Demographic differences among patients treated with chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell therapy in the United States

J Emole, O Lawal, O Lupak, A Dias, L Shune… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background It is not clear if all Americans have benefitted equally from the availability of
chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell (CART) therapy. We aimed to evaluate if demographic …

Ethnic disparities in childhood leukemia survival by border residence: a Texas population‐based analysis

MI Castellanos, AO Oluyomi, TM Chambers… - Cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background The US–Mexico border is a medically underserved region where
survival disparities have been observed in adults diagnosed and treated for various …

Racial/ethnic differences in the clinical presentation and survival of breast cancer by subtype

V Nhim, AE Bencomo-Alvarez, L Alvarado… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Breast cancer (BC) affects racial and ethnic groups differently, leading to
disparities in clinical presentation and outcomes. It is unclear how Hispanic ethnicity affects …

[HTML][HTML] Facility type and volume impact outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia—a National Cancer Database Study

AO Taylor, K Doucette, X Ma, B Chan… - Annals of Cancer …, 2023 - ace.amegroups.org
Background: Outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
differ based on academic affiliation and case volume. The primary objective examined the …

Donor matters: Donor selection impact on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation outcomes in Hispanic patients with B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia: Insights from …

K Ashouri, AA Ginosyan, M Chu, B Hom, J Hwang… - Leukemia Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a pivotal treatment for high-
risk acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), although limited by suitable human leukocyte antigen …

Engagement in physical activity improves after participation in Pasos Para Prevenir cancer—an obesity-related cancer prevention program in El Paso, Texas

R Valenzuela, S Saadiq, S Cobos… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: This present study experimentally evaluated the Pasos Para Prevenir Cancer
(PPPC) program to determine whether participation was associated with improved physical …

Blood cancer health disparities in the United States Hispanic population

AE Bencomo-Alvarez, AJ Rubio… - Molecular …, 2021 - molecularcasestudies.cshlp.org
Cancer is a challenging, multifaceted disease that involves a combination of biological and
nonbiological factors. Aside from COVID-19, cancer is the second leading cause of death in …

Development and validation of a nomogram to predict poor efficacy of imatinib in the treatment of newly diagnosed chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia patients

Y Li, Y Zhang, J Wang, A He, W Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Imatinib is the most widely used tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) in patients with
newly diagnosed chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML-CP). However, failure to …

Racial and ethnic disparities in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: 15-year experience at a safety net hospital system

S Dong, N Premnath, N Sadeghi, R Kainthla… - Leukemia research, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite recent therapeutic advances, ethnic minorities in the US continue to have
disproportionately poor outcomes in many hematologic malignancies including AML. We …

[HTML][HTML] Facility type and cancer outcomes in the United States

M Kilcoyne, V Nhim, MA Gonzalez… - Annals of cancer …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer has emerged as a significant public health problem worldwide, and trends suggest
that low-or middle-income countries (LMICs) will experience a substantial increase in cancer …