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Childhood Cancer Survival In The Highly Vulnerable Population Of South Texas: Persistent Challenges For Adolescents And Hispanic Ethnicity, Shenghui Wu, Y. N. Liu, M. Williams, C. Aguilar, A. G. Ramirez, R. Mesa, G. E. Tomlinson Sep 2023

Childhood Cancer Survival In The Highly Vulnerable Population Of South Texas: Persistent Challenges For Adolescents And Hispanic Ethnicity, Shenghui Wu, Y. N. Liu, M. Williams, C. Aguilar, A. G. Ramirez, R. Mesa, G. E. Tomlinson

Research Symposium

Background: This study examines childhood cancer survival rates and prognostic factors related to survival in the majority Hispanic population of South Texas (STX), whereas most other population studies in childhood cancer survival focus on populations with relatively few Hispanics.

Methods: The population-based cohort study used Texas Cancer Registry data (1995-2017) to examine survival and prognostic factors.

Results: The 5-year relative survival rate for STX cancer patients diagnosed at 0–19 years was 80.3% for all races/ethnicity. Hispanics had statistically significant lower 5-year relative survival rates than non-Hispanic Whites (NHW) for male and female together diagnosed at age ≥ 5 years. When …


The Association Between Mediated Deprivation And Ovarian Cancer Survival Among African American Women, Andrew B. Lawson, Joanne Kim, Courtney Johnson, Kendra Ratnapradipa, Anthony J. Alberg, Maxwell Akonde, Theresa Hastert, Elisa V. Bandera, Paul Terry, Hannah Mandle, Michele L. Cote, Melissa Bondy, Jeffrey Marks, Lauren C. Peres, Joellen Schildkraut, Edward S. Peters Jan 2023

The Association Between Mediated Deprivation And Ovarian Cancer Survival Among African American Women, Andrew B. Lawson, Joanne Kim, Courtney Johnson, Kendra Ratnapradipa, Anthony J. Alberg, Maxwell Akonde, Theresa Hastert, Elisa V. Bandera, Paul Terry, Hannah Mandle, Michele L. Cote, Melissa Bondy, Jeffrey Marks, Lauren C. Peres, Joellen Schildkraut, Edward S. Peters

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: Deprivation indices are often used to adjust for socio-economic disparities in health studies. Their role has been partially evaluated for certain population-level cancer outcomes, but examination of their role in ovarian cancer is limited. In this study, we evaluated a range of well-recognized deprivation indices in relation to cancer survival in a cohort of self-identified Black women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. This study aimed to determine if clinical or diagnostic characteristics lie on a mediating pathway between socioeconomic status (SES) and deprivation and ovarian cancer survival in a minority population that experiences worse survival from ovarian cancer.

METHODS: We …