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Background
Genomic landscape of extramedullary acute myeloid leukemia (EM‐AML), including myeloid sarcoma (MS) and leukemia cutis (LC), is not well characterized. The potential utility of next‐generation sequencing (NGS) using EM tissue is not established.
Methods
In this multicenter retrospective study, clinical and NGS data were collected on patients with EM‐AML. All statistical analyses were...
Lay Summary
Cancer has substantial economic impacts for patients, their families and/or caregivers, employers, and the health care system. However, there is only limited understanding of how economic issues can affect access to cancer care services and the receipt of high‐quality cancer care.
Health economics research in cancer is particularly timely due to the large and increasing number of...
Background
A national data source for identifying patients with cancer enrolled in Medicaid is needed to evaluate cancer care for low‐income, publicly insured patients. In this study, a population‐based data set of patients diagnosed with cancer and enrolled in Medicaid was created and evaluated. The objective was to compare the characteristics of patients with cancer identified in Surveillance,...
Background
The comparative efficacy of cisplatin (CDDP), carboplatin, and cetuximab (CTX) delivered concurrently with radiation for locally advanced oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma continues to be evaluated.
Methods
The linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results–Medicare database was used to identify and compare patient and disease profiles, mortality, toxicity, and overall cost for...
BACKGROUND
States routinely may consider rollbacks of Medicaid expansions to address statewide economic conditions. To the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding the effects of public insurance contractions on health outcomes. The current study examined the effects of the 2005 Medicaid disenrollment in Tennessee on breast cancer stage at the time of diagnosis and delays in treatment among...
BACKGROUNDTime trends in cancer incidence rates (IR) are important to measure the changing burden of cancer on a population over time. The overall IR of cancer in the United States is declining. Although central nervous system tumors (CNST) are rare, they contribute disproportionately to mortality and morbidity. In this analysis, the authors examined trends in the incidence of the most common cancers...
BACKGROUND:Early research demonstrated that patients' length‐of‐stay and inpatient costs varied according to their health insurance status. The authors of the current report studied a population‐based sample of privately insured, Medicaid‐insured, and uninsured inpatients ages 21 to 64 years who underwent surgical resection for either nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (n = 781) or colorectal cancer...
BACKGROUND:African American race and uninsurance are associated with undertreatment and poor survival in solid tumor cancers. This relationship has not been examined in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) where absence of treatment or treatment delays can result in death within weeks or months. Induction followed by consolidation treatment, in contrast, has a high probability for remission or cure. We examined...
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