Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zhen-Fei Xiang, Hua-Cai Xiong, Dan-Fei Hu, Ming-Yao Li, Zhan-Chun Zhang, Zheng-Chun Mao, Er-Dong Shen
Summary: Female esophageal cancer patients have better long-term survival rates compared to males, but the association between sex and EC survival varies depending on age, race, tumor grade, histology, and treatment modality. Sex-based disparity in EC-specific survival is related to age in the U.S. population.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Alaa Ahmed Elshanbary, Ayat Hassan Zilai, Anas Ishqair, Sajeda Ghassan Matar, Anas Zakarya Nourelden, Abdelrahman H. Hafez, Ahmed E. Altyar, Ghadeer M. Albadrani, Mohamed Sayed Zaazouee
Summary: Leukemia is a common and deadly cancer, with adolescents, females, Black individuals, patients in certain urban areas, and those not receiving chemotherapy having the highest risk of mortality.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Oncology
Sumit Gupta, David T. Teachey, Zhiguo Chen, Karen R. Rabin, Kimberly P. Dunsmore, Eric C. Larsen, Kelly W. Maloney, Leonard A. Mattano, Stuart S. Winter, Andrew J. Carroll, Nyla A. Heerema, Michael J. Borowitz, Brent L. Wood, William L. Carroll, Elizabeth A. Raetz, Naomi J. Winick, Mignon L. Loh, Stephen P. Hunger, Meenakshi Devidas
Summary: Boys with acute lymphoblastic leukemia continue to have lower survival rates compared to girls. This study found that the sex-based disparities still exist in contemporary therapy, with boys experiencing inferior event-free survival and overall survival, primarily due to higher rates of relapse, particularly involving the central nervous system.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ignacio Jusue-Torres, Alicia Hulbert, Jehad Zakaria, Kathy S. Albain, Courtney L. Hentz, Edward Melian, Jigisha P. Thakkar, Vikram C. Prabhu
Summary: This population-based study indicates that living in higher median household income counties is associated with increased survival time and reduced risk of mortality for patients with NSCLC who have brain metastases present at diagnosis, independent of other factors.
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
(2021)
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Christopher M. Low, Karthik Balakrishnan, Byron M. Smith, Janalee K. Stokken, Erin K. O'Brien, Jamie J. Van Gompel, Nicholas R. Rowan, Garret Choby
Summary: In patients with SNAC, increasing age, male sex, and more recent decade of diagnosis are associated with shorter survival. Counties with more rural populations have higher rates of SNAC-related death. Targeting rural and less well-educated populations may help reduce survival disparities related to SNAC.
HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Peng Li, Ying Ding, Mengyuan Liu, Wenlong Wang, Xinying Li
Summary: The study revealed that male patients with thyroid cancer had poorer overall survival and cancer-specific survival. Factors such as race, age, income, histological type, surgery, T, N, M stage influenced the overall survival of male and female thyroid cancer patients, with race having no impact on cancer-specific survival but median income affecting only male patients' cancer-specific survival.
Article
Oncology
Maria I. Castellanos, Abiodun O. Oluyomi, Tiffany M. Chambers, Maria M. Gramatges, Lena E. Winestone, Philip J. Lupo, Michael E. Scheurer
Summary: This study found that children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) living along the US-Mexico border had lower survival rates compared to those living in nonborder areas. However, there was no significant difference in survival rates between border and nonborder residence for children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The study calls for further research to identify the factors contributing to these disparities and design effective interventions and cancer control programs.
Article
Oncology
Yi Tao, Ya-Qin Yu, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Mengyu Jia, Lu Gao
Summary: Using the SEER database, this study identified 3877 APL patients diagnosed from 2000 to 2014. Among them, 465 were s-APL and 3412 were dn-APL. s-APL patients had older median age and higher early mortality rate compared to dn-APL. The multivariate Cox model analysis showed that s-APL was independently associated with worse survival. Notably, s-APL had significantly inferior survival regardless of gender, race, marital status, and year of diagnosis. This study highlights the importance of improving treatment for s-APL.
CLINICAL LYMPHOMA MYELOMA & LEUKEMIA
(2022)
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Oncology
Lifang Huang, Fan Wang
Summary: This study investigates the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of primary Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) patients. The results show that BPDCN is a rare and poorly understood hematopoietic malignancy with a poor prognosis. Advanced age, second primary malignancies (SPMs), and radiation therapy are associated with survival outcomes.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Arnaud Lesegretain, Andrew Brunner, Aziz Benzohra, Amir T. Fathi
Summary: This study analyzed the outcomes of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) at the population level. The incidence of CMML remained stable over time, with a higher rate in males and in White and 'Other' races compared to Black patients. Three-year relative survival rate showed improvement over the studied time periods, particularly between 2001-2004 and 2005-2009. Survival rates generally improved for all subgroups except Black patients. There was an increase in long-term survivors and in patients aged 85 and above. Further research is needed to explore these associations, especially for Black patients.
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Anees B. Chagpar
Summary: In the United States, a certain proportion of the population never or rarely used computers, the internet, and email in 2018, but 55% had looked up health information online in the previous 12 months. Internet usage varied by region, age, race, education, family income, and insurance status.
Article
Oncology
Lin Liu, Jinglan Zhu, Yun Tian
Summary: Bladder carcinosarcoma (BCS) has been found to have distinct clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis compared to conventional bladder cancer histologies. BCS is associated with poor differentiation, advanced stage, and worse overall survival and cancer-specific survival. However, BCS is comparable to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in terms of survival. These findings contribute to a better understanding of BCS and have potential implications for clinical practice.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Guang-Hua Deng, Hong Wang, Zhe Tan, Rong Chen
Summary: This study identified independent risk factors for distant metastasis (DM) in chondrosarcoma patients, which can aid in the evaluation of patients by clinicians.
Article
Dermatology
Yingzhi Qian, Paul Johannet, Amelia Sawyers, Jaehong Yu, Iman Osman, Judy Zhong
Summary: The study found that racial disparities among cutaneous melanoma patients have worsened from before the year 2000 to 2010 or later. Patients with localized disease across all minority groups suffered increasing disparity, highlighting the need for improved postdiagnosis management for minorities to mitigate disparity and improve survival.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Sara Taveras Alam, Deepa Dongarwar, Elyse Lopez, Sarvari Yellapragada, Gustavo Rivero, Quillan Huang, Courtney Miler-Chism, Martha Mims, Hamisu M. Salihu
Summary: Racial and socioeconomic disparities contribute to disparate outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Factors such as age, race, gender, payer, hospital location, and teaching status are associated with in-hospital mortality rates. Recognizing the role of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic factors is important in addressing these disparities in AML outcomes.
