stempel J, Wang R, Lee A, Zeidan A, Ma X, Podoltsev N. Initial management of patients with acquired aplastic anemia in the United States: results from a large national claims database. Annals Of Hematology 2025, 104: 2507-2515. PMID: 40102305, PMCID: PMC12052795, DOI: 10.1007/s00277-025-06307-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic stem cell transplantationAcquired Aplastic AnemiaCalcineurin inhibitorsParoxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuriaTransfusion-DependentTriple therapyAA patientsAplastic anemiaAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationTreated with calcineurin inhibitorsTreated with antithymocyte globulinFlow cytometryInitial management of patientsSevere AA patientsStem cell transplantationBone marrow failureImmune-mediated disordersTreatment initiation delayRetrospective cohort studyManagement of patientsDiagnosis to treatmentNational claims databaseAntithymocyte globulinSibling donorMarrow failure
2021
Analysis of Survival Among Adults With Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer in the National Cancer Database
Cheng E, Blackburn HN, Ng K, Spiegelman D, Irwin ML, Ma X, Gross CP, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL, Kunz PL, Llor X, Billingsley K, Meyerhardt JA, Ahuja N, Fuchs CS. Analysis of Survival Among Adults With Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer in the National Cancer Database. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2112539. PMID: 34132794, PMCID: PMC8209612, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-onset colorectal cancerOnset colorectal cancerNational Cancer DatabaseColorectal cancerAge 51Overall survivalCancer DatabaseIncidence of CRCCox proportional hazards regressionPrimary colorectal cancerKaplan-Meier analysisProportional hazards regressionAge 50 yearsAge 25 yearsAnalysis of survivalCohort studySurvival benefitHazards regressionUnadjusted analysesCancer incidenceMAIN OUTCOMEAge 35Survival advantageLower riskStage I
2018
Selection of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes from a large electronic medical records database and a study of the use of disease-modifying therapy in the United States
Ma X, Steensma DP, Scott BL, Kiselev P, Sugrue MM, Swern AS. Selection of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes from a large electronic medical records database and a study of the use of disease-modifying therapy in the United States. BMJ Open 2018, 8: e019955. PMID: 30037860, PMCID: PMC6059277, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnemiaAzacitidineDatabases, FactualDecitabineElectronic Health RecordsEnzyme InhibitorsFemaleHematinicsHumansImmunologic FactorsIron Chelating AgentsLenalidomideMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMyelodysplastic SyndromesProportional Hazards ModelsRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesThalidomideTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsDisease-modifying therapiesErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsElectronic medical record databaseMyelodysplastic syndromeMedical record databasePatient characteristicsTreatment patternsGE Centricity Electronic Medical Records databaseRecord databaseLow baseline hemoglobin levelMultivariable Cox regression modelsLarge electronic medical record databaseBaseline hemoglobin levelAbsence of comorbiditiesFirst-line treatmentMajority of patientsSelection of patientsCox regression modelIron chelation therapyAgent azacitidineMore comorbiditiesHemoglobin levelsMale genderClinical trialsChelation therapy
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