Emerging innovations and advancements in the treatment of extremity and truncal soft tissue sarcomas

K Walker, SK Simister, J Carr‐Ascher… - Journal of Surgical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this special edition update on soft tissue sarcomas (STS), we cover classifications,
emerging technologies, prognostic tools, radiation schemas, and treatment disparities in …

The impact of social determinants of health on the prognosis of primary bone tumors: a systematic review

A Ebrahimi, S Hosseini, S Shahabi… - JBJS …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: Although the prevalence of primary bone tumors (PBTs) was reported to be
relatively low, they represent a difficult category of tumors for appropriate prediction …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of socioeconomic status on subsequent neurological outcomes in multiple sclerosis

DSSK Boorgu, S Venkatesh, CM Lakhani… - Multiple sclerosis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background To examine whether lower neighborhood-level and individual-level indicators
of socioeconomic status (SES) are associated with subsequently worse neurological …

Poverty, race, ethnicity, and survival in pediatric nonmetastatic osteosarcoma: a Children's Oncology Group report

L Ilcisin, R Han, M Krailo, DS Shulman… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Children living in poverty and those of marginalized race or ethnicity
experience inferior disease outcomes across many cancers. Whether survival disparities …

Socioeconomic and insurance‐related disparities in disease‐specific survival among patients with metastatic bone disease

MU Jawad, BH Pollock, BL Wise… - Journal of Surgical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Approximately 5% of cancer patients in the United States presented with
metastatic bone disease (MBD) at diagnosis. Current study explores the disparities in …

Area socioeconomic status is associated with refusal of recommended surgery in patients with metastatic bone and joint disease

K Mani, E Kleinbart, A Schlumprecht, R Golding… - Annals of Surgical …, 2024 - Springer
Background This study sought to identify associations between the Yost Index, a geocoded
area neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) score, and race/ethnicity with patient …

Non-private health insurance predicts advanced stage at presentation and amputation in lower extremity high grade bone sarcoma: a national cancer database study …

MU Jawad, BH Pollock, E Alvarez… - Annals of Surgical …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Advances in diagnostic and treatment modalities for high grade bone sarcomas
(HGBS) of lower extremity (LE) have enabled limb salvage resections as a feasible first-line …

No geographical inequalities in survival for sarcoma patients in France: a reference networks' outcome?

Y Fayet, C Chevreau, G Decanter, C Dalban, P Méeus… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As patients with rare cancers face specific problems, reference networks
have been developed in several European countries and then at the European level to …

Medicare advantage in soft tissue sarcoma may be associated with worse patient outcomes

JC Wang, KC Liu, BS Gettleman, AS Piple… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Medicare Advantage healthcare plans may present undue impediments that result in
disparities in patient outcomes. This study aims to compare the outcomes of patients who …

Prognostic factors, disparity, and equity variables impacting prognosis in bone sarcomas of the hand: SEER database review

MU Jawad, CO Bayne, S Farhan… - Journal of surgical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Primary sarcomas originating from the bones of hand and wrist are rare but
carry a significant burden of morbidity. Methods National Cancer Institute's Surveillance …