Ethnic disparities in childhood leukemia survival by border residence: A Texas population-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The US-Mexico border is a medically underserved region where survival disparities have been observed in adults diagnosed and treated for various malignancies. Studies examining survival disparities among children living in this region and diagnosed with cancer are lacking. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of border residence on survival among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and living near the Texas-Mexico border at the time of their diagnosis. The authors hypothesized that this group experiences inferior survival compared with patients with childhood leukemia living in nonborder areas.

Methods

The authors conducted a retrospective survival analysis leveraging data from the Texas Cancer Registry

SUBMITTER: Castellanos MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12721672 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature