Associations Between Race/Ethnicity and US Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survival by Treatment Amenability.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although US cancer survival rates have increased over time, disparities by race/ethnicity remain, including for children and adolescents.

Objective

To examine whether racial/ethnic disparities in childhood and adolescent cancer survival vary by cancer type according to relative survival rates (RSRs), a marker for amenability to medical intervention.

Design, setting, and participants

In a retrospective cohort study using US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data, 67 061 children and adolescents diagnosed at ages 0 to 19 years with a first primary malignant cancer from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2016, were evaluated. Data analysis was performed from June 19 to November 3, 2019. Participants were followed up from the dates of diagnosis to cance

SUBMITTER: Delavar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042928 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature