Health disparities and impact on outcomes in children with primary central nervous system solid tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 585-593

  Austin, Mary T ^a,b   Hamilton, Emma ^b   Zebda, Denna ^b   Nguyen, Hoang ^a   Eberth, Jan M ^c   Chang, Yuchia ^a   Elting, Linda S ^a   Sandberg, David I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Oncology; Pediatric CNS tumors; Race; Socioeconomic status; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ICD-O-3; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGIONAL METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLID MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; SURVIVAL RATE; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85013082972     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2016.5.PEDS15704     Document Type: Article

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