Open AccessTreatment and Monitoring Variability in US Metastatic Breast Cancer Care
Author(s) -
Jennifer L. Caswell-Jin,
Alison Callahan,
Natasha Purington,
Summer S. Han,
Haruka Itakura,
Esther M. John,
Douglas W. Blayney,
George W. Sledge,
Nigam H. Shah,
Allison W. Kurian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jco clinical cancer informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.188
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2473-4276
DOI - 10.1200/cci.21.00031
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , cohort , metastatic breast cancer , oncology , cancer , chemotherapy , disease , endocrine system , positron emission tomography , radiation therapy , radiology , hormone
Treatment and monitoring options for patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) are increasing, but little is known about variability in care. We sought to improve understanding of MBC care and its correlates by analyzing real-world claims data using a search engine with a novel query language to enable temporal electronic phenotyping.