Jama OncologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.3645
Kanan Shah, Patricia Mae G Santos, Lillian A Boe, Justin M Barnes, Anna Tao, C Jillian Tsai, Fumiko Chino
{"title":"Inpatient Care and Outcomes Among People With Cancer Experiencing Homelessness.","authors":"Kanan Shah, Patricia Mae G Santos, Lillian A Boe, Justin M Barnes, Anna Tao, C Jillian Tsai, Fumiko Chino","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.3645","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.3645","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Cancer is a leading cause of death among people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in the US. Acute care settings are important sources of care for PEH; however, the association of housing status with inpatient care remains understudied, particularly in the context of cancer.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess whether housing status is associated with differences in the inpatient care of hospitalized adults with cancer.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This cross-sectional study included hospitalized inpatient adults aged 18 years or older diagnosed with cancer who were identified using data from the 2016 to 2020 National Inpatient Sample. Propensity score matching was used to create a cohort of PEH and housed individuals matched according to age, sex, race and ethnicity, insurance type, cancer diagnosis, number of comorbidities, substance use disorder, severity of illness, year of admission, hospital location, hospital ownership, region, and hospital bed size. Matched pairs were identified using a 1:1 nearest neighbor matching algorithm without replacement, accounting for survey weights. Data were analyzed from August 1, 2022, to April 30, 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>Housing status.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The associations of receipt of invasive procedures, systemic therapy, or radiotherapy during hospitalization (primary outcomes) as well as inpatient death, high cost of stay, and discharge against medical advice (AMA) (secondary outcomes) with housing status. Odds ratios and 95% CIs were estimated with multivariable logistic regression, with adjustment for patient, disease, and hospital characteristics of the matched cohort.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The unmatched cohort comprised 13 838 612 individuals (median [IQR] age, 67 [57-76] years; 7 329 473 males [53.0%]) and included 13 793 462 housed individuals (median [IQR] age, 68 [58-77] years) and 45 150 (median [IQR] age, 58 [52-64] years) individuals who were experiencing homelessness after accounting for survey weights. The PEH cohort had a higher prevalence of lung (17.3% vs 14.5%) and upper gastrointestinal (15.2% vs 10.5%) cancers, comorbid substance use disorder (70.2% vs 15.3%), and HIV (5.3% vs 0.5%). Despite having higher rates of moderate or major illness severity (80.1% vs 74.0%) and longer length of stay (≥5 days: 62.2% vs 49.1%), PEH were less likely to receive invasive procedures (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 0.53; 95% CI, 0.49-0.56), receive systemic therapy (AOR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.63-0.85), or have a higher-than-median cost of stay (AOR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.65-0.77). Although PEH had lower rates of inpatient death (AOR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.68-0.92), they were 4 times more likely to be discharged AMA (AOR, 4.29; 95% CI, 3.63-5.06).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this nationally representative cross-sectional study of hospitalized adults with cancer, disparities in","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1503-1510"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11378068/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.4318
Carrie Ye, William D Leslie, Saeed Al-Azazi, Lin Yan, Lisa M Lix, Piotr Czaykowski, Eugene V McCloskey, Helena Johansson, Nicholas C Harvey, John A Kanis, Harminder Singh
{"title":"Fracture Risk Prediction Using the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool in Individuals With Cancer.","authors":"Carrie Ye, William D Leslie, Saeed Al-Azazi, Lin Yan, Lisa M Lix, Piotr Czaykowski, Eugene V McCloskey, Helena Johansson, Nicholas C Harvey, John A Kanis, Harminder Singh","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.4318","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.4318","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) is a fracture risk prediction tool for 10-year probability of major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) and hip fracture in the general population. Whether FRAX is useful in individuals with cancer is uncertain.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the performance of FRAX for predicting incident fractures in individuals with cancer.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This retrospective population-based cohort study included residents of Manitoba, Canada, with and without cancer diagnoses from 1987 to 2014. Diagnoses were identified through the Manitoba Cancer Registry. Incident fractures to March 31, 2021, were identified in population-based health care data. Data analysis occurred between January and March 2023.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>FRAX scores were computed for those with bone mineral density (BMD) results that were recorded in the Manitoba BMD Registry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study included 9877 individuals with cancer (mean [SD] age, 67.1 [11.2] years; 8693 [88.0%] female) and 45 877 individuals in the noncancer cohort (mean [SD] age, 66.2 [10.2] years; 41 656 [90.8%] female). Compared to individuals without cancer, those with cancer had higher rates of incident MOF (14.5 vs 12.9 per 1000 person-years; P < .001) and hip fracture (4.2 vs 3.5 per 1000 person-years; P = .002). In the cancer cohort, FRAX with BMD results were associated with incident MOF (HR per SD increase, 1.84 [95% CI, 1.74-1.95]) and hip fracture (HR per SD increase, 3.61 [95% CI, 3.13-4.15]). In the cancer cohort, calibration slopes for FRAX with BMD were 1.03 for MOFs and 0.97 for hip fractures.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this retrospective cohort study, FRAX with BMD showed good stratification and calibration for predicting incident fractures in patients with cancer. These results suggest that FRAX with BMD can be a reliable tool for predicting incident fractures in individuals with cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1554-1560"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11450576/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142367082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.2667
David A Haggstrom, Signe M Braafladt, Paul K J Han
{"title":"Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Cancer-The Waiting Is the Hardest Part.","authors":"David A Haggstrom, Signe M Braafladt, Paul K J Han","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.2667","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.2667","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1491-1492"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141983645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.3516
John M Carethers
{"title":"Contributions to Colorectal Cancer Disparities.","authors":"John M Carethers","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.3516","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.3516","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1530-1531"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142298962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.3651
Catherine A O'Connor, Emily Harrold, David Lin, Henry Walch, Andrea Gazzo, Megha Ranganathan, Sarah Kane, Fergus Keane, Joshua Schoenfeld, Drew Moss, Deborah M Thurtle-Schmidt, Sarah P Suehnholz, Debyani Chakravarty, Fiyinfolu Balogun, Anna Varghese, Kenneth Yu, David Kelsen, Alicia Latham, Britta Weigelt, Wungki Park, Zsofia Stadler, Eileen M O'Reilly
{"title":"Lynch Syndrome and Somatic Mismatch Repair Variants in Pancreas Cancer.","authors":"Catherine A O'Connor, Emily Harrold, David Lin, Henry Walch, Andrea Gazzo, Megha Ranganathan, Sarah Kane, Fergus Keane, Joshua Schoenfeld, Drew Moss, Deborah M Thurtle-Schmidt, Sarah P Suehnholz, Debyani Chakravarty, Fiyinfolu Balogun, Anna Varghese, Kenneth Yu, David Kelsen, Alicia Latham, Britta Weigelt, Wungki Park, Zsofia Stadler, Eileen M O'Reilly","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.3651","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.3651","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Microsatellite (MS) instability (MSI-H) occurs frequently in Lynch syndrome (LS)-associated tumors and is associated with response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. MSI-H is conferred by germline or somatic variants in mismatch repair genes. The contribution of somatic oncogenesis to MSI-H in pancreatic cancer (PC) is unknown.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate an LS-related PC cohort to define clinicogenomic features, describe somatic MSI-H cases (germline negative), characterize response to ICB, and guide preferred MS testing methods.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This single-institution, retrospective analysis was conducted from March 2012 to July 2023 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and included 55 patients with PC and either an LS germline pathogenic variant (gPV) or somatic mismatch repair (MMR) variant.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Composite MMR and MS status determined using orthogonal methods. An artificial intelligence classifier was used to account for low-cellularity specimens. Demographic and clinical data were abstracted from medical record. Zygosity status and somatic comutation landscape analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-five patients (23 women [42%]) had PC and an MMR variant: 32 (58%) had LS (LS cohort) and 23 (42%) had a somatic MMR variant (no germline pathogenic variant, somatic MMR cohort). In the LS cohort, 10 (31%) had gMSH2, 9 (28%) gMSH6, 8 (25%) gPMS2, 4 (13%) gMLH1, 1 (3%) gEPCAM. The median age at diagnosis was 68 years (range, 45-88 years). For composite MS status, 17 (59%) were MSI-H, 12 (41%) MS stable, and 3 MS unknown. Five cases were reclassified as MSI-H by the artificial intelligence classifier. In the somatic MMR cohort, 11 (48%) had MSH6, 7 (30%) MLH1, 3 (13%) MSH2, and 2 (9%) PMS2. The median age at diagnosis was 72 years (range, 66-85 years). For composite MS status, 10 (43%) were MSI-H, 11 (48%) MS stable, and 2 (9%) MS indeterminate. Six cases were reclassified as MSI-H by the artificial intelligence classifier. For the LS and somatic MMR cohorts, 20 received ICB (n = 17 MSI-H). The median ICB duration was 27.7 months (95% CI, 11.5 to not reached); the disease control rate was 80%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of this cross-sectional study suggest that MSI-H occurs due to LS or somatic oncogenesis in PC. Orthogonal MS testing is key in PC; the artificial intelligence classifier reclassified approximately 20% of cases, most of which were low cellularity. ICB for patients with LS or somatic MSI-H PC provided significant benefit.</p>","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1511-1518"},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11378065/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jama OncologyPub Date : 2024-10-31DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.4361
Jann N Sarkaria, Karla V Ballman, Sani H Kizilbash, Erik P Sulman, Caterina Giannini, Bret B Friday, Nicholas A Butowski, Nimish A Mohile, David E Piccioni, James D Battiste, Jan Drappatz, Jian L Campian, Sandeep Mashru, Kurt A Jaeckle, Barbara J O'Brien, Jesse G Dixon, Brian F Kabat, Nadia L Laack, Leland S Hu, Timothy Kaufmann, Priya Kumthekar, Benjamin M Ellingson, S Keith Anderson, Evanthia Galanis
{"title":"Efficacy of Adding Veliparib to Temozolomide for Patients With MGMT-Methylated Glioblastoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Jann N Sarkaria, Karla V Ballman, Sani H Kizilbash, Erik P Sulman, Caterina Giannini, Bret B Friday, Nicholas A Butowski, Nimish A Mohile, David E Piccioni, James D Battiste, Jan Drappatz, Jian L Campian, Sandeep Mashru, Kurt A Jaeckle, Barbara J O'Brien, Jesse G Dixon, Brian F Kabat, Nadia L Laack, Leland S Hu, Timothy Kaufmann, Priya Kumthekar, Benjamin M Ellingson, S Keith Anderson, Evanthia Galanis","doi":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.4361","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.4361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>The prognosis for patients with glioblastoma is poor following standard therapy with surgical resection, radiation, temozolomide, and tumor-treating fields.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the combination of veliparib and temozolomide in glioblastoma based on preclinical data demonstrating significant chemosensitizing effects of the polyadenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase 1/2 inhibitor veliparib when combined with temozolomide.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>Patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with MGMT promoter hypermethylation who had completed concomitant radiation and temozolomide were enrolled between December 15, 2014, and December 15, 2018, in this Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology trial. The data for this analysis were locked on April 21, 2023.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Patients were randomized and treated with standard adjuvant temozolomide (150-200 mg/m2 orally, days 1-5) combined with either placebo or veliparib (40 mg orally, twice daily, days 1-7) for 6 cycles.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary end point for the phase 3 portion of the trial was overall survival (OS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 322 patients randomized during the phase 2 accrual period and an additional 125 patients randomized to complete the phase 3 accrual, for a total of 447 patients in the final phase 3 analysis. The median (range) age for patients was 60 (20-85) years and 190 patients (42.5%) were female. The median OS was 24.8 months (90% CI, 22.6-27.7) for the placebo arm and 28.1 months (90% CI, 24.3-33.3) for the veliparib arm (P = .17). The difference in survival did not meet the prespecified efficacy end point. However, there was a separation of the survival curves that favored the veliparib arm over 24 to 48 months of follow-up. The experimental combination was well tolerated with an acceptable elevation in grade 3 or 4 hematologic toxic effects.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>This trial found that adding veliparib to adjuvant temozolomide did not significantly extend OS in patients with newly diagnosed, MGMT-hypermethylated glioblastoma.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02152982.</p>","PeriodicalId":48661,"journal":{"name":"Jama Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":28.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11528341/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142548405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}