Hospitalization and Mortality Outcomes Among Childhood Cancer Survivors by Race, Ethnicity, and Time Since Diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cancer outcomes are relatively poor in adults who belong to minoritized racial and ethnic groups. Survival and long-term outcomes by race and ethnicity in individuals with childhood cancers are less studied.

Objective

To evaluate survival and hospitalization among American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black, and Hispanic children compared with non-Hispanic White children with cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study evaluated all individuals born in Washington State who were younger than 20 years (hereafter referred to as children) and had been diagnosed with cancer during 1987 to 2012, with follow-up ranging from 1 to 27 years. The data subset was built in 2019, and statistical analyses were completed in January 2022.

Exposures

SUBMITTER: Emerson MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240906 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature